Gigabyte P35-DS3R Intel Bearlake Review Simple Voltage Mods
Let's take a look at some hard-core voltage modifications one can try out on this board. For a beginner's Voltage Mod Guide, take a look here.
*Take Note that all physical Modifications Void your warranty!*
This motherboard goes up to about 2.55v on Memory voltage. You may want more. Here's how:
Look out for the area marked above beside the Southbridge. You can measure the Memory voltage from the MOSFET leg marked above. To increase Memory Voltage, you can pencil the resistor shown above. Alternatively, you can solder on a 10K ohms Variable resistor to point shown, with other leg connected to ground. Set at Max 10K ohms, Decrease resistance to increase voltage.
Well you may crave for a bit more MCH chipset voltage to stabilize stuff at high FSBs. BIOS offers up to around 1.55v when you select the +0.3v option. Locate the area shown above, which is just below your PCIE x16 slot. You can measure the MCH voltage from the MOSFET leg marked above. To increase MCH Voltage, you can pencil the resistor shown above. Alternatively, you can solder on a 10K ohms Variable resistor to point shown, with other leg connected to ground. Set at Max 10K ohms, Decrease resistance to increase voltage.
How about CPU FSB AKA VTT voltage? Measure and monitor the voltage from the MOSFET leg shown above, right beside the Northbridge heatsink. The BIOS offers up to 1.55v when you select +0.3v.
Then shift your focus to the top right hand corner of the mainboard. For VTT voltage, connect a 20K ohms Variable Resistor to point shown, with other leg connected to ground. Set at Max 20K ohms, Decrease resistance to increase voltage. Also seen above, to increase Southbridge voltage, which the BIOS does not offer any adjustments for and which is around 1.05v at default, you can connect a 20K ohms Variable resistor across the 2 pins shown. Set at Max 20K ohms, Decrease resistance to increase voltage. Maybe this will help you stabilize SATA or USB Devices at high FSBs. Measure Southbridge voltage from the spot shown below:
Now time for the CPU side. As said before, current BIOS seems to have a bug preventing system from booting up when you select above 1.60v for CPU, namely, 1.8v and 2.0v. You can measure actual VCore voltage beside the CPU socket area seen below:
Now, there are 2 mods you can do. If you're loading up the CPU heavy with voltage and high speeds, and if you notice that the voltage swings between idle and load is quite big, then you may consider the VDroop mod. Pencil the SMD capacitor seen below to reduce the droop. Alternatively, you can solder on a 500K ohms Variable resistor across the 2 points shown. Set at Max 500K ohms, Decrease resistance until you find very little droop in VCore. .
For CPU Vcore, connect a 500K ohms Variable resistor to point shown, with other leg connected to ground. Set at Max 500K ohms, Decrease resistance to increase voltage. And there! Everything you need to kick-off a hardcore overclocking session.
















