UnOfficial Asus P6T thread

[raym0n]

Hello everyone, i'd like to create thread for this simple but seems good looking board, i've opportunity to buy it for less than 190 USD so why not... hope in two weeks i'll finish my work and my rig with D0 920 will be quiet and working properly on 4GHz to share my experiences. wish me luck (every reviews looks like that 4ghz it's not so big deal, we will see)


P6T

* Intel LGA1366 Platform
* Intel® X58/ ICH10R chipset
* ASUS TurboV
* 3-Way SLI & Quad-GPU CrossFireX Support!
* ASUS Drive Xpert
* ASUS EPU
* ASUS 8+2 Phase Power Design
* 100% Japan-made Solid Capacitor
VRM 5000hrs lifespan @105°C, 500,000hrs @65°C


http://www.asus.com/websites/global/products/QtpKQuERkuYw6trc/P_500.jpghttp://www.asus.com/websites/Global/products/QtpKQuERkuYw6trc/tRK19im141EupFwl_500.jpg
http://www.asus.com/websites/Global/products/QtpKQuERkuYw6trc/EDOWPJm2Oj7NuyIa_500.jpghttp://www.asus.com/websites/Global/products/QtpKQuERkuYw6trc/JrvztsSHPEK5DVJa_500.jpg


BIOS

all downloadable from : ASUS FTP (ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/LGA1366/P6T/)

P6T 0112 Bios
First release Bios

P6T BIOS version 0202.
Fix the bug that JMicron JMB363 eSATA ODDs might not be working in CrashFree mode.

P6T 0306 Bios
Fix can't enter OS if use over 4GB RAM and Vista 64bit together with 2 pcs of GTX295 VGA card

P6T 0403 Bios
Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: HERE (http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us)

P6T 0502 Bios
Fix system may not able to resume from S3 if Base Clock is set over 170MHz

P6T 0507 BIOS
Fixed Vista may loading slowly when populated memory size is larger than 3GB and with high-end VGAs

P6T 0603 BIOS
1. Support new Express Gate version
2. Fix system may hang after resume from S3


P6T Reviews

Bjorn3D (http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1458)
Firing Squad (http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/asus_p6t_review/)
HardOCP (http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTYxOCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA)
Overclockers Club (http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/asus_p6t/)
Think Computers (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/index.php?x=reviews&id=933&page=1)
Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/x58-motherboard-i7,review-31536.html)
Xbit Labs (http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/asus-p6t.html)


Other Useful Links

ASUS P6T Support Forum (http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx?board_id=1&model=P6T&SLanguage=en-us)
ASUS Downloads (http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us)
Some advice from senior member c627627 - user on ocforums.com (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=595403)


PCB Design and Functionality - great solution!!!

"....It is a very interesting solution. Once you decide to upgrade the old platform, you won’t need to run looking for LGA1366 retention kit for your cooler, if it exists at all for your particular cooler model..."
http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/mainboards/asus-p6t/socket.jpg

Qualified Vendors List (QVL) Standard table for user manual
download HERE (ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/LGA1366/P6T/P6T-QVL.zip)
for me important information:

[Woody-san]

Core i7 975XE on Asus P6T (0603):


My eVGA X58 Classified e759 is awaiting RMA, so I slapped my 975XE (3903A484) on a spare P6T I had lying around:


Super Pi 1M

http://forums.ocworkbench.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2113&stc=1&d=1248268469

CPU-Z Validation: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=611716


I haven't had time to tune it yet, "better" Vcore should be aorund 1.525V~1.584V...

HTH.

[Woody-san]

Tuned the Vcore a tad...


http://forums.ocworkbench.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2115&stc=1&d=1248358737

http://forums.ocworkbench.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2116&stc=1&d=1248358737


http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=613865

[raym0n]

can you please try to find max BLCK, for regular cpus are your values nothing interesting, hope that 20x200 will be your answer :)

[Woody-san]

I'll slap a 920 D0 on it, and do some bclk hunting, as soon as my eVGA e759 comes back from RMA :)

...at the moment, this is the only spare mobo I have on hand.

[raym0n]

according to QVL list:
KINGSTON
KHX16000D3K3/3GX(XMP)
DDR3 2000
3072MB(Kit of 3)

does it mean that 3x2GB on 2000MHz will not work properly? (module details (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=608536))
think its just unupdated QVL list, ill try it in.. hope less then a week