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hi, i got the GA p35 ds3r board today. It was written on the box (a sticker) that is is a 2.1 rev. The bios is F7. However I checked on the gigabyte website for 2.1 rev,

http://www.gigabyte.com.au/Support [...] uctID=2636

and it shows only F11 has the latest bios. So shouldnt i have at least F10 bios?

Also the 2.1 rev come with Dynamic Energy Saver(DES) but its not written anywhere. Should it be written on the motherboard itself? thanks

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Depends when that board was made or how long it sat in a warehouse.

I ordered boards that had were revision 2 and got the first bios it came out with. Then check on the site they list like 9 allready that were issued for that board.

This just shows either a board sat somewhere not properly stock rotated or they havent sold this in a long time.

Reply to bravo29

It will have the revision number actually stamped on the board.I have the GA DSl board and it is pretty much in one of the corners

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Dynamic Energy Saver and others here:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support [...] _List.aspx

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Reply to evongugg

thanks for the replies guys. Yes I searched for it, and it does say 2.1 rev on the board. Just surprised that it came with F7 bios. Would you recommend I install F11 bios then?
I read on another forum that it is safer to update bios from a floppy drive or usb Rather than through windows. Is this true? thanks

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um, if I recall correctly, gigabyte's latest f11 update only adds support for the upcoming penryns
so if you want to use the penryns, then maybe, otherwise only update if the bios is causing troubles

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Reply to kolix

well actually I have the e8400, supported perfectly. I checked the giga website, and it says that F7 bios supports the new penryns.
Reason I asked if I should update to F11, is cause having problems setting my hard drives in sata mode, and also in achi mode.

Just a noob question, if i did update to F11 bios, all the other updates (8,9,10) is already included with that? Or do I have to update is one by one? Lol, just built my first system last night, so everything is new to me

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If you update to F11 you get all the updates in between.
It is safer to update with a floppy, rather than using Windows.
Because in Windows there may be processes interfering with the bios update. You can use a USB floppy drive or a thumb drive or a CD if you don't have an internal floppy.

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Reply to evongugg

My habit is to update a new board to the very latest stable Bios during the build - prior to installing the OS - with a Floppy, burned CD, or Thumb Drive. After that, as Kolix points out, only update the Bios to solve an issue or to add support for something you intend on using.

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I did manage to update to F11 bios, through floppy, went smooth. But I dont know bout this F11 bios. Prior (with F7) after a few attempts managed to setup vista with ACHI. After bios update , tried setting up raid, but keep getting BSOD when trying to load the raid driver during vista installation. Followed exactly what was written in the mobo booklet. Sigh, another sleepless night

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Thought id share the end result right now.

Raid 0 is setup now with vista. First I set up the raid volume in the bios. That was no problem.

Intially tried loading the intel matrix storage drivers during installation. But everything it would say that windows could not detect a compatible drive or something (forgot the exact words). Was using the latest drivers from intel.

Then tried xp, loading the drivers with f6 and again later during installation it could not detect the hardware properly.

AFter many failed attempts, the fused light bulb turned on in my head and just went ahead with the vista installation, I did not load any drivers. And behold, it accepted. Dont know why i didnt try it earlier.
Installation went smooth, then aftwards downloaded latest intel matrix storage drivers and its ok now.

Since XP doesnt ahve the drivers like vista does, I guess it would harder to setup. I wonder why these drivers dont work during installation. BTW, is achi automatically enabled with raid?

EDIT: Just thought id add, i did notice more spark going from ide to achi. However, Raid 0 is a tad quicker from achi, but not really that much. Just general overervations during all this installations etc.

Message edited by windie on 01-30-2008 at 06:30:24 PM

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