[18th Anniversary] Asus Black Pearl - P5k-Premium Testing Report

[VictorWang]

18th black pearl: P5K-Premium, very nice packaging.
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_98d3a5fe7f766d05aedafgwphDyUKyNL.jpg
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_d08ebbb8349d64272510UBQbkrNZtX0n.jpg
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_2b431164d9a1c017322dsS0p6zWNmCBs.jpg
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_aeeccbeb8a4c57b09bd19LRf4eBSAtP0.jpg


2*PWM HS Fan, Black I/O Panel
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_a6362384092dfe5f8860hoDPAPXKbAXi.jpg


18th Anniversary Logo
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_948d3eb93d9868e512036Vhn7zAV2hNn.jpg


Asus Style, All solid-alu-cap, shield inductor Trio 1R1, nikos mosfet, 8layer PCB.
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_4c35d1f8a55c15dec020mUlJHrRCbE09.jpg


8phase pwm
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_94b7d8a41330e721a347pdcIQraMWmMw.jpg


2 phase for ddr2 ??? but it's not :D let's wait for blitz.
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_e978702f94d4b00294a2QCQH3dq4gBZ4.jpg


same solution on northbridge
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_f6c3ea6eddb15ccab847qAre4lg7lsen.jpg


2Slot Space Dual 16X PCIE, support 16+4x crossfire
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_63d4c0b5fc7c267b6ac43nGrk5V2nbkx.jpg


southbridge area, seems ready for ROG :D
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_de3f163dca8c37659d2dIEfS7JEHCyJU.jpg


CPU CLK Generator : ICS-9LPRS9188KL
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_c7d32d98917ee7184161t4I1dH2MYf9X.jpg


Realtek 8810SC gigabyte lan
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_9f7236734381f019adecR5DkvsEFSuRz.jpg


JM IDE Controller
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_2f15696d7d05abf07b5eYedOLiQmyBxH.jpg


Agere 1394 chip
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_7b265d18ca3d0158cf3dUM1gwUVLkVtv.jpg


BIOS Overclking Settings:
1）voltage
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_31a1e8199afbea96395cKK2ggzsJoFvD.jpg


2）FSB/DRAM Strap&Ratio
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_f95ea405cf0ce15f24c5JNFAKpL5M82f.jpg


3) Ram Tweak
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_b21676f8403ca822529eUvNbn3Ntb2kd.jpg


4) CPU=400*9， Ram=DDR2-1200 4-5-4-9-2T Demo
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_b3f22b31814531243ca2a78EZz8bEst1.jpg


FSB Strap keep the same.
Higher fsb/memclk means higher efficiency.
1）400*9, DDR2-1200 4-5-4-9
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_bcc594ced105b9102263DR9w82DbUUkr.jpg


2）450*8, DDR2-1350 5-5-4-9, sisoft memory bandwidth > 9k
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_5da77c93cfd5454d021bixbQ3QWKpoy7.jpg


3）514*7，DDR2-1285 5-5-4-9，9654mb/s
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_e01cea4824304fc81974aUq3iOVtS2WO.jpg


4） Asus Power, Super pi_32m = 13min30sec w/o any tweak.
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_4519fe02c64737c06320YFNB8bW0UVin.jpg


still, higher fsb+higher memclk = faster.
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_2729ad0e565171a0093d5ukMooTtgX_pL.jpg


5）P5K-Premium, 570fsb on Air (same chip , 565fsb on P5K3-Deluxe with same cooling)
http://bbs.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_27/20080331_69e1c3c639c6f012f0a3e5GBUnxexGyp.jpg


Summary:
1） Nikos Mosfet
2） TRIO 1R1 Inductor
3） 8Layer PCB
4） 6.3v/561uf Solid-Alu-Cap

2．more volt.
1） Max CPU PLL Volt = 2.2v
2） Max vMCH = 1.95v
3） Max vDDR2= 2.55v

3．More tweak options
1） FSB Strap with corresponding Tips/Notes
2） FSB/MemoryCLK Ratio auto adjustable, improve overclk successful rate.
3） mem clk 1T/2T

Test report powered by Uni Hardware.

[michaLcoughliN]

sexy board but too much bling$$

[kcnyc]

sexy board but too much bling$$

how much are they going for? are they even on sale yet?

[FatHippo]

Asus is at it again, using gimmicks to sell a board >.> When will they ever end this gimmick thing??

[Machinus]

I'm hoping to get this board, thanks for the info!!

[eklipze]

wow not bad. but too much $$ lol

[OBR]

nothing special ... we have better choices for better price ... with P35 Express ...

PS. Where is "designed for Watercooling platform" ... special support?

[VictorWang]

price might be about the same with p5k-deluxe I think, or a little bit higher but not too high.

[over@locker886]

Nice new logo!:up:

[largon]

I wonder what's the purpose of the upper mch-mosfet heatpipe...

"FSB Strap to North Bridge"
:up:

[eva2000]

Nice... Victor looks like 1 phase DDR2 not 2 phase ??? Blitz Formula SE 2 phase looks like this photo here (http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/asus/Blitz/formula/1/photos/blitz_formula_19.html).

[justin_c]

what is voltage reference? i'm guessing voltage damper reduces vdroop, correct?

price please! (err, i won't buy it, just waiting for x38).

[VictorWang]

Nice... Victor looks like 1 phase DDR2 not 2 phase ??? Blitz Formula SE 2 phase looks like this photo here (http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/asus/Blitz/formula/1/photos/blitz_formula_19.html).

:D i'm kidding, blitz is rock

[DEVIL K-ce]

price might be about the same with p5k-deluxe I think, or a little bit higher but not too high.

Little higher than P5K Dlx ; 10-15$ in Poland ;)

And yes I have the same question as OBR : "designed for Watercooling platform" :confused:


Martin

[ineedaname]

It looks like the only thing specially designed for water cooling is the extra passive fan....

[doomed]

im disappointed... i was expecting alot more from this mobo...to much advertisement. rather go for a p5k deluxe or w8 for the next chipset (if i can afford DDR3) lol

[zoob]

Does this board run as hot as the P5K Deluxe?

[VictorWang]

Little higher than P5K Dlx ; 10-15$ in Poland ;)

And yes I have the same question as OBR : "designed for Watercooling platform" :confused:


Martin

this mobo is not designed for watercooling.
Blitz will be the Ultimate Asus P35 mobo with watercooling solution.


the mobo is running pretty cool 'coz of better inductor and mosfet.
and there are no mosfet at back of the pcb, so better cooling also.

it's definetly an Evo Version of P5K-Deluxe and is about the same price but better overclking.

[Machinus]

Does the watercooling design make it hotter than p5kd with just air?

EDIT: Anyone have OC testing to compare with deluxe?

[palese]

VR Zone

The P5K Premium motherboard is specially designed for water-cooled solutions and allows users to enjoy enhanced overclocking speeds of up to 100% faster in water-cooled systems; and stays 40ºC (72ºF) lower than other thermal solutions. This motherboard also natively supports DDR2 1066 for better compatibility, and with ASUS’s exclusive Super Memspeed Technology, memory speeds can be automatically enhanced by 75%, up to DDR2 1400MHz. It is also able to provide users with stable CPU power and 30% reduced power ripples during heavy loading. Signal delivery is also enhanced with low cross-talk for even faster speeds.

287.09 in stock http://www.shopsharksystems.com/browse/product/sku/P5K+PREMIUM%2FWIFI-AP/

[1badhabit]

That board is sexy, but sexy isn't always better....In a PC perspective...

[doomed]

yeah i dont get it... it says on the website that its suppose to be enhanced for water cooling... but i dont see anything speciall about it... the blitz on the other hand has a NB/SB/and mosfet WC blocks integrated in them, thats water cooling. (although idk if its a good idea cause it would put alot of extra heat loop, if you already have a quad and a 8800gtx on the same loop) idk if that would be worth it. and to bad its only DDR3

[Machinus]

Does putting in water cooling sinks make it worse for air? I can't find what about the board is so different that it would change it.

The only things I can see are better CPU power management?

[eva2000]

:D i'm kidding, blitz is rock
hehe... so far i'm liking the blitz alot more smaller incremental voltage options!

yeah i dont get it... it says on the website that its suppose to be enhanced for water cooling... but i dont see anything speciall about it... the blitz on the other hand has a NB/SB/and mosfet WC blocks integrated in them, thats water cooling. (although idk if its a good idea cause it would put alot of extra heat loop, if you already have a quad and a 8800gtx on the same loop) idk if that would be worth it. and to bad its only DDR3

probably they mean enhanced for water cooling in terms of the board designed to run cooler in water cooling environments where additional fan/air flow usually from air heatsinks are NOT present.

[doomed]

still... if you think about any mobo will run alot cooler with water cooling than with air... just because your away a lot of the heat that the cpu (and sometimes gpu(s)) from the case.

[B.E.E.F.]

VR Zone

The P5K Premium motherboard is specially designed for water-cooled solutions and allows users to enjoy enhanced overclocking speeds of up to 100% faster in water-cooled systems; and stays 40ºC (72ºF) lower than other thermal solutions. This motherboard also natively supports DDR2 1066 for better compatibility, and with ASUS’s exclusive Super Memspeed Technology, memory speeds can be automatically enhanced by 75%, up to DDR2 1400MHz. It is also able to provide users with stable CPU power and 30% reduced power ripples during heavy loading. Signal delivery is also enhanced with low cross-talk for even faster speeds.

287.09 in stock http://www.shopsharksystems.com/browse/product/sku/P5K+PREMIUM%2FWIFI-AP/

Ok... so getting past the marketing B.S. where are the benchmarks to prove these ridiculous performance gains?

