Asus P5E3 Premium Wi-fi-AP

I got this board on friday but i had to travel today i installed windows and started playing with it.

Any one else has this board? AFAIK is the only X48 from Asus with support for DDR3 2000Hz, with 3 Power Phases for the memory :)



2 Phase chipset regulation + Clockgen

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...48Clockgen.jpg


3 Phase Memory Regulation

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...owerPhases.jpg


Old School jumper Overclock (Gets you more Volts)

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...oltJumpers.jpg


Blue SB

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...ium/AsusSB.jpg


DDR3 2000MHz 1.8v really easy

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...hzcopycopy.jpg


If anyone can help me get a SetFSB with support for this clockgen would be great :)

Will update more soon

wow, very nice! :toast:
strange, so far 2 people told me their premium boards didnt perform very well at all... is this a board asus sent you or did you buy it? :D
Do you know if its handpicked?
What Vmch are you using for 2ghz?

What voltages do the Jumpers enable?

I am glad someone has now setup a thread specifically for this board. I was going to do it, but you saved me the trouble thankyou to Metro. Good luck with your board.

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Originally Posted by saaya

wow, very nice! :toast:
strange, so far 2 people told me their premium boards didnt perform very well at all... is this a board asus sent you or did you buy it? :D
Do you know if its handpicked?
What Vmch are you using for 2ghz?

What voltages do the Jumpers enable?

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Asus sent it to me, for a CHW review i'm doing the CellShock review first to get a feeling of the board, dont think is cherry picked they only told me if the memory is right the board can do 2100MHz, i think i will get further :D

This are the Boot settings, all from BIOS

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...100MHzBIOS.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...0MHzBIOSII.jpg

And the result:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...hzx48bcopy.jpg

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Originally Posted by DeViTTo

I am glad someone has now setup a thread specifically for this board. I was going to do it, but you saved me the trouble thankyou to Metro. Good luck with your board.

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Yeah the board seem really sweet, all of this results are with a 24/7 config, antivirus, wi-fi conection, etc...

Subscribed...

nice board

and nice RAM clocking there :up:

bump the volts and let's see some 1100+ action :yepp:

that TRFC is really hurting the superpi times lol

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Originally Posted by dinos22

nice board

and nice RAM clocking there :up:

bump the volts and let's see some 1100+ action :yepp:

that TRFC is really hurting the superpi times lol

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yeah according to Sayaa the SPD is not set for this timings, so the bios is setting whatever it wants tomorrow i'll test more hopefully 1100+ if my cpu can go that high fsb wise.

I'll also try to tighten the timings

Regards :)

guys, i'm using this board as well .. well i wonder what's the safe value for cpu pll? coz i've read somewhere that over 1.6v will make ur cpu degrade very fast, or it might even kill the proc.. issit true?

last time i was with gigabyte p35t dq6 so there's no this option..

with the right mem AND the right cpu :D
for 2200 you need 550fsb, i dont think there are any quads that can do this stable :D

irenic, im running 1.9v pll voltage for 3 months without any issues.

thx saaya.. there're lots of things i need to learn regarding this board.. so i subscribed to this thread! :D

That´s some a VERY good kit of DDR3 there Metro.cl Will follow this theread closly! Also got a board not to long ago, but I have not hade time to play with it much yet :(

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...imetight-1.gif

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...1T333Strap.gif

memset reads wrong, it´s 2000mhz...
http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...t=8-7-6-20.gif

EDIT: Have you noticed any diffrens between black and orange mem slots in terms of OC?

Finally a thread dedicated to this mobo. Will post results.

I have that board along with an Intel Q9450 w/ 4GB of OCZ3P1800. My issue is this, I can neither boot all 4GBs without having it freeze on me, nor can I slightly OC it [not even to 1600FSB]. I have imaged two different Raptor X drives with Vista 64 and XP 64; switched the RAM into other slots and everything, but the freezing keeps happening. What do you guys think is the issue here? I'm blaming the board, because on top of all that it does not even boot into nor show me the Express Gate feature. I called in an RMA already, but since I'm getting the same board again I would like to get some feddback as what I could be doing wrong. Thanks for your time.

Hi Guys,
anybody else having problems (or not) with the P5E3 Premium Wifi (Bios 0204) and the ASUS EN9800GX2 Graphics card? I am getting no video signal at all from this card...(standard PCIE cheap graphics is fine!).

