Modded ASUS P5Q/Pro/Deluxe/Premium BIOS

[*Daniel*]

Have you a Bios for the P5QD Turbo?

Last Bios from Asus is 0301.

Thanks

[HHawk]

Is there an updated version of the Asus P5Q Deluxe (without Wifi).

Especially one with an updated Intel RAID ROM bios?

Other updates would be nice as well.

[MAXMIZ]

See the release notes for your BIOS for full details. Now, obviously, I don't own any of these boards so haven't been able to test the BIOSes, but there shouldn't be any problems. As always feedback is welcome.

DL Linky (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L0VDQSHK)

Download Link (http://hotfile.com/dl/62010463/e5e20a3/P5Q_Mods_2010.06.7z.html)

Megaupload and hotfile links are dead, PLZZZZ REUP

[Ket]

I don't have any backups of those files they were a one time thing. I also don't know what the hell megaupload is doing, I haven't deleted those files from my MU account.

ED - This is the only link I can find for all the modded P5Q series Clicky (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9GKMFTGC)

[MAXMIZ]

Thx for your link.

But I had not seen, CoreyPL had posted your version of 10.06.2010


File name: P5Q Mods 2010.06.7z File size: 2.76 MB (http://www.fileserve.com/file/C3xMCtt)

And it works perfectly, for me is the best bios.

Rock stable to 4380mhz

CPU Ratio Setting : 9.5
FSB Frequency: 460
PCI-E Frequency: 100
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 266
DRAM Frequency: 1149
All : AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manuel

1st Information :
All : Auto

2nd Information :
All : Auto

3rd Information :
All: Auto
DRAM Static Read Control: Disable
DRAM Read Training: Disable
MEM. OC Charger: Enabled
AI Clock Twister: Moderate
AI Transaction Booster: Manual
Common Performance Level [5] : 8

CPU Voltage: 1.425
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): 0,635
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): 0,635
CPU PLL Voltage: 1,56
FSB Termination Voltage: 1,32
DRAM Voltage: 1.8
NB Voltage: 1,32
NB GTL Reference: Auto
SBridge Voltage: 1.1
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.5

Load Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disable
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disable
CPU Clock Skew : Auto
NB Clock Skew : Auto
CPU Margin Enhancement: Performance mode

[Ket]

I'm in the process of making one final update to the P5Q / Pro / -E / Deluxe / Premium BIOSes. For now here is a modded P5Q Pro BIOS. Note I can't test this BIOS atm because my P5Q Pro board has died (again) and I won't have a new one for a week or so.

Changelog:

- Update Memory Table to P5Q Pro Turbo 0602
- Update Intel Option ROM to v10.1.0.1008
- Update Marvell Option ROM to v1.1.0.L73 (RAID)
- Update P6 Microcode table to P5Q Premium 2406 (fix QX9650 multi)

DL Link (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SLDC9U5Y)

Let me know how this BIOS works out for you.

[MediumRare]

Stryfe, here you go:

File name: P5Q Mods 2010.06.7z File size: 2.76 MB (http://www.fileserve.com/file/C3xMCtt)
(packed with 7zip)


In the instructions it states, "Install the supplied "USB Boot" package and double click the desktop icon once installed". Well I see no "USB Boot" package. What am I missing?

[MediumRare]

Thx for your link.

But I had not seen, CoreyPL had posted your version of 10.06.2010



And it works perfectly, for me is the best bios.

Rock stable to 4380mhz

CPU Ratio Setting : 9.5
FSB Frequency: 460
PCI-E Frequency: 100
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 266
DRAM Frequency: 1149
All : AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manuel

1st Information :
All : Auto

2nd Information :
All : Auto

3rd Information :
All: Auto
DRAM Static Read Control: Disable
DRAM Read Training: Disable
MEM. OC Charger: Enabled
AI Clock Twister: Moderate
AI Transaction Booster: Manual
Common Performance Level [5] : 8

CPU Voltage: 1.425
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): 0,635
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): 0,635
CPU PLL Voltage: 1,56
FSB Termination Voltage: 1,32
DRAM Voltage: 1.8
NB Voltage: 1,32
NB GTL Reference: Auto
SBridge Voltage: 1.1
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.5

Load Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disable
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disable
CPU Clock Skew : Auto
NB Clock Skew : Auto
CPU Margin Enhancement: Performance mode


What CPU are you using? RAM? Thanks

[MAXMIZ]

What CPU are you using? RAM? Thanks

E8500 with 2x2go Gskill 8500

After 2 weeks no freeze no bug, it's really a super modded bios :up:

[doodle]

I look forward to trying out your new modded bios for p5q-e and thankyou for your work ket.

[doodle]

Hope you not getting too much trouble with modding the bios's Ket.

[Ket]

I hesitate to release any further modded BIOSes atm because after RMAing my dead board to the etailer, they tell me they can't get a replacement so I can't test any changes :brick:

[doodle]

oh,ok thanks anyway Ket.

[Ket]

I have a board arriving in the next few days, a used P5Q Deluxe (ebay to the rescue...) but BIOS mods will have to wait a bit as I lent out the PSU and graphics to a mate while the system was down so I'll have to get those back first.

[doodle]

good good ,thanks.

[Ket]

The system is partially rebuilt now so hopefully in the next week I can try a few things. Board arrived to me in a damn horrible state though. Took ages dismounting and cleaning everything.

[Havis]

Hi,

I'm using latest BIOS from asus's ftp
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5Q_Deluxe/

What changes did you made in your moded version for P5QDeluxe? :)
Will there be moded BIOS based on 2301 version for Deluxe? :P

[Ket]

There will be yeah. The very last hurrah for P5Q owners.

[-Acid-]

ket dont suppose these bios would work on a p5q ws mobo or could you add / update the tables on the last asus bios

[Ket]

The P5Q line is as good as neverending, so I've stuck with the "primary" P5Q boards. Which are the P5Q, Pro, -E, Deluxe and Premium.

[doodle]

Well I've had this P5Q-E now somewhere around 2 years overclocked and is still going strong {overclocked to just over 4Ghz} with Q9550 and still loving it.

[Marvin]

really a great board. 2 years 24h/day at 4.1 on q9550.;)

[Ket]

Theres certainly nothing wrong with a P5Q and quad combo still thats for sure. With good memory you can still scrape in with 10GB/s bandwidth. Perhaps thats why so many people still ask me for P5Q mods because the systems are crazy powerful still :p:

[Ket]

That final batch of mBIOSes are in danger of never appearing I'm afraid. Today I tested the P5Q Deluxe I got off ebay and even by testing two different graphics cards, two different PSUs, two different sets of memory and a Q8400 CPU, all known to be working (tested with a Maximus 2 Formula), and the board will not POST. It will power up, but no display what so ever. Feeling very annoyed atm as the seller had 100% feedback and even stated the board as in full working order (liar) :down: I will try one more PSU, and if that doesn't work the only way I'll be able to release one last batch of mBIOSes is if somebody happens to read this post and has a spare P5Q Pro or similar kicking about they can donate.

[Ket]

Good news everybody! The dodgy P5Q Deluxe I was sold I have revived and early tests show it functioning perfectly so the last batch of mBIOSes are back on :up:

[Ket]

As always, I've tested the modded BIOS and can gaurantee it works. For other P5Q mBIOSes, I can't gaurantee they will work because I don't own every single P5Q Series board to test. I can only say for the mBIOSes I'm unable to test I'm 98% certain they will work but should you choose to use any of the modded BIOSes you do so at your own risk of knowing sometimes BIOS flashes just go wrong. So have a recovery plan handy - just in case.

P5Q Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q Pro Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q-E Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update marvell PXE to v6.60.2.3
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q Deluxe Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update marvell PXE to v6.60.2.3
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q Premium Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update marvell PXE to v6.60.2.3
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q Pro Turbo Changelog:

- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5QL Pro Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406

P5QL-EM Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73

P5QL-E Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

As for overclocking potential.. no idea. It should be better than any vanilla BIOS. Its also worth using these mBIOSes (where applicable) if you are experiencing SSD compatibility problems, the updated intel O-ROM should fix most.

P5Q Series mBIOS DL (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UI85YVWK)
P5Q Deluxe 2301 mBIOS (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M47L7NE7)

[doodle]

seems to work fine here with p5q-e and many thanks for your hard work.

[galactob]

As always, I've tested the modded BIOS and can gaurantee it works. For other P5Q mBIOSes, I can't gaurantee they will work because I don't own every single P5Q Series board to test. I can only say for the mBIOSes I'm unable to test I'm 98% certain they will work but should you choose to use any of the modded BIOSes you do so at your own risk of knowing sometimes BIOS flashes just go wrong. So have a recovery plan handy - just in case.

P5Q Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q Pro Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q-E Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update marvell PXE to v6.60.2.3
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q Deluxe Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update marvell PXE to v6.60.2.3
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q Premium Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update marvell PXE to v6.60.2.3
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q Pro Turbo Changelog:

- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5QL Pro Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406

P5QL-EM Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73

P5QL-E Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

As for overclocking potential.. no idea. It should be better than any vanilla BIOS. Its also worth using these mBIOSes (where applicable) if you are experiencing SSD compatibility problems, the updated intel O-ROM should fix most.

P5Q Series mBIOS DL (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UI85YVWK)

in the rar file the bios for p5q deluxe ???

