Asus P5B (vanilla) Overview

k testing on X6800 done with dice :D
some info :
P5B non deluxe vcore / vdimm mod
bios :0509
rams G.skill 6400HZ
brazed dice tube
X1950XTX
nice little tweaked XP PRO SP2

vcore : 1.72vcore
temps in bios -27°C @ 4.6ghz
vdimm 2.55vdimm

evrytime bootup into windows sucks hard !
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...r/10sec907.jpg
fasted pi 1m with bootup speeds :)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...0pi32m4585.jpg
some 32M
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...rdrive01-1.jpg
01 wit ccc overdrive 700core/1100mem

some pics of the setup
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...r/DSC09293.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...r/DSC09289.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...r/DSC09287.jpg

in 2 weeks i have my new cascade and then il test it under that

that some die hard ish :slobber:

did some X6800 clocking @ P5B as well :D

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Setup:
Core2Duo X6800 ES (step5, QPHV) (thx to BiZaZ :D)
ASUS P5B (stock 0509 BIOS)
2x512MB Corsair 8000UL
2Mb PCI video
160GB Maxtor SATA
BlueStorm 500W

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CPU: DI cooled @ -32C load
Mobo: stock cooler + 92mm fan
RAM: chilled air + 120mm fan
Vcore: 1.7V all the way (Vdrop mod -> 1.67V under load)
Vchip: 1.3-1.4V
Vmem: 2.35-2.5V

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~2hrs and 1L of "Metaxa" later :D :

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1M
2M
4M
8M
16M
32M

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add 7900GTX, put it under chilled acetone - and you will get this:
68620 3DMark01 - WR for single 7900GTX :cool:

tapakah what did u use to clock in windows ? and what temps in bios idle :)
nice score ;)
oyes retail here :D

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tapakah what did u use to clock in windows ?

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only MemSet for RAM ... CPU freq has had to be set from BIOS :(

I think my P5B vanilla its not bad , can run 510 FSB :

http://aycu18.webshots.com/image/401...1953417_rs.jpg






anyone know if will be released a SetFSB for P5B vanilla???


regards

Guys I have the P5B Vanilla with a 6300 running along side some cheaper 5300 Patriot 2x1gb Cas 5 sticks, and with the latest bios it I cant get any divider but 1:1....1:1 is the lowest...

Anyway to fix that?

Its greatly limiting my OC :(

Im running the 333s currently at 389...

Would be nice to have a slow divider so I can further OC because now Im just ram limited running a 1:1 divider

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Anyway to fix that?

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No!
1:1 is the lowest divider on all 965 chipsets :)

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Originally Posted by TaPaKaH

No!
1:1 is the lowest divider on all 965 chipsets :)

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ahhhh sh*te :(

Oh well, I guess Christmas time is time for some G.Skills.

Woohooo:banana:

NEW BIOS 701 P5B and 601 P5B-E on Asus FTP :fact:

P5B-E

P5B

Hi All

As you can see from my signiture it's been a while [nForce 2 AMD] since I have dabbled with OC'ing and quite frankly i'm out of my depth.

It seems that I've bought a CPU that has one avenue [ multipler x 20] of OC'ing locked. But due to reading Toms Hardware review of the Pentium D 805 I know it's worth the effort.

The Asus P5B with it's 965 chipset was recommended as a temp non-SLi mobo before my core 2 quadra purchase next year so as you can imagine i'm eager to get the most out of the rig in the mean time.

I guess I'm asking for a Asus P5B 965 chipset bios step by step guide to OC'ing on P5B [inc Bios pictures if poss]. I managed to increase the FSB from 133 to 166 to get an unstable 3.32mhz. Due to it my lack of knowledge on memory timings I didn't successfully tie in the correct memory settings to the FSB increase so I returned the settings to defaults due to XP programs [mainly audio decoding & data recovery] failing.

I read Tony's "Asus P5B i965 secrets uncovered" post which I was googled too so I hoping you guyz and galz can teach me the ropes on OC'ing ths rig.

Any NOOB steps or basic pointers to other reading is much appreciated as my 3 days solid info gathering is getting fustrating as it seems intel, DDR2 OC'ing is specific to the mobo manu's bios options interface, or am I wrong? I'm sure with a little help I can pickup & use this glean knowledge from referance review articles like Toms Hardware.

Thanks Optical10 - Great thread - guyz'n'galz

PS. I guess the Zalman thermal paste was a bad idea, should I re-apply Artic Silver 3?

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The "Temp" before Core 2 Quadra + Intel 590 Sli
Asus P5B [Vanilia]
Pentium D 805
Corsair TwinX 1Gb XMS2 ProDDR2-4300C3
74 GB Raptor, 120 GB WD SATA
BFG GeForce 7950 GTX2 1gb [Lifetime Warranty] GPU
Akasa 650 watt PSU
Zalman Fatal1ty FS-C77 Socket 775 CPU/CHIPSET Fan
ThermalTake Tenor Black desktop


"Ye Olde Faithfull"
-ABIT- NF7-S ver2.0
Athlon XP 2100+ 1.73GHz
OCZ 512MB 2x256 DDR-SDRAM
Creative SB Live!
40 GB Seagate , 200 GB Seagate
ATI 9700 Pro 128MB AGP
HP f1523 15” LCD
350W PSU

1question : which software gives the most accurate CPU temps on this mobo ?
E6700 @ 3.6GHz (1.42V) idle/load (TT BigTyphoon cooling) (load = dual 32M)
OSCI - 60C/66C
S&M - 62C/72C
CoreTemp - 52C/58C
AiBooster - 41C/47C

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
What software do you use to measure the temps ???

