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ok, I powered the PSU off, and now its back to no-boot.. this board it killing me..
I had the cold boot issue a few times, then I reflashed to the same 0202 bios and all is well now. Before when I left it off for awhile it wouldnt start, I would then have to turn off the PSU and put it back on. It would boot fine then, but I had to go in and reset my settings (profile) and save. Frusterating, but its fine now.
http://drunken-student.co.uk/pics/pc.../500_pi32m.JPG
Seems like a decent board. Can't get the FSB much over 500 though, results in no boots :(
Ram's running alright (620 so far) but the FSB has to be set below 500 (testing at 490 which seems to work well) anyone else seen similar?
Does the bios have any fail safe device or is a bad flash the end of the board?
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Originally Posted by 775911
no a bad flash is all she wrote. and the bios chip is soldered to the board so no hot flashing a new rom chip.
there is no overclocking failsafe either. well thats not entirely true, it works if it fails if your not overclocking too far, once you hit a certain overclock the system wont boot into safe mode and let you get back into the bios, you have to reset the cmos.
well, BIOS overclocking is fine for 24/7 clocks, finetuning for 1 mb PI on the other hand Id rather do without rebooting..Quote:
Originally Posted by sbinh
I did some ram testing last night, is seems like this mobo is overvolting quite a bit. look at these numbers:
Mem Actual DDR Timings Vmem (real) LTD FSB multi CPU Vmch (real) Vcpu (real) memtest #5 pass
950 948,1 474,05 4-4-4-10-2T 2.353 (2.40) 4 1066 9 2398,5 1.393 (1.42) 1.36875 (1.38) 5+
1000 1000 500 4-4-4-10-2T 2.353 (2.40) 5 1066 9 2398,5 1.393 (1.42) 1.36875 (1.38) 13
Shut the machine down for a few mins (@ PSU) then give it a couple of power cycles. That seems to kick the mobo into loading failsafe. It can be a bit hit and miss which is a shame, sometimes it works off the bat others you have to kill the power for a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Quote:
Originally Posted by Highland3r
yeah i've tried that several times, it doesnt work.
i think, like i said it works at lower clocks but when you start crunching the ram/fsb/cpu i think it stresses it to the break point and it cant recover unless you reset the cmos.
it also sucks big time that your OC profiles that you save cant be used with a hotkey. if they had setup the profiles to load with a hotkey during pre-post, then it wouldnt matter you can just save a lower overclock and hit the hotkey for that profile and it would load up.
oh well, i honestly cant complain about this board, aside from the vdroop which isnt so bad for me as im not going crazy with the vcore. its a killer little board.
Can users please share their opinions about the stability of this board at around 400 fsb. Need to decide between this and BadAxe2.
Thanks.
James.
With the ram in the black slots only. Try a power up with the monitor off until it posts them turn the monitor on. If doesn't work try flipping the SLI selector card around single, duel, back to single, duel if you want SLIQuote:
Originally Posted by burn what?
Why in the world would the board be booting better with a selector-card-rope-a-dope?Quote:
Originally Posted by John44
Hower, Ive read somewhere about ram issues being solved when placing the sticks in the black slots, maybe it was you that mentioned it on the asus forum John?
anyhow, this sounds exactly like a bios issue that should have been solved, well, pre-launch..
Yes, I am the same John. People have have had problems with no boots. So far putting the ram in the black slots only have worked for some. Others have had VC problems and putting the selector card in a different position has helped to at least boot. Leaving the monitor off while booting have helped people in SLI boot. Don't know all the answers just a few suggestions. I have had my board for three weeks now and it runs fine. Higher overclocks were tough when I have all my ram slots filled. Running just in the blacks slots 1 pair allows for some extra FSBQuote:
Originally Posted by zeeke
Quote:
Originally Posted by jsbond007
there isnt one single issue with this baord doing 400mhz FSB.
the problem that myself and some other users have is that it takes max mch voltage to do it for some reason. some of the reviews of this board reflect this also, that its random.
as for those saying there is ram issues,,, what ram issues.? i have yet to see anyone complain about ram issues. just the contrary. ram overclocking is great on this board.