[mouawad]

Ok... so getting past the marketing B.S. where are the benchmarks to prove these ridiculous performance gains?

there won't be any :)

the p5k-dlx already kicks ass ...this board is basically identical in a nicer box and a price markup.

i expect to see this on april 1st to be honest but that's asus for ya.

[cuprasport]

i got mine today (first batch in the uk and the first one i got)

a few pics

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t172/cupra-sport/S5000625.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t172/cupra-sport/S5000626.jpg

the mosfet fans are witht he board and it is priced £12 more than the deluxe with beter voltage's ect

will do some benching later all i have so far is this

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t172/cupra-sport/e6850.jpg

im not willing to put many volts through the chip as i got this today and cant check the temps as coretemp says 17 deg in a room that is 23 lol

[antonfrompresto]

i got mine today (first batch in the uk and the first one i got)

Which retailer/etailer did you get the board from?

[cuprasport]

tekheads

[antonfrompresto]

tekheads

What bios version shipped on the board.

[xgman]

What bios version shipped on the board.

good question. did it boot g0 from the start?

[palese]

Newegg and their other store cheif value has it:)

[Apoc@]

good question. did it boot g0 from the start?

Mine came with the 102 bios, and the 6750 G0 works out of the box.

[antonfrompresto]

Mine came with the 102 bios, and the 6750 G0 works out of the box.

Thats strange, the Asus website states that bios version 0204 is required for the E6750.

[palese]

Water?


i got mine today (first batch in the uk and the first one i got)

a few pics

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t172/cupra-sport/S5000625.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t172/cupra-sport/S5000626.jpg

the mosfet fans are witht he board and it is priced £12 more than the deluxe with beter voltage's ect

will do some benching later all i have so far is this

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t172/cupra-sport/e6850.jpg

im not willing to put many volts through the chip as i got this today and cant check the temps as coretemp says 17 deg in a room that is 23 lol

[Dynasty]

asus P5K-prem. is an very nice board, works well with G0's right out of the box. no need for any bios update or anything.....

[DMH]

Yes a BIOS update does cost a lot to do;)

[Senater_Cache]

ok ok...so first of all the inductor coils in victor's pics are different from retail I guess. no biggie. But how is this board any different than any other board as far as watercooling is concerned? (note the big ass emblem on the front of the box saying Water-designeeed etc)
??

[TinTin]

ok ok...so first of all the inductor coils in victor's pics are different from retail I guess. no biggie. But how is this board any different than any other board as far as watercooling is concerned? (note the big ass emblem on the front of the box saying Water-designeeed etc)
??

Just setup this MB a few days ago, still playing that, and I am using watercooler for CPU with this MB, please see my brief report including some temperatures measurement. Sorry for that, it is in Chinese. But if u get any question, u can ask me. :)

http://bbs.ocqq.com/viewthread.php?tid=14383&extra=page%3D1

[kasuza]

Which retailer/etailer did you get the board from?

Newegg.com sells it for $235.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131190

[lowdog]

Anyone able to get Raid to work on this board.....having endless problems trying to get it set up, bios option for sata bootrom option isn't in bios when it's supposed to be :down: , F6 floppy disk gives an unexpected error :down: , this board shaping up to be another marvellous POS from Asus so far. :rolleyes:

Using bios 0204.

[AndyM]

. But how is this board any different than any other board as far as watercooling is concerned? (note the big ass emblem on the front of the box saying Water-designeeed etc)
??

I think maybe they didnt solder some mosfets on the back of the board like the Deluxe version of this so when you get some mosfet blocks for it all the mosfets are cooled? :shrug:

[bro20000]

Just ordered one of these to replace my Quad gt are they any good!

[sofarfrome]

Can you buy just the fans?

[ROK]

Can you buy just the fans?

Bought a set on ebay in June, ~15 bux...

http://computers.search.ebay.com/ASUS-Motherboard-Heatpipe-Chipset_Computers-Networking_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQfromZR40QQsacatZ58058

[Senater_Cache]

Can you buy just the fans?

petrastechshop.com has them....

look for their grab-bag deal. (its on the front page way up top.)

[bro20000]

Whats the difference between this and the deluxe!

[doomed]

so what would you guys say? is it worth upgrading from p5k deluxe to this? i dont see alot of difference other than those damn fans that are just gonna make noise...

[xgman]

Yes a BIOS update does cost a lot to do;)

It could cost the price of a throw away cpu if it doesn't boot your stepping and you only have one cpu. ;)

[lowdog]

Boards got a damn double pump cold start bug or feature :rolleyes:

Turn the comp off overnight and turn power off at the psu = double pump bootup....yay bloody marvellous. Board need a new bios to fix the current half a dozen problems it has atm.

Board would be solid if they come up with a good bios.

[Senater_Cache]

I am still entirely mystified by the emblem on th ebox stating it is designer specifically for Water Cooling!?!
Anyone have any clue?? I mean it is a HUGE emblem on th ebox and any retail-shoppers will be attracted to it. WTF do they mean?

[shiznit93]

I am still entirely mystified by the emblem on th ebox stating it is designer specifically for Water Cooling!?!
Anyone have any clue?? I mean it is a HUGE emblem on th ebox and any retail-shoppers will be attracted to it. WTF do they mean?
Its marketing spin for saying they fixed the cpu power system so it doesn't run hot as hell anymore so it can be used safely with watercooling where you don't have as much airflow over the motherboard. Obviously instead of admitting a mistake Asus chose to spin it as a "Premium" edition and charge more $, but I think they might have shot themselves in the foot by confusing people using air-cooling (unless they just expect them to keep buying the Deluxe).

[Machinus]

So is the P5KD better for air systems as well?

[bro20000]

Got a weird problem i upgraded bios fro 102 to 204 and on bios screen where your meant to change cpu voltage and mem etc there missing!

[lowdog]

Got a weird problem i upgraded bios fro 102 to 204 and on bios screen where your meant to change cpu voltage and mem etc there missing!


Did you clear the cmos after flashing?

Try that if you didn't.

[bro20000]

ill will give it a try when flashing it said it was clearing cmos! Gotta say these are nice boards!

[bro20000]

Works fine now does enabling the intel robson tech on the board make much difference!

[lowdog]

Works fine now does enabling the intel robson tech on the board make much difference!


Wouldn't have aclue what that is. :confused:

[bro20000]

Just found this!
http://sg.vr-zone.com/?i=2888

it does seem faster when enabled!

[lowdog]

That seems to be for notebooks, why have Asus got it in their bios on this mobo???

[bro20000]

I havent got a clue why! Must just be to promote it!

[bro20000]

Is it in the deluxe boards maybe just comes with the premium boards!

[palese]

Asus has changed the box design, just blue box with Black Peral Edition on front.

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/13-131-190-08.jpg

[XtremeTiramisu]

Very interesting thread.
I'm already quite satisfied with the OC-ability from my P5K-Dlx & Q6600 G0 but it looks like the P5K premium is going to take the overclocking potential of your hardwares up another level....very tempted in getting the premium to replace the deluxe

I hope the new P5K-Premium will take 4x1GB ram's OC-ability higher and more stable than P5K-Dlx.
P5K-Deluxe doesn't really shine in the 4x1GB ram OC area but other than that, it does everything an OC enthusiast ask for.

[Budwise]

anyone try 4X1Gb of memory on this board yet?

[lowdog]

anyone try 4X1Gb of memory on this board yet?


Running 4 X 2gb atm fine.

[shiznit93]

Running 4 X 2gb atm fine.
my 4x1 Ballistix were very happy to hear that.

[bro20000]

Am having trouble with my memory was running 5,5,5,15 fine a 1050 on abit quad gt on premium i have to relax timing to 6,6,6,18 to get them speeds! Looks like a memory upgrade! Can anyone recommend any pc8500!

[TinTin]

Here is my result, so far so good :)

except CPU and Ram, all other voltages are the lowest in the BIOS,

http://bbs.ocqq.com/attachment.php?aid=37275&nothumb=yes

[lefy]

The Premium is only $10 more than the Deluxe in the US. That makes the market position of the deluxe confusing to consumers. Why should anyone chose the deluxe over the premium?

[XtremeTiramisu]

Just bought the P5K-Premium 18th Anni Black Pearl
Sorry for the poor quality pics...
The first pic is the cover of the box in metalic sapphire blue, very sexy, and the stamp of 18th Anni Black Pearl.
The second pic is the box in black so it's different from the pic shown above by Palese.

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8245/dsc00033zo0.jpg
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/1763/dsc00034br9.jpg

[Budwise]

any other pics besides the outside of the box? lol

[palese]

Just bought the P5K-Premium 18th Anni Black Pearl
Sorry for the poor quality pics...
The first pic is the cover of the box in metalic sapphire blue, very sexy, and the stamp of 18th Anni Black Pearl.
The second pic is the box in black so it's different from the pic shown above by Palese.

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8245/dsc00033zo0.jpg
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/1763/dsc00034br9.jpg

I think asus took a lot of heat over the "Designed for water cool" plus confused air people. I bet it cost them sales so they changed the box. I could be wrong :shrug:

[AndyM]

Just bought the P5K-Premium 18th Anni Black Pearl



Alright! Our first head to head test by someone pushing the equipment to the limit! I'm looking forward to seeing if there is a difference beyond no mosfets soldered to the back of the PCB and a different box :ROTF:

Are you going to do a head to head challenge thread using the same cpu?