[Retro]

There will be yeah. The very last hurrah for P5Q owners.
I'm surprised to see that there is still interest in the P5 series boards, but some people are still running them. I flashed several of your mBIOSes to my P5Q Pro "back in the day":p:
They helped to keep my interest in the board going.

A bit off-topic, but it's your thread so correct me if I'm off-base:
I just noticed you are running a Sandy Bridge machine. How is that Asrock board? I ask because I will eventually be going there, but haven't a clue what board to get this time (not that there is much to choose from until the B3's are all in stock). I have done well with my current EVGA P55 board (which I got at a very good discount on sale) but their P67 boards are awol for now. A Maximus IV would be nice but they are too bloody expensive:D

[Falkentyne]

Good news everybody! The dodgy P5Q Deluxe I was sold I have revived and early tests show it functioning perfectly so the last batch of mBIOSes are back on :up:

Hi ket.
Just wondering, how did you fix it?
The last time I bought a "working pull" board was years ago, some BH6 back in 2002(?) and it was, of course DOA (Homie back at motherboardrepair.com was able to revive the chipset (which he said was bad) as well as doing a cap job...

The seller was of course, a jackass and a liar....if I had known better, I would have filed a claim with paypal, advertising fraud...

You can hardly trust anything, these days...
Luckily, the last qx9650 seller who was selling chips, was indeed selling them new (including one that did 4 ghz at 1.28v to someone i sold the chip to later), but my P5w board (4 pin connector) burnt almost fully not long after getting the new chip...thus now I'm on SB.

(funny thing is, the board still works..if you can get a solid connection on the 4 pin, but its risky...may sell it as "not working" if I can be bothered....might just trash it...shipping costs won't be worth the price I may get...)

[Viper780]

I'm blind or is there no deluxe Bios in the package above?

[Ket]

I'm surprised to see that there is still interest in the P5 series boards, but some people are still running them. I flashed several of your mBIOSes to my P5Q Pro "back in the day":p:
They helped to keep my interest in the board going.

A bit off-topic, but it's your thread so correct me if I'm off-base:
I just noticed you are running a Sandy Bridge machine. How is that Asrock board? I ask because I will eventually be going there, but haven't a clue what board to get this time (not that there is much to choose from until the B3's are all in stock). I have done well with my current EVGA P55 board (which I got at a very good discount on sale) but their P67 boards are awol for now. A Maximus IV would be nice but they are too bloody expensive:D

My Extreme4 is awesome. I've not had any problems with it and as of UEFI 1.6A its a damn near perfect board to work with :up:


Hi ket.
Just wondering, how did you fix it?
The last time I bought a "working pull" board was years ago, some BH6 back in 2002(?) and it was, of course DOA (Homie back at motherboardrepair.com was able to revive the chipset (which he said was bad) as well as doing a cap job...

The seller was of course, a jackass and a liar....if I had known better, I would have filed a claim with paypal, advertising fraud...

You can hardly trust anything, these days...
Luckily, the last qx9650 seller who was selling chips, was indeed selling them new (including one that did 4 ghz at 1.28v to someone i sold the chip to later), but my P5w board (4 pin connector) burnt almost fully not long after getting the new chip...thus now I'm on SB.

(funny thing is, the board still works..if you can get a solid connection on the 4 pin, but its risky...may sell it as "not working" if I can be bothered....might just trash it...shipping costs won't be worth the price I may get...)

Well, on that note I thought I fixed the board... until I plugged in the second memory stick. Turns out DIMM banks A1 and A2 are borked.. seller deffinately bull:banana::banana::banana::banana:ted. Not sure how I'm gona fix the DIMM banks yet. Apart from the DIMM banks though I've managed to fix the rest of the board.


I'm blind or is there no deluxe Bios in the package above?

Fixed. Dunno how the P5Q Deluxe mBIOS didn't get in the package.

[Ket]

It seems I can't get my money back on the POS P5Q Deluxe I had to get off ebay. Trying to raise a dispute is absolutely useless as the transaction ID paypal always says is "invalid". :mad: Trying to come to a reasonable solution with the seller is hopeless too.

Short story:

Got a P5Q Deluxe off ebay described as good condition and full working order, the board is neither. When I opened the box it looked like somebody had kicked it round a garage like a football. Most filthy disgusting condition you can imagine a mainboard to be in, complete with bent semi broken heatsink fins, etc.

In light of all of the above I am NAMING AND SHAMING the seller, that seller is; natasza7979

ED - Lovely. It seems like the seller has done a runner/blocked me. My last reply to his email got spat back at me through the ebay system saying it couldnt be delivered.

[humeyboy]

E BAY is ALL towards the buyer now, the seller cannot slate even after you slate them !

You will win the case and get a refund in the end after the dispute is filed and then escalated.

If I were you I would have bought a Giga at this stage not an Asus, pump it to 500FSB and forget about it and use it !

[xsman]

As always, I've tested the modded BIOS and can gaurantee it works. For other P5Q mBIOSes, I can't gaurantee they will work because I don't own every single P5Q Series board to test. I can only say for the mBIOSes I'm unable to test I'm 98% certain they will work but should you choose to use any of the modded BIOSes you do so at your own risk of knowing sometimes BIOS flashes just go wrong. So have a recovery plan handy - just in case.

P5Q Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q Pro Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q-E Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update marvell PXE to v6.60.2.3
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q Deluxe Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update marvell PXE to v6.60.2.3
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q Premium Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update marvell PXE to v6.60.2.3
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5Q Pro Turbo Changelog:

- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

P5QL Pro Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406

P5QL-EM Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update Marvell O-ROM to 1.1.0.L73

P5QL-E Changelog:

- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update P6 table to P5Q Premium 2406
- Update intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014

As for overclocking potential.. no idea. It should be better than any vanilla BIOS. Its also worth using these mBIOSes (where applicable) if you are experiencing SSD compatibility problems, the updated intel O-ROM should fix most.

P5Q Series mBIOS DL (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UI85YVWK)
P5Q Deluxe 2301 mBIOS (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M47L7NE7)

Thanks Ket!!! Awesome release!!! You are the Man!!! :up:

[Ket]

Those are the last releases that will be done for the P5Q boards (by me anyway), they have had their day and the BIOSes are as updated as they possibly can be.

[Viper780]

Fixed. Dunno how the P5Q Deluxe mBIOS didn't get in the package.

Thxs for that.

the P5Q dlx is still a very good Board for the Socket775 and an Q9550 is cheap and with 3,5-4GHz as fast as any other CPU. So no need for an upgrade right now.

Maybe we will see an other update when there are some newer Intel and/or marvell o-Rom or PXE.

What about the UEFI for the P5Q Series?

[Ket]

No. There will be no further updates from me. The platform is extremely mature and not getting any better.

[doodle]

Hi ket,I seem to have lost Trim support on my (KINGSTON SV100S264G) and not sure what to do here .it did previously show up as enabled but since putting vista x64 back on thats when Ive lost it (its fresh install) thanks.

[lew187]

@ Ket

I did a bios update right now with EZ Flash.

After flashing the bios file the computer rebootet.. BUT... all bios settings still the same as before !

where can I check that the bios update was successfull?

To me it looks like the original asus bios...

hmmm

[Falkentyne]

The BIOS update was successful, but did you clear the CMOS after the flash?
You're always supposed to clear the CMOS with the jumper (or a clear cmos button, if it exists on the board). Each one, with the power supply turned off or unplugged.

[lew187]

why should i clear the cmos ? I never clear the cmos after flashing a new bios. Never needed it.

How to check now?

The bios looks exactly the same as the previous one.

[lew187]

btw: I have the P5Q Deluxe and I downloaded the p5q deluxe mBios.

Everything correct but no effect.

[Ket]

Hi ket,I seem to have lost Trim support on my (KINGSTON SV100S264G) and not sure what to do here .it did previously show up as enabled but since putting vista x64 back on thats when Ive lost it (its fresh install) thanks.

That sounds like a OS problem. Trim support is usually added via the driver/OS update.

[lew187]

Hey Ket... how to check my bios update?

I have flashed the bios (ur newest dlx bios) and all settings are the same as before.

Do I have the newest bios or was my update not successfull?

[Ket]

The changes I made can't be "seen" just by going into the BIOS. All my changes are things which go on "behind the scenes", you can't see them, but they are there ;)

[lew187]

So u would say that my bios flash was successfull?

I'm using a intel postville SSD... are there any compatibility problems?

What is the P6 table and the Intel O-Rom ?

[Ket]

1. Yep
2. Don't know
3. P6 is CPU compatibility etc, intel rom is for RAID/SSD improvements.

[lew187]

But I don't made a cmos clear.... just flashed the bios.

[Ket]

CMOS clear is for completeness to help avoid any quirks, its not absolutely necessary.

[lew187]

so u def can say that I have the modded bios working?

up to now I cant see any improvements... hmmm

how to understand the better oc...?

[Ket]

Yes. If you want to be absolutely sure just keep a eye open for the Marvell boot version. If you see L73 at the end, all is good.

[lew187]

where can I check this L73 ??? postscreen while booting doesn't show...

[lew187]

where u gone ?

Cud u tell me how to setup the bios to get the system stable?

CPU Q9550 E0
P5Q Deluxe
4 x 2 GB 1066

Tryin to get FSB 471 stable.

