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  • GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

    I have a Q6600 CPU with the P35-DS4 motherboard. Just rebuilt the system with 5 3TB hard drives and guess what. Can't see in the bios config page on the initial hit ctrl-I to go into config screen of 746GB. I am on Intel Matrix Storage Manager ROM 7.5.0.1017 ICH9R wRaid5. Assuming the ROM version is the issue. Anyone know what is going on? I'm a bit mad right now as with the overclock this system is still cutting edge as far as speed which is all I care about right now. I couldn't find any mods that were for my system that included these and buying an after market controller with that many ports I might as well just build a new system.

    It should be noted though that in non RAID mode the drives show as 3TB drives on the bios screen.

    JR
    CPU
    [email protected] G0 Lapped
    Motherboard
    GA-P35-DS4
    Memory
    2GB OCZ DDR2 6400 CL 3 FlexXLC 3-4-4-12
    Graphics Card
    XFX 8800 GTS
    Power Supply
    OCZ GameXStream 700W

  • #2
    Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

    This board does not support the UEFI which means more than 2.2 TB of HDD is not supported on this board.

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    • #3
      Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

      Gigabyte tech support says the newest Intel RAID ROM 10.6 can support the 3TB HDD in RAID mode, so i think you can contact Gugabyte directly for a new RAID ROM updated BIOS.
      Last edited by Hyper530; 10-25-2011, 01:14 AM.

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      • #4
        Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

        A web search using: 3tb hard drive faq
        will provide information and requirements for using 3TB hard drives as a boot disk or data disk.
        When used as a non-bootable data disk, there are possible issues with a 3TB data disk when you install the bare drive in an external enclosure.
        Last edited by profJim; 10-25-2011, 07:20 AM. Reason: clarification
        Q9650 @ 4.10GHz [9x456MHz]
        P35-DS4 [rev: 2.0] ~ Bios: F14
        4x2GB OCZ Reaper PC2-8500 1094MHz @5-5-5-15
        MSI N460GTX Hawk Talon Attack (1GB) video card <---- SLI ---->
        Seasonic SS-660XP2 80 Plus Platinum psu (660w)
        WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (data)
        Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD (boot)
        SLI @ 16/4 works when running HyperSLI
        Cooler Master 120XL Seidon push/pull AIO cpu water cooling
        Cooler Master HAF XB computer case (RC-902XB-KKN1)
        Asus VH242H 24" monitor [1920x1080]
        MSI N460GTX Hawk (1GB) video card
        Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
        win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium
        HT|Omega Claro plus+ sound card
        CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS
        E6300 (R0) @ 3.504GHz [8x438MHz] ~~ P35-DS3L [rev: 1.0] ~ Bios: F9 ~~ 4x2GB Kingston HyperX T1 PC2-8500, 876MHz @4-4-4-10
        Seasonic X650 80+ gold psu (650w) ~~ Xigmatek Balder HDT 1283 cpu cooler ~~ Cooler Master CM 690 case (RC-690-KKN1-GP)
        Samsung 830 128GB SSD MZ-7PC128B/WW (boot) ~~ WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (data) ~~ ZM-MFC2 fan controller
        HT|Omega Striker 7.1 sound card ~~ Asus VH242H monitor [1920x1080] ~~ Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
        win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium ~~ CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD U.P.S
        .

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        • #5
          Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

          Originally posted by Hyper530 View Post
          Gigabyte tech support says the newest Intel RAID ROM 10.6 can support the 3TB HDD in RAID mode, so i think you can contact Gugabyte directly for a new RAID ROM updated BIOS.
          Thanks for the thought. I have emailed support. If they do this I will be amazed Aas the board ain't new. If I could obtain the rom I would update the bios myself.

          Thanks.

          JR
          CPU
          [email protected] G0 Lapped
          Motherboard
          GA-P35-DS4
          Memory
          2GB OCZ DDR2 6400 CL 3 FlexXLC 3-4-4-12
          Graphics Card
          XFX 8800 GTS
          Power Supply
          OCZ GameXStream 700W

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          • #6
            Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

            Few days ago i have received a special BIOS 15C from Gigabyte, they says this BIOS is for your mobo P35-DS4 and it supports the 3TB HDD.
            I've uploaded it to the website you can get it from this link: Upload Mirror - Pick your file host - Download - P35DS4.15C.rar

            And this link is the screenshout for your reference tested by Gigabye: Upload Mirror - Pick your file host - Download - s1.jpg

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            • #7
              Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

              Originally posted by Hyper530 View Post
              Few days ago i have received a special BIOS 15C from Gigabyte, they says this BIOS is for your mobo P35-DS4 and it supports the 3TB HDD.
              I've uploaded it to the website you can get it from this link: Upload Mirror - Pick your file host - Download - P35DS4.15C.rar

              And this link is the screenshout for your reference tested by Gigabye: Upload Mirror - Pick your file host - Download - s1.jpg
              Thanks for the reply. I'll give it a try and see what happens. With the different rev of boards out there not sure if the P35DS4 bios' are all the same. I heard back from Gigabyte and they said that my board was old and there wasn't a firmware that would support over 2TB hard drives available.

              By the way, I can see 3TB all day with the drives in AHCI mode. Is your hard drive shown in the picture raid configured or AHCI mode which is where my problem starts.

              Thanks and I'll let you know how it goes.