[XtremeTiramisu]

any other pics besides the outside of the box? lol

As you wish, you'll see a lot more pics later when I've more stuff to put together..;)


Alright! Our first head to head test by someone pushing the equipment to the limit! I'm looking forward to seeing if there is a difference beyond no mosfets soldered to the back of the PCB and a different box :ROTF:

Are you going to do a head to head challenge thread using the same cpu?

Yes I'll ;)
But I'm still debating whether I want to stick with the P5K-P BP or get the Blitz formula that will hit retail real soon..:p:

[timber715]

Man, what do you do with all those boards... wanted to ugrade bec of your oc, though i can't afford them like you , good thing i can wait... will wait for your other board findings
Good luck, hope it brings promising results to satisfy us both. lol

[bro20000]

XtremeTiramisu how you finding your new board what they like with quads!

[bito]

Has anyone with the P5K-Premium noticed that there is NO vdroop at all, with dampener enabled !!

[TinTin]

Has anyone with the P5K-Premium noticed that there is NO vdroop at all, with dampener enabled !!

setting 1.40V in BIOS, then 1.38V rock solid idle and full load with Damper enabled.

[bro20000]

I havent notice a Vdroop at all! Its a really solid board!

[XtremeTiramisu]

There is nothing bad in terms of OC-ability about P5K-Deluxe that I already have with numerous fantastic quad-core OC results but I think the P5K-P B.P. should be able to take the OC-ability and stability at higher clocked state by a one full notch, I hope.

Since 18th Anni P5K-P Black Pearl is around the price as what P5K-Deluxe sells now and exactly the same price when the P5K-Deluxe first hit the retail roughly 2 month ago, It's a no brainer that one should pick the P5K-Premium Black Pearl 18th Anniversary edition over the P5K-Dlx. It has everything P5K-Deluxe offers plus better hardware components and perhaps better OC-ability at no premium charges.

So people who passed on the P5K-Dlx or who hasn't not yet buy a P5K-Dlx should just skip it and get the P5K-P BP, it should yield equivalent performance or even better.

[Budwise]

mine comes in today. I'll post some results later this evening when i get a chance...

[lefy]

can anyone confirm whether heat is lower on the premium vs deluxe?

[XtremeTiramisu]

I'll answer and confirm all questions you guys have about P5K-Dlx vs P5K-P Black Pearl ed.

My sex appealing 18th anniversary Black Pearl is sitting beside me quietly right now and I'll get everything setup and start OC just how I did in my last thread, I guess you all have seen it.

Stay tuned :)

[Xilikon]

Let me know of your results as well, this one might be the gem I'm looking with my Q6600, especially with the same stepping and batch as yours :D I also watercool soon so this board might be the best pick.

[XtremeTiramisu]

Let me know of your results as well, this one might be the gem I'm looking with my Q6600, especially with the same stepping and batch as yours :D I also watercool soon so this board might be the best pick.

Please don't get confused watercooling with the P5K-Premium Black Pearl.
The implemented watercooling mobo that people often get confused with this one is the Blitz Extreme or Formula Special Edition. :)

However, from what I read so far is that the Black Pearl uses the same ref board as the Blitz series but less the dual Crossfire x8 and the obvious Fuzion water block.

I won't go watercooling anytime soon so the Black Pearl looks like the perfect choice for me.

[jkresh]

XtremeTiramisu, while the blitz formula se and extreme are the ones with waterblocks built in the p5k premium says (or at least said) that it was made for watercooling (basically they changed something from the deluxe so the heatpipes would be better able to deal with the lack of a hsf on the cpu).

[Xilikon]

Please don't get confused watercooling with the P5K-Premium Black Pearl.
The implemented watercooling mobo that people often get confused with this one is the Blitz Extreme or Formula Special Edition. :)

However, from what I read so far is that the Black Pearl uses the same ref board as the Blitz series but less the dual Crossfire x8 and the obvious Fuzion water block.

I won't go watercooling anytime soon so the Black Pearl looks like the perfect choice for me.

I know this and I mean that since I'm watercooling, I wanted a board who can take care of less airflow and provide enhanced options for my needs.

[XtremeTiramisu]

XtremeTiramisu, while the blitz formula se and extreme are the ones with waterblocks built in the p5k premium says (or at least said) that it was made for watercooling (basically they changed something from the deluxe so the heatpipes would be better able to deal with the lack of a hsf on the cpu).


I know this and I mean that since I'm watercooling, I wanted a board who can take care of less airflow and provide enhanced options for my needs.

Gotcha both;)
18th Anni P5K Premium Black Pearl FTW:up:

[Budwise]

got mine up and running with 4X1Gb rock solid so far. My Abit simply refused to run 4Gb at high FSB but so far the P5K Premium is doing great. I am running watercooling and active cooling on the NB. I personally wouldnt want the restriction and added heat in my loop that the Blitz will offer. Im making sure that its solid with some Orthos at 378X9 before i move forward.

[krille]

So, is Power Consumption on P5K-Premium much lower than on P5K-Deluxe?

I'm asking this as P5K-Deluxe seems to consume about 20-40W more than Gigabyte and Abit P35 boards, for no reason at all really. At least according to TechReport and X-bit labs.

http://techreport.com/reviews/2007q2/p35-mobos/index.x?pg=16
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/ga-p35c-ds3r_17.html#sect0

The P5K-Premium does seem like the best board, but if it too draws 20-40W more than the competition, I'm out. (Heat = noise. I hate noise.)

Thanks and best of luck with your new board!

[shiznit93]

I have my Q6600 running right now @ 3.0ghz (factory cooler sorry), 1.35v in bios, 1.328 in windows NO vdroop during load. My 4x1GB ballistix pc2-8000 is running 4-4-4-12 @ 500mhz 2.1v. So far I am happy with this board, when I get my Ultra 120 Ex next week I'll post real oc results.

Now, does anyone know how to make coretemp work on Vista x64? Even if i run as admin it gives me the looping crash that forces me to restart the pc.

To the last poster, even if it does draw 20-40 more watts than the competition (which I doubt once you disable the wi-fi, secondary lan, firewire, and all the other useless crap), how will that equal more noise? 20-40W might put your psu into the next tier of its fanspeed but I doubt it will be that much louder, and it would be spinning just as fast once you start a game and the video card starts chugging watts.

[jkresh]

shiznit93 I think krille is suggesting that with the 20-40 watts more you will want/need a fan pointing at the heatpipes which will increase the noise, or that it will cause your cpu/gpu whatever to get warmer raising their fan speeds, not that the heat will create the noise but that dealing with it will.

[krille]

jkresh, sorta. Essentially, 20-40W extra heat generated by my mobo forces me to make my CPU, GPU or something like that generate 20-40W less (ie less OC = less performance) in order to maintain the same quiet noise level X as I would with the rest of my system drawing 20-40W more (with a higher OC = more performance). I'm just trying to be purely realistic and economical here.

Every little extra watt needs to get out of the case some way. This usually means speeding up the case/cpu/gpu/psu fans. Besides, my computer is hot already and I don't need ASUS to help the situation. ;) Even though I must say it otherwise seems to be the best board. (Damn! Being noise-sensitive SUCKS. I used to be "normal", but somehow my old PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 850 SSI with its 80mm tri-bladed delta messed something up in my head a little bit too much. Now there seems to be no turning back and I'm obsessed with noise (or getting rid thereof). :( )

And I probably wouldn't have gone for the last 100Mhz this board's additional no-vdroop feature may allow me anyway (for that very same reason), as that would mean a substantial increase in noise. Does it make sense now?

Because AFAIK this whole vdroop business only allows one to OC higher (= even more heat), right? Or am I completely out in the blue here?

[XtremeTiramisu]

I have my Q6600 running right now @ 3.0ghz (factory cooler sorry), 1.35v in bios, 1.328 in windows NO vdroop during load. My 4x1GB ballistix pc2-8000 is running 4-4-4-12 @ 500mhz 2.1v. So far I am happy with this board, when I get my Ultra 120 Ex next week I'll post real oc results.

Now, does anyone know how to make coretemp work on Vista x64? Even if i run as admin it gives me the looping crash that forces me to restart the pc.

To the last poster, even if it does draw 20-40 more watts than the competition (which I doubt once you disable the wi-fi, secondary lan, firewire, and all the other useless crap), how will that equal more noise? 20-40W might put your psu into the next tier of its fanspeed but I doubt it will be that much louder, and it would be spinning just as fast once you start a game and the video card starts chugging watts.



I can finally use Coretemp 0.95 in Vista 64 bit. Please use the following FYI. :)


All you have to do is type "cmd" in the Search Box included in the Vista Start menu. Next, press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open a command prompt window with elevated privileges. Now enter bcdedit /set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS in order to disable Driver Signing and reboot.

Exactly as what others and I have stated, Speedfan's core temp + 15c = Coretemps core temps.
It's always your CPU Tjunction temp (100c) - DTS = core temps. Coretemp 0.95 can read the max Tjunction of the Q6600 G0 at 100c properly but Speedfan assumes the max Tjunction for the Quad is 85c like all C2D. In the end, either programs give accurate core temp readings.

[shiznit93]

Thanks tiramisu, I had tried to disable signature checking earlier but I forgot to do it with admin command prompt.

[WSX]

subscribed!

[fornowagain]

Just read a report that the P5K Premium doesn't like Vista 32Bit, anyone had a problem?

http://forums.hexus.net/showpost.php?p=1171115&postcount=13


What do you mean, it doesnt like vista 32 bit? Driver problem? Which driver?

no one knows, but with this motherboard no matter what component you change it will just freeze on the install and if it installs it will eventually just not boot in!.
they tried 2 other p5k premiums and it was the same thing.

strange thing is the deluxe is identical in almost every way and this seems to work fine!.

and before you ask, yes it was with the new bios and old ones.