4-3-3-12 1000mhz or 5-4-4-12 1150mhz 2.25v
and you always use the slots closest to the cpu. which are the yellow
That's completely contrary to everything I have read about this board.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Ive used the two yellow with no problems, cant see why it should matter particularly if its dual channel
I noticed that compared to 680i, the 650i does not automatically raise pci-e to 125mhz for nvidia cards. Ive done it manually, is that just as good? Seems to be stable but I didnt bother to run 3dmark06 before and after to check for any actual increase in performance - what program could I use to get a quick 3d gfx score with.
Also wondering what other clocking programs people are using with this board. cpu-z and speedfan seem to basically recognise it though speedfan says my fan is 10000 rpm :eek: :cool:
I havent bothered clocking it yet, just checking it all out slowly and seing how hot it runs and quiet I can run the fans, etc
I brought 2gb of ddr2 for $100 so you can imagine why I'd want async :D
I havent touched voltages but the northbridge definetly gets toasty even with 7 fans ticking over, I may have to employ a few more to get my quiet cool and clocked effect :)
Also I noticed the Arctic pro slightly touches the northbridge clump of metal, only very slightly altering the fan position
thanks for all the tips guys, but back to the egg it went. i tried everything you've all suggested and more and still no go. tried booting with the sli card on single side, dual side, no card at all! absolutely no post ever. bad bios flash at factory is my guess. anyway i'm not too excited anymore to start playing with this as the e6400 i just got with it is an "A" rather than "B" chip. i threw it into a ds3 board that's been running a B chip at 450x8 24/7 and it wouldn't even boot at 400fsb! bummer, i wanted to test the upper limits of this board against the ds3 before buying 1 final rig. sucksQuote:
Originally Posted by John44
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Originally Posted by falqon
and if your having troubles and your using the black slots,,, thats why
Try the black slots onlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Quote:
Originally Posted by couppi
This is were I found the tip. In your own thread
well i was having trouble with my mobo at stock speeds
so i tried every possible solution and nothing worked so i decided to try the 0308 bios update
i flashed ,turned off took battery out cleared cmos put battery back and now it wont stay on ,it will turn on for 1 sec then off
i tried differ memory just in case memory voltage was to high or low and nothing
so i am guessing i killed my mobo :confused:
RMA & 2weeks from now i shall have another 1
thought i share
I heard using one black and one yellow was dangerous but potentially sweet! :hehe:
They let you RMA failed bios flashes?
I found one thing weird with this board ... When using SLI, no need to use SLI brigde to connect cards .... In manual, it says you need to use brigde to connect SLI Ready video cards to use this option.
The black slots were the only ones I could get to run at 1T. They also helped me hit 525mhz 2T stable on my ram.
Edit: Putting your ram in the black slots may help with other problems, but I doubt it.
Hmm I might have to try that. Rignt now Im hitting 500 mhz @ 2.353V (2.40V real) with 4-4-4-10-2T timeings, but 1T is just not working. I cant even pass memtest test 1 with stockspeed (400 same timings)Quote:
Originally Posted by couppi
I have this Mobo and is pretty good for that price ... FSB 510MHz with no problem ...
Only a few niggly problems with this so far:
I had a problem with bios settings and it would just keep freezing when I tried to change them so I had to remove the battery in the end.
Because its unlinked, the memory tends to jump about as it finds the nearest ratio.
I'm running the bus speed at the same mhz as the ddr2 and cpu-z shows it as 1:1 but the bios only lets me set this up as unlinked:shrug:
The bios does have a fail safe I think, if corrupt you can insert the cd to reflash automatically. Not that I would want to test that out particularly.