              JR

              EDIT: I also noticed the firmware contains ICH8R rom not ICH9R. Is this bios legit? Or is there another P35-DS4 that starts with something other than GA? I'm game as I have dual bios but noticed this discrepancy.
              Last edited by jriker1; 10-26-2011, 04:55 PM.
              CPU
              [email protected] G0 Lapped
              Motherboard
              GA-P35-DS4
              Memory
              2GB OCZ DDR2 6400 CL 3 FlexXLC 3-4-4-12
              Graphics Card
              XFX 8800 GTS
              Power Supply
              OCZ GameXStream 700W

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              • #8
                Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

                Hyper530,

                My hats off to you. Not sure if I'm running ich8r rom on an ich9r raid but it works. Now I hate that 3TB drives are showing as 2.7 but better than 647 and better than spending $400 on a new raid card. Copying Windows Home Server to a USB stick to install now and have my one big share. Rep +1 if this forum supported it.

                Thanks a million.

                JR
                CPU
                [email protected] G0 Lapped
                Motherboard
                GA-P35-DS4
                Memory
                2GB OCZ DDR2 6400 CL 3 FlexXLC 3-4-4-12
                Graphics Card
                XFX 8800 GTS
                Power Supply
                OCZ GameXStream 700W

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                • #9
                  Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

                  By the way, not sure if this was compiled by you or someone else, but Gigabyte completely disowns the 15c bios.
                  CPU
                  [email protected] G0 Lapped
                  Motherboard
                  GA-P35-DS4
                  Memory
                  2GB OCZ DDR2 6400 CL 3 FlexXLC 3-4-4-12
                  Graphics Card
                  XFX 8800 GTS
                  Power Supply
                  OCZ GameXStream 700W

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                  • #10
                    Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

                    @ Hyper530, jriker1: is this modded BIOS somewhere available ? I would also need to get 3TB support for my P35-DS4 rev2.1 board, but my tries to mod the BIOS myself were unsuccessfull :-( Thanks for any help. The link in the thread is now dead.

                    Regards,

                    WalkI

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                    • #11
                      Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

                      WalkI,
                      http://www.filedropper.com/s1
                      http://www.filedropper.com/p35ds415c

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                      • #12
                        Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

                        Unfortunately, links seem to be dead again. Anyone can repost?

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                        • #13
                          Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

                          motheb,
                          P35DS4.15C.rar
                          s1.jpg

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                          • #14
                            Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

                            Originally posted by atheris View Post
                            Make sure that you click on the DOWNLOAD link in the upper LEFT corner of the web page.

                            Do NOT click on the green colored DOWNLOAD NOW link in the middle of the page because it gives you a phony message about Adobe Flash needs to be updated and this type of crap is often malware!
                            Really now, I need to update Flash so that I can view a jpg or download a file?!!?


                            The way I see it, I wouldn't touch this download with a ten foot pole and I wouldn't trust anyone who uploads files to a site with this type of crapola.

                            In fairness to atheris, he might be using an ad blocker that doesn't let him see the bogus download options in the middle of the screen.
                            Things like this have happened before in the forum.
                            Q9650 @ 4.10GHz [9x456MHz]
                            P35-DS4 [rev: 2.0] ~ Bios: F14
                            4x2GB OCZ Reaper PC2-8500 1094MHz @5-5-5-15
                            MSI N460GTX Hawk Talon Attack (1GB) video card <---- SLI ---->
                            Seasonic SS-660XP2 80 Plus Platinum psu (660w)
                            WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (data)
                            Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD (boot)
                            SLI @ 16/4 works when running HyperSLI
                            Cooler Master 120XL Seidon push/pull AIO cpu water cooling
                            Cooler Master HAF XB computer case (RC-902XB-KKN1)
                            Asus VH242H 24" monitor [1920x1080]
                            MSI N460GTX Hawk (1GB) video card
                            Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
                            win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium
                            HT|Omega Claro plus+ sound card
                            CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS
                            E6300 (R0) @ 3.504GHz [8x438MHz] ~~ P35-DS3L [rev: 1.0] ~ Bios: F9 ~~ 4x2GB Kingston HyperX T1 PC2-8500, 876MHz @4-4-4-10
                            Seasonic X650 80+ gold psu (650w) ~~ Xigmatek Balder HDT 1283 cpu cooler ~~ Cooler Master CM 690 case (RC-690-KKN1-GP)
                            Samsung 830 128GB SSD MZ-7PC128B/WW (boot) ~~ WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (data) ~~ ZM-MFC2 fan controller
                            HT|Omega Striker 7.1 sound card ~~ Asus VH242H monitor [1920x1080] ~~ Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
                            win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium ~~ CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD U.P.S
                            .

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                            • #15
                              Re: GA-P35-DS4 not handing 3TB Drives

                              Does not work on my rev2.0

                              BUT:

                              I modded this bios with another intel otion rom (Intel-RSTe_RAID-ROM_v11.6.0.1702). now it works. Make sure to use (in Windows) Intel Driver 11.5.x and above!

                              DL: Mega File Upload - P35DS4.15c.own.zip
                              or: TinyUpload.com - best file hosting solution, with no limits, totaly free

                              Please rename file (remove .own.zip).

                              Try at your own risk!

                              edit:
                              tried another hoster.
                              Which hoster does not delete files fast nd does not require a login? Anyone who knows?
                              Last edited by rabbirobert; 12-25-2015, 05:11 AM.

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