[AndyM]

So, is Power Consumption on P5K-Premium much lower than on P5K-Deluxe?

I'm asking this as P5K-Deluxe seems to consume about 20-40W more than Gigabyte and Abit P35 boards, for no reason at all really. At least according to TechReport and X-bit labs.



I'd like to see some tests myself. I'm wondering, could the power consumption differences be a result of the same vcore settings across the boards tested, but ASUS's voltage damper not letting the vcore droop as much resulting in more power draw in comparison to a droopier board?

That said, I wish ASUS came out with this instead of the Deluxe...I like the mosfet placement much better than the Deluxe I have, and cant return and exchange for the same priced Premium as it is too old, doooh! :mad:

[krille]

I'd like to see some tests myself. I'm wondering, could the power consumption differences be a result of the same vcore settings across the boards tested, but ASUS's voltage damper not letting the vcore droop as much resulting in more power draw in comparison to a droopier board?

That said, I wish ASUS came out with this instead of the Deluxe...I like the mosfet placement much better than the Deluxe I have, and cant return and exchange for the same priced Premium as it is too old, doooh! :mad:Yup, that's what I suspect myself. I wonder what happens to the power consumption of a vdroop modded IP35 Pro?

[sobol]

Guys is there any proof that Premium is better of Delux in terms of OC.

Did anyone changed his mb from deluxe to premium and noticed 20 mhz higher stable oc on CPU or mem or something ?

Also vdrop is that giving you any stability problem with deluxe ? Coz i can't see any advantage in fixing that anyway.

[WSX]

awaiting XtremeTiramisu's test results :)

[Supertim0r]

I confirm, the Premium is better with the quad core. The pwm was really hot with the Deluxe. It's better with the new components on the premium

[TWY]

Seems like there are a lot of minute differences on the P5K Premiums depending on batch and factory.

The one on Newegg site has PCB made in Taiwan and MEC inductor beside the DIMM slots.

The one on the first page has all round RIO inductors.

I have two Premiums, one has RIO inductors all round but CPU area is 'brandless R68', and the second premium has a MEC inductor for the DIMMs but 'brandless R68' for the CPU area. Even the DIMM slot manufacturers are different for both boards! I'm getting a board with all 4 slots having the same kind of clips, while the other has differing pairs (like the one on the front page)!


I haven't come across any other brand that has so many differing components for the same revision number. :shocked:

But I like the Premium, clocking my previously stubborn Crucial 10th Anniversary much better than my old board.

[nicepun]

Got mine today, I will play with it over the weekend. My P5W DH was not playing nice with my Q6600 G0 so what better excuse?

[Heidfirst]

I'm wondering, could the power consumption differences be a result of the same vcore settings across the boards tested, but ASUS's voltage damper not letting the vcore droop as much resulting in more power draw in comparison to a droopier board?
you're talking about a max of probably 0.1V & on average more like 0.05V - whilst it may be a partial reason I can't see it being the whole reason for a 20-40W difference.

[noobzed]

I have an issue with the premium

when I set 4 4 4 12 2T in bios, load into XP and finally I have 4 5 5 15 ...

any suggestion ?

edit: found the problem, was memset :D

[WSX]

Still waiting to see some test results on the Premium from anyone that's got one ...

[TinTin]

For those who gets occansionally si~si~ sound with the on board sound, use the P5B Premium Vista sound driver will fix, now it is fine :D

[billdavis]

ordered 1 will be here wendesday with a q6600 go

[nicepun]

Still waiting to see some test results on the Premium from anyone that's got one ...

I'm still learning and tweaking, I will try to have some results later on tonight.

[miochza]

I'm still learning and tweaking, I will try to have some results later on tonight.

nicepun, I am torn between getting a P5K Premium and assemble now or waiting until around December (college break) and getting an X38 board. I'm very interested in your results.

[nicepun]

nicepun, I am torn between getting a P5K Premium and assemble now or waiting until around December (college break) and getting an X38 board. I'm very interested in your results.

Anything in particular you would like to see? 450x8 is w/ 1.43vcore is no sweat thus far. I've been able to bench @ 4Ghz (3DMark06). I'm still trying to find the sweet spot.

[miochza]

Anything in particular you would like to see? 450x8 is w/ 1.43vcore is no sweat thus far. I've been able to bench @ 4Ghz (3DMark06). I'm still trying to find the sweet spot.

Not really anything in particular, I'll wait for you to find you 24/7. It's just having water cooling and a Q6600 G0 at 3 ghz seems like wasted potential :D

[nicepun]

Well, so far when you enable the Intel RAID Controller, the OC because VERY UNSTABLE. Anyone else expriencing the same?

[BigRigDriver]

Well, so far when you enable the Intel RAID Controller, the OC because VERY UNSTABLE. Anyone else expriencing the same?


I had this board for 2 days & couldnt get anything stable when raid is enabled. Needles to say I was the first to post on NE for a review.:down:

[bro20000]

Have had the board 2weeks now and using raid0 isnt giving me any problems its has stable has a rock!

[nicepun]

I had this board for 2 days & couldnt get anything stable when raid is enabled. Needles to say I was the first to post on NE for a review.:down:

What processor? Q6600?



Have had the board 2weeks now and using raid0 isnt giving me any problems its has stable has a rock!

I have 5 HDs, I will try with just one and see what happens.


Also, are you using 8 or 4 pin for the cpu?

Additional Comments:

Just to give you an example of what I mean I set the OC to 480x7 and set the SATA to RAID, as soon as you see the windows logo it crashes and reboots, but if I set the SATA to IDE everything is fine and dandy.

[y2jdmbfan]

Check your PCIE frequency...Mine likes to bump up to 150 for some reason after tweaking settings in the BIOS occasionally and my drives set for AHCI but not RAID are not detected when that happens....

Y2J

[timber715]

so far, what defining aspects does the p5k-premium have over the p5k-deluxe?

[lessonz]

So who's been able to successfully run RAID0 with Vista? Who has tried and failed?

[lowdog]

Im running raid0 on one set of WD Raptors with Vista 64bit and raid0 on another set of WD Raptors with XP for a dual boot config.....no problems my end with Q6600 @ 3.6GHz - 9 x 400 fsb.

[nicepun]

Im running raid0 on one set of WD Raptors with Vista 64bit and raid0 on another set of WD Raptors with XP for a dual boot config.....no problems my end with Q6600 @ 3.6GHz - 9 x 400 fsb.

Can you try 450x8 and report back. Thanks.

[bro20000]

Am running raid 0 with vista 32bit fine! At 500x8

[nicepun]

Am running raid 0 with vista 32bit fine! At 500x8

We're referring to Q6600 G0 -- :up:

[AMDfreak]

Please don't get confused watercooling with the P5K-Premium Black Pearl.
The implemented watercooling mobo that people often get confused with this one is the Blitz Extreme or Formula Special Edition. :)

However, from what I read so far is that the Black Pearl uses the same ref board as the Blitz series but less the dual Crossfire x8 and the obvious Fuzion water block.

I won't go watercooling anytime soon so the Black Pearl looks like the perfect choice for me.

The Blitz Formula (http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=534&l4=0&model=1739&modelmenu=1) edition is touting 2-phase power for the dimms as opposed to the 1-phase on the P5K-DLX and BP. Seeing the great memory results on the BP so far, I wonder if the 2-phase on the Blitz is a great benefit or just overkill.

[Budwise]

most likely overkill, but then again what forum is this?

[noobzed]

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/9715/doublepi32zv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

2,5 vDimm, seem Premium can do good OC :D

[Kilyin]

Seems like there are a lot of minute differences on the P5K Premiums depending on batch and factory.

The one on Newegg site has PCB made in Taiwan and MEC inductor beside the DIMM slots.



I just got one from newegg and it says "PCB made in China"

[kcnyc]

I just got my Black Pearl today and will be upgrading from the Asus P5W64 WS Pro. Do I have to reinstall Windows?

[lessonz]

Okay, so has no one gotten it stable with RAID0 and Q6600?

[nicepun]

I just got my Black Pearl today and will be upgrading from the Asus P5W64 WS Pro. Do I have to reinstall Windows?

Although recommended, NO THERE'S NO NEED. Just need to update your chipset drivers.

[Kilyin]

I just got my Black Pearl today and will be upgrading from the Asus P5W64 WS Pro. Do I have to reinstall Windows?

Unless it's the same chipset, yeah. You could just do a repair install

[palese]

I just got my Black Pearl today and will be upgrading from the Asus P5W64 WS Pro. Do I have to reinstall Windows?

I believe that is the wise thing to do, but that is just my opinion:)

[WSX]

Try uninstalling drivers for the existing board first, then install drivers for the new board, you may not need to re-install Windows.

[masotime]

Has anyone tried the new beta bios? 0302, dated 14th August 2007.

[bro20000]

where that!

[fornowagain]

In Vista 64 on the Premium, I noticed some of the apps like coretemp and cpu-z would hang or take ages to load. Its completely stable, prime for 12hrs, memtest et al. It was a left over install from a Asus Blitz, so I thought i'd try a fresh install of Vista 64bit. Nightmare, it gets a few percent into copying files and just sits there, doing nothing. Tried Vista 32bit, same thing. XP Pro 32 bit, no problem goes straight in. And so far everything is as it should be, I had read this board didn't like Vista, but put it down to user error. Ive no idea whats going on , maybe its because I'm using an IDE CD-ROM on the Jmicron controller. I dunno, but some things not right.

