ASUS P5K Deluxe Bios 0404 Allows FSB Strap Change!

[Warboy]

thats right. I just found the 0404 Bios on their FTP page and I tried it out, It seems I'm getting better overclocks too. Last night I got my computer stable at 1.66v at Almost 4Ghz with a coolness of 35C avg.

Well heres the bios.

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/socket775/P5K%20Deluxe/

[Leeghoofd]

hehhe you are trailing this time mate many users have returned back to 0311 due to numerous issues....

[xgman]

I have no issues with it.

[andyr(uk)]

Hi , has anyone got a link to super pi xtreme systems version , thanks

[Kunaak]

no problems here, been using it for about a week now.

[BNDMOD]

i'm using 0311 :) and i reach 3.8ghz on e4300... but not stable... :s 3.5ghz stable with 1.57vcore

[Warboy]

its running great so far. Done almost 24 hours testing here.

[hornet]

More news of the bios?

[dekruyter]

I had problems with it too; back to 311.

[orion23]

I've been running 0404 as well without any issues!

[eva2000]

0311 more stable for me than 0404 http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=4161 when clocking memory high with very tight sub timings.. i think most folks depending on the memory ICs they use, will be fine with 0404 if they're leaving sub timings loose or on AUTO

But i can get same 0404 default performance with 0311 bios just by tightening subtimings a bit more and it's more stable.

[Leeghoofd]

Hi , has anyone got a link to super pi xtreme systems version , thanks

http://users.pandora.be/OAP2/super_pi_mod-1.5.rar

[bingo13]

0311 more stable for me than 0404 http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=4161 when clocking memory high with very tight sub timings.. i think most folks depending on the memory ICs they use, will be fine with 0404 if they're leaving sub timings loose or on AUTO

But i can get same 0404 default performance with 0311 bios just by tightening subtimings a bit more and it's more stable.

They really loosened up the chipset latencies in this release compared to 0403 while trying to tighten a couple of memory sub-timings to make up for it, not liking it all. The same thing happened with 0603 on the P5K3, so much so that in some cases the performance at 525FSB was worse than at 333 Stock with an E6850, back to the drawing board as far as I am concerned. You know its bad when you can run 800 strap at 465FSB and watch your numbers decrease compared to the 1333 strap at the same settings.

I am having a hard time convincing them that memory/chipset performance is more important than FSB performance. One step forward, then two back when people on the forums complain about not having high FSB rates. :(

[`danny]

I'm using it also

[XtremeTiramisu]

Using 0404 since last night, it's working fine for me and no problems with flashing. OC-ability doesn't seems to make a difference for me. I could still the same tight timings like 5-5-4-5-3-25-3-3-3 @ 1180~1200 and 2.2v only.

However, one thing I'm still quite fraustrated with is that I still cannot set DRAM Static Read Control to Auto and Transaction booster to +1 at the same time and boot successfully at ANY CLOCK....weird.
Auto - Auto is fine though.

[eva2000]

They really loosened up the chipset latencies in this release compared to 0403 while trying to tighten a couple of memory sub-timings to make up for it, not liking it all. The same thing happened with 0603 on the P5K3, so much so that in some cases the performance at 525FSB was worse than at 333 Stock with an E6850, back to the drawing board as far as I am concerned. You know its bad when you can run 800 strap at 465FSB and watch your numbers decrease compared to the 1333 strap at the same settings.

I am having a hard time convincing them that memory/chipset performance is more important than FSB performance. One step forward, then two back when people on the forums complain about not having high FSB rates. :(Thanks for the confirmation Gary :) Whoops we must be confusing the bios engineers, i mentioned the 0311 vs 0404 bios findings I found to my contact and also pushed them for more FSB my E6750 G0 stuck at 490-500FSB - I wanna see 540 FSB LOL

It's all good with high 9x and higher multiplier cpus but 8x and below would really need high FSB to shine.

Interesting is from 0304 to 0311 bios on P5K Deluxe, they managed to improve my max FSB on cpus by 15-30FSB... so maybe squeeze out more with future bioses beyond 0404 ?