Anyone else ordered off xtsit.com ? The board they sent me came from mesh computers and had no printed receipt inside :confused:
same hereQuote:
Originally Posted by 775911
Even the mesh computers bit ? Bit weird since mesh are not cheap at all.
On the sync thing:
I found linked auto did the job and improved pi time by a second at the same settings
Are you runnig at 1T now, one sec is a lot to pick upQuote:
Originally Posted by 775911
No I havent tried to run at 1T, this is budget ram so Iam mainly concerned with the fsb at the moment.
I can go back and test again more precisely later to confirm maybe, I altered the trc at the same time so maybe it wasnt purely down to the link/unlink thing.
The bios has more memory timings then I have any clue what to do with lol. I hope someone does a guide for us amateurs at some point
I'm running it unlinked now and got another 2 secs drop on pi for 200mhz increase to the cpu, which seems good to me.
Loaded max temp when running winrar bench multitask is 46c now :) Thats only stock voltages of course.
The northbridge heatsink is cool to touch under load with a fan on top of it
Ive setup 11 fans@5v and an arctic freezer and I havent used any paste yet. Luckly the IHS was totally flat, I checked it with a razor blade:D
Have you checked in cpuz to see if your running in 1T or 2T this bios has a mind of its own and I have had it set my timings to 1t when I set it to 2TQuote:
Originally Posted by 775911
Yep its always run at 2T even when I had it on auto. It got some of the timings wrong though so ive manually set it to SPD values, memset confirms it
i dont think you have anything to complain about nor any room to complain. its a $130 board and only the best 680i boards with the BEST ram can run 1T over 800.
given Asus's track record with cheap mobo's i think we should be lucky the damn thing runs at all O_o
Yea I didnt want to buy another asus but it was the only 650 around and the price was extremely good imo.
I had to scale my clock back, it passed orthos and I know it wasnt overheating but while playing BF2 I got strange lag and it hung with a high pitched noise. It did that twice, I scaled it back and its been fine.
Hardly scientific but seems to be related.
It might just be my cheap ram of course (and maybe the async settings), I'll leave it stock and see how the rest goes
http://drunken-student.co.uk/pics/pc.../489_Prime.JPG
NB voltage maxed, vDimm @ ~ 2.3 after droop.
Stock NB/CPU cooling, no SB cooling.
Got my board today - put everything together, booted up and everything worked! Yay - didn't forget a single cable - even got led cables correct at first try.
Installed XP and played around with the board and my C2D 6600. Didn't manage to get it stable @ 3.6GHz, but 3,4Ghz was easy. Strange thing is that 3.6GHz stability seemed to be unaffected by more Vcore, but upping NB voltage to 1,5 made the trick - could run orthos for 20-30 mins before it failed at least, but the NB heatsink is so damn hot it almost smokes from it!
So I think my CPU may be good for 3,6GHz, but I'm not sure if My NB is cooled well enough for it.
Enough about that, since I was not satisfied with the mem timings etc I decided to try the 0308 bios.... damn that was an bad BAD BAD idea! It updated fine, booted into windows fine, even restarted fine, but after I did an power off on my computer it's wont POST anymore. It starts all fans, my 8800GTX card fan also starts and spins at full speed until I power off my computer. Clear CMOS etc etc has no effect.
Be warned - stay the hell away from bios 0308.
Ok, I finally got some free time 1on1 with this board.. max FSB seems to be 487.5 mhz with 1.563V NB voltage from bios, 1.59V real. More voltage doesnt seem to make a difference either. I even changed the NB-cooler to a Noctua NC-U6 cooler with heatpipes.
Have anyone played around with the LDT multipliers, i just cant figure out if they make a difference?
Anyhow, since tighter timings really give a big performance boost i worked on that for a bit. This is the highest clock i got with 3-3-3-5-1T:
http://www.pichotel.com/pic/5483Zq7iI/110798.gif
yes look at my post on page 9Quote:
Originally Posted by OC-Freak
This is from the Asus Forum
I had exactly the same situation as you had. After I flash BIOS to 0308, clear CMOS and power on, it boots only 1 second and off!
