Asus P7P55D Deluxe Review

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09-08-2009, 12:52 AM
sacha35

Asus P7P55D Deluxe Review

Introduction

The No1 Motherboard Manufacturer in the World
ASUS is the number one manufacturer of motherboards in the world, commanding almost a 40% market share of the motherboard business, one in every three computers houses an ASUS motherboard, Over 24 million motherboards were sold in 2008—the combined length of which equals 10,000 Taipei 101 skyscrapers and 600 Himalaya Ranges.
As the leader in motherboard innovation, ASUS is constantly at the forefront of advances in technology. Over the years, it has laid claim to countless world’s firsts. It was the first manufacturer to introduce motherboards supporting Serial ATA and AGP8X, P4 CPUs of up to 3GHz and beyond, With its finger on the pulse of the industry and close collaboration with the world’s leading IT enterprises, ASUS will continue to be first to the market with cutting-edge products.

Now let's meet The Asus P7P55D Deluxe

Front, inside and rear cover of the packaging that houses the ASUS P7P55D Deluxe, Accessories and Extras
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...boy100/box.jpg

What's in the Box:
Manual and Support DVD
Rear Panel I/O Plate
TurboV Remote
Asus Quick Connector Set
PCI Bracket (USB 2.0 x 2, 1 E-SATA)
SLI Bridge
IDE Cable
6x- SATA Cables
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...0/DSC00137.jpg

The ASUS P7P55D-Deluxe Motherboard is stunning work of art with a blue, white and black colour scheme, It uses an all solid-state polymer aluminium capacitors that incorporates various power saving features to increase its efficiency and improve electrical stability when overclocked.

The heatsinks are nicely placed on the 16+3 phase motherboard power supply with a thicker copper trace is used in the motherboard's PCB to help spread the heat more evenly this helps to decreases the overall temperature of the mosfet's and other ICs improving component life, there is a total of four fan headers on the PCB, one for the CPU plus one next to it to allow a dual fan configuration to benefit from automatic BIOS control if using a pwm connection.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...DSC00111-1.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...DSC00132-1.jpg

The four holes around the CPU socket area are spaced differently to the socket 775 and socket 1366 mounting brackets so your old heat sink wont fit
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...0/DSC00114.jpg

There is easy access to the power and reset buttons.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...0/DSC00119.jpg

The ASUS' P7P55D-Deluxe motherboard is a socket 1156 platform that supports both Core i5 and i7 1156 CPU's
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...DSC00127-1.jpg

It has three PCI Express 2.0 x16 video card slots for multi-graphic card's that supports both ATI Quad-GPU CrossfireX and nVidia Quad-GPU SLI, but if duel cards are used this will drop down to x8 Mode and the other PCI Express 2.0 will run at x4 mode, further expansion comes via two PCI Express x1 and PCI slots, the first two slots are controlled directly by the CPU, which will help to removing some system latency.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...0/DSC00133.jpg

There are four dual channel DDR3-1333/1066 memory slots which can accommodate up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM. Memory can be overclocked to run at DDR3-2133/1600 speeds with compatible module, The memory slots has retention clips on the DIMM slots at one end, Previously we have seen clip's at either end but now there is just one at the top of the motherboard with a small retention clip at the bottom.

This makes things easy when removing memory modules when a large graphics card is installed.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...0/DSC00128.jpg

The P7P55D-Deluxe motherboard is well equipped - there are nine 3.0Gb/s SATA connectors that can be
Paired up to make an Intel® Matrix Storage SATA RAID 0,1.5 and 10 on at least six of these SATA connectors.

The SATA ports are set at 90 degrees so as not to interfere with larger PCI-e cards, there are 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports next to the IDE Socket.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...0/DSC00122.jpg

Plus 1 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (black) and 2 x SATA 3Gb/s (dark blue and gray) Just below the PCH
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...DSC00120-1.jpg

There is a total of 14xUSB 2.0 ports, 6 which are on the board next to the power and reset switch and 8 at the back panel.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...boy100/USB.jpg

The 1394a Header can be connected to the PCI bracket or case
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...oy100/IEEE.jpg

There is three switches at the top of the board that can provide extra power to the memory, integrated memory controller and the CPU that allow for over voltages to become available in the BIOS.