But havin problems.

currently settings:

CPU : 1,3xxV +-
PLL : 1,50V
GTL 0/2 :0,650
GLT 1/3: 0,675
FSB(vtt): 1,30V
FSB Strap: 333mhz
Memory: 943Mhz
Dram: 2,02v (no effect up to 2,14v)
NB Voltage: 1,32V
NB Gtl: 0,655
SB: 1,1v
pcie: 1,5v
Performance Level: 15

LLC: Auto
CPU Margin..: Performance
CPU spread...: disabled
pcie spread: disabled

rest is auto or disabled.

Sometimes I can pass 20 times LinX, sometimes not.
Prime (custom/large) runs a couple of hour's, sometimes without error, sometimes with error.

Got many bluescreens in the last days.

Board and cpu are watercooled.


It's really hard to get this setup stable... but I think it's a question of the GTL's because my system stability react extremely sensitive to higher or lower gtl's.

[Ket]

1. Load BIOS defaults and disable the POST screen, keep a sharp eye as the 2nd screen after the POST screen will only flash up for a moment, but eitherway you have the modded BIOS.
2. Trial and error. Every system reacts differently. Pushing toward 500FSB will take more than just fiddling with settings you will want to make sure the board is operating as stable and cool as it can which means replacing the rubbish stock TIM on the mobo chipset with something decent and replacing those pushpins with some screws, washers and nuts. That will help not only keep the chipset cool, but also help eek another ~10MHz or so FSB.

[dragubogdan]

Hi Ket,
I have flashed my P5Q with your last 2209.rom and the mobo work great.
Thank you for your work man.:up:

[Ket]

NP ;) Those old P45 boards had a lot more to offer than people thought.

[SirKronan]

NP ;) Those old P45 boards had a lot more to offer than people thought.

Hehe. I agree with you 100%. I had a P5Q Pro I just couldn't seem to kill. Heck, it was hard to make the thing even lock up. Very stable and forgiving with settings on the CPU, up to ridiculous speeds on air. Very fun motherboard to play with.

I have an MSI P45 board in a media center now. I put it there because it has the ICH10 southbridge from Intel. I thought the ICH10 would give me the ability to use port multipliers, and I wanted to use a dual drive chassis in a RAID 1 setup for data backup on my HTPC/Server. The ICH10 on the EVGA x58 tri-SLI that I have brought both drives right up.

After digging, calling, and questioning until I was blue in the face, I finally discovered the difference myself. Not all ICH10's are created equal. The one in the EVGA is the ICH10R. The R = RAID. Evidently this also contains the hardware subset necessary to recognize ALL the drives on connected port replicators. Thus, the EVGA has this feature, but even high end P45 motherboards like the MSI do not.

Look for the ICH10R. :( Too bad I can't justify an X58 motherboard/CPU/RAM expense for my HTPC/Home server.

[centy]

Thanks ket, for modding the latest official P5Q PRO Turbo bios 0602, and for helping so many people with what seemed like a nightmare bios over a couple of years. BTW the modded 0602 are in the most recent P5Q series mBIOSes.7z but I don't think you made a post about it only the modding of the 0401. I've just read all 38 pages of this thread lol bored while waiting for my new board to arrive and its been a journey, from no Pro Turbo in existence at all, through to no more time available to work on bioses, dead boards and dodgy ebay sellers and business ventures in I.T.

Hope everything turned out well for you with all that, and if you are still looking for feedback I'll let you know how the bios is doing for me sometime after my board arrives tommorow and I get your 0602m on it and some testing done. my lanparty DK P45 T2RS died yesterday after a bad flash :(

Thanks again for helping so many people over the years, and no doubt me starting from tommorow.

Anyone else using a P5Q Pro Turbo using the latest modded bios? Any gotchas when using the hardware in my sig?

[Ket]

Everything in your sig should work fine ;) Not long after making the last batch of mBIOSes that dodgy P5Q Deluxe I was sold died it would seem. I might try to RMA it directly with Asus but I dunno if there would be much point. Damn shame as I still really like that P5Q boards :(

[centy]

too bad man :(

I installed this eventually, a bios that has been modded by 2 or 3 users after you. adding latest intel rst etc. http://www.overclock.net/11435003-post32.html

My question to you is this, do the alternative memory tables and p6 microcode allow you to then use some different staps other than 1:1?

[Ket]

All the straps worked fine when I tested.

[Wumpus]

just sold my beloved P5Q premium that was fashionably rocking your ver 2001 BIOS on it...twas a great board, did 624FSB with an E8500 on DICE.

Keep up the awesome BIOS work man, it really livened up my P5Q Pro, and while not doing so much the same to the premium, it was still awesome :D

[limburatorul]

Hi there. This is my first post on this forum. I've been reading this thread for some time and from the looks of it you are the guys that can help me. I got an old P5QL Pro, stuck an E8400 on it with 2x2 Gb DDR2 800 Mhz. Tested the ram till 1021 Mhz. It gets there but not stable. So i would be able to push the proc further
The maximum FSB i can get from the board is 425. Thats 3.825 Ghz. Im running the latest bios (1004 if im not mistaking)
Can you guys help me with a moded bios to be able to reach higher FSB's on this board? I believe it has a P43 chipset, but still. It should be able to take it further than 3.8 Ghz

Thanks

[Ket]

Thats not exactly a OCers board, 425 is good for that thing.

[limburatorul]

Thats not exactly a OCers board, 425 is good for that thing.

i know that now.
maybe i can get my hands on a p5q pro or a ga-x48 ud3

[limburatorul]

got myself an Asus P5Q Pro Turbo. got the E8400 i have to 5219. looks like it will still go further. but i need new ram. 2 gigs of mushkin at 1066 mhz are on their way :shocked:
cant wait to see where it will go

great job guys, keep it up

[Ket]

I'm not going to be making anymore mBIOSes for these boards. So if anybody claims to have a new mBIOS from me, its not. I do think this thread needs to be stickied though.. almost 1.1 million views for cryin out loud and people still post in the thread!

[drago636]

New Intel Raid option rom v10.5.0.1034 http://win-lite.de/benutzer/fernando/Intel/Rapid%20Storage%20Technology/Intel%20RAID%20ROM%20v10.5.0.1034%20prepared%20by% 20Fernando.rar . P5Q Deluxe mods + Intel Raid option rom v10.5.0.1034 = not worked :(


Notes:
1.Known Issue is defined as a potential RST issue that has been replicated internally by the Rapid Storage Technology team but has not been root caused to be an RST defect.

2.Specification Clarification: This is a clarification of a previously undocumented limitation of the Intel® RST product for Rapid Recover Technology volumes. When creating an RRT Volume at least one member disk (master or recovery) must include 100% of the available capacity of the disk and the disk capacity must be less than or equal to 1.3125 ТВ.

3.This release disables the Capacity Expansion feature. Contact Cameron Landers (cameron.landers@intel.com). Intel® RST PME representative, with any questions.

4.Beginning with RST 10.5, the RAID Option ROM version will not be tied to the RST dnver and user interface version. The RAID OROM version will only be incremented when there is a change to the OROM. The production version of the RAID OROM is 10.5.0.1034 while the driver is version 10.5.0.1026 and user interface version is 10.5.0.1027. Also, the OROM binary file is now called 5ataOrom.bin and the size has increased from RST 10.1; Image size is ~ 119KB and the Runtime size is ~41.5KB. Contact your RST representative with any questions.

5.This RST version adds support for disks > = 2TB in RAID mode. This indudes the ability to boot to them if supported by the system BIOS.

6.To enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology feature, the RST 10.5.0.1034 OROM, the RST 10.5.0.1026 dnver, the RST 10.5.0.1027 user interface and the Cougar Point Z68 SKU are required.

7.When an ODD is in the Zero Power state, some ODDs may disappear when a hardware re-scan is initiated via the Windows Device Manager. A second hardware re-scan conducted before the Zero Power Idle Timeout value is reached (default is 60s) will return the drive to an OS visible state. This behavior is believed to be related to the length of time an ODD requires to become ready during power on from the zero-power state.

8.Microsoft" .NET Framework 3.0 is required to be installed on the system in order for the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology User Interface to install. Note that not all Microsoft" Operating Systems have .NET 3.0 installed by default. Refer to the Microsoft3* website for details.

9.A Vista OS Installation using a Matrix RAID Array on a system with a 9.5 or newer OROM requires the user to F6 a 9.5 or newer driver.

[GunGod]

I'm not going to be making anymore mBIOSes for these boards. So if anybody claims to have a new mBIOS from me, its not. I do think this thread needs to be stickied though.. almost 1.1 million views for cryin out loud and people still post in the thread!

Everything good has an end :(

[Ket]

New Intel Raid option rom v10.5.0.1034 http://win-lite.de/benutzer/fernando/Intel/Rapid%20Storage%20Technology/Intel%20RAID%20ROM%20v10.5.0.1034%20prepared%20by% 20Fernando.rar . P5Q Deluxe mods + Intel Raid option rom v10.5.0.1034 = not worked :(

The most probably cause for that OROM not working is that its a customised OROM and not a "full fat" or generic OROM.