Then I remove the battery and boot. Yes, boot WITHOUT the battery! It boots and goes to Windows! Except that my BIOS settings are never saved.
I put back my battery and it boots again. Customize my BIOS and reboot. Problem solved.
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Author: Gordon Posted: 1/7/2007 9:32:00 PM
I've gat a beta BIOS 0308, but something is weird...
After reflashing the BIOS, I can boot into Windows.
However, when I power off my compuer, clear BIOS and power on.
The ATX power is triggered, but after a few seconds it shutdown again.
I can't power up my computer anymore!!
I have no idea it's my own problem or just a defect BIOS...
Could anyone give it a try, and tell us your own result?
Use at your own risk!!
The new BIOS and flash tool are available here,
Use at your own risk!!
Thanks for the tip - unfortunately that did not help me :(
whats the latest "official" bios? 0201 0202????
0202Quote:
Originally Posted by adamsleath
Oh, if someone else is looking there is a beta of clockgen here that has support for the 650i chipset. dont go more then 1-2 mhz at a time though, freezes my system.
Another thing, anyone else having problem with the randomness thinge, ie last night i managed to get the system 2x32mb pi stable at 3.6 ghz etc. Today it wont even make it into windows with the same settings, then I enter bios, turn NB voltage down, same settings othervice and the board boots perfectly fine. Not stable though, back into bios, raise NB voltage, reboot and just fine again.. I jsut cant figure this board out..
Even the MESH bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by 775911
MESH usually use decent hardware & I've previously priced up some of their systems & not been able to beat their price just on the hardware let alone having a fall back warranty on the system - even bought a couple of systems for family members.
I imagine that MESH buys a lot of Asus mobos, gets direct shipment from the Far East etc.
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Originally Posted by zeeke
Reflash your bios. I know mine was perfect, went in and messed with things and I would have to turn off the PSU and back on each morning, go into the BIOS load my profile, then save and reboot.
Flashed it again to 0202 and its been fine.
well, I guess Ill just have to "crawl to the cross" as we say in .se and reflash the damn thing..Quote:
Originally Posted by Trice
On another matter, does this board use different staps for the chipset, and where does these kick in if so?
Strap change at 424-425 FSB.Quote:
Originally Posted by zeeke
423
http://drunken-student.co.uk/pics/pc/P5N-E/423_pi1m.JPG
425
http://drunken-student.co.uk/pics/pc/P5N-E/425_pi1m.JPG
426
http://drunken-student.co.uk/pics/pc/P5N-E/426_pi1m.JPG
Also confirmed as lower chipset voltage was usuable at 425/426 than at 423 (pi hung ~ 1/4 way through)
Nice Highlander, I had a feeling that was the case.
Wouldn't it be nice with the option to set the actual subtimings of the chipset too, just like for RAMs.. I just hate the straps, less controll = less stability, well usually at least :)
Can someone post some detailed settings for the P5N-E SLI?
I just got one and my computer reboots during prime 95 after a few mins. I had the voltage up to 14.v and the cpu at 2800mhz. For some reason prime fails while the cpu is at the default settings as well.
Update your sig, what cpu, what memory?
^^ or just post detailed specs :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron 61
On another matter, is there anyway to crank up vfsb on this board, or doesnt the 650i chipset work in the same way as 975?
Don't think it works the same way. The voltages provided are plenty enough for 500 FSB though. Probs higher with upgraded chipset cooling.Quote:
Originally Posted by zeeke
475 is the best i can get no matter what multi i use.
but here is a shot for your eyes. (and yes that IS the real vcore)
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4...2230vg1.th.png
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4...1057bz4.th.png
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Originally Posted by Lestat
What about the temp? Ambient temp?
