Question 1

My Board keeps crashing.  It has been suggested that the 4+1 non-heatsinked VRM in this model can not handle FX-6300 and higher CPU's.  It runs fine with my older Sempron Chip.  What kind of assurance do you offer people purchasing it for that purpose?

Accepted Answer

That is most certainly not true. I have an FX-8350 and it runs just fine. Did you make sure you didn't miss the power plug in the upper left corner? There is one somewhat hidden between the CPU and the back of the I/O panel.

Question 2

Has anyone run into a driver needing to be installed before installing windows 7? I'm Using a USB to boot the windows 7 pro install and when I get to the point where I would chooses my Hard drive its blank and a pop up comes up asking for a driver to be installed, I used the Disc the Mobo came with and nothing. Any ideas?

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I have not seen this problem exactly.  It is mostly like that the BIOS is set up so that the RAID is turned on (even with 1 drive).

Go into the Bois, click Settings, and then SATA Mode and see what it is set to.  The options are

Disabled (no SATA Controller)
IDE Mode (Always works but a little hit in performance)
RAID Mode (drives are required while installing, even from disk)
AHCI Mode (works almost every time and give slightly better performance)

I have mine set to AHCI and didn't need a driver while installing from DISK.

Once you select a mode, remember that you have to keep that mode.  So if you flash the BIOS and the system won't boot after done.  Check that, the drive is fine and the BIOS just reset that mode.  Happened to me and almost formatted my machine.

Hope this helps.

Question 3

Was there plastic around the package when you got it? I'm trying to determine if I got a returned board.

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not that i remember no there was plastic inside....standard shipping protection but box was not in plastic that i can remember...but this was a few years ago

Question 4

Do i need to flash the bios so i can use fx6300?

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NO,  just install the CPU AME+, Ram and enjoy, motherboard configuration is is very simple, also don't forget the video card, motherboard came without RGB video output

Question 5

will this work for playing games ?

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Yes... Anything can play games if its meeting the requirements. In my system I done video rendering and up to 8 hours gaming. Assuming you have acquitted cooling etc you should not have any issues.

Question 6

does this have onboard Wireless internet connection?

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No, but it has plenty of usb ports to connect a wifi antennae to.

Question 7

Can I overclock my AMD FX 8320 CPU on this board?

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I don't know.
I don't use overclocking.
Product manual page 17 re BIOS may be worth looking at?

Question 8

can I use WIN 7 on this board?

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I believe you can, I don't see why not, the only compatibility issues that can arise with a motherboard is with the processor. Win7 is software.

Question 9

Will a AMD CPU FX-8350 Black Edition 4.0 GHz CPU work on this board-GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P?

Accepted Answer

I think so.  I was running an Phenom X6 1100T in it until I upgraded to Ryzen.  As a side note, you can get some great deals on 1st Gen Ryzen right now.  Totally worth it if you can afford to.

Question 10

does this have onboard video card ?

Accepted Answer

no  this   Mb  has no onboard video. but, the range  for video cards is quite extensive .I consider this positive  and reflects price point as I never use onboard video.especially  if you game. has proven to be a good MB  and I highly recommend

Brand	GIGABYTE
Model	GA-970A-DS3P (rev. 2.0)

CPU Socket Type	AM3+
CPU Type	FX / Phenom II / Athlon II
FSB	2400 MHz Hyper Transport (4800 MT/s)

Chipset	AMD 970
South Bridge	AMD SB950

Number of Memory Slots	4x240pin
Memory Standard	DDR3 2000(O.C.)/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066
Maximum Memory Supported	32GB
Channel Supported	Dual Channel

PCI Express 2.0 x16	1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) (All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
PCI Express x1	3 x PCI Express x1 slots (All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
PCI Slots	2 x PCI Slots

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Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC887
Audio Channels	2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

PS/2	1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x PS/2 mouse port
RJ45	1 x RJ45
USB 3.0	2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
USB 1.1/2.0	6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
Audio Ports	3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

Onboard USB	1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
Other Connectors	1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x CPU fan header 2 x system fan headers 1 x power fan header 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x S/PDIF Out header 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Storage Devices
Serial ATA (SATA)	6 x SATA 6Gb/s
SATA RAID	0/1/5/10/JBOD

Onboard LAN
LAN Chipset	Realtek GbE LAN chip
Max LAN Speed	1Gbps

Physical Spec
Form Factor	ATX
Dimensions (W x L)	12.0" x 8.5"
Power Pin	24 Pin

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