Everything good has an end :(

Stopping mods for these boards had to happen eventually. The last set of mBIOSes I made give these boards everything they need to be solid, reliable, overclockable, compatible boards for a very long time. :yepp:

[kl-x]

@Ket:

any chance to integrate new Intel 10.5.x O-ROM in your Mbioses, please? Or, tell us how to do it yourselves? Btw: did you change boot logo in your latest Mbioses pack - if yes, how to restore the original one (I know there's a logo pic changinh app from Asus)?

[Ket]

1. See my other post ;)
2. No I didn't change the boot logo in the last batch.

[learners permit]

Just stumbled upon this thread and decided to try your bios on my sons board and wow whatta difference. Took max FSB from 470 to 550 on lower voltage w/his E6750. I was always very disappointed with this sorta flaky ASUS board but it's really flyin for him now. Thnx a bunch man really!! :up::up:

[Ket]

:up:

[MPSAN]

This seems to be the only active P5Q Pro thread left. Before I post my question, I just want to know if I can post a question regarding my P5Q PRO/E8400 with E0 stepping and Corsair Twin2X. Also I am on Stock 1406 BIOS. What I will be asking, if it is OK is how to get back after loosing my CMOS settings. I seem to have lost the settings I used to get this going. It has worked for years. Memory is fine at 5-5-5-15 2T and DDR2-1066 at 2.1 volts. I just want to see if I forgot something as I tried to set the thing back to 400 X 9 or 3.6GHZ. I get strange issues when running XP pro again. So, can I ask here? I guess I already created a longer post than I expected!

TIA

[Ket]

You can ask in the thread if you want, but you might get more responses by making a new thread

[MPSAN]

That sounds good. I can start a new thread. When a MoBo is new there are so many things to try and a lot of help available. It does not take long to be on with the next thing. I will do the same (P8P67?) but this P5Q Pro is fine for my wife.

[kl-x]

1. See my other post ;)

which one :)?

in any case, I'd like to literally beg you to consider making another last update with official Intel OROM 10.5.x - because it seems very important esp. for SSD compatibility and so on.

btw: what does it look like when old OROM is in your mobo BIOS, and you install newest Intel (10.5.x for example) AHCI/RAID drivers (which include newer OROM (?): this newer OROM version from the driver gets loaded in memory, or older one from mobo BIOS lets loaded instead? I don't get it. Pleaae explain how does it work.

[Ket]

Once the O-ROM is updated in the BIOS, thats what is used. The O-ROM I used for the last update should be perfectly fine for SSDs, or at least most of them. I would just advise staying away from the OCZ Revodrive, brand new boards still have problems with that SSD.

[Ket]

Shoved in here beacause A: Its a P45 chipset, and B: I can't be arsed to make a new thread for it. By request: Modded Maximus 2 Formula BIOS

Changelog:

Based on official 2302

- Update P6 code (fix QX9650 multi bug)
- Update memory table to P5Q Pro Turbo 602
- Update Intel O-ROM to v9.6.0.1014
- Update Marvell O-ROM to v1.1.0.L73

Clicky (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QS3CLJ8W)

If anyone tries it, let me know how it goes.

[kl-x]

@Ket:

Intel O-ROM v10.5.0.1034 was released (officially or not - I don't know)

http://station-drivers.com/page/intel%20raid.htm

Could you integrate it into your mBIOSes, or at least say how to do it, please?

And, does this Intel O-ROM version (10.5.xxxx) even work with P45 (or rather, ICH10/R) boards like P5Q series - do you know it? (I don't know why it should not work, but still better to ask, I think).

So just to clarify things: if I flashed your mBIOS with Intel O-ROM v9.6.0.1014 integrated, and then I install Intel RST driver version 10.5.x.xxxx, then O-ROM v9.6.0.1014 will be loaded and used, right? NOT any (higher) O-ROM version from the driver? And last Q: Intel O-ROM is only used (loaded) in RAID mode set in mobo BIOS, not in AHCI/IDE modes?

I've also noticed that you reverted from Intel O-ROM 10.1.xxxx in previous MBIOSes release to 9.6.0.1014 in latest version - could you tell us why and what was the reason(s) for that move? Were there any issues with Intel O-ROM 10.1.xxxx version used previously?

thank you :)

[Ket]

1. Intel 10.5 ROM doesn't seem to work on P45 boards, anything above 9.6 doesn't seem to work right (or consistently at least)
2. You will probably need to download a older RST driver, but not sure.
3. See screenshot

[kl-x]

@Ket:

thanks for quick reply and the image.

Where can I get the tool used here (MMTOOL 3.22 BKMOD)? Could you up it somewhere?

===

"2. You will probably need to download a older RST driver, but not sure."

you mean newest RST driver v10.5.x.xxxx does NOT work correctly with Intel O-ROM v9.6.0.1014 ?


"1. Intel 10.5 ROM doesn't seem to work on P45 boards, anything above 9.6 doesn't seem to work right (or consistently at least)"

Have you tested it yourself? What are the symptoms? And, is Intel O-ROM onlt used/loaded in RAID mode?

[kl-x]

I can't find MMTOOL anywhere - only some on Chinese (?) sites, but I'm afraid to download from there.

Ket, could you up the latest version (3.23?) somewhere, please?

and, have you tested P45 board with Intel O-ROM 10.1 or 10.5 integrated? What was the behaviour of the board?

[Ket]

Clicky (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ILUNN5YP)

[kl-x]

thanks man - is this the newest version you have/is available? (I've seen 3.23 mentioned on google)

[Ket]

Thats the modded version of 3.22, allows for more modules to be changed.

[kl-x]

oh, I see. Thank you once more for the "enhanced" version, then :).

coming back to some Q's from previous posts, as I still don't get it 100%:


"2. You will probably need to download a older RST driver, but not sure."

you mean newest RST driver v10.5.x.xxxx does NOT work correctly with Intel O-ROM v9.6.0.1014? What are the symptoms/issues?

"1. Intel 10.5 ROM doesn't seem to work on P45 boards, anything above 9.6 doesn't seem to work right (or consistently at least)"

Have you tested it yourself (P45 board with Intel O-ROM 10.1 or 10.5 integrated)?? What was the behaviour of the board? And, is Intel O-ROM only used/loaded in RAID mode, or in AHCI as well?


TIA!

[Ket]

1. I haven't tried newest RST drivers, you will have to try yourself and find out.
2. 10.5 O-ROM is known not to work with the P5Q Deluxe, so theres no reason to think it would be any different for any other P5Q board.

[Ket]

Did any of the users requesting I make a M2F mBIOS ever try it? How was it?

[Fatal]

Did any of the users requesting I make a M2F mBIOS ever try it? How was it?

Why would you change the memory table to an older BIOS of a cheaper board? (P5Q Pro Turbo).

[Ket]

Because the memory table for the P5Q Pro Turbo is better. Supports more memory across a wider range.

[SabreWulf69]

Any possibility of a vanilla P5Q 2209 mBIOS? Would be greatly appreciated.

[Ket]

Pretty sure I covered the vanilla P5Q with the last mBIOS batch. Those mBIOSes pretty much max out compatibility, stability and overclocking. They just aren't going to get any better.

[paolocorpo]

Hi to all
I have a desktop PC with as MB Asus P5Q-SE with bios 1005 downloaded from Asus web site
I use Win 7 ultimate 64 bit
I have sometimes freeze (mouse and keyboard are not responding)
Is there a modded bios the could help me about ??
Many thanks

[CoreyPL]

Hi to all
I have a desktop PC with as MB Asus P5Q-SE with bios 1005 downloaded from Asus web site
I use Win 7 ultimate 64 bit
I have sometimes freeze (mouse and keyboard are not responding)
Is there a modded bios the could help me about ??
Many thanks

I would rather start checking what's wrong with your hardware before trying modded BIOS. First you must write more about your configuration. What hardware is installed, what PSU you have, under what conditions those freezes happens etc...

I suggest making another thread in appropriate forum section for this.

[paolocorpo]

Many thanks
Below my configuration
CPU INTEL E8400 MB ASUS 775 P5Q SE RAM CORSAIR DDR2 PC6400 (2x2GB) CASE COOLER MASTER Sileo 500 RC-500 ALI Corsair CMPSU-550VXEU 550W SK VIDEO ATI HD4870 HD Seagate 160Gb + 250Gb + 1000Gb MONITOR Amilo XL 3220W 2ms[/SIZE]

There is not a special situation for the freeze: it can appear several times but always few seconds/minutes after the boot

SO: WIn 7 Ultimate 64 bit + SP1

[lazor]

Hi,

I'm new here and I have been trying to overclock my Q9650 on my P5Q Pro MB, but I can seem to get it stable. My memmory is Kingston HyperX T1 1066MHz DDR2 2x2GB and CPU cooler is
Thermalright Silver Arrow.

Setting i'm using now are.

multi: 9x
fsb:450
fsb strap: auto
PCIE: 100
ram: 900
timings: 5-5-5-15
performance level: auto
cpu voltage: 1.36V (tried voltage as high as 1.42V did not help)
GTL ref: 0.61x
cpu pll: 1.56V (have tried pump pll voltage up to 1.8V, but no help here either)
fsb termination: 1.36V
ram voltage: 2.20V
nb voltage: 1.36V ( have tried voltage up to 1.4V)
llc: enabled
CPU spread spectrum: disabled
PCIE spread spectrum: disabled
cpu and nb clock skew: normal
cpu margin enhancement: performance

I updated Ket's latest P5Q Pro mBIOS but did not help either. I have been trying three days now to get my system stable and i'm out of options here. Anyone got any ideas how to get my system stable?