Mine is freaking hot....at ambient temp = 22*C, Core0=45*C/core0=42*C (Idle) .... and Core1/corre0=60*C (loaded with Orthor or dual Prime95) --3.5GHz, vcore 1.40v --
I have something to say about the P5N-E SLI...
The first day i got it together with E4300 and a 2GB kit of Corsair XMS2 6400C4, it ran flawlessly in unlinked mode. I got the CPU upto 3.34GHz for benching with 9 multi, RAM did 908MHz effective with 4-4-4-12 2T timings and 2.157V in BIOS.
Then the next day a friend came over with the same setup, cause he couldn't boot up at the same settings, so we tried my PSU in his rig... a no go. Next was we tried his RAM in my rig, was performing the same as my kit. Then his CPU into my mobo, all ok and we got to the conclusion, something's wrong with his mobo (same bios, same settings, just didn't boot at 3ghz).
Then as I inserted all my stuff back into my board, i was unable to run unlinked mode at all!!!! not even a single MHz OC would POST. I needed a day with trial&error to find out, it was unlinked mode causing the troubles: remember, it ran flawlessly in unlinked (1500:900) a day before!!! Now I can only run linked, 1333*9, 888MHz RAM, same timings, same voltage...
It didn't help to flash the BIOS, reseat the RAM, CPU, gfx card, reset CMOS, make a long CMOS clear, playing with voltages, maxing them out, nada... I think, the mobo has some issues with current BIOS, corrupting in some way. I'm now waiting for ASUS to release a new version or the mobo will be for sale :'(
OMFG!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Thats awsome low-voltage clocking! Nice chip you got there.. But I have the same problem, my board just wont hit the magic 500 mark, I can do 1950 FSB (487) but 1960 wont even boot.. NB voltage doesnt matter
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Originally Posted by zeeke
i will N E V E R sell this chip, it is one of the best ES chips i have seen if not the best.
i had another one, same week, same stepping, and it took more volts.
i can do 3.6ghz @ 1.28v and the other chip took something like 1.4 or something i dont recall but i got rid of that one real fast lol.
the downside is, above 3.8 it takes quite a large jump in voltage to make it to 4ghz, enough of a jump that i dont like it.
and as for the guy who asked about ambient temps, i dont care about ambient, i'm on water lol. but my room is typical average room temp. like 65-68 F.
Lestat, you might wanna reconsider what you thought about ambient temp.
Ambient temp DOES make a big different to your CPU temp, dude.
Hey .. you can test it by raising your room temp to 74-75*F ... then see the result .. :p
here is another tastey shot for your overclocking eyes
notice the matching voltages of cpu-z and speedfan.
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/1...hz1232vsr7.png
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Originally Posted by sbinh
yes i know as during the summer months since my pc room doesnt have any AC those temps go up.
but even during the summer i never see anything above 65c even on more voltages.
over all i dont worry about ambients too much as the BIX II w/ both 120mm fans running works very well.
this is a pretty nice clock-for-volt shot, 1.525V if I remember correctly
http://www.bandwidth.se/imgs/16/0/43...mb_spi_cl4.gif
Sounds like it might work for you guys who flashed that beta
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Author: Hackendorn Posted: 1/19/2007 12:42:00 AM
I attempted to flash to 0308 and am having the same issue. I removed everything and only reconnected the power supply and CPU, nothing. Lights turn on for a brief second and turn off.
Hi,
i have (or maybe had) freezing and stability issues too. After calling the support i received a new 0401 bios version. After flashing it i was facing the same problems as you guys. I removed the bios battery and cleared the bios via the clrtc jumper for about an hour. But that did not help.
So i called the support again and he told me to remove all usb devices and to use only 1 memory module in the a2 bank. After that the pc bootet up and reported a cmos checksum error. To make the situation even worse the new bios automatically adjusted my rams to 1T which caused permanent freezes in the bios, but i was able to correct this.
Now everything seems to run fine with 0401 bios. I did not notice any changes except for that sli memory option and some new post up messages...