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Originally Posted by Counter CS

Woohooo:banana:

NEW BIOS 701 P5B and 601 P5B-E on Asus FTP :fact:

P5B-E

P5B

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Versão 0701 2006/10/05 Actualização



Descrição P5B Release BIOS version 0701
1. Enhance memory compatibility
2. Fix DRAM frequency incorrectly display problem under auto, standard and AI N.O.S mode
3. Reduce system full reset of times
4. Patch some VGA card can't found when NB Vcore value has been set too high
5. Fix DDR frequency 889 unstable by SPD
6. Add new CPU Ucode to support Kentsfield B3 stepping CPU
7. Improve S3 resume time
8. Fix FSB not correct displayed in BIOS setup when CPU has been set to non-standard frequency
9. Fix chassis fan 2 speed not correct when fan speed too low

ok so I love this chip and board, got my E6300 and P5B a few days ago and tonight was my first night tto have a propper play, the bios before 0701 wanted high volts to get to 2.8, with 0701 this is what I got with stock cooling and i'm still pushing it, this board looks like its going to go very very far :slobber:

430x7 @ 3008mhz
1.375vcore
2.1mem w/ Geil PC6400
1.4v fsb
101 pci-e
usb legacy off

http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/staff/j.mil...ech/christ.jpg

just waiting for my 775 tdx to get this baby on water, getting 58 max after 10 mins of priming ... not the longest test but im pushing it still

New Bios 0701.

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...B/P5B-0701.zip

P5B Release BIOS version 0701
1. Enhance memory compatibility
2. Fix DRAM frequency incorrectly display problem under auto, standard and AI N.O.S mode
3. Reduce system full reset of times
4. Patch some VGA card can't found when NB Vcore value has been set too high
5. Fix DDR frequency 889 unstable by SPD
6. Add new CPU Ucode to support Kentsfield B3 stepping CPU
7. Improve S3 resume time
8. Fix FSB not correct displayed in BIOS setup when CPU has been set to non-standard frequency
9. Fix chassis fan 2 speed not correct when fan speed too low

Point #3 is very interesting, seeing my board full reset at every overclock over 300 fsb.

Anyone tested it ?

^ yeah I've been using the 701 bios for a couple of days. It's greatly improved the issues I had with the P5B vanilla at boot up.

i.e. with bios 0509 when you power on, it used to power off straight away, wait for a second or so and then power on fine. The 0701 doesn't do this, 0701 will just power up from cold fine (like any normal system would :) ).

0509 when you do a reboot in windows xp, sometimes did a cold boot (i.e. powers off and then back on). 0701 is a big improvement in that sometimes (rarely) I've seen it still do a cold boot, but mostly it does do a 'warm boot' (i.e. does a reboot without powering off).

0509 in the bios when you do a 'save bios settings and exit' would often (always?) do a cold reset (i.e. power off / on again). 0701 can still do a cold boot sometimes, but from my limited experience it's been much rarer.

Anyway, this is just my experience with 0701 so far. Forgot to mention this is with an E6400 @ 3.4G (425FSB).

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2...wresle8.th.jpg

Hurra!!!
500MHz "wall" broken :woot: with new BIOS

i m still having the cold boot issue with the latest bios whereby everytime i try to restart with overclocked speed it will shut off everything and then turn back on again.... and when i change settings in bios this will happen also...does everyone having the same problem or just some of us???

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Originally Posted by sup3rfly

i m still having the cold boot issue with the latest bios whereby everytime i try to restart with overclocked speed it will shut off everything and then turn back on again.... and when i change settings in bios this will happen also...does everyone having the same problem or just some of us???

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I have this problem since day 1. Didn't tried the 0701 yet.

Have a heart guyz, can't you
remember when you were a N00b. I can't get 166mhz stable, Prime95 restarts my PC. I've removed & purified with Artic Siler 5 which has reduce temps by 8
degrees c, updated to 0701.

How do I get this Pentium D 805 stable above stock 133mhz?

1. Do I first increase to 166mhz plus increase CPU vCore up 000.05 Volts to find stability ar 166mhz.

OR

2. At 166mhz leave CPU vCore at stock voltage & increase ram voltage up 000.01 for stability? I've read tens of OC'ing articles including Toms hardware's D 805 but until you've gain exper you feel unsure. Do I use A.I. Booster or bios for tweaking?

I'm sure therer are other P5B + D 805 OC'ers out there, please get in touch!

Is there a software that allowa to change FSB from Windows ?
(tried new ClockGen - HURRA :woot: it detects CPU freq.right with some settings but changing the freq from ClockGen = nothing happens :mad: )

^yeh no software yet to change FSB for this MB i guess.
there is one for the DLX version tho.....i hope someone comes up with one :(

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Originally Posted by Vric

I have this problem since day 1. Didn't tried the 0701 yet.

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when i first encountered this error after i change some setting in bios i was like OMFG what just happened??? it scares me to dead man :rolleyes:
anyway does any of u guys having cold boot issue when lowering the multiplier???

sup3rfly, if you flash to the newst bios bios posted here above, the scary clicking of your hd`s are gone. I`m gonna bye this board to I think.

no dude the latest bios is 0701 rite??? i m using it buy i still facing this problem... >.<||
thats y i ask does anyone uses 0701 that encounter this problem or just me?