System fails in less then 5min using OCCT.

[Ket]

Try increasing FSB Termination.

[paolocorpo]

The p5q se 1002m.rom included in your zip file is more o less recent of 1005 by Asus webhosting ??

[MeerkatGP]

A silly question.

I have scanned through the entire thread, but could not find any reference to the Asus P5Q3 Deluxe Wifi-AP @n...

Can someone please confirm modded BIOS DLX2301M.rom is actually compatible with this mobo?

Many thanks.

Paul

[xsman]

Hi Ket, from your last update for the P5Q series BIOSes... I found out that the latest 0602 modded BIOS for "P5Q Turbo" is missing...

Wonder if "P5Q Turbo" owners can flash the latest "P5Q PRO Turbo" modded BIOS onto their "P5Q Turbo" instead? If not, can you make one for them?

Thanks for the help advance!

[Ket]

There is no P5Q3 Deluxe modded BIOS, at least not what I have made, and as I said here a while ago, I'm not doing anymore mBIOSes for these boards they are as good as they are going to get really now.

[xsman]

Hi Ket, wonder if "P5Q Turbo" owners can flash the latest "P5Q PRO Turbo" modded BIOS onto their "P5Q Turbo" instead? If not, can you make one for them?

Thanks for the help advance!

Hi Ket, if you are not making new mods... does the P5Q PRO Turbo modded BIOS also work on P5Q Turbo?

Thanks for your help!

[Ket]

I wouldn't attempt cross flashing, generally doesn't have a happy outcome.

[paolocorpo]

The p5q se 1002m.rom included in your zip file is more o less recent of 1005 by Asus webhosting ??

HI Ket have you a small time for me too ?? Many thanks
Paolo

[Ket]

Again, I'm not modding BIOSes for P5Q boards anymore.

[paolocorpo]

Again, I'm not modding BIOSes for P5Q boards anymore.

Yes, but i am only asking an info regarding your job already done on this P5Q board :)
I am not asking a new job
My question is:
The p5q se 1002m.rom included in your zip file is more o less recent of 1005 versione downloadable by Asus webhosting ??

[Ket]

1002>1005, as the numbers suggest, both versions are very close. I doubt asus made any significant improvements with 1005, 1002m will still be better.

[kikicoco1334]

What's the best BIOS for a 45nm Q9300?? I was on the stock 1703-BIOS, now I'm on Ket's 2101, but I don't see a huge difference in overclockability...

My settings are:

CPU Ratio Setting = 7.5
FSB Frequency = 467
PCI-E Frequency = 101
FSB Strap to Northbridge = Auto

DRAM Timing Control = Manual

DRAM Frequency = DDR2-934
DRAM Command Rate = 2N
DRAM Timing Control = Manual
CAS# Latency = 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay = 5
RAS# PRE Time = 5
RAS# ACT Time = 18
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) = 65
All Else to Auto

DRAM Static Read Control = Disabled
DRAM Read Training = Disabled
Mem. OC Charger = Auto
AI Transaction Booster = Disabled
Performance Level = 11
CPU Voltage = 1.4000
0/2 GTL = 0.680
1/3 GTL = 0.680
CPU PLL Voltage = 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage = 1.24
DRAM Voltage = 2.02
NB Voltage = 1.30
NB GTL = 0.640
SB Voltage = 1.1
PCI-E SATA Voltage = 1.5

Loadline Calibration = Disabled
CPU Spread Spectrum = Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled

CPU Clock Skew = Auto
NB Clock Skew = Auto
CPU Margin Enhancement: Optimized

It's stable for an hour of OCCT-testing, do you think that's fine? Everything else is working fine, too...are those voltages save? Vcore is about 1.37V under load...
I may want to hit 480MHz FSB, that's 3600MHz, do you think that works? Which voltages may I need to increase?

what kind of cooling are you using mang
i have the same setup but unless i am under water i can't go pass 3400-3500

[Ket]

^ That sounds like a heat problem. I can't remember exactly as I don't have any P5Q boards anymore (they all kept randomly dying for no bloody reason) but with the stock P5Q Pro BIOS I could get to about 960MHz on my RAM (it was rated for 1066MHz+. Yes, the stock BIOS was THAT crappy) and the FSB to 440-450. With the changes I made for the modded BIOSes, 1066MHz and 475FSB wasn't a problem.

[El Mano]

Which of your BIOSs would you recommend me for my P5Q Deluxe?

[Ket]

The latest one :p:

[El Mano]

The latest one :p:
Sorry :yawn:

I guess I'll lose the logo I flashed. No problem, I'll flash it again.

Thanks!

[El Mano]

This post is being edited entirely so hopefully I won't have to keep answering repetitive PMs and questions that just keep coming up, so anymore of those, link em right to this post!

What these BIOSes do

These mBIOSes are not magical pixies injected into your P5Q series board, despite the massive praise people give them. The aim of these BIOSes is threefold;

1. Enhance memory compatibility
2. Enhance CPU support
3. Just because I can, put a half-decent boot logo in :p:

Reported additional fixes

These are things that were not intending to be fixed, but in due course of changing things got fixed.

1. Pull-ins. Apparently these pull-ins never worked, my changind of the EBB fixed them, apparently.
2. Better voltage regulation. Many report being able to OC further on less voltage as these mBIOSes have matured, this again is down to the replacement of the EBB. Typically the EBB I use is from the P5Q Premium, which uses 16 phase CPU voltage regulation. Clearly, asus undertook extensive tuning for the Premium. Using the EBB from the P5Q Premium allows users of the P5Q / Pro / -E (I think, forget if this is 16 phase or not) allows for the 8 phase designs to benefit from some of the additional tuning.
3. I think theres a few smaller things, but I forget what they are.

User experiences

This is naturally far too broad of a subject to cover fully so heres some bullet points of them main ones

* Better CPU clocking
* Better stability
* Increased FSB limits

My PC won't boot, what do I do?

Sometimes happens. The risk in using any of these mBIOSes is the same as flashing to a new official version. So heres some basic steps to take;

1. Set your system back to stock prior to flashing

If your system does not POST on restart;

2. Clear CMOS by removing battery and power cord, remember to set CMOS jumper to "clear" as well.

Tried those, my system still will not POST

Chances are the flash went wrong. Grab a floppy disk (doesn't need to be bootable) and put a known "good" BIOS on the floppy. Rename the BIOS file to AMIBOOT.ROM, hit the reset button and the system will read the floppy disk and automatically restore the BIOS with the one on the floppy disk. The system will restart a few times and before you know it you will be looking at the POST screen again.

What mBIOS do you recommend?

Its all subjective, no system behaves exactly the same. Look through the thread for anyone who uses similar hardware to you, and try the mBIOS they tried, or drop them a PM if you need more specifics. My brain may seem like a BORG collective, and to a degree thats correct, but your always better off talking to people with similar hardware to yours.

Enough talk, wheres the mBIOSes?

Here they are, I may soon upload the entire collection of P5Q series BIOS files in one package with various little snippets of BIOS files I use as well as a simple tool to inject various modules.

Heres the new BIOS pack. Within this pack are updated BIOS files for the P5Q, P5Q Pro, P5Q-E, P5Q Deluxe and P5Q Premium. The BIOS files have been updated with the memory table from the Maximus 2 Formula.

DL Linky (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OOT3WDYF)
^ Grab this file for P5Q-E 1901 mBIOS

P5Q Series 200x mBIOSes (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WOGEK2YD)

New BIOS pack. This pack also includes a mBIOS for the P5Q Turbo, P5Q Pro Turbo, P5Q SE, and P5Q SE Plus

DL Linky (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UTSBQK06)

New mBIOSes out. You can get the details and DL them HERE (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3898769&postcount=1945)

The last link, this one:

New mBIOSes out. You can get the details and DL them HERE (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3898769&postcount=1945)
points to a certain page of this thread. Is this correct? I can't find a download link.

[paolocorpo]

1002>1005, as the numbers suggest, both versions are very close. I doubt asus made any significant improvements with 1005, 1002m will still be better.
Many thanks again
So do you suggest to downgrade from 1005 by Asus to 1002m by you ??

[El Mano]

The links are dead, MegaUpload seems to have deleted the files.

[h1ms3lf]

with Ket's permission here are the new download links:
1. megaupload (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TZC1LKTS)
2. wupload (http://www.wupload.com/file/2608518187/P5Q_series_mBIOSes.rar)
3. fileserve (http://www.fileserve.com/file/jCrEd6J/P5Q series mBIOSes.rar)

[xsman]

P5Q Series mBIOS DL (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UI85YVWK)
P5Q Deluxe 2301 mBIOS (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M47L7NE7)

OMG... The whole Megaupload franchise is down... websites/file links are not working. :eek:

Hi Ket, can you re-upload the latest batch of mBIOSes to another file hosting website for us to download? Thank you in advance! :up:

xsman/ocman

[Ket]

I'm not sure I have any of that stuff anymore, I'd likely have to make a whole new batch of mBIOSes >.<

[xsman]

I'm not sure I have any of that stuff anymore, I'd likely have to make a whole new batch of mBIOSes >.<

Thank you so so much!!! Our mBIOS God!!! Looking forward to latest mBIOSes for the complete ASUS P5Q/P45 line up! Many many thanks in advance! :up:

[Ket]

I didn't say I was going to make more mBIOSes. I MIGHT if I find enough time to do so, it'll take quite a bit of time if I was to make more.