I have noticed there are BIOS updates 0401 for the P5E3 Premium (no Wifi) which allege improved VGA compatibility but that is for a "different" board - nothing for the P5E3 Premium Wifi beyond 0204 (anyone running 0401 on a Wifi edition Mobo or know if it is compatible?).

I am at the point of RMAing the graphics card.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Regards and Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Fatron

Hi Guys,
anybody else having problems (or not) with the P5E3 Premium Wifi (Bios 0204) and the ASUS EN9800GX2 Graphics card? I am getting no video signal at all from this card...(standard PCIE cheap graphics is fine!).

I have noticed there are BIOS updates 0401 for the P5E3 Premium (no Wifi) which allege improved VGA compatibility but that is for a "different" board - nothing for the P5E3 Premium Wifi beyond 0204 (anyone running 0401 on a Wifi edition Mobo or know if it is compatible?).

I am at the point of RMAing the graphics card.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Regards and Thanks!

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I believe 0401 is for both. I flashed mine without any problem. In fact, I haven't seen the the non-Wifi anywhere, does it even exist?

maybe gx2 also faced the same problem like 3870x2..

i'm using x2 and i need to disable the expressgate in the bios..

I have this motherboard but never got round to using it, and now its in for sale thread :rolleyes:

Thanks both - already tried expressgate disabled to no avail!

Flashed 0401 and no change - still no video signal!

Looks like an RMA!

too bad .. well the same case happened to my friend.. new board and no display.. just the board is el cheapo biostar p35..

I had 30 mins last night to play (been really busy at work) and i'm FSB limited, my CPU sucks FSB wise, i'll flash to the newer BIOS and try again maybe y can get to 540-550FSB.

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Originally Posted by Fatron

Hi Guys,
anybody else having problems (or not) with the P5E3 Premium Wifi (Bios 0204) and the ASUS EN9800GX2 Graphics card? I am getting no video signal at all from this card...(standard PCIE cheap graphics is fine!).

I have noticed there are BIOS updates 0401 for the P5E3 Premium (no Wifi) which allege improved VGA compatibility but that is for a "different" board - nothing for the P5E3 Premium Wifi beyond 0204 (anyone running 0401 on a Wifi edition Mobo or know if it is compatible?).

I am at the point of RMAing the graphics card.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Regards and Thanks!

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You have to connect to the DVI I/O nº1. On my Asus GX2 it's the one next to the HDMI I/O, if i connect to the DVI I/O nº2 there's no video signal when i startup the system.

Thanks JohnMike - unfortunately already tried both to no avail! Either an MB incompatibility or a GFX card issue I fear! I am RMAing the GFX card now and will see what transpires!

If anyone else has P5E3 Premium and ASUS EN9800GX2 - I'd appreciate their experiences....Thanks!

I have this motherboard, but i have a problem. Everytime i save settings like voltage or timmings and exit from the BIOS for restart, it just turns off and then after like 2 seconds it turns on again, is this normal?

Yep its normal :)

It does that to put the settings on the MB, internal latencies Etc.

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Originally Posted by gbsx

I have this motherboard, but i have a problem. Everytime i save settings like voltage or timmings and exit from the BIOS for restart, it just turns off and then after like 2 seconds it turns on again, is this normal?

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Which BIOS? i only get that if the memory divider changes (normal for Asus from what i know).

Nah, this boards restarts for many stuff, mostly everyting except voltages and PL.

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Originally Posted by gbsx

I have this motherboard, but i have a problem. Everytime i save settings like voltage or timmings and exit from the BIOS for restart, it just turns off and then after like 2 seconds it turns on again, is this normal?

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It's not a problem...it's the way Asus program the BIOS to test out the new settings after a change. I have three boards (P5B Deluxe, P5K Deluxe and P5E3 Premium) and they all do it.

Thats old scool trick, turn your fsb from 333mhz to 334 mhz :D

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5028/snap0043ea2.gif

Thats mine Asus P5K3 Deluxe on default freques :rofl: :ROTF: :up:

my P5E3 Premium shipped with the 0151 BIOS, I flashed it to the 0204 BIOS.

I can not boot into windows vista ultimate with any Bios settings other than default settings for either BIOS 0151 or 0204. Been trying for about 4 hours now...:dammit:

I am using a QX9770, 74GB Raptor HD, 2x1GB DDR3 1800 Gskill, 9800GX2, 1KW PSU...cooling by air for intial setup (TRUE120)...plenty of fans and caseless.........Can't figure this one out, any assistance/advice you can give will be appreciated.