I hope this bios fixes my random bluescreens and mouse problems under windows
0401 ehh, does it still ahve the "ranomness" bug, rockstable @ whatever one bootup and reboots before the OS is loaded the next?
you guys should just go back to 0202 dont you think.
and if it aint broke dont fix it.
401 works booted all auto 1T If any one wants it go to the Asus forum and ask they will email or if you can't get wait until I finish installing a drive and I'll email to someone that can post it. I'll wait a few minutes if someone can give me a email I'll do it now
john dump it on one of the free file storage places
too bad im at work i would have you send it to me and i'd host it on my ftp
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Originally Posted by zeeke
boy zeeke, i'd like to believe that picture,, but 1.52v ? that would be a record, and one that i dont think anyone has even come close to.
might wanna do some looking to verify the voltages that shot was taken at and that its not bogus (unless of course thats your cpu lol)
473 x 9 is rare, rare enough that i find it odd, unless it was super cooling with super cooling on the chipset also.
all mine are with the P5N whats yours with.
no wait the 3.6ghz shot was with my Gigabyte DS3
Isn't undervolted CPU's kinda irrelevent to the thread? I could understand if it was a really fast oc, but bragging about a 6600 running at 3.6ghz? :rolleyes:
haha, yeah thats on my fully modded AW9D-MAX, with a Mach 2 GT on cpu and an alpha-cooler with a delta fan @ 6k rpm on NB :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Back on topic, Lestat, I am using bios 0202, and if that isn't broke I dunno what is man
edit* my memory isnt what it used to be..
What time you get out of work? I 'll drop back or someone PM me an email address an I'll send it. Haven,t had time yet to fool with it so you guys are on your own. I just Cleared the CMOS first and bootedQuote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
the board desperately needs a better BIOS, this 0202 is crap. ran a whole day linked 1333*9 3:2 divider for 888mhz ram speed 4-4-4-12 2T ROCK stable with everything (orthos blend, 3d, games, other stuff) until I did a system restart. now it won't even boot with that timings... what's going on here?!?! i allready lost the abbility to even boot in unlinked mode the 2nd day of usage, now linked died on me too. crapy bios as hell, someone pls upload the 0401, so we can give a try with that.
EDIT:
New findings, everybody with same problem should read that
If your board doesn't boot up after a reboot with the settings, you know it runs stable with (RAM timings)... Changing subtimings of the RAM solved my problem - going into BIOS, changing one setting to another value there - save changes, restart - voila successfull boot! if you want the setting changed back, just change it and reboot. easy as that.
Quote:
EDIT:
New findings, everybody with same problem should read that
If your board doesn't boot up after a reboot with the settings, you know it runs stable with (RAM timings)... Changing subtimings of the RAM solved my problem - going into BIOS, changing one setting to another value there - save changes, restart - voila successfull boot! if you want the setting changed back, just change it and reboot. easy as that.
i hav no idea what you just said. and your english is fine i just dont understand.
and change what subtiming ? there are several.
and you guys with issues, sorry to hear that mine is kick arse and takin names.
no other board has let me run 4-3-3-12 at 950mhz. not even the 680i.
the only issues i have with the baord are the big jumps in vdimm voltage, its too big they need finer timings.
other than that my board is kickin tail.
the ONLY other problem is that i can run and warm boot at 423 x9 which is as high as the 1066 strap goes, (and its 20 seconds faster on 32m Pi.
but coldbooting wont boot. and it wont boot into safe mode either, i have to reset the cmos.
that i dont like.
also booting into safe mode if the overclock fails is very flakey. it rarely works.
doesn't matter which subtiming, just change one, cause it seems, they aren't saved, if you leave them as they are - even if they are set manually to whatever you want.