[xsman]

I didn't say I was going to make more mBIOSes. I MIGHT if I find enough time to do so, it'll take quite a bit of time if I was to make more.

Hope you have more time! We will all look forward to your good news Ket! Thank you very much in advance!!! :up::up::up:

Cheers,
xsman/ocman

[Rarebird]

hi ket,

please upload or send me the latest your P5Q mBIOS file. (v2209)
megaupload link not work anymore. ;-( Thanks!

[Ket]

All the files are in the pits of oblivion. You can blame the FBI and their totally over the top rampage they went on. I hope they are getting their arses sued off for all the peoples personal data they completely ignored, destroyed and/or disregarded on their rampage.

[Viper780]

Is there any way that we can motivate you that we get a new Set of mBIOS?

My P5Q deluxe got exchanged and i cant find your BIOS in my Backup :(

[Ket]

Point me in the direction of the latest Intel Option ROM that works properly on the P45 chipset and I suppose I'll make one last mBIOS batch. Call it the final hurrah as the boards are approaching 5 years old.

[intarweb]

Does anyone have a copy of the last mBIOS Ket posted for the P5Q Deluxe (based on 2301)? :)

Hi Ket - 9.6.0.1014 (the last version you used) seems to be OK. I tried looking at other versions and saw mixed evidence of troubles with 10.x versions of the option ROM, including something to do with the filesize being too large. I can try to keep looking around.

[Ket]

Thats why I used 9.6, proved stable and reliable. Newer versions, as you have seen for yourself, are problematic.

[RBS]

Hi, could anyone upload last ket´s mbioses pack for p5q deluxe? I´m still on 1702m but downloaded this file lota time ago. Thanks!

[Ket]

If I can be arsed (and its sort of a big if) I'll remake the mbioses, I doubt anybody has them on their drive. I guess if I did make one very final batch I could dub them "5th anniversary special" or something. :/

[RBS]

Hey ket! I think these mobos still can be very useful and ur bioses are very good. I'm sure I could join mbioses if I check my hdds, let me know if would be useful for u for that 5th anniversary pack ;)


Sent from my iPhone

[intarweb]

Ket, you're awesome ^_^

Anyhow, here is a link where I found a bunch of Option ROMs - http://www.win-lite.de/wbb/board208-specials/board281-bios-bios-modding/16649-ahci-und-raid-rom-module-bereits-extrahiert/

10.1.0.1008 I think is the last version that people managed to get work on their boards, but it's unclear that it works as well as 9.6 for most people. I did see one fellow report that 10.6.0.1091 worked, but I'm not sure if that was with the standard BIOS or with the UEFI.

[Ket]

Updated 1st post with a link for source files.

[intarweb]

Updated 1st post with a link for source files.

Awesome! Thank you, Ket! :D

[RBS]

Great Ket! Will flash from 1702m to 2301m laters and will make some tests. Thx!

[Ket]

I said SOURCE FILES!! AKA, I have everything set up and organised to start the work but NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET. Thought that was clear by me using both "source files" in the description and me saying "BIOS" and not "mBIOS". Stop getting so excited people and read the description fully :/

[RBS]

Right soz, take ur time and thx for the effort.

[Ket]

Patience, they will come. I'm just having to look at my options atm. Although it goes against my better judgement I will probably release a P5Q Deluxe mBIOS with the following changes;

Intel O-ROM v11.2.0.1527
JMicron update to v1.07.28
P6 table from P5Q Premium 2406
Memory table from P5Q Pro Turbo 602
Marvell Yukon update to v6.6.2.3
Marvell 88SE91xx update to v1.1.0.L73

This BIOS would need to have its Intel, Marvell and JMicron controllers tested before I would roll out these changes for every board I intend to give one final sprinkle of love to, which is where you would come in RBS as I don't have any P5Q boards anymore.

[RBS]

It´s ok, mount 1 bios with all latest changes or whatever you see and I will go testing as soon as possible, but dunno how many time will get for testings purposes, if anyone more could help would be great too.

[authenticamd]

Does anyone have a copy of the last mBIOS Ket posted for the P5Q Deluxe (based on 2301)? :)

Hi Ket - 9.6.0.1014 (the last version you used) seems to be OK. I tried looking at other versions and saw mixed evidence of troubles with 10.x versions of the option ROM, including something to do with the filesize being too large. I can try to keep looking around.

Found a link. Not sure if it is the one.


http://jumbofiles.com/31eqegkagsqk/P5Q series mBIOSes.rar.html

BTW, what is the module ID (11?) for "P6 table (from P5Q Premium 2406)" shown in MMTOOL?

[Ket]

Link is up for beta 5th anniversary mBIOSes on 1st post, but for god's sake people, READ THE STUFF IN RED TEXT, and the readme file included for the mBIOS you want to use.

[acmalko]

Hi

I'm french so excuse my possible mistakes.

First of all, thank you Ket for the job you made on P5Q bios, it's really interesting, even five years after, great effort !

I'm a newbie on this forum and I can post now since 5 mins that's why you can read the same message on your private message (I've done it just before)

I don't need any help, I just want to give my experience. I've failed this afternoon to boot with the last beta bios. Don't be afraid, I'm OK now 'cause I've reflashed the correct bios.

my config:
Asus P5Qpro and Intel Q9550@3.8GHz (FSB 445, no more)
GEIL PC8500 @ 1069MHz, strap 333MHz
Raid 0 - 3xSamsung SpinPoint F3 (HD502HJ)
current bios 2102 mod

I was interested with this beta bios because of the Intel raid driver update. I have just installed v 11.5 on Windows 7 and it works fine with the actual v9.6.0.14 in the bios rom.
With the beta bios, the computer freezes at the end of the POST, just after the raid configuration screen unable to boot on the raid (even after a clear cmos and bios setup)
Unable to use Alt+F2 for bios flashing utility and Suppr to enter bios setup, it freezes just before, each time.

A last clear cmos gave me the default setup and I was able to boot on an alternative IDE hard disk where I found a correct bios to flash back.

So those are my 2 cents, I think the intel driver is NOT OK with my configuration, I know you've not tested it.

Have a good day,

Aurélien from France.

[h1ms3lf]

I have just installed v 11.5 on Windows 7 and it works fine with the actual v9.6.0.14 in the bios rom.
I've tried myself the 11.5 with the 9.6 O-ROM and doesn't work. v11.2 driver does ok.
Will flash O-ROM v11.2.0.1527 in a few days (while testing the actual config), see whats happening.

[acmalko]

Hi

2nd try today.
I wanted to test while deleting and recreating raid.

Nothing better, it always freezes after POST, unable to boot disk, to access bios or asus EZ flash.

That's all for me.

[Kai Robinson]

Yes, an updated 2301 with memory tables that'll support all DIMM slots populated would be lovely - i get a BCCODE 124 Error on a daily basis -_-

A newer Intel O-ROM wouldn't go amiss too.... ;)

[h1ms3lf]

i get a BCCODE 124 Error on a daily basis -_-
increase vcore/vfsb, check the GTLRefs settings (one or two notches up might help)

[acmalko]

Ket, your 5th Anniversary BETA mBIOS is OK for me with Intel RST RAID ROM v9.6.0.1014.
At least, the intel driver was the only problem

Good news...:up:

[h1ms3lf]

with O-ROM > 10.1.0.1008 after initial successful flash there is no go for raid crtl - i it freezes. not worth trying.

[RBS]

Hey I told ketabout my problems of testing on p5q deluxe atm, the psu for that rig burned and I won´t buy new 1 at least till I came back from holidays but the little I could test that rig was working perfect even with last intel orom, right that I couldn´t test raid configs, but reading you maybe would be good to stick this mobo with version 9 orom, or each one can really go trying some versions and choose the right one for his config, it´s very easy replace 1 rom vs other with mmtool.

With P8Z77 I´m using orom 8086-2822-11201527 and working perfect, with p5q I have 8086-2822-11501414 and at least Crucial M4 and WD black and green working great on single configs.

Regards

[h1ms3lf]

... with p5q I have 8086-2822-11501414 and at least Crucial M4 and WD black and green working great on single configs.

did u made the 11.5.0.1414 orom patch yourself? can you confirm that it works on raid0? it will be great to have raid0 trim support on asus p45. i know it does work on DFI LP DK P45 T2RS.

[Ket]

Right, based on what feedback I do have the only issue seems to be with raid, which would mean I would downgrade the intel O-ROM to 10.1 (latest version I know of working without any issues). Anyone else want to chime in before I start making some changes?

[h1ms3lf]

any chance of seeing soon the mBios-es? .. P5Q-Dlx in particular?