Disable Express Gate

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Originally Posted by metro.cl

Disable Express Gate

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I did that already ..expressgate =the linux OS that allows user to surf the internet before booting into main OS right...yep I disabled that right away.

you disabled al the spread spectrums?

I also use the black slots for DDR3

yes I dsiabled the spread spectrum for cpu and pcie

My ram is residing in A2/B2 (black ones) I did switch just to see if orange could help (A1/B1).

Have anyone measures the real voltages on this board? Im curious about it, i myself dont own a multimeter, and cant afford it right now :)

and i really want to know what real NB and specially what vdimm it actually gives out on a given setting in bios, have someone done this? or can please someone do this? would really appreciate this!

regards.

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Originally Posted by Infa

Have anyone measures the real voltages on this board? Im curious about it, i myself dont own a multimeter, and cant afford it right now :)

and i really want to know what real NB and specially what vdimm it actually gives out on a given setting in bios, have someone done this? or can please someone do this? would really appreciate this!

regards.

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i have a mm but dont know where to measure them.

Try diferent dividers with bios 204 divider 400 sucks

I never use 400 strap, ever on any board :)

before with 204 bios, 266 strap worked good, now when i flashed with 401 that doesnt work anymore and im using 333, dont know what has happend.

will try later with some settings.

To my luck my E8400 is terrible at overclocking. I may have to get another one however I have not yet tried the new bios 0401 and will give it a spin tonight finally! Been extremely busy with school and work. At 1.34vcore I can get windows to boot but just fails the prime tests in a minute to three. However, when I run 3dmark 06 it seems fine and I score 16,565, btw at 3.6(400x9). Any better results with the bios revision?

Nah, maybe a bit more stable ... and this 266 strap dont at the same fsb anymore :)

good morning :D

i need a new mainboard. ;) My STRIIEX is for sale now.

Is the P53E Premium a good board? i have the P5E3 Deluxe before and it was pretty good.

Yeah it's a good board actually...
once you get a hold of the settings, it is a bit tricky in the beginning, it dont act like other boards in the settings, and are very volt sensetive on TO high voltage for what you have set, etc 1.49 nb work, and you put 1.51 and it doesnt boot etc, putting GTL to high wont boot the board either, its a learning process :)

But it woorks nice and can keep tight timings, im stable now 4,2Ghz, PL6 at 470fsb ram 1870, 7-6-5-18 CR1 , getting 12400 read 41,3 latency, thats awsome at this low cpu/fsb!

before with P5E3 Dlx board and maximus, i was getting 12500 with DLX at RAM 2000, so this X48 sure are better :) in performance way at least..

my old p5e3 deluxe have problems with to high voltage to. ;)

470 fsb 24/7 ??
nice :D

what voltage for NB?

p5e3 premium is on the way :D

Yeah i can probably go higher than 470, but if i want to keep ram at CL7 and reasonable amount of vdimm, ill keep it like this and 2.1v.

will try now, never tried ddr2000 on this board actually hehe...
gotta try...bbl :)


POS board, it just wont, whatever i do it wont load win at ddr2000, NOT WITH PL9 or anything, tried ALL now, it just wont..
allways BSOD at Ntfs.sys. now im mad....or now im calming down i have given up..

so strange now im in win 1920 flawlessly...will try to increase step by step to se where it blows.

480 seems max at 970 RAM, then it wont go further nomather what...
weird bios, it wont even post with the lower divider under 1:2 ..

Plea for help!!!

Anyone running P5E3 Premium board (Bios now 0401) with an ASUS EN9800GX2 (or any GX2 board) - I have RMA'd one GX2 already which was allegedly good (according to supplier)...Need to establish if there is an inherent issue with GX2 (or ASUS GX2) and P5E3 Premium....Cheers!

I had initial problems with the board not posting. Had to reset CMOS everytime any change was made in bios. After disabling express gate and resetting CMOS, things seem to be working better.

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Originally Posted by Fatron

Plea for help!!!

Anyone running P5E3 Premium board (Bios now 0401) with an ASUS EN9800GX2 (or any GX2 board) - I have RMA'd one GX2 already which was allegedly good (according to supplier)...Need to establish if there is an inherent issue with GX2 (or ASUS GX2) and P5E3 Premium....Cheers!