i for instance have them like this:
tRC 22, tRFC 35, tWR 5, tWTR 8, tRRD 5
now if i restart my computer, it wont POST - don't have a speaker so I don't know what beep codes I'm getting, but the signal to the monitor goes off and i have to hard reset the system so that ASUS CPR kicks in and sets the timings to some safe value. In this way I'm able to go into BIOS and change something under subtimings, for instance tRRD from 5 to 6 and do a save&exit and the PC boots just fine. If I don't do this, I can restart for 100000000 times and not once will it boot up. So I assume, everytime you do a save&exit from the BIOS, the subtimings just revert to the auto values in next booting process, if you don't change at least one of them in that last visit to your BIOS before you did save&exit.
clear enough now? :)
Running a quick Orthor to post the result .... It ran Orthor fine for 14hrs yesterday. Same settings though ......
http://members.cox.net/hung1410/Orth...E_SLI-3500.jpg
This board is acting so freaking weird ... Yesterday, I ran orthor fine for 14hrs, then it failed dual Prime95 after 3hrs ... Ran dual prime95 again .. it ran without issue for 8hrs ....
Don't know if it is the board or other freaking applications popup running while Orthor/Prime was running.
Waiting 0401 from John to test it out ... :D
Update with SuperPI 32M ...
http://members.cox.net/hung1410/Supe...7600GT_32M.jpg
401 update
Memory strap has seemed to change 423 424 is not the same
My temp sensor on the NB temps are running 6f cooler suggest maybe a voltage drop there
Sbinh has it and I'm sure he'll give you the full details shortly
Quick overview ... Pretty good.Quote:
Originally Posted by John44
After flashed BIOS to 0401, booted right up into windows (forgot to reset BIOS) .. Once I am in windows, several popup windows which recommended to install bunch of new hardwares (bios...something :D, floppy, Mem..something, etc) .. Went ahead and installed all of those. Suggested to reboot. Fine.
After reboot, tried to go into BIOS ... BLACK screen .. Turned off power .. RESET BIOS then turned back on... This would help to reboot and went right into BIOS (checksum error).
Set everything back to what I got before flashed to 0401 except COMMAND RATE = 2T. Saved and booted into windows.
Currently, running Orthor for almost 15 minutes ...... No issue yet ... It seems CPU is cooler abit. Will post image after Orther reaches 1hr.
After that, will try to set Command Rate = 1T .. Let's see what happen.
P.S: Thanks John for the new BIOS.
@ sbinh Are there any changes in the NB voltage options or memory voltage options? What about the vdroop, is it any better?
After 1hrs and 14minutes .. here it is ....
http://members.cox.net/hung1410/Orth..._BIOS_0401.jpg
Set Command Rate to 1T .. booted to windows now .....
Ron,Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron 61
There are nothing changed on those voltage settings (at least what I know)
As you can see on previos pictures, looks like it uses less voltage (both on vcore and +5). I just dropped vcore by 1 notch .. and running Orthor again .... Let's see what happen ..... Will update tomorrow .. (time to bed now .. :D :D)
Note: Ambient temp increased by 1*C (cuz I am running Orthor on another PC - E6400 on P5B Dlx @3200MHz)
Well to be honest, I dont trust those windows reading for 1 secund. Can't you measure it with a multimeter, the review on vr-zone shows what spots to use.
I've measured the drop on this board during several benches and eventhough asus probe is reporting a drop in Vcore from 1.5v to 1.3V something,the real drop is from 1.51V to 1.49V so.
^^ agreed, software doesn't seem to capture the voltages correctly at all. Much better using hard read points.Quote:
Originally Posted by zeeke
Regarding vDroop - this is a hardware thing is it not? Short of the board actively compensating for voltage droop under load there's not much that can be done.
If there is/was a discrepancy between bios values and actual vcore, this could be corrected via a bios update however.
If you set the vCore you want in bios, and just use the + 100mv option, that gives you much closer to the vCore you "set" in bios.
NB cooling is an issue on this board for high clocks. Keep the NB cool and it's a much easier board to overclock.
