Asus P5Q - cheap and good clocker

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old school jumper
ov cpu - up to 2.10v
ov nb - up to 2.26
other voltages
cpu pll @ 2.78v
fsb voltage @ 1.9v
vdimm @ 3.08v
sb voltage @ 1.4v
pcie sata voltage @ 1.8v
load-line calibration - works great

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/8567/imagemux7.jpg

vcore @ 1.3v
vdimm @ 2.1v
and minimum settings for all
cpu cooler -> Scythe Infinity + 120mm @ 102CFM
room temp - 28c

fsb 560MHz
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=374922

cpu pll @ 1.7v
fsb voltage @ 1.3v
vdimm @ 2.38v
nb voltage @ 1.4v
sb voltage @ 1.2v
pcie sata voltage @ auto


i can place my modules in any slot but i can not use a pair on dual channel ,the dual channel seems to be dead :(

nice fsb.. but no dual channel :eek: :(

what voltages used for 560FSB ?

Interesting. Do you have troubles getting over 560?

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Originally Posted by eva2000

nice fsb.. but no dual channel :eek: :(

what voltages used for 560FSB ?

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check again George :D ,no dual channel but is a very funny board and i will test a bit more before i send it back

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Interesting. Do you have troubles getting over 560?

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i still trying :)

oh there they are... cpu pll = 1.7v :eek:

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Originally Posted by eva2000

oh there they are... cpu pll = 1.7v :eek:

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it starts at 1.5v (~2.78v) :)

Dual Channel does not work? Should be fixed... :D
Even if 560 Mhz is the max this is enough for the most non-extreme OCer/ gamers out there with a small budget.

maybe that's why fsb is high due to single channel ?

Wonderful high res pics, thanks thanks.

All the new P45's are looking good.:D

Nice photos although I have to scroll to see em. Looks like a nice budget board, hopefully you solve dual channel issue.

Imma little worried now...just bought this mobo with a 2x2GB Gskill DDR2 1000 kit :stick:...I hope asus fix it until I receive mine

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Originally Posted by Hyperhorn

Dual Channel does not work? Should be fixed... :D
Even if 560 Mhz is the max this is enough for the most non-extreme OCer/ gamers out there with a small budget.

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Look closely.......only using SLOT 1, which means only ONE memory module was used.

Now! If he were to use TWO memory modules, then SLOT 1 and then SLOT 2 would be used and thus "Dual Channel" would be born, like this: http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=163560

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I'm not impressed.........all ASUS boards are bad ass.........born to be that way.

+1, He is running only one memory module.

Bought the mobo with 2x2GB Gskill pc8000 kit and working fine out of the box.I hope you dont have problems with it :up:

mine does pretty well in dual channel mode :shrug:


500fsb is completly stable.

still working on 533fsb...
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d.../spi1m-533.jpg


max CPU-Z is 550fsb so far...
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...Q/cpuz-550.jpg

good to see the "low end" P5Q clocks nicely, almost making me wish i bought an e8*00 instead of a quad to get some crazy FSB numbers but the biggest thing i have against this board is where they placed the 24pin power....

(ok sorry for derail very nice numbers folks PCc12iminal and ThugsRook)

For some reason CPU-Z reports that I'm running DDR3 with this board when I'm running DDR2 800.

Thats fine.Even the latest everest dont recognize the motherboard correctly .

I have a very frustrating problem: I can do prime stable 4000mhz on both small and large fft's and play games and benchmarks. The wierd thing is that i get random lockups and reboots that are not repeatable. On thing is for sure: it doesn't happen when idle or with 100% cpu load. One thing i know for sure is that it's FSB related since it starts to happen at anything higher than 423FSB on any multiplier.

I'm not sure if it's my P5Q or something else. I've tried everything I can think of: voltages, mem dividers and all the wierd settings in the BIOS.
I'm currently stable at 3807mhz (9x423mhz) with the followin settings.

1.16vcore (prime95, have to set 1.20v in bios with LLC disabled)
1.52vPLL
1.12vFSB
1.12vNB
1.98vDIMM (memtest86+ error free at 1060mhz so that's not a problem)

3800mhz is stable at very low voltages so it would be nice to see what this little E8400 is capable of. :(

I really hope that someone had and solved this problem. It's very frustrating to do stability testing with no prime95 errors, the bastard just freezes or reboots.

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Originally Posted by janolle

I'm currently stable at 3807mhz (9x423mhz) with the followin settings.

1.16vcore (prime95, have to set 1.20v in bios with LLC disabled)
1.52vPLL
1.12vFSB
1.12vNB
1.98vDIMM (memtest86+ error free at 1060mhz so that's not a problem)

3800mhz is stable at very low voltages so it would be nice to see what this little E8400 is capable of. :(

I really hope that someone had and solved this problem. It's very frustrating to do stability testing with no prime95 errors, the bastard just freezes or reboots.

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try...
1.14vFSB
1.14vNB

damn i had trouble with this board.. it totally sucked for me

at 1:1 its almost impossible to get 8 pl, i dont even think i got 8pl, + 560fsb was my max stable and around 565 validated, but i hated that board..

Why is there a 2.2v NB jumper anyway.. p45 locks up on high volts .

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Originally Posted by Vivi2

damn i had trouble with this board.. it totally sucked for me

at 1:1 its almost impossible to get 8 pl, i dont even think i got 8pl, + 560fsb was my max stable and around 565 validated, but i hated that board..

Why is there a 2.2v NB jumper anyway.. p45 locks up on high volts.

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Asus did a real chit job on all these P5Q-X boards/bios'.

dispite the fact i can run 500fsb 100% stable, i still hate this board cause its so completely uncooperative.

In the first pic the power slot at the top how come it has 4 covered up? Doesn't need that much power?