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Try disabling express gate also bios 401 is new and should fix VGA problems

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Originally Posted by Razmatazz

I had initial problems with the board not posting. Had to reset CMOS everytime any change was made in bios. After disabling express gate and resetting CMOS, things seem to be working better.

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Yep disable it from the start :)

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Originally Posted by metro.cl

Try disabling express gate also bios 401 is new and should fix VGA problems



Yep disable it from the start :)

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Thanks for the advice Metro! I had already disabled Express Gate to no joy (as piles of other posts indicate probs due to exporess gate)! I sent the card back to supplier and they reckon it was ok.

I was wondering if anyone else is running 9800GX2 with the P5E3 Premium Mobo - before I source another 9800GX2 or a different gfx card....

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Originally Posted by Fatron

Plea for help!!!

Anyone running P5E3 Premium board (Bios now 0401) with an ASUS EN9800GX2 (or any GX2 board) - I have RMA'd one GX2 already which was allegedly good (according to supplier)...Need to establish if there is an inherent issue with GX2 (or ASUS GX2) and P5E3 Premium....Cheers!

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I have that exakt setup (ASUS EN9800GX2-P5E3 Premium board ) and only the 204 bios and it runs great here.

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Originally Posted by Ego

Thats old scool trick, turn your fsb from 333mhz to 334 mhz :D

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5028/snap0043ea2.gif

Thats mine Asus P5K3 Deluxe on default freques :rofl: :ROTF: :up:

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amazing avatar! I want to see M.Beier on this board

My p5e3 premium arrived today :D

But the board have no Yageo Inductor. Only R68T without Yageo.
Is this normal?

This P5E3 Premium is slowly doing my head in.

Since I have bought it the damn thing always upon cold boot brings up the error message below;

"CPU core to bus ratio or VID configuration has failed"

I have only changed the FSB to 400 and multiplier to 7.5 (Running a QX9650).

My memory is OCZ DDR3 1800 and everything runs fine when rebooting normally.

I have seen this error message on the ASUS forums on some of the X38 boards but no one really seems to have a definitive fix.

My board has had 2 BIOS updates with the latest one being v0401 and nothing seems to make a difference.

If I run this board at default settings ie, 333FSB etc it seems to run ok (at least the last ime I tried!).

The whole point of this board was to go past 450FSB etc and if i cant get past 333 or so without booting from cold with this error I'm gonna give in.

Should I RMA this board or is it something else such as voltages. Bearing in mind that after the error I enter BIOS hit exit and it runs Vista fine. If I reboot its fine. Switch it off at the mains and it fails on next cold boot.

Please help before I take a hammer to this.

Thanks

Set the Ai Overclock Tuner to Manual. Help my cold boot problem.

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Originally Posted by webwilli

My p5e3 premium arrived today :D

But the board have no Yageo Inductor. Only R68T without Yageo.
Is this normal?

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Huh? :eek: What's that? :confused:

I'm moving to this mobo soon if they don't release an ROG version. I will read and be available to help as I am currently on the X38 version right now and formerly P35. Glad to help where compatable.

I'm more interested on the E6x50 OC on this big boi as well as the old Q6600 to 480FSB+

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Originally Posted by irenic

guys, i'm using this board as well .. well i wonder what's the safe value for cpu pll? coz i've read somewhere that over 1.6v will make ur cpu degrade very fast, or it might even kill the proc.. issit true?

last time i was with gigabyte p35t dq6 so there's no this option..

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For the newer 45nm I do hear they are sensitive to higher PLL, but not sure what is norm for them. Read a CMOS actual read out in full auto to see. When overclocking, use manual to keep it low as Auto can take it to over 1.7 as FSB hits 8500. For the record, my E6750 has run daily as so in sig w/ PLL: 1.632v for 500 and 480 FSB. A slightly increased PLL can often help get past the CPU FSB wall. Also use in combo w/ FSBT to 1.47~1.5v (actual).

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Originally Posted by Fatron

Thanks JohnMike - unfortunately already tried both to no avail! Either an MB incompatibility or a GFX card issue I fear! I am RMAing the GFX card now and can see what transpires!

If anyone else has P5E3 Premium and ASUS EN9800GX2 - I'd appreciate their experiences....Thanks!

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I also noticed this too and found that these cards are picky with PCIE overclock past 105. Most of us up the PCIE to 110~115 for increased FSB and performance but the Gx2's act up when PCIE is that high.. Just something to try.