The default values are CPU 0.85 - 1.75v, IMC max 1.7v, Dram max 2.0v
switched OV Values are CPU 1.25 - 2.1v, IMC max 1.9v, Dram max 2.5v
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...0/DSC00106.jpg

MemOK is a feature that is pretty neat it is a little red button with the purpose to allow the system to boot through running a number of algorithms in order to ensure the memory is stable enough to boot the system at the set values
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...DSC00107-1.jpg

TurboV socket for remote connection
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...DSC00134-1.jpg

Realtek RTl8110SC - Gigabit Ethernet controller, and Via VT6308P - 1394
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...DSC00124-1.jpg

On the rear of the motherboard we have the I/O section which has the Audio Ports, 6xUSB 2.0, 2xLAN (RJ-45), 1xIEEE 1394a, Optical S/PD, Coaxial S/PD, Cmos Clear button, PS/2 mouse port and PS/2 keyboard port
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...0/DSC00123.jpg

Specifications
- CPU: Intel Core i7/Core i5 Processors (Socket LGA1156)
- Chipset: Intel P55 Express
- Memory: 4x DDR3 DIMM 2133(OC) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz (Max. 16GB) / Dual Channel / Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- Expansion slots: 3x PCIe 2.0 x16 Slots, 2x PCIe x1 Slots & 2x PCI Slots (Supports ATI CrossFireX & NVIDIA SLI Technology)
- Storage: 1x Ultra DMA 133/100/66, 8x SATA 3Gb/s (RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10) & 1x eSATA 3Gb/s
- LAN: Dual Gigabit LAN (RTL8112L & RTL8110SC)
- Audio: VT2020 10-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- 2x IEEE 1394a
- 14x USB 2.0
- 1x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1x PS/2 Mouse
- 1x S/PDIF Out (Optical)
- 1x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial)
- 16+3 Phase Power Design
- TurboV Processor
- Auto Tuning
- TurboV
- TurboV Remote
- Turbo Key
- Xtreme Phase
- T.Probe Microchip
- MemOK!
- Drive Xpert
- EPU
- Stack Cool3+ (2+2oz)
- Q-LED
- Q-Slot (VGA)
Price: £166.75

The bios is very nicely laid out with plenty of features' but is not to complicated like some I have used in the past, it offers full functionality.

I will not boar you too much but here are a few pictures of the Bios.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...oy100/bios.jpg

let's take a look at what Asus P7P55D Deluxe offers.

One of my favourite features on this motherboard has to be Express gate, this Technology developed by ASUS utilizes Splash top, it is a Linux environment that is integrated onto the motherboard. With this technology users can turn on their computer and in five seconds be able to access the Web, online games, photo's, chat, Skype all without having to wait for the operating system to load.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...00/Express.jpg

Test System
Intel I5 750 running 4000Mhz for all tests.
4GB Kingston DDR3-1600MHz Cas 8 memory running at 2000MHz Cas 8
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe
ASUS MATRIX GTX285/HTDI/1GD3/A using186.18Forceware
Samsung HD322HJ
Enermax 1000W PSU
Windows 7 32-bit stock install and no tweaks.

A quick look at the CPU

Intel core i5 750 PROCESSOR 2.66GHZ part with 8MB CACHE: Price £152.49 inc. VAT
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...100/corei5.jpg

Kingston KHX1600C8D3K2/GX 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL8 DIMM (Kit of 2) XMP Standard 256M X 64 Non-ECC 1600MHz 240-pin Unbuffered DIMM (DDR3, 1.65V, CL8, FBGA: PRICE TO BE CONFIRMED BUT SHOULD BE AROUND £85
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...y100/RAM-1.jpg

First I wanted to play around with the TurboV controller to see what it could do so did not apply any overclock as I wanted to see what this could do on its own.

Auto, the first screen we can see is the Auto settings which allow the user to apply their own settings
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...Manualmode.jpg

Easy, Much the same as above but without advance settings
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...oVEasymode.jpg

Auto, this is where things get interesting, TurboV will overclock the motherboard testing settings as it goes to make sure they are stable, this was great to use but it did not change any of the memory timings.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...oVautomode.jpg

Warning.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...odeWarning.jpg

Now for the Auto tests
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...0/autotune.jpg

The TurboV controller, this item has Eight button on it
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...DSC00139-1.jpg

1: on or off.
2:Turbo Key A
3:Turbo Key B
4:Turbo Key C
5&6:Bus speed + -
7 :EPU Manual mode
8:EPU Auto Mode
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...0/turbokey.jpg