EDIT: Spoke too soon. Fresh install of XP latest drivers, all new gear except for the CD-ROM. Spitting out timeout errors, when coping files.

"The device \Device\Ide\iaStor0 did not respond within the timeout period."

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-025783.htm


EDIT2: This Premium board doesnt like my IDE DVDRW either, put in a Sata drive and imstalled Vista 64. Didnt take long for it to start hanging again. Somethings wrong with the Sata ports.

EDIT3: Meh, just about had it with this board. Different hard drive, memory DVDRW, cables. Spitting out ATAPI errors now. Definitely a problem with the way it handles SATA/IDE. Two top of the range boards from Asus, both faulty not impressed.

[sofarfrome]

FWIW...I was using a P5K Deluxe and I set this Premium board up today and using the same HD as with the Deluxe I didn't have to reinstall any of the drivers. So far all benches and functionality are the same at the same settings.

[AndyM]

FWIW...I was using a P5K Deluxe and I set this Premium board up today and using the same HD as with the Deluxe I didn't have to reinstall any of the drivers. So far all benches and functionality are the same at the same settings.


Hey, let us know if you are able to get a higher Orthos stable OC on your CPU with the Premium compared to the Deluxe, K?

[sofarfrome]

Which bios did your board(s) ship with? 102 or 204?

I have another Asus board with the Sata1 port not working. This happened to my first Deluxe board and I had to RMA it as out of 6 only one would work. Right now it appears I have the same problem with this board. Also, it came loaded with the 204 bios which I think is a little soon in the game for these boards to have the latest bios installed. Frankly I am concerned the retailer has shipped me an open box item in lieu of a new retail board as the box itself looked like it had been opened and the date and time were already set. This is atypical with boards I have set up recently, or ever for that matter. I have been quite happy with this company's service and overall quality but I am just trying to figure out if something got mishandled with this deal.

[fornowagain]

Which bios did your board(s) ship with? 102 or 204?

Mine was a new batch in, not that that means anything. Just not stock sitting in the retailers. Anyway, it was 102.

[sofarfrome]

Hey, let us know if you are able to get a higher Orthos stable OC on your CPU with the Premium compared to the Deluxe, K?

I am still waiting on my G0 q6600 so when that comes in I can put up some numbers

[palese]

In Vista 64 on the Premium, I noticed some of the apps like coretemp and cpu-z would hang or take ages to load. Its completely stable, prime for 12hrs, memtest et al. It was a left over install from a Asus Blitz, so I thought i'd try a fresh install of Vista 64bit. Nightmare, it gets a few percent into copying files and just sits there, doing nothing. Tried Vista 32bit, same thing. XP Pro 32 bit, no problem goes straight in. And so far everything is as it should be, I had read this board didn't like Vista, but put it down to user error. Ive no idea whats going on , maybe its because I'm using an IDE CD-ROM on the Jmicron controller. I dunno, but some things not right.

EDIT: Spoke too soon. Fresh install of XP latest drivers, all new gear except for the CD-ROM. Spitting out timeout errors, when coping files.

"The device \Device\Ide\iaStor0 did not respond within the timeout period."

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-025783.htm

EDIT2: This Premium board doesnt like my IDE DVDRW, put in a Sata drive and so far no iaStor errors. Vista 64 installed very quickly

Simple solution XP Pro:yepp:

[bobov]

I found the board is very picky about the SATA cable. It won't detect HD when I use low quality SATA cable. Use the one come with the motherboard, everything is fine now.

[Apoc@]

I got mine 3 weeks ago with the 204 bios here in The Netherlands.

[fornowagain]

Simple solution XP Pro:yepp:

Great suggestion:stick:

Im might if they port DX10.

[lessonz]

I'm a first time builder, and I've chosen the Premium as my first board. I was wondering if anyone knows of a site that has a great explanation of each of the settings in the BIOS, not just recommended settings but what they do as well. The manual doesn't have enough information on somethings. Thanks.

[andyr(uk)]

I am going to try either the Asus Blitz Formula Special Edition or the premium , price aside which is going to give the best overclock

[gonx_me]

I've just bought this MB with an 6550 and Team Xtreem PC1066 5-5-5-12.

I've been having major issues with the X-FI Xtremeaudio. Ramdomly i have a loud squeal, that only goes away when i change the profile of the X-Fi. I'm running with the latest bios, and latests Asus Intel drivers and X-Fi drivers. I've tested in both PCI's slot's. My graphics is an EVGA 8800GTS 320 KO.

[VictorWang]

through these days benching.
p5k-p vs blitz vs p35-t2r
p5k is rock for higher cpu clk.
blitz is for crossfire + fsb
p35-t2r is for memory and extreme fsb

[nicepun]

Has anyone tried 1T for memory.

[Apoc@]

Has anybody some news about a new bios?

[gonx_me]

I would like a new one that fix my problem with the X-Fi

[djt]

I’m surprised no one has mentioned the poor placement of the SATA ports. I received my Asus P5K Premium last week. I think I used every profanity in the book when I went to install my Evga 8800 GTX KO. The video card resides right over most of the SATA ports.

Looks like either the Blitz Formula or the P5K WS are in my future plans.


Evga 680i SLI
Core 2 X6800
Corsair XMS2 Dominator 4GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400/C-4)
Evga 8800 Ultra “Superclocked”
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty
2x WD 10,000 RPM Raptors (74GB) (RAID 0)
SilverStone TJ-09 (Black)
Windows XP Pro/SP2

Asus P5K Premium
Core 2 E6850
Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400/C-4)
Evga 8800 GTX KO
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty
2x WD 10,000 RPM Raptors (74GB) (RAID 0)
SilverStone TJ-09 (Silver)
Windows XP Pro/SP2

[Apoc@]

The placement sucks, but i have no problem with it. The lack of bios support is worse.

[djt]

Anyone here know if there are any serious issues with the P5K WS?

[ocZZZ]

what bios is everyone running?

[Shaotai]

what bios is everyone running?

0204

[lowdog]

Bios support for this board suuuuuuuuuuux.

[CERO]

same with the P5K deluxe , for almost 2 months there are no bios updates for this board 2, I think Asus is 2 much busy with marketing and making to much boards, and dont got the "time" to optimize a bios for each board......

[sofarfrome]

what bios is everyone running?


204 here

[gonx_me]

Also 0204.

[nicepun]

I think 0204 is the latest one.

[gonx_me]

On asus foruns some people talk about bios 0302, still in beta. Asus is trying to fix the problems with RAID sata.

Here is the link: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20070825205753140&board_id=1&model=P5K+Premium%2fWiFi-AP&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

[Apoc@]

Great news, but realy hope to see a quick public release.

[deadsquirrel]

I am having some problems with (overclocking) this board (apart from the SATA issue which means i cant use my AAKS with it!)

I cant seem to get past 360 FSB. It works fine at 360 whether with an 8 or 9 multiplier so i dont think its the Q6600 (G0). Its stable at 360 using 1.33V

Does anyone have any ideas? Also, silly question, but how do i run prim95 on all 4 cores? do i need to start 4 instances of it? if so, how on Vista 32?

Thanks,
DS

[Fosco]

Also, silly question, but how do i run prim95 on all 4 cores? do i need to start 4 instances of it? if so, how on Vista 32?

Thanks,
DS

This works for all 4 cores, with 1 instance ftp://mersenne.org/gimps/P95V254.ZIP

[deadsquirrel]

nice1 thanks!

Anyone have any ideas why i hit a wall at 360 FSB no matter what the multi is? even at 6? Could it be the cpu or some dogy setting in the BIOS?

[Budwise]

im on 104 until the next one comes. Have had no problems and 204 gives no reason to update yet.

[TinTin]

I am having some problems with (overclocking) this board (apart from the SATA issue which means i cant use my AAKS with it!)

I cant seem to get past 360 FSB. It works fine at 360 whether with an 8 or 9 multiplier so i dont think its the Q6600 (G0). Its stable at 360 using 1.33V

Does anyone have any ideas? Also, silly question, but how do i run prim95 on all 4 cores? do i need to start 4 instances of it? if so, how on Vista 32?

Thanks,
DS

did you disable the static read control in BIOS?

[Unexploded]

same with the P5K deluxe , for almost 2 months there are no bios updates for this board 2, I think Asus is 2 much busy with marketing and making to much boards, and dont got the "time" to optimize a bios for each board......

Well, if they want repeat business they better hurry up. :)

Anyone else notice certain settings (like upping the northbridge voltage to 1.55 @ 266 strap), makes your pci-e link speed drop from 16X down to 1X?

The only fix I found was d*cking around with pci bus speeds, until it snapped back.

I like the board (other than everything to do with it's sata placement and raid support), but it definitely needs a bios update.

I didn't sign on to beta test hardware I paid for. :D

[Tarowah]

Hmm I just ordered one of these boards to replace my broken IP35 Pro (yes I broke it) and you guys are making me second guess myself, I figured my Q6600 GO would rock on this board because there is little to no vdroop.


I could run at 3.6Ghz on my IP35 Pro with little trouble but I had to crank the vcore up to 1.5v which gave me 1.40-1.41v under load which sucked, I am just looking for 3.6Ghz out of this board, guess I'll find out in 3 days.

[ocZZZ]

its a great board, don't worry about it.


Hmm I just ordered one of these boards to replace my broken IP35 Pro (yes I broke it) and you guys are making me second guess myself, I figured my Q6600 GO would rock on this board because there is little to no vdroop.