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Originally Posted by Infa

Have anyone measures the real voltages on this board? Im curious about it, i myself dont own a multimeter, and cant afford it right now :)

and i really want to know what real NB and specially what vdimm it actually gives out on a given setting in bios, have someone done this? or can please someone do this? would really appreciate this!

regards.

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Most of the recent ASUS motherboards overvolt from what is set in CMOS v/s actually reported by CMOS power Management or Everest. So for lack of comfusion, please reffer to you voltages as actual, NOT set, cause they very from mobo to mobo and drift as fSB and other items change. Shortly in time, you will figure out what setting gets what actual. Just trial and error and few resets to view. For overclocking , I'd stay with manual for the voltages you know or ask here and many can help. Especially vdimm and PLL.

today i measured VDIMM and NB-Voltage with my DMM.
FSB 445

VDIMM:
Bios Setting 1,60 V
DMM Reading 1,64 V

NB-Volt
Bios Setting 1,25 V
DMM Reading 1,47 V :rolleyes: :eek:

Bios 1,27 V
DMM 1,31 V

weird... i think this is a bug.

So don´t set 1,25 V for NB :p:

This is perfect board for people who doesnt want to do SLIing ? right? so think of this board like PC4800-E Deluxe board.. slap either E8400 or Q9450 and 9800 GX2 card and good to go right?

right. :D

i have changed from Striker II Extreme to P5E3 Premium and i love it :D

Will the ThermalRight Ultra 120 eXtreme or Noctua NH-U12P fit this motherboard?

The TRUE 120 fits withouth any problem!

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Originally Posted by webwilli

today i measured VDIMM and NB-Voltage with my DMM.
FSB 445

VDIMM:
Bios Setting 1,60 V
DMM Reading 1,64 V

NB-Volt
Bios Setting 1,25 V
DMM Reading 1,47 V :rolleyes: :eek:

Bios 1,27 V
DMM 1,31 V

weird... i think this is a bug.

So don´t set 1,25 V for NB :p:

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Yes, the lowest voltage setting in ASUS BIOS doesn't give the lowest real voltage, and it is also connected to FSB.

On my P5K3 Dlx, I found:

at 333MHz fsb, vmch 1.25v in bios, results 1.236v by DMM.
at 400~450MHz fsb, vmch 1.25v in bios, results 1.536v by DMM.

so basically, 1.25v in bios at high fsb, equal to 1.55v set in bios on my P5K3 Dlx.

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Originally Posted by Paragon

Will the ThermalRight Ultra 120 eXtreme or Noctua NH-U12P fit this motherboard?

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I have the Ultra 120 Extreme, it fits fine. Not sure about the Noctua because I don't own that cooler.

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Originally Posted by bobov

Yes, the lowest voltage setting in ASUS BIOS doesn't give the lowest real voltage, and it is also connected to FSB.

On my P5K3 Dlx, I found:

at 333MHz fsb, vmch 1.25v in bios, results 1.236v by DMM.
at 400~450MHz fsb, vmch 1.25v in bios, results 1.536v by DMM.

so basically, 1.25v in bios at high fsb, equal to 1.55v set in bios on my P5K3 Dlx.

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O.o. But did you actually just or also compare the volt meter reading with the CMOS Power Managemnet readout? How different are they? I keep telling people to jsut go by that since we know the BIOS overvolts.

ie: my NB chipset CMOS set to 1.47v equals 1.504v as reported by BIOS and hardware monitors, so are you saying the actual volt reading off mobo is even higher?

Just set your cpu voltage as manual. And you will be fine, When oc from 333 to 400mhz youll have auto cpu voltage raise, abit too higher for me, so i set back to 1.3 volt

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amazing avatar! I want to see M.Beier on this board

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:D :up:

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Originally Posted by Nuckin_Futs

O.o. But did you actually just or also compare the volt meter reading with the CMOS Power Managemnet readout? How different are they? I keep telling people to jsut go by that since we know the BIOS overvolts.

ie: my NB chipset CMOS set to 1.47v equals 1.504v as reported by BIOS and hardware monitors, so are you saying the actual volt reading off mobo is even higher?

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Those numbers are for my P5K3 Deluxe board.

How come the second core in prime is always a failure unless its stock? Anybody run into that too? I mean everything seems fine on a regular basis but I want to go further but I cant really start when I have an error on the second core.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a32...an/Rigcopy.jpg

Yeah, i have that too, dunno whats up with that... ALLWAYS core 2!
how to fix that? it needs so much more vcore than core 1 , even though they are equally loaded... dont get this.... or how to reduce this.

but im very interested if anyone has found some good setting for this.

