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Originally Posted by webqc
http://www.iamxtreme.net/andre/New-P5BD/3.JPG
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...B-E/small2.jpg
It's not different name. It's just different from PCB Rev. 1.01G and 1.02G.
1.01G is not MCH voltage on BIOS.
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Originally Posted by webqc
http://www.iamxtreme.net/andre/New-P5BD/3.JPG
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...B-E/small2.jpg
It's not different name. It's just different from PCB Rev. 1.01G and 1.02G.
1.01G is not MCH voltage on BIOS.
When will the 1.02G version of this be available?
I like the lay out of this board, has just what I need, looks like it would be great for water cooling.(No heat pipe coolers).
Been looking for Core 2 board to run a E6600@3.6 for 2 weeks now. Think I found it.
The Abit AW9D-Max looks good to but it has the heatpipe cooler. Don't want hack up the cooler, makes resale hard later..
No issues at all, on the 1.01G boards I just run it up to around 500~505 without issue. On the 1.02G boards I have to increase the MCH Voltage (not available on the 1.01G) starting around 400 but have hit 550FSB on it to date, just not stable yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Truckchase!
We have ES samples, marketing is planning on the SE designation or something like it before it is released to market next month. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AndreYang
This board absolutely sucks. EDIT: It's fixed, look further for info.
C2D 6600 week 27a
1.01G rev, 965C1
2GB 2x1 OCZ PC8000 Plat XTC
1.4500 Vcore
2.1 VDimm
1.3-1.45 FSB Term V (tested all three settings)
tested DRAM timings by SPD and hardcoded to 5-5-5-15 with loose subtimings.
PCI-E:100Mhz
PCI Lock: 33.3
Spread Spect: Disable
All thermal control options: Disable
Top "stable" FSB: ("Stable"=Memtest x86 plus pass with no errors for at least 4 hrs)
2:3 Mem: 354
4:5 Mem: 340
1:1 Mem: 341
Replaced the thermal material on the NB with AS5... made no difference.
Why would slower ram settings = lesser stability? Did I just get an completely bum board?
Just use one ram stick for further testing ...
Gary
What is the overclocking limit of your E6600?
I am considering either wait for P5B-E 1.02G or buy P5B Deluxe.Quote:
It's not different name. It's just different from PCB Rev. 1.01G and 1.02G.
1.01G is not MCH voltage on BIOS.
Is it correct that this P5B-E 1.02G is better for overclocking than P5B Deluxe?
Thanks!
Is there a vmch mod for the P5B-E 1.01g?
I need a new board, fast. And my reseller only has a 1.01g...
I have contacted Asus, hit 9x370 stable 1:1, nothing more after it,no issue with the board posting at 9x425, it is not stable until I hit 9x370 or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Truckchase!
Not that I have seen, the 1.02G has a different PLL controller on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMa
Just wanted to post quickly to let you guys know that I'm up and running with this thing. I noticed when I was booting today that my BIOS rev. was 0201, which I noticed didn't match the "Release" BIOS ver on the Asus website. I didn't even bother to look before since they labled that one as release. I've now flashed the board with the 0306 and I've tested memtest stable sofar @ 390FSB.
I'll post further results after I get my overall system speed worked out. I will say, however, that this thing is in serious need of a VDROOP mod. When set to 1.5250 in the BIOS the voltage dips down to 1.403 under full load. Now that the chipset seems to be performing decent, however, perhaps I'll start looking into VDroop/VMCH/VMem mods.
Thanks for your help bingo, and the suggestion Gary.
:D
My rev. 1.01G. Would be very interesting to have an opportunity VMODs on this mobo!
Especially interests VMCH mode and VCORE mode! My mobo does not raise a VCORE above 1.5 on CORE :-( (My memory perfectly works at 1:1 on VMEM 2.1 - OCZ XTX Gold 8000) But for the processor it is necessary1.7 (Tried on p5w, on VCORE 1.7 its working 4 G) I need BIOS 0402 Cant find it $(
I purchased one of these from Newegg along with an E6400 and 2gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800. It should be arriving in the mail tomorrow afternoon. Should I be worried about the 1.01g and C1 stepping? I want to push my new parts to the limit and will exchange the board for a P5B Delux or even wait a month for the 1.02g if it will get me a higher overclock. I don’t plan on any hardware modding of my board. What recommendations do you guys have? In any case, if I open the P5B-E box I'll report back on what I can get out of it.
I haven't tested the max speed of my MCH yet, but if you or I get in the neighborhood of Bingo then it's not too shabby. There are no inherit performance differences between the c1 and c2 revisions, the only downsides I see with the 1.01g vs. 1.02g are the following:Quote:
Originally Posted by Demi9OD
-Vmem to 2.1 only (mod?)
-no Vmch
-3 phase power
Hopefully with the help of some of the guys in the xtreme overclocking section can help me figure out some mods for this board.
I do see some definate advatages to this board over the P5B-Dlx, the main one being that it scales all the way to 400Mhz FSB with no instability, whereas from what I've read about the P5B-Dlx, 360-399 can be tricky. I haven't yet checked to see if the timings are loosened (higher strap) at 400Mhz, but I'll get to it and post results. My initial performance results have been promising; I'm testing at 383x9 (3447Mhz)on a 6600 with the ram at DDR2-958 5-5-5-15 (haven't tweaked yet) and I'm getting a 1M superpi time of about 14.8 in xp with all the background junk still running.
Guess I'll crack the seal and see what she can do sometime this week then, thanks TC.
Well folks, take a look at #16 of this thread,
Andre did 500x7 @ a retail 6600, so no need for any mods, "only 3 phase/ vcore droop" doesn't count here anymore,
this is impressive, I'll just wait one month and get a 1.02G, bingo.
Gary
When you get the board you'll notice that neither the box nor the acutal board are sealed in any way, unless the e-tailer sealed the box themselves. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Demi9OD
3phase/Vdroop has to do with CPU overclocking, not MCH, and if you want to do any serious clocking with this board a VDimm mod will be required as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by ghg
Now if you wait for 1.02g (like you stated) the VDimm will be taken care of and I suspect the vdroop effect will be minimized by the 8phase design.
As of now, I have to set the Vcore to 1.5325 to get 1.42v under load. That's fine considering the board goes up to around 1.7, but the one part I don't like about that is giving 1.475v to my cpu while idle.
hell mine looked like it was used the way it was packed
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...2/DSCN0356.jpg
I like Asus boards and I'd suggest not buying the peanut butter colored ones wrapped in the rough recycled cardboard.
yeah well that how it came from ZZF. The board is in an anti static bag.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=2851
Maximum CPU OC: (Standard Ratio)
515x7 (4-4-4-12, 1:1), CPU 1.5250V C1 Stepping - 3610MHz (+93%)
514x7 (4-4-4-12, 1:1), CPU 1.5250V C2 Stepping - 3602MHz (+93%)
C1 FTW !!! hehe
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Originally Posted by Truckchase!
Dont be so sure, the P5b Deluxe has 8phase and it also has a big vdroop.
I'm not sure.. that's totally speculative. What I do find odd is the guys at anandtech didn't have nearly as large a drop in voltage on their P5B-E boards as I did, but they were running a newer BIOS that hasn't been released yet. Given that the VDroop is a documented "feature" in the intel specs, I wonder if it's extent is tweaked in different BIOS releases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Revv23
LoL. You must've gotten Andre's old board or something. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dicecca112