[XtremeTiramisu]

Thanks for the confirmation Gary :) Whoops we must be confusing the bios engineers, i mentioned the 0311 vs 0404 bios findings I found to my contact and also pushed them for more FSB my E6750 G0 stuck at 490-500FSB - I wanna see 540 FSB LOL

It's all good with high 9x and higher multiplier cpus but 8x and below would really need high FSB to shine.

Interesting is from 0304 to 0311 bios on P5K Deluxe, they managed to improve my max FSB on cpus by 15-30FSB... so maybe squeeze out more with future bioses beyond 0404 ?

I'd hope so too...I had high hopes for the new 0404(official) and it doesn't quite makes a differenc to me besides FSB strap change. I didn't notice any temp drop either. My CPU does support PECI but enable/dissable doesn't make a difference in temp for me which is different from some others...

My E6700 is still hitting CPU wall at exactly 495FSB and I've tried upping all the relative voltages like CPL streangth up to 1.8v NB/SB/FSB and doesn't seems to make a difference...

Another thing is how were you able to have BOTH Dram static control to Auto or Enable AND Transaction boost +1 at the same time and have no booting with no screen problem??

Thanks EVA :)

[eva2000]

<500FSB static read and TB = auto

[JohnMike]

The same thing happened with 0603 on the P5K3, so much so that in some cases the performance at 525FSB was worse than at 333 Stock with an E6850, back to the drawing board as far as I am concerned. You know its bad when you can run 800 strap at 465FSB and watch your numbers decrease compared to the 1333 strap at the same settings.

I have a P5K3 Dlx and never saw that 0603 bios on Asus FTP, only 0501 yesterday, but didn't test it yet.

[elec999]

I wish they release such a bios for the P5B.
Thanks

[bingo13]

Thanks for the confirmation Gary :) Whoops we must be confusing the bios engineers, i mentioned the 0311 vs 0404 bios findings I found to my contact and also pushed them for more FSB my E6750 G0 stuck at 490-500FSB - I wanna see 540 FSB LOL

It's all good with high 9x and higher multiplier cpus but 8x and below would really need high FSB to shine.

Interesting is from 0304 to 0311 bios on P5K Deluxe, they managed to improve my max FSB on cpus by 15-30FSB... so maybe squeeze out more with future bioses beyond 0404 ?

All of my E6x50 CPUs are stuck at exactly 500FSB on several boards including X38, starting to think our ES samples from Intel are "locked" for a lack of better words. I think after last night that they understand once again the importance of balancing latencies with FSB rates. I think those results from our Gigabyte DQ6 with memory/chipset strap changes went a long way to erasing "My CPU-Z screenshot is better than yours" mentality. :D

[bingo13]

I have a P5K3 Dlx and never saw that 0603 bios on Asus FTP, only 0501 yesterday, but didn't test it yet.

0603 has not been released yet. It is in beta testing.

[Warboy]

i hope the final of the 04xx bios series as alot more features.

[eva2000]

All of my E6x50 CPUs are stuck at exactly 500FSB on several boards including X38, starting to think our ES samples from Intel are "locked" for a lack of better words. I think after last night that they understand once again the importance of balancing latencies with FSB rates. I think those results from our Gigabyte DQ6 with memory/chipset strap changes went a long way to erasing "My CPU-Z screenshot is better than yours" mentality. :D
nothing better that rock solid proof in the results to sway a person to your viewpoint :)

Interesting about FSB limit... i think The Stilt said P5K series CPU PLL volts is tied into SB volts.. P5K only has 1.2v max SB volts.. maybe we need more :D

[Tony]

to get high fsb you have to loosen chipset latency, the forums are full of my board does 600+fsb but you all are missing the point that to do this they are killing the real speed.

What it comes down to is this....you want speed you have to buy a high multi cpu, but as we all know not many do this; so the market is killing performance on the boards...real sad if you ask me.

[eva2000]

yeah E6x50 series with low multis hard to get it high FSB with tight latencies but at least with P5K DX it's better than P965 series heh