And i looked at your screen, same as me, rounding was 0.5 , allways that same error, on core 2....... WHYYYY??! :D *screaming like in a movie*

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Originally Posted by Fatron

Hi Guys,
anybody else having problems (or not) with the P5E3 Premium Wifi (Bios 0204) and the ASUS EN9800GX2 Graphics card? I am getting no video signal at all from this card...(standard PCIE cheap graphics is fine!).

I have noticed there are BIOS updates 0401 for the P5E3 Premium (no Wifi) which allege improved VGA compatibility but that is for a "different" board - nothing for the P5E3 Premium Wifi beyond 0204 (anyone running 0401 on a Wifi edition Mobo or know if it is compatible?).

I am at the point of RMAing the graphics card.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Regards and Thanks!

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Did you try both VGA ports?


I am having trouble with 9800GX2 performance - only been doing 01 nature but I am taking a huge FPS hit compared to a 790I board. Seems like the PCI-E bandwidth is somehow limited since rasing PCI-E frequencies gives a big boost in FPS.

ANyone has similar problems?

BTW BIOS 0204 is much better for wolfdale FSB clocking compared to the 0401 bios

BIOS 0401 = max stable FSB ~ 555
BIOS 0204 = max stable FSB ~ 587

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2467/485fsblp6.th.jpg

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Originally Posted by mikeguava

BTW BIOS 0204 is much better for wolfdale FSB clocking compared to the 0401 bios

BIOS 0401 = max stable FSB ~ 555
BIOS 0204 = max stable FSB ~ 587

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2467/485fsblp6.th.jpg

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Can you show your settings for FSB 587? I'm at 545 with bios 401 and more FSB would be great :)

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Originally Posted by Nuckin_Futs

I'm moving to this mobo soon if they don't release an ROG version.

[snip]

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Yeah. Where is that ROG version?


:cool:

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Originally Posted by metro.cl

Can you show your settings for FSB 587? I'm at 545 with bios 401 and more FSB would be great :)

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bios 0401 no go for this. VNB defenetly super hot - don't copy for 24/7


http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/2236/1stayl2.th.jpg

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/7731/midbd6.th.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6260/3rd1uo1.th.jpg

Been able to push my RAM a bit now, its so tricky and so many reboots and recovering bios by turning power off ...

so this i managed to get so far... and this with bios 401

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=356414

2074mhz , would probably go more the more voltage i throw at it.
this is with PL8, 2.1 to vdimm , 1.71nb modarate twister.

man it diffs so much between this 3 bios'es , 151 just works, nothing special, 204 are better, all dividers are working, 333 strap DONT work at low fsb, when trying to use it at 453 it dont work, and when putting 266 it boots right up, in 401 bios the 1:2 divider works great, but it refuses to post anyone else divider, i find 401 most stable though.

if they put all this 3 bios'es and in 1 and some other fixes it would be great! :)

Hooray for horrible cap placement around the SB. Still, where there's a will there's a way, and I don't intend to throw out a perfectly good waterblock:

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...d/capSB003.jpg

Just goy my board. I noticed in express gate OS none of the shutoff, enter os or restart buttons work. I have to turn off the power swicth manually.

Testing now with a USB Mouse, e8400, and Patriot Viper 2 x 1G. Cellshock Blues are on the way too. Anyone notice this?

I have a Raptor 74G SATA drive and an IDE DVD.

Anyone knows if a TRUE and OCZ XTC Memory cooler fit on the P5e3 Premium ? :D.. Cause I ordered a True and OCZ XTC Mem Cooler.. :p:



#phreak

yes i have both and the TRUE / XTC isnt an issue, theres about 1/2 inch clearance between the two

the problem with the xtc is actually with the PCI-E / PCI cards

i had to put my 8800GT in the bottom PCIE slot otherwise there wasnt enough room, cant remember if it would have worked with severe wiggling and pressure ... which i didnt want to do , or whether it was not a go at all

i think the bottom on the memory cooler was at the least pressing against the card as i remember and the screw on the bottom of the xtc couldnt be inserted

as it is its still actually pressing against the side of my Creative Fatality Champion sound card in the top PCI slot and the cooler is very slightly to the right of centre to accomodate

if your going Crossfire , then you could have problems ...

ive taken a picture , but somewhere between my phone and my isp , its not arriving .. grrrrr

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picture added, but not good quality, there is a gap between the 120 mm fan on the right ( scythe jobby ) , and the PCI sound card is pressing against the side of the cooler ...