[gordon1]

ello, greetings from Spain, this is my first post, but I have a lot of time reading and working with the bios "Ket" in my Asus P5Qpro (thanks for your work). Recently acquired two SSD of 128 GB each to put them in Raid0 with intel controller board. Researching the net I found a lot to the famous "o-roms" intel, and the problem with their latest versions with raid0 (in normal mode work well), but if you try to put two SSD in Raid0 with any version "or -rom "intel to 10.1 over the computer at startup will crash and we will remove mode" raid "of the plate to take over control of the system as it becomes very unstable and only work in AHCI mode or IDE .

Sad to see that you have a computer powerful enough to keep squeezing the most and that neglect is not possible to update the controller BIOS to the latest version (thanks Ket by minitutorial I read in another post on how to use the mmtools) .

I've tried all the bios or official intel-roms that are in "win-lite forum" and station-drivers ... any and all functions are blocked in the boot, except to version 10.1 as indicated above Ket.

My question is ... if there is any way to edit or intel-ROM, or if there are any changes to these to make them compatible with Raid0 mode.

I've done a thousand tests and it is clear that with the latest version of the BIOS modified Ket the latest versions of "0-rom" intel and go great with TRIM support without blocking, but in normal mode, not raid.

There must be something to tell us why crashes, the P45 chipset is problematic but not old enough to ignore the thousands of users that remain with this chipset, so I have not lost hope that somewhere Intel then update their O-roms compatible with all chipsets.

greetings.

[h1ms3lf]

I suspect that the problem is not the P45 chipset, its the size ~120KB of the new O-ROMS (in uncompressed data) that no the fit the rezerved 90K ROM resulting in the board reading at the wrong address from the ROM module.
So the only chance to make it work for P5 motherboards is to somehow shrink the size of the o-rom (?! abbreviation the txt strings inside) to 90K.

[gordon1]

I suspect that the problem is not the P45 chipset, its the size ~120KB of the new O-ROMS (in uncompressed data) that no the fit the rezerved 90K ROM resulting in the board reading at the wrong address from the ROM module.
So the only chance to make it work for P5 motherboards is to somehow shrink the size of the o-rom (?! abbreviation the txt strings inside) to 90K.

True, the P45 is not the problem apparently actually read that a P45 gigabyte or msi, which had been operating the Raid0 with the latest intel O-ROM on these motherboards.

The question is this, to know if there is any way to edit these O-roms and run them on the P45, Raid0 mode as we usually edit our bios with mmtools.

I also read somewhere that some motherboards like asus deluxe p5 series were able to work with the latest raid0 mode or-rom, but that this had to change your classic bios to UEFI bios, which launched the first asus when imposed this standard, but they were not really tested in the deluxe asus p5 and gave a lot of instability problems, plus it would lose the optimizations applied "Ket" these plates, as new memory tables and a more refined OC .

I'm looking to go out where the hell all o-roms and can not find them. We all know that Station-Win-lite drivers and have them on their websites, but the intel site is almost impossible to find the happy o-roms, to find a publisher for such changes.

http://www.win-lite.de/wbb/board208-specials/board281-bios-bios-modding/17000-ahci-raid-rom-modules-for-bios-modding-already-extracted/

http://www.station-drivers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=3910

I do not give up, keep looking for a solution there, and as I said before, we could buy new motherboards and change teams, but when a team is so optimized and that works really well ... I hate not being able to debug more.

Had asus p5qpro UEFI bios or other p5q UEFI bios compatible with p5qpro?

PS: Sorry for my English, not to sound rude to some expressions.

Greetings and thanks for answering.

[Cloud76]

I read that some users are looking for the mBIOS, but link are no longer available. I have a backup file of the all P5Q-E mBIOS, If it can help I did an upload here:
http://d01.megashares.com/dl/7w9eUiw/P5Q-E mBIOS.zip

P.S. Why i can't go to page 98 and 97 is incomplete?
At the top there is: Results 2,401 to 2,425 of 2434.... but I can view only from 2401 to 2407 in page 97... and if I click page 98 appear the same page 97 with only 7 posts
... oh and now I am in 2408... strange thing:shrug:

[Sevas]

Hello! I'm using ket's m-bios for P5Q- Deluxe for a couple of years now with no problems. And i want to thank him fro that! Now, i want to buy a SDD and after a lot of research i can't decide which o-rom sould i use. I'm not interest in raid 0. From what i have read they say that it's better to use o-rom 11.2.xxx and RST 11.2.xxx for older motherboards than the 11.5.xxx o-rom and RST. Does any one here tried o-rom 11.2.xxx in P5Q Deluxe? Does it work in AHCI mode? Does even Ket's latest beta m-bios work in P5Q-Deluxe in AHCI mode?

[gordon1]

Hello! I'm using ket's m-bios for P5Q- Deluxe for a couple of years now with no problems. And i want to thank him fro that! Now, i want to buy a SDD and after a lot of research i can't decide which o-rom sould i use. I'm not interest in raid 0. From what i have read they say that it's better to use o-rom 11.2.xxx and RST 11.2.xxx for older motherboards than the 11.5.xxx o-rom and RST. Does any one here tried o-rom 11.2.xxx in P5Q Deluxe? Does it work in AHCI mode? Does even Ket's latest beta m-bios work in P5Q-Deluxe in AHCI mode?

It dosen´t work in raid mode with o-roms 11.2.xxx but if you don´t wonna raid mode... it works fine in single sata ahci mode with all o-roms... last o-roms = trim support.

For raid mode with last o-roms you will need change your classic bios for uefi bios but same people say that eufi bios works crappy.

Sorry, my english is terrible.

[Sevas]

It dosen´t work in raid mode with o-roms 11.2.xxx but if you don´t wonna raid mode... it works fine in single sata ahci mode with all o-roms... last o-roms = trim support.

For raid mode with last o-roms you will need change your classic bios for uefi bios but same people say that eufi bios works crappy.

Sorry, my english is terrible.

Thank you for your reply. I'm asking cuz i read that P5Q Deluxe does not even boot (Power Up) with o-rom 11.2.xxx. But it does boot (Power Up) with 11.5.xxx. I'm only speaking for P5Q Deluxe. Because if i flash ket's latest beta bios with o-rom 11.2.0.1527 and my P5Q Deluxe does not boot (Power Up) i'm pretty much screwed. :(

[gordon1]

Thank you for your reply. I'm asking cuz i read that P5Q Deluxe does not even boot (Power Up) with o-rom 11.2.xxx. But it does boot (Power Up) with 11.5.xxx. I'm only speaking for P5Q Deluxe. Because if i flash ket's latest beta bios with o-rom 11.2.0.1527 and my P5Q Deluxe does not boot (Power Up) i'm pretty much screwed. :(

Ok, the problem is only in raid mode. If you want AHCI mode with last o-roms it works fine.

My mother board P5qpro has last Kets modded bios with my moddifications (las compatible o-rom in raid mode 10.xxxx) but it worked fine in ahci mode with last intel´s o-rom bios.

greetings.

[Sevas]

Ok, the problem is only in raid mode. If you want AHCI mode with last o-roms it works fine.

My mother board P5qpro has last Kets modded bios with my moddifications (las compatible o-rom in raid mode 10.xxxx) but it worked fine in ahci mode with last intel´s o-rom bios.

greetings.

Hello again! I bought Samsung's 830 SSD 128Gb and everything is working perfectly fine with the latest Ket's Beta m-bios for P5Q Deluxe in AHCI mode! Just letting you know guys! Thanx Gordon1 for your help and thanx again Ket for keeping our motherboards alive! :)

[Havis]

Hello, I just succesfully flashed my P5Q Deluxe with p5qd3201m.rom (2097152 bytes) Beta mBIOS

it's the one with theses changes:
- Replace memory table with P5Q Pro Turbo 602 table
- Update Intel RST O-ROM to v11.2.0.1527
- Replace P6 table with P6 table from P5Q Premium 2406
- Update JMicron to v1.07.28
- Update Marvell 88SE6121 to v1.1.0.L73
- Update Marvell Yukon to v6.6.2.3

I'm running it succesfully with 4x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint in AHCI mode.


btw, somewhere on the internet I've found P5Q Deluxe EFI Bioses (revision 0221)
moded with Intel RAID ROM 10.1.0.1008 and 11.0.0.1339
filenames are:
ASUS_P5Q_Deluxe_0221_IR10.1.0.1008_OROM_MOD.rar
ASUS_P5Q_Deluxe_0221_IR11.0.0.1339_OROM_MOD.rar
you can just google em :)
If anyone has experience running P5Q Deluxe with EFI "bios" (or moding EFI bios), plese post your experience :)

[drago636]

If anyone has experience running P5Q Deluxe with EFI "bios" (or moding EFI bios), plese post your experience :)
ASUS_P5Q_Deluxe_0221 EFI does not start with FSB 400 + DDR-2 800 + FSB SRAP 400 :(((

Update Marvell 88SE6121 to v1.1.0.L75 and Intel RST O-ROM to v11.6.0.1702 (MMtool v4.5.0.23 + mod module CSMCORE) - OK

[Ket]

I'll be finishing these mBIOSes later today, consider them a early christmas present and the final mBIOS files I will make - the P45 is 5 years old now, its got all the improvements it can handle with these mBIOSes. The reason intel O-ROMS newer than 10.1 don't work correctly is partly down to the size of the O-ROM, but also the BIOS itself with the P45 boards. In some cases there just isn't enough space on the ROM chip for the larger O-ROM, in other cases the problem lay in how the O-ROM is read. The "ideal" O-ROM to use on the P45 is 10.1, no newer. Its highly unlikely intel will change their O-ROM to work with boards such as the P45 simply because its how intel operate - they like forcing users into going and buying new hardware. AFAIK even the Z68 chipset doesn't get trim support willingly. Modders have to inject new O-ROMs themselves if manufacturers don't do it and last I heard intel were unwilling to add trim support to the Z68, only the Z77 onward.