I could run at 3.6Ghz on my IP35 Pro with little trouble but I had to crank the vcore up to 1.5v which gave me 1.40-1.41v under load which sucked, I am just looking for 3.6Ghz out of this board, guess I'll find out in 3 days.

[gosmeyer]

0204 bios & QX6700, no matter how I set my multi and speed it wont come off of 267x6 wtf ?

manual
manual
10
auto
266

jumper free and cpu conf show manual and 10 :shrug: cpu z, everest ultimate, ai suite all the same. any suggestions?

[ocZZZ]

have you tried another cpu with the board? reset bios/flashed to 1st ver of bios? if so, I'd RMA it :)


0204 bios & QX6700, no matter how I set my multi and speed it wont come off of 267x6 wtf ?

manual
manual
10
auto
266

jumper free and cpu conf show manual and 10 :shrug: cpu z, everest ultimate, ai suite all the same. any suggestions?

[gosmeyer]

have you tried another cpu with the board? reset bios/flashed to 1st ver of bios? if so, I'd RMA it :)
Thanks for reply,
Just got this one back from rma. Will flash to first bios and see. If same results I'm done with it.
Good chip on P-35-DS3R and EVGA 680i A1

[Toeni]

So far my experiences with the P5K Premium are bad.

My rig: P5K Premium (2.04), Q6600, 4GB Corsair QuadX, XFX 8800GTS 640MB, 2 WD400 AAKS SATA.

The installation of Windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit, AHCI mode) went extremely slow. Unpacking of the files took about 2.5 hours. After 4 hours the installation was finished, apart from all the available updates.

I tried to install Vista with a minimal hardware configuration (LAN, HD Audio etc. disabled) 1 GB insted of 4 GB. I checked my harddrives with WD Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics (no errors) and I used Memtest86 to test my memory modules (no errors found). I installed the Microsoft patch that Asus recommends.

The installation of Windows XP Pro went fine and fast. This morning I tried to download the Medal of Honor: Airborne demo.After the download was finished Windows wanted to move the file from the temporary directory --> very slow and at nearly 80 percent this resulted in a BSOD and a reboot.

After the reboot the systeem was extremely laggy. Windows started up very slowly. Again I tried to download the Medal of Honor: Airborne demo. After finishing the download Windows tried to move te file --> also very slow (30 minutes predicted) en after a few minutes it stopped and freezed (the rest of the system was still responding).

I started HD Tach --> results: CPU Utilization 26%, average read and burst speed only 3.9MB.

I just updated my bios to version 0302 --> but no sata problems solved for me.

If someone wants to try bios 0302 just let me know.

[petercintn]

Hey gosmeyer & Toeni, could you tell me where you bought the board. this is on my very short list and I'm just wondering if one the resalers got a bad batch, maybe? Not to be rude but if both of you got the board at the same place I'll buy somewhere else.

[Toeni]

Hey gosmeyer & Toeni, could you tell me where you bought the board. this is on my very short list and I'm just wondering if one the resalers got a bad batch, maybe? Not to be rude but if both of you got the board at the same place I'll buy somewhere else.


Well, I'm from the Netherlands and i bought my board from 4Launch.nl

Many users have similar problems with their P5K Premium --> Asus forum (http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20070815181536250&board_id=1&model=P5K+Premium%2fWiFi-AP&page=1&SLanguage=en-us)

[petercintn]

Well, I'm from the Netherlands and i bought my board from 4Launch.nl

Many users have similar problems with their P5K Premium --> Asus forum (http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20070815181536250&board_id=1&model=P5K+Premium%2fWiFi-AP&page=1&SLanguage=en-us)

Thanks for the reply, I don't think they'll take my credit card though:p: I hate making these calls, every board has something I don't like about it. But this seems so good on paper!

BTW :welcome:

[deadsquirrel]

I would avoid this board like the plague if you have a SATA2 drive. Go to the threads on the Asus forum to see what I am talking about. Asus are not saying a word and its looking more and more likely to be a hardware fault which IS NOT fixable via BIOS update. There is no UK support number only a website (what a joke!). I still cannot believe that this has passed quality control... I mean, did they not test this on a SATA2 drive? I just cannot believe that they even tested this to be honest. And another thing, how come none of the reviewers online have spotted this? Or is this a case of not wanting to upset Asus so they keep getting their free boards?

Anyway, im going to go and calm down now :).

[petercintn]

I just read the whole thread at Asus and it is fubar. Guess I'll look harder at the Abit IP35 pro board and do the Vdroop mod, all the owners love the Abit board. All I have is Sata 2 drives. And IDE opticals, their not liking this board either. :<

[TinTin]

I would avoid this board like the plague if you have a SATA2 drive. Go to the threads on the Asus forum to see what I am talking about. Asus are not saying a word and its looking more and more likely to be a hardware fault which IS NOT fixable via BIOS update. There is no UK support number only a website (what a joke!). I still cannot believe that this has passed quality control... I mean, did they not test this on a SATA2 drive? I just cannot believe that they even tested this to be honest. And another thing, how come none of the reviewers online have spotted this? Or is this a case of not wanting to upset Asus so they keep getting their free boards?

Anyway, im going to go and calm down now :).

I have 2 SATA II harddrives, they are seagate 7200.10, they are both working perfectly in SATA II AHCI or IDE mode (not RAID) in my rig.
Or I can later post some pictures to prove.

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/6980/720010aaap5kpnb7.jpg

[SteveHG]

Here the same. AHCI mode with 2xHitachi drives SATII 320GB (HDT725032VLA360), 2xSATA DVD drives and Q6600 B3, the board is working perfect in XP Pro and Vista Ultimate.

[deadsquirrel]

did you disable the static read control in BIOS?

I have. :(

could it be a crappy cpu? Running prime95 showed that even that was not stable. Had to go down to 333 making the CPU@3.0 gig

Coretamp reads around 62 - 69c while Asus tool reads 59 for the whole cpu. (under 100&#37; load/prime95/closed case/warm day)

The TU 120 extreme is fitted as per instructions but i seem to be able to twist it over the cpu a bit too easy. Is that normal?

Anyway, due to the whole system hanging with the AAKS i am now seriously considering replacing the board. Is there any sort of pattern to the SATA problem with regards to where they are made?

Also, bios is set for IDE under SATA. Is that right? what are the other options?

Sorry about all the questions but im at a loss to what to do next.

[gosmeyer]

Hey gosmeyer & Toeni, could you tell me where you bought the board. this is on my very short list and I'm just wondering if one the resalers got a bad batch, maybe? Not to be rude but if both of you got the board at the same place I'll buy somewhere else.

Newegg here. in this thread alone thats 3 boards I know of RMAed to newegg:mad: Maybe my 3rd board will be right, or should I go deluxe??

[sofarfrome]

I have both Premium and Deluxe versions of this board and am running Sata2 drives on both with no problems. My first Deluxe board had to be RMA'd because none of the sata ports worked. But since I have had these 2 boards no troubles at all.

[ocZZZ]

I got my premium from clubit and have sata2 drives. I initially had problems with slow loading of windows and hard drive time outs but they have since gone away. Other than moving the SATA cable around and changing cases, I'm not sure what fixed the problem.

[CERO]

sometimes a broken/damaged SATA cable could cause this probleme aswell.

[jamiee]

I'm running 4x WD 320Gb drives without problem sofar, but then I only installed Vista Ultimate 32bit using the IDE option. I'll have to try AHCI or RAID later.

I do however suffer from the boot problems and also my system not wanting to boot at the correct speeds set in the BIOS. When I first got the board it would boot fine at any reasonable overclocked setting, but now if I set 9 x 400FSB, I get the stock speed of 3.0Ghz. If I go back to the origional 0102 BIOS, my CPU (E6850) defaults to 2.4Ghz even though defaults are set in the BIOS.

The only thing I can think of since I first installed the board, is that I origionally had my two backup drives on SATA connectors #3+4, but later moved them to #5+6 hoping it might cure my boot problems. Some time after that I seemed to loose any consistent overclocking ability. Suppose I'll have to try moving the drives back to where they were...


Btw I bought my board in Toronto, Canada.

[fornowagain]

I have 2 SATA II harddrives, they are seagate 7200.10, they are both working perfectly in SATA II AHCI or IDE mode (not RAID) in my rig.

I had one and it wouldn't work with a Samsung Spinpoint, 16Mb Raptors or WD AAKS. Slow installs are the symptoms, if you get the OS in, sooner or later it starts giving iastor.sys/ATAPI errors, check the event logs. Changing ports makes no difference, fine for awhile then the errors return. That's with AHCI or Raid, nor was it cables or drives. They're all on an IP35 Pro doing just fine.

[Budwise]

i have a Raptor and a 500gb WD RE drive that are both SATA II and both work just fine.

By the way, what does Static Read Control do and how does it effect overclocking?

[ROK]

Old schooling with a $25 P5-133 Gateway till I can afford a P5K. :<


Off Topic...

I just removed the case screws, cd rom cables, and ram from a Gateway P5 133. Only parts worth saving before it went to the curb.

[CERO]

i have a Raptor and a 500gb WD RE drive that are both SATA II and both work just fine.

By the way, what does Static Read Control do and how does it effect overclocking?

It gives u higher bandwitch ( RAM), but it can cause instability, try f.e. everest with and without and u will see it

[Toeni]

The beta bios 0302 for P5K Premium


click (http://rapidshare.com/files/52031637/P5K-ASUS-Premium-0302.zip.html)

[petercintn]

Off Topic...

I just removed the case screws, cd rom cables, and ram from a Gateway P5 133. Only parts worth saving before it went to the curb.