I have a true120 and an ocz cooler, my ocz came with an extra set of screws though, other than the thumbscrew type ones. I've got one of those on the lower part of the cooler and the graphics card (9800gtx fits fine, though if there were any capacitors or other circuitry on the back of the board it'd definately not fit.

I'm not having fun at all with the asus though, a qx9650 with 2x 2Gb Ocz 1600 7-7-7-24 isn't prime stable even at 333 fsb 1333 ram, relaxed timings, and I've tried upping the fsb/nb voltage, cpu voltage, disabled spread spectrums, dram static read/write, some of the cpu features, on board features, everything I can think of, yet it won't remain stable even at bog standard speeds :(

The Cellshock Blues are great with this board DDR 2000 @ 1.88V, BIOS 0204 e8400 Q807A187.

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I have a true120 and an ocz cooler, my ocz came with an extra set of screws though, other than the thumbscrew type ones. I've got one of those on the lower part of the cooler and the graphics card (9800gtx fits fine, though if there were any capacitors or other circuitry on the back of the board it'd definately not fit.

I'm not having fun at all with the asus though, a qx9650 with 2x 2Gb Ocz 1600 7-7-7-24 isn't prime stable even at 333 fsb 1333 ram, relaxed timings, and I've tried upping the fsb/nb voltage, cpu voltage, disabled spread spectrums, dram static read/write, some of the cpu features, on board features, everything I can think of, yet it won't remain stable even at bog standard speeds :(

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im having similar issues , i can get my Q6600 and ram stable @ 1333 , but as soon as i try and take the ram over 1333 i cant get it to post or even get into windows, if anyones managed it with OCZ 1600 2x2gb i'd love to find out how.

I can get the cpu stable upto at least 3.6 i.e 9x 400mhz with the ram on a divider , so i dont think the cpu / mobo as such is holding me back

seen a few posts here, asus forums and the ocz forums with same kinds of problems , seems to be common, im considering rma'ing the ram

Tony one of the mods / techs at ocz started this post and never finished it suggesting he didnt get far with it either

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...play.php?f=122

The reviews sold me.

4 x 1Gb sticks arrive tues from Ireland. Hope they enjoy the plane ride

I got mine in a day -- man those Germans know how to make DDR3.

Like to see how far they will go with my new QX9770

The premium 401 bios are weird, i dont get any divider except 1:2 to work with this bios...

what bios are you using? If there are 1333 standard, then it aint the 1:2 divder...tried any else?

currently i'm at 470fsb .. well for those who think that this board is no good above 450fsb for x3350 or q9450, then i can safely say that's not true.. u just need to have right setting for it.. ;)

Oh crap.. I ordered OCZ XTC Platinum 1600Mhz ram too :mad:...
The P5e3 Premium doesn't like this ram... This kinda blows..

Hope Asus releases a new bios that can handle this ram soon.. :shakes:


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Sorry to hear, Phreak :(

Do keep us posted though, it'd be good to hear whether or not it's an issue that affects all boards or just a sample of them... I'm patiently waiting a reply from komplett tech support, that's where I got my mobo/memory too, I don't know if I should RMA or hold out for a new bios :shrug:

First time I'm posing in the forum and I greet everyone !!!!

I am currently running on a QX9650 and 4GB CELLSHOCK 1800Mhz 8-7-6-21-2T at 1.9V, with air (Scythe MUGEN).

I am DESPERATELY seeking for a nice solid O/C for this board (0401 Bios) but... no other than all to AUTO and only manually set the above memory settings and voltage seems to work as a steady system, eventhough everyone brags for this CPU and memory modules o/c capabilities.... This board's bios is sadly the only drawback, at least till the next one hopefully rises...

Is there ANYBODY that came up with a steady system using the above specifications (any pair of mem at 1800Mhz will do) and care to share with us his/her bios settings ????

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE !!!!

2GB CellShock DDR3 Micron D9JN PC3-15000?

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First time I'm posing in the forum and I greet everyone !!!!

I am currently running on a QX9650 and 4GB CELLSHOCK 1800Mhz 8-7-6-21-2T at 1.9V, with air (Scythe MUGEN).

