Recent content by AndyBoySmith

Hello skinnyj. You will need to do this as the Gigabyte P965-DS3 does not support EPP :-( Corsair - "Tested at EPP SPD settings (4-4-4-12) at 2.1V" Link - http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/products/specs/TWIN2X2048-6400C4.pdf If you dont bump it to 2.1v and leave it at 1.8v then...

Also, what are you guys running your 150gb WD Raptors on? I have mine on the yellow port and I have IDE set in my BIOS. Some report better performance when chanaging to AHCI and attaching their hard drive to the purple controller instead.

How do I check that my drive is running in PIO mode. Also I found that in the BIOS I was running in IDE, not SATA mode. though when changed it stull took the same time for it to get to the windows boot up. Edit. From what I can tell I am not running in PIO mode. What is the "SATA Port...

I am not sure. But when installing Windows XP with my WD Raptor 150 GB Hard Drive. Do I need to install any drivers by pressing F6? I am not runing any RAID, just the single drive which windows recognises. If I needed to install any drivers, please point me in the righ direction. Thanks...

Hello donny, yes my RAM is in slots 1 and 3 :-) Thanks for the info. But I need more info guys. Anyone got a clue as to what's going on? Edit: I just did some research. I think the RAM only runs at 4-4-4-12 on EPP enabled motherboards. I dont think that this motherboard detects...

Hello guys, I recently got the Gigabyte P965-DS3 with a Intel Core Duo E6600 and Cossair Twinx 2gb 800Mhz 4-4-4-12 RAM and WD 150ADAF Raptor. I am having some problems and would like some help. My biggest problem is windows taking ages to boot, or should I say the POST to complete. Once...

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