Lol... Yeah I feel like I'm in the dark ages. But that's what I get for dicking with the 680i, (like no one esle on this forum has ever destroyed some hardware:explode2:) the pcb on the EVGA version is a POS compaired to the Ultra-d I use to have.

But I want thank all for the feeback. I'm pulling the trigger Monday for something that will do my Q6600 G0 some justice, this or maybe the deluxe, or the DFI LP P35. Those seem to be the only choices with a Vdroop option in the bios, thanks again for all the help and I'll let you good folks get back on topic.

[berdde]

The installation of Windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit, AHCI mode) went extremely slow. Unpacking of the files took about 2.5 hours. After 4 hours the installation was finished, apart from all the available updates.


From ASUS FAQ, "This is because older versions of ICH9R IMSM (Intel Matrix Storage Manager) driver (include VISTA boxed driver) has compatibility problems with several models of HDD from particular vendors.
Please kindly build a new AHCI/RAD driver diskette using makedisk tool v7.5.0.1017, and load this driver prior installation of operating system (Windows XP and VISTA) to fix this problem."

Personally I tried 7.6.0.1011 from Intel site for XP install cause I thought newer should be better. Wrong. With 7.6.0.1011 it never install, died somewhere always, not exactly at the same spot but always dies somewhere. When changed to 7.5.0.1017 as ASUS sugguested, fine ever since.

[Le Titi]

- Processeur : Q6600 G0
- Steping : L725A524
- Carte M&#232;re (Bios) : P5K Prenium 0204
- Mod&#232;le Ram (Frequence et Timings) : Corsair 8888 C4

- Frequence atteinte : 3856 8 X 482
- Vcore lors du Test : 1.60 Bios
- &#37; d'Overcloking :
- Refroidissement : WC
- Temperature en Full : 63
- Max Screen/Benchmark ou Test de Stabilit&#233; : OCCT Stable

3856 == 8 X 482

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/401/2007082908h54cpu3ta7.png (http://imageshack.us)


http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/770/2007082908h54vcoreuv4.png (http://imageshack.us)

[ocZZZ]

nice one

[andyr(uk)]

Has anyone flashed with 0302 yet and if so is it any good?

[deadsquirrel]

That is good news. I would like to try this myself. Is it possible to install the driver on an existing Vista 32 installation? or do i need to reinstall the OS?

I tried to run the driver but it came up as "this computer does not meet the minimum requierment to install this software" error.

If i decide to re-install, how do i make a driver disk out of it?

Many thanks for your help.

From ASUS FAQ, "This is because older versions of ICH9R IMSM (Intel Matrix Storage Manager) driver (include VISTA boxed driver) has compatibility problems with several models of HDD from particular vendors.
Please kindly build a new AHCI/RAD driver diskette using makedisk tool v7.5.0.1017, and load this driver prior installation of operating system (Windows XP and VISTA) to fix this problem."

Personally I tried 7.6.0.1011 from Intel site for XP install cause I thought newer should be better. Wrong. With 7.6.0.1011 it never install, died somewhere always, not exactly at the same spot but always dies somewhere. When changed to 7.5.0.1017 as ASUS sugguested, fine ever since.

EDIT: berdde, you are a STAR!!!!!! IT WORKED! Many thanks!

[deadsquirrel]

Has anyone flashed with 0302 yet and if so is it any good?

not tried myself but people on the ASUS forums are saying its not much of an improvment.

[Tarowah]

Just got my board from the Egg and I am priming at 3.6Ghz with the 204 bios (it was already installed), no SATA II issues at all so I am happy with the board, the thing that I like the most is the .01 vdroop =).


I have zero clue what most of the bios settings do so I am going to take it slow and learn as I go, any pointers that you guys feel like tossing my way would help alot though.

[petercintn]

From ASUS FAQ, "This is because older versions of ICH9R IMSM (Intel Matrix Storage Manager) driver (include VISTA boxed driver) has compatibility problems with several models of HDD from particular vendors.
Please kindly build a new AHCI/RAD driver diskette using makedisk tool v7.5.0.1017, and load this driver prior installation of operating system (Windows XP and VISTA) to fix this problem."

Personally I tried 7.6.0.1011 from Intel site for XP install cause I thought newer should be better. Wrong. With 7.6.0.1011 it never install, died somewhere always, not exactly at the same spot but always dies somewhere. When changed to 7.5.0.1017 as ASUS sugguested, fine ever since.

Thanks, this eased my mind. Have ordered the premium from zzf and having to use a MO it will take a little bit for me to get it end but I'll let ya'll know if she works good when I get it.

[scaramonga]

The beta bios 0302 for P5K Premium

Old & worthless :rolleyes:

Looking more like a 'hardware' fault and not a single peep from ASUS :mad:

[gosmeyer]

Ready to RMA my 2nd one :shakes: One more try and thats it!

[sofarfrome]

Just got my board from the Egg and I am priming at 3.6Ghz with the 204 bios (it was already installed), no SATA II issues at all so I am happy with the board, the thing that I like the most is the .01 vdroop =).


I have zero clue what most of the bios settings do so I am going to take it slow and learn as I go, any pointers that you guys feel like tossing my way would help alot though.

Do you have the voltage dampner enabled? On mine with it enabled I have ZERO vdroop.

[Tarowah]

Yes I have it on, the Bios is set at 1.43v and the Asus Probe II reports 1.42v, I am not sure if that is correct or not but I'll live with .01 hehe.

[Gunlance]

Oh man I so want this board, but due to my last OCing board(DFI CFX3200) having crazy hdd issues, I will def steer clear until its fixed. I still want this board man. Hopefully the blitz doesn't suffer from this.

[Apoc@]

This board sucks really, ohhh man. Have the 0302 beta bios running now but had 2 times a BSOD today. My new XP installation took me 3 hours because the pc could not find my hd's.

Next week im off for 3 weeks to the states for a holliday, when i return and there is still no better bios update, than i will dump the board. And i will never buy a Asus again.

[sofarfrome]

I am running the 302 beta bios with a Xeon X3210 G0 and this thing is great. It runs 3.0GHz (kinda like the QX6850 at stock aye?) at 1.25vcore with 3-3-3-12 timings. 3.6GHz with 1.42vcore at 4-4-4-12 timings and 3.8GHz at 1.53vcore with 4-4-4-12 timings. So far I have had no problems with this Premium board.

[Apoc@]

When it works it works great i know.. I have made great runs on the board, but for 24/7 use it has too be stable.

[sofarfrome]

I run the 3.6GHz settings 24/7 with no problems so far (about 2 weeks).

[Vapor matt]

Well i have just swaped out my PK5 deluxe for the PK5 premium black pearl


system is 1000w enermax Psu
PK5 premium water cooled - D-tek fuzion CPU swiftech N/B
Q6600 GO L720B058 pack date 15/08/07
4 X 1G cellshock 4-4-4-12
GTX 8800 water cooled D-tek
3 X seagate 7.10's 320g
2 in Raid O and 1 slave
Netgear N speed wireless card
X-meridian 7.1 sound
1 X 18 speed DVD-+R

Currently running 3.6g just as 100% stable as my deluxe M/B bios is the one it came with 0102 i wont bother updateing untill i see some advantages of doing so as from what i can gather the new official bios dosnt offer anything extra.

Things ive noticed diffrent with this board. it dosnt do the double boot like the deluxe did. it just boots once when the power has been off. also shutdown seems alot smoother with the premium. the deluxe would kinda shut down with a instant cut off, this board seems to shut down in a relaxed way is the only way i can describe it.


so far this seems a little better than the deluxe board but i wouldnt say it was worth the upgrade over the deluxe. great board though just like the deluxe is:)

[sofarfrome]

I have my x3210 running 3.8GHz prime stable. However, I hit a FSB wall of 485 this morning trying to get to 4.0GHz. I really want to see how far this board will go on the FSB so now I guess I will have to pull my Xeon 3060 from my work rig. I know that has a FSB of at least 550.

[MarcusXP]

I have P5K Premium and Q6600 G0. I also have 2x1GB DDr2 1066 Crucial BallistiX Tracer (goes 1200mhz+ with stock 2.2V).
I don't know why I cannot pass 460-470FSB for the CPU. There is a limitation in the CPU?
The CPU goes 3800mhz and maybe more, as long as I don't pass 470FSB..
Maybe there are some special settings to do in bios ?

[noobzed]

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6195/h24ra2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6195/h24ra2.a4bdcead7d.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=505&i=h24ra2.jpg)


http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2851/2007083102h29vcoreak5.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2851/2007083102h29vcoreak5.60e0e308c1.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=521&i=2007083102h29vcoreak5.png)

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4876/2007083022h27vcorexc6.png (http://imageshack.us)

[Apoc@]

My mobo has been send for RMA today, i have asked for a refund. No more P35 mobo in my pc, will get the DFI X38 in 4 weeks when i'm back from holiday.

[scaramonga]

Well, I just got this baby fired up tonight and so far seems OK. Small 25% overclock on stock voltages just to break it in :) . Running 3 x 320Gb Seagates in RAID 0 mode with no problems to report also.

2 weird things though :confused:

CPUz (1.41) shows my core speed 1000 below what its actually running?? so it shows 2003.9MHz when its really 3003.9MHz and a multiplier of '6' when its really '9'??

Voltages are way off the mark!! These read +3.3 @ 3.28, +5.00 @ 5.51 and +12.00 @ 9.61!!!! WTF :eek:

I then tested in 'Everest Ultimate' to make sure CPUz and MBM weren't giving false readings and they show exactly the same figures there too??