I am DESPERATELY seeking for a nice solid O/C for this board (0401 Bios) but... no other than all to AUTO and only manually set the above memory settings and voltage seems to work as a steady system, eventhough everyone brags for this CPU and memory modules o/c capabilities.... This board's bios is sadly the only drawback, at least till the next one hopefully rises...

Is there ANYBODY that came up with a steady system using the above specifications (any pair of mem at 1800Mhz will do) and care to share with us his/her bios settings ????

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE !!!!

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Sorry to hear, Phreak :(

Do keep us posted though, it'd be good to hear whether or not it's an issue that affects all boards or just a sample of them... I'm patiently waiting a reply from komplett tech support, that's where I got my mobo/memory too, I don't know if I should RMA or hold out for a new bios :shrug:

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I ordered my OCZ ram from Komplett too.. Still waiting on my P5e3 :mad: ..

1333MHz is 1:2 at`333FSB stock

What is the best bang for the performance dollar to get DDR2000 w/ a lesser spd RAM of say maybe 1600 or so? Anybody get this boi up to DDR2000 on a 1:2 @ 500FSB yet?

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1333MHz is 1:2 at`333FSB stock

What is the best bang for the performance dollar to get DDR2000 w/ a lesser spd RAM of say maybe 1600 or so? Anybody get this boi up to DDR2000 on a 1:2 @ 500FSB yet?

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The Cellshock Blues are great with this board DDR 2000 @ 1.88V, BIOS 0204 e8400 Q807A187.

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2GB CellShock DDR3 Micron D9JN PC3-15000?

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CELLSHOCK SPECIAL EDITION (blue heatsinks)

Capacity : 2 X 2GB-Kit (4x 1GB)
Configuration: 128Mx64
DRAM : Micron D9GTR HandPicked
Device Config : 128Mx8
PCB : 240pin
Module Info : Unbuff. non-ECC, DDR3 DIMM
Speed : PC14400
CAS Latency 8-7-6-21
VDIMM 1,9V

ANY HELP GUYS.. MOST WELCOME !!!!!! :cool::cool:

I have the Blue Kit 1866 MHz

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I have the Blue Kit 1866 MHz

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It's a bit different kit, friend sauria. You have the recent one with the new Micron chip. As the guys in CELLSHOCK said, it was a limited edition, with the Micron D9GTR HandPicked and it got the 14400 label (1800Mhz). Produced only for the Greek market (a specific PC multi-store in Athens) and only 30 kits. The initial timings though were the same with yours I think.. 8-7-6-21 at 1.9V.

Anyway, If you can offer a little help about O/C bios setup, I would be most greatful !!! Please note that I run on the intel QX9650.

THANK YOU. :)

Nick2006 -- I followed these links for BIOS:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=185902
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...Cellshock+1866

Sauria, the Cellshock look like some nice memory. Most of what has been posted though has been with the Wolfdales and not much for the Penyrons. I am running P5E3 Premium, QX9770, watercooled. I have had a ton of headaches with OCZ platinum ddr3-1800 and really haven't been able to realize the potential of this ram. I am strongly considering dumping this ram and going with something else. How does cellshock fair with the 45nm quads? And 4GB on my system has been an even greater headache. Perhaps I should just change gears completely and go with an E8500. Suggestions? Thanks

What I have read shows that the latest BIOS is better for Quads. I had trouble myself with OCZ RAM DDR3-14400 2 x 1G and Wolfdale before I bought the expensive Cellshock. I don't have a Quad to test but I should in a few weeks. There are guys with Quads here though. I'd love to knw how that GEM of a CPU goes with this premium board and Cellshock RAM...I had great luck with Patriot Vipers for half the cost of this RAM. Not 4G though.

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What I have read shows that the latest BIOS is better for Quads. I had trouble myself with OCZ RAM DDR3-14400 2 x 1G and Wolfdale before I bought the expensive Cellshock. I don't have a Quad to test but I should in a few weeks. There are guys with Quads here though. I'd love to knw how that GEM of a CPU goes with this premium board and Cellshock RAM...I had great luck with Patriot Vipers for half the cost of this RAM. Not 4G though.

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I guess I'll find out in a couple of weeks.

My build is based on the QX9770, P5E3 premium & 4 x 1g of Cellshock DDR3 1866 MHz (Blue).

Any sugestions along the way would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Well.. I think that only 2 of the RAM Slots are capable of 1600mhz+ ram...
So... 4x 1gb 1866mhz isn't gonna work I think. :(

Correct me if im wrong ! :p:



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