Anyone have a link to a "good" beta bios, also has anyone got there 7950GX2 to work.... I haven't had any luck even getting it to post with mine.......
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Originally Posted by zeeke
Measured the vcore using DMM .. it showed vcore=1.427v while CPUz showed 1.392v
I just installed all.Run mem at 4-4-4-12 1T stable at 433(866) i was able to load windows at 450(900) with 1T but NOT stable
http://images4.fotosik.pl/293/76369465f0b14218m.jpg
http://images11.fotosik.pl/26/750067ff23d954d0m.jpg
I have problem with OC my E6400 es a4 L2 4mb needs high V 1.55 to get 3.3GHz.Default vcore only 2.8 stable after that needs more more and more.
Update
with OC Cpu and mem I was able to get only 805 4-4-4-12 1T
http://images14.fotosik.pl/48/ec083823ababda06m.jpg
that the best setings fo me
http://images4.fotosik.pl/293/337baccd3ba214dcm.jpg
I got my system going. Well it is one that I did for someone else. I have an Asus P5N-E and a 6400. I had to up the chipset voltage to 1.5. Now that computer is 10 hours prime stable at 3400mhz with a cpu cover voltage of 1.45v.
How far are people able to run 1T on this board? Having issues running above ~ 425 FSB at the mo. Dropping timings, increasing vDimm/NB voltage doesnt seem to help.
1T rock stable @ 360, goes into windows @ 365mhz but wont even post @ 370
yeah 1T wouldnt even post for me at 400.
so i just dont even bother.
i found a little trick for those of us when overclocking to far the system wont boot into safe mode so you can get into the bios.
power down. no need to unplug the psu, and walk away for 10-15 minutes.
come back and mine boots right up into safe mode almost everytime.
if you stress the overclock too far like lack of voltage or too high cpu or too high mem, it wont boot into safe mode, why i dont know but it sucks cuz you have to reset the cmos, so try this, it works for me.
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Originally Posted by zeeke
Mine works fine at 389 ... I tested at 400, it booted and ran fine .. but I dropped it down to 389 cuz of the heat issue.
BTW, I am using OCZ PC2-6400 Gold XTC KIT (OCZ2G8002GK)
Just wanna prove that I can boot at 425 .....
http://members.cox.net/hung1410/P5N-...425_Booted.jpg
RAM brand
http://members.cox.net/hung1410/P5N-...5_Booted_2.jpg
@Sbinh
give link to this bios i can`t find it
or sent me to chrisgrajzer@vp.pl
chri5g,
U've got mail! .. :D
Someone hosted the 401 bios on their site.
Get it here
Anybody else tried this bios 0401 on a board already stable on 0202?
hmm, have to try the 0401 bios tonight, see if I can get over 400 with 1T
Just setup my new rig, containing:
P5n-E Sli (bios 0202)
e4300
2x 1gb gskill f2-6400phu1-gbzx (in black slots @ 400mhz @ 4-4-4-12 1T @ 2.05 vdimm)
Gigabyte 6800gs
The problem is I can't overclock my system; every time i made changes in the bios and tried to save it, it wouldn't boot and CPR had do kick in... (the standard settings are memtest86 + and Orthos stable)
I tried the following settings:
mulitplier @ 9
- unlinked 1000 (qdr) / 800 (mem)
- linked 1000 (qdr) / 800 (mem) / 5:4 divider
- linked 801(qdr) / 801 (mem) / 1:1 divider
none of these booted (vcore 1,45 and nb 1,5.. v )
multiplier @ 6
- unlinked 1200(qdr) / 800 (mem)
Did boot (vcore 1,45 and nb 1,5.. v )
Also tried reflashing the bios with 0202 and clearing cmos. (without any succes)
The Asus AI 20% overclock option does work ....
Since this is my first Intel Core 2 duo setup I might be doing something wrong, but I can't figure it out...
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Originally Posted by sbinh