Checking the BIOS itself shows the voltages and core speed to be what they should be and not the silly numbers above.

Any ideas?? :confused:

[palese]

Well, I just got this baby fired up tonight and so far seems OK. Small 25% overclock on stock voltages just to break it in :) . Running 3 x 320Gb Seagates in RAID 0 mode with no problems to report also.

2 weird things though :confused:

CPUz (1.41) shows my core speed 1000 below what its actually running?? so it shows 2003.9MHz when its really 3003.9MHz and a multiplier of '6' when its really '9'??

Voltages are way off the mark!! These read +3.3 @ 3.28, +5.00 @ 5.51 and +12.00 @ 9.61!!!! WTF :eek:

I then tested in 'Everest Ultimate' to make sure CPUz and MBM weren't giving false readings and they show exactly the same figures there too??

Checking the BIOS itself shows the voltages and core speed to be what they should be and not the silly numbers above.

Any ideas?? :confused:

Diable CIE in bios :)

[scaramonga]

Diable CIE in bios :)

I tried that and no difference?? :confused: :confused:

[theonlybabyface]

Also disable Speedstep....

[scaramonga]

Also disable Speedstep....

Same........:(

Been through every BIOS setting and nothing changes? Reports OK in BIOS itself, but not in Windows?

Maybe I'll try a BIOS upgrade? I'm using the 0102 that came with board but I cant see that making a difference.

:shakes:

[Budwise]

if you are running Vista go into the power management settings and set it to "Performance Mode". That should do the trick...

[scaramonga]

if you are running Vista go into the power management settings and set it to "Performance Mode". That should do the trick...

Running XP.

[Vapor matt]

I have found 0302 very stable and has my Go Q at 3.6g on water 100% stable. i found the release bios 0102 really flakey. when flashing to 0302 you get found new hardware and have to re install your GFX card.

i think this beta has a major change in the bios, thats why it does the found new hardware in windows after flash. iam running 4 X 1G cellshock PC8000 at 4-4-4-12 2.2v 450 fsb 1.1 and its 100% stable with the new beta bios 0302


dont forget to load setup defaults after flash and reboot before changing anything or you could get unstabilty as the bios hasnt reset from your old settings.

use ezzy flash from bios, not the asus update. and enable USB legacy devices in bios before trying to find your USB flash pen.

i think 0302 is a great bios! even if it is beta

[Budwise]

good to hear that its developing well. I'll wait for the official though...

[rhluhu]

Hey guys, if any of you have the SATA problem maybe you want to try the following:

1. Install 7.5XXXX SATA driver.
2. Flash to 0302 BIOS.
3. Change 'plug and play OS' to No in BIOS.


GoodLuck

[TinTin]

The 302 BETA BIOS has more Booster Level

Enable: 1,2,3
no try level = 0, too slow ;)

266Strap, Level 1 = Performance Level 6
266Strap, Level 2 = Performance Level 5
266Strap, Level 3 = Performance Level 4 <== I think, result in no boot :D

333Strap, Level 1 = Performance Level 9
333Strap, Level 2 = Performance Level 8
333Strap, Level 3 = Performance Level 7

[andyr(uk)]

Hi ,do you have a link to 0302

[scaramonga]

Hi ,do you have a link to 0302


http://rapidshare.com/files/52031637/P5K-ASUS-Premium-0302.zip.html

;)

No issues here with 0302 :) never had to install my GPU again either :D

What's this booster level thing do?? :confused:

[Pyr0]

hi scara :up:
it changes the perfomance level of the chipset which alters the internal chipset latencies to make it faster or slower

[gonx_me]

I did solve my problems with X-Fi and P5K Premium with latest intel drivers 8.40.XX drivers. The sound return to be perfect.
Any more tests with 0302?

[scaramonga]

hi scara :up:
it changes the perfomance level of the chipset which alters the internal chipset latencies to make it faster or slower

Hey buddy!.......thee Pyr0?? ;) :) :) :) ?

Thx for explanation :up:

[theonlybabyface]

I did solve my problems with X-Fi and P5K Premium with latest intel drivers 8.40.XX drivers. The sound return to be perfect.
Any more tests with 0302?

Got a link. My Xi-Fi card hisses after driver is installed.

Also, my board has a double boot issue and if I shutdown my pc, I have to switch off the psu, turn it back on and then it'll boot. Running the enermax in my sig btw. :confused:

[GAR]

this board looks nice, i wouldnt mind it, but the x38 has pci-e 2.0 so i would rather wait for that.

[gonx_me]

Got a link. My Xi-Fi card hisses after driver is installed.

Also, my board has a double boot issue and if I shutdown my pc, I have to switch off the psu, turn it back on and then it'll boot. Running the enermax in my sig btw. :confused:

The driver name is INF_AllOS_8.4.0.1016_PV_Intel.exe.
Here is the link http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?strState=LIVE&ProductID=36&DwnldID=10884&agr=N&lang=eng&PrdMap=36

My PSU is a Bequiet Truepower 550W

[theonlybabyface]

Thanks. I take it you don't get the double boot issue then?

[gonx_me]

yes. never did have problems with double boot problems

[theonlybabyface]

Ok...got rid of the double boot issue. It was caused be my Thermalright IFX mini heatsink that goes under the mobo shorting out. Yanked it out and dropped my Tuniq Tower back in and all good.

Sound is fine again as well....

[gonx_me]

Today... sniff sniff. The problems with X-Fi are back. After a week with no problems, and i didn't change anything in the pc (hardware or software)...
I didn't had anyproblem with the Evga 650 ... :(

[theonlybabyface]

I used older creative drivers and it solved the issue for me. Don't use the latest WHQL driver but the one just before it. Sorry, not at home so don't know the version number...ends in .0012 if I remember...Vista btw.

[gonx_me]

I used older creative drivers and it solved the issue for me. Don't use the latest WHQL driver but the one just before it. Sorry, not at home so don't know the version number...ends in .0012 if I remember...Vista btw.


I'm on XP SP2 full updates right now. I don't really like Vista.

[Jedipottsy]

Hi

Im looking to get this board for new build using PX9200 OCZ Flex XLC 4x1gb sticks, and a q6600 G0 SCLAR. Using water cooling is this a good board to hit 3.6Ghz all the time? Id love to hit higher, *cough*4ghz*cough* or would i be better getting 2gb ddr3 and X38?

[andyr(uk)]

I think if you have a go chip then 3.6 should be well within the limits

[petercintn]

Got mine Thursday and thought I'd got one of the bad ones. Just had to get rid of the nvidia raid on the HD's. Not to bad of a prob.

Been playing around with the board, everything works great, going to see which size stripe is best now. But no problems with board, loaded with 204 bios, made in TW. Lost my water pump, but I have a Q6600 G0 with the stock cooler running @ 356x9 with 1.25vid. This board seems great so far.

[XtremeTiramisu]

Got mine Thursday and thought I'd got one of the bad ones. Just had to get rid of the nvidia raid on the HD's. Not to bad of a prob.

Been playing around with the board, everything works great, going to see which size stripe is best now. But no problems with board, loaded with 204 bios, made in TW. Lost my water pump, but I have a Q6600 G0 with the stock cooler running @ 356x9 with 1.25vid. This board seems great so far.

I have the same board.
Made in Taiwan, shipped with 0204 BIOS.
And unfortunately, my P5K-Premium has that annoying abnormal SATA issue.
I'm using the 5000AAKS WD drive 500GB in AHCI mode and Vista 64bit.
The installation process took 1.5hours which was rediculous. Especially in the expanding file in stage 2.
I thought flashing to 0302 beta BIOS will somehow fix this damn problem but it's not. I get this intermittent system freezes due to the infamous mobo's SATA controller. You can identify the HDD led is on full blue means is on max loading when the system is unresponsive. You have to wait like 2-3 mins for the HDD to finish loading whatever it's loading..

Just exactly like everyone describes on every other forum, Asus support forum...not even my P5K-Deluxe does this....

I'm going to RMA this board in and get a store credit and use it towards the upcomming X38 mobo.

While the the system is running fine, the HDD is smooth and fast. HD tune reports very fast read/write/burst rate speed for one 5000AAKS HD under AHCI configuration, Avg 68mb/s and 112mb burst rate. But as soon as the intermittent abnormal HDD activity kicks in, I feel like I'm back in the P2/P3 days...OMFG....

I hate Asus's so called - 18th anniversary BLACK PEARL special edition Marketing bullsxxt crap....

Yes, I've tried everything I can to try to solve this but apparently, I think it's a hardware related issue like everyone else.

This is my 7th system I build/OC this year so I'm not a noob and I know what I'm doing...

Anyways...just to let eveyrone know that this mobo particularily, P5K-Premium is very buggy in terms of its SATA controller, other than that I belive it's a step above P5K-Dlx in its OC-ability. But it's useless to point out what good is left when the basic PC functionality fails to perform....:down: :down: :down:

[petercintn]

I have the same board.
Made in Taiwan, shipped with 0204 BIOS.
And unfortunately, my P5K-Premium has that annoying abnormal SATA issue.
I'm using the 5000AAKS WD drive 500GB in AHCI mode and Vista 64bit.



It seems the WD drives are one of the worst with this board. I gave up on WD 3 years ago and went with Maxtors & Seagates and I've never been happier.


The Maxtors, where the OS's and games will be
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1939/hdtunebenchmarkintelraiae0.png


The Seagates, backups, music & movies
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4016/hdtunebenchmarkintelraibs3.png


Hope you get it all worked out for you, what ever you do. I wish I could get the new X38 DFI baby! I may for Xmas!