[Ket]

Well, that was faster than I expected, but FINAL versions of the 5th anniversary special mBIOSes are now available from the first post. Beta versions are still available for anyone that wants the newer intel O-ROM (11.2). The only change to these final versions is the O-ROM has been downgraded from 11.2 to 10.1 for maximum compatibility and hopefully, zero problems.

[BillFleming]

Has anyone tested the beta BIOSes on the P5Q Pro Turbo yet?
I am using mine as a RAID5 NAS and I guess I will have issues with > 2.2TB drives unless the updated intel Option ROM works.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Matrix_RAID#Matrix_Storage_Manager_option_RO M

I would like to switch from these 500 GB drives to 2/3TB drives at some point in the future without needing to purchase another LGA 1155 machine to run them...

Thanks a lot for the BIOS work Ket.

I am kinda afraid to test myself first since I don't have a floppy drive lying around for recovery that I know of.

Bill

[Ket]

Simplest solution: Buy a pre-flashed EEPROM chip for your board as backup, they shouldn't cost anymore than about ?/$10.

[Rapid_Eraser]

Hi, flashed the P5Q Series 5th Anniversary BETA mBIOSes for my P5Q-E so far so good, thank you Ket for the Christmas present. :)

P5Q-E
Q9550
2x2GB DDR2 1100MHz
Corsair Force 3 60GB
1TB Samsung F3

[lenix]

Hello Ket,

I have a question that I really hope you can help me out with. My motherboard is P5Q Pro and I'm currently running the latest official bios version 2102.
I got a 3TB hard drive today, the bios recognizes the disk as 801GB capacity while windows sees the whole 2.72 TB. I'm wondering if it's a problem that the bios isn't seeing the disks full capacity? ( Eventhough in windows everything is cool )
Would updating to any of your modded bios'es fix the problem?

Thanks a lot in advance man,

[exee]

A quick question, when I updated my BIOS to Ket's BIOS, should I see a different BIOS number or name/ date?

[Ket]

Hello Ket,

I have a question that I really hope you can help me out with. My motherboard is P5Q Pro and I'm currently running the latest official bios version 2102.
I got a 3TB hard drive today, the bios recognizes the disk as 801GB capacity while windows sees the whole 2.72 TB. I'm wondering if it's a problem that the bios isn't seeing the disks full capacity? ( Eventhough in windows everything is cool )
Would updating to any of your modded bios'es fix the problem?

Thanks a lot in advance man,

Modded BIOS might help you out here, problems like that are usually due to a outdated intel o-rom.


A quick question, when I updated my BIOS to Ket's BIOS, should I see a different BIOS number or name/ date?

No you won't. I didn't update the timestamp so people knew the mBIOSes were based on the latest official available versions.

[paradogz]

Hi Ket,

After years of trouble with my P5Q Pro @2102 Bios, I finally come accross this thread.
I got 4 x 2GB 8500CL5 GBPK Gskill. I discovered that they were not really compatible with my motherboard, unless you downgrade them to 800 Mhz.

Seeing all your Moded Bioses, I do wonder if once upgraded, I'd have to set up things manually in the BIOS ?

I've already tried to put the timers manually without success (blue screen@1066 MHZ).

Once installed, what must I change in the BIOS apart from DRAM Voltage and V Northbridge ?

Thanks a lot .

Paradogz

[Ket]

You should set memory timings manually to 5-5-5-15, but in your case as you have 4 sticks you should try 6-6-6-16, 5-6-6-16 timings along those lines. By occupying all 4 DIMM banks you are putting extra stress on the chipset which will necessitate slightly more relaxed timings. Just how the old chipsets are.

[paradogz]

Thanks for the quick reply, cheers for that ! :up:

That would explain why I got these bluescreen

I did tried to put 2 X 2 only on the yellow socket, not as much bluescreen @1066 but some errors on MemTest.

Do you reckon i'd be better off having 4GB instead of 8GB, as from 4GB, for what I do (only videos games...) it shouldn't really make any differences.

Thanks again

paradogz

[paradogz]

Still aiming for 1066 ! But unfortunately, never reached it yet.

I've updated to your modded BIOS p5qpm FINAL

Still errors in memtest within minutes.

I'm only using 2 x 2GB kit, in order to make sure the 4 sticks doest not generate more problems.

NB is @ 1,4 (tried a bit higher)
DRAM @ 2,2 (tried a bit higher)

I've tried :
- FSB strap 333
- set up manually 1066
- set up the timings to 5 -5 - 5 - 15 and then 6 -6 - 6 - 16 like you proposed.
- fiddle around with
Static dram : disabled / enabled
OC charger : enabled / disabled
Perf lvl 8/10

Still these errors. I've tried to swap to another kit I got on a second computer that I've hardly used, same issue.

Do you have any config / parameters ? I don't really know what to do now, even after all I read on the net...

[Ket]

Try the 400 strap and perf levels 11-14. If that doesn't work, try the sticks on a system they are actually compatible with to rule out bad RAM sticks or bad DRAM slots.

[paradogz]

Good but a bit of an odd news this morning.

I passed Memtest 86+...

by changing memtest version ?

Was using Memtest86_4.0a and got a lot of errors (cf previous posts)

Whereas now I'm using memtest86+-4.20 and I did not get any errors after 24hours of testing (17 passes).

Is that reliable, why in the world would I get errors with 4.0 and not with 4.20 ?

Cheers for your expertise Ket, happy with my modded BIOS.

[Ket]

Always a good idea using the latest version of memtest, updated routies etc. You'll want to run HCI memtest though, memtest 86+ isn't reliable enough.

[paradogz]

Thanks I've started it,

How long shall I leave is ? 24h ?

The "test unused memory" is the good setting ?

Cheers.

[Ket]

The free version of HCI can only test up to 1024MB per instance, so if you are using 8GB RAM you will need to run 8 instances of HCI all at the same time, setting each instance of HCI to test 1024.

[paradogz]

Right, I must have go the wrong one, here's what mine looks like. http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/3402/37743624.jpg

Do you have a link for me Tek ? This his what I found, but it tests all your RAM, does not sound like the one you described. (http://hcidesign.com/memtest/)

thanks for your patience.

[Ket]

http://hcidesign.com/memtest/download.html The free version doesn't test all of your RAM at the same time, only up to 1024MB. You can open windows task manager to see that ;)

[paradogz]

Good point, I bought the software.
I presume you have to wait till 100% ? Then what ? Do you need to wait a bit more to confirm it is stable ?

Cheers for your help, I really appreciate .

By the way, you told me about the severals instances with the free versions, with the pro one that I've got, there is no need to do that ?

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1850/13639649.jpg

[paradogz]

Hello again Kek,

Glad to let you know that I had no errors in your memest HCI, nor with memtest 86+, on top of that, memory @ 1066 5-5-5-15

I tried to increase the FSB to get a little more frequency out of it.

I'm starting slowy, at the moment I'm a 378 x 9 (3,4 ghz) Memory @ 1007.
It is stable on Prime95 24h, OCCT 24h and no errors on memtests as well as video games, so I assume it is good.

The only problem I've got is that I discovered that my computer is not able to restart.

When you restart from windows, the screen stays black, nothing happens.

I need to unplug the lead for 15 seconds to restart my computer normally (still OCed then). Then it is absolutely fine.
Cold boot in morning does work as well.

I went back to FSB 333 and stock settings, I am still experiencing this problem. I've just not realised before.

My PSU is brand new (RMA the other one 2 months ago, was dead), it's a Seasonic X780 GOLD.
The cable lead is new, changed it again though.
Everything is plugged where it should be (CPU... MB... ) it's easy to check for it's a modular.

I really fiddle around in the BIOS on various different settings, i'm a bit lost :

These are the settings I am rock stable with, but the same problem occurs @ stock frequency.

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/3738/photo1ln.jpg
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Any ideas ?

[Ket]

If you can't restart its a software issue, either format or run tools like tuneup utilities, pc doc pro 4.3, regcleaner and diskeeper.

[paradogz]

Hi Kek, i haven't been clear enough, sorry about this.

In fact that the all computer that would not start (fans on, black screen nothing happens at all). There is no POST from BIOS whatsoever.

[paradogz]

Hi kek,

Just a quick edit to tell you that i got rid off the problem by making a proper CMOS reset.

All fine here.

Cheers

[MiLKMAN2k7]

Sorry for reviving old thread, but how to replace memory tables in BIOS? Can somebody, please, add how to? I downloaded latest Maximus II Formula 2302 BIOS from ASUS site, extracted with MMTool 3.26 both ID15 Memory Sizing modules in uncompressed form and I can't add/replace them to P5Q-EM 2203 BIOS. Tried export/replace memory tables from modded P5Q BIOSes, same thing.

[Rbn3D]

Any modded bios for the P5Q3? (Not deluxe)