Using the Bus speed control
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...100/bclock.jpg

EPU 6 Engineis a complete power saving solution.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...oy100/epu6.jpg

First test was to see just how far I could push the Kingston memory, I was amassed at these sticks as they could hit 2000MHz Cas 8 1.72V and this is the speed I tested them at for the past few days.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...006MHzCas8.jpg

Then tests on the CPU to see what sort of stable clocks it could offer me with the stock air cooler
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...streestest.jpg

For testing I used a number of synthetic benchmarks, Supper Pi, Wprime, Pifast, 3Dmark, Everest

Supper PI 32M
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...4Gig32mrun.jpg

Wprime
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...imeresults.jpg

PIfast
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...fastresult.jpg

Cinebench
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...enchresult.jpg

3Dmark03
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...5536points.jpg

3Dmark05
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...1265points.jpg

3Dmark06
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...2545points.jpg

Everest catch and memory at 4000MHz
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ybenchmark.jpg

Everest catch and memory stock settings
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...faulysetti.jpg

Conclusion.

ASUS have made a fantastic motherboard with full factuality plus so much more, in the 4days of testing this motherboard it did not miss a beat and stayed on track all the time pushing the components far beyond their limits all with just air for cooling, the express gate is something that I have always been a big fan off so having a top notch overclocking motherboard that has much more is a win win for me, the handy The TurboV controller is a nice touch and allows the user simple overclocking or power saving options.

ASUS have made overclocking extremely easy and safe on this board and this is possible through a combination of hardware and software methods. The TurboV EVO chip is onboard to work with TurboV EVO (OC tuning software) with Auto Tuning support and TurboV Key (turns your power button into OC button) and go one step further, ASUS have even bundle this board with TurboV remote control that allows you to overclock your system in real-time when playing games or running applications without the need to exit the program plus you can even pre-set some OC profiles and load them up instantly or increase the BCLK 1MHz at a time.

What can I say about core i5 well it will not suppress the socket 1366 core i7 platforms it just was not designed with this in mind but I am sure that it will take over from the Core 2 series as there is a big performance increase to be had with this new platform with energy saving from the 32nm CPU this platform is a win win situation in my eyes

ASUS has done a another masterful job with the P7P55D Deluxe it has a good bundle of software and accessories , good overclocking and all the extra features a user could ever want.

This product is a must for is ease of overclocking plus all given the added features that it offers makes this product had not to have, coupled with the core i5 750 and Kingston Memory and for these reasons alone make this product a must have for all users.
09-08-2009, 12:57 AM
kaskuli

Good job!
09-08-2009, 01:02 AM
hiwa

wait black and red series :D
what about extreme and high mem and bclk tests sacha ? any plan?

Thanks for sharing
09-08-2009, 06:25 AM
sacha35

Quote:

Originally Posted by hiwa

wait black and red series :D
what about extreme and high mem and bclk tests sacha ? any plan?

Thanks for sharing

Thanks mate, will be doing a bit of extreme soon I hope, but have a few other bits that need to be reviewed first, as for the memory I don't think the Kingston done to bad when you consider it is only the 1600Mhz kit running 2000MHz at the same Cas, so pushing it 400Mhz over the rated spec with the same Cas 8 level was good I thought.

Anyway will keep you all updated with cold results.
09-08-2009, 07:41 AM
Roger_D25

Although I'm also interested in more "Extreme" testing your review was very well done, great job! I'm impressed that you took the time to test and make sure that the motherboards basic features (Express Gate, Turbo V, Auto Tuning, etc...) all worked properly before starting to really push the board to its limits! In general many motherboards these days have much emphasis on overclocking results (because those results help sell products and get a buzz out) but not much on making sure they work as advertised (on the less flashy bits like the ones listed above). With that all said keep up the great work and thanks again for a great initial review on this new product!
09-08-2009, 09:31 AM
hiwa

Quote:

Originally Posted by sacha35

Thanks mate, will be doing a bit of extreme soon I hope, but have a few other bits that need to be reviewed first, as for the memory I don't think the Kingston done to bad when you consider it is only the 1600Mhz kit running 2000MHz at the same Cas, so pushing it 400Mhz over the rated spec with the same Cas 8 level was good I thought.

Anyway will keep you all updated with cold results.

As you know are they BBSE too ? and make for P55? may you give us the product code :D
09-08-2009, 09:33 AM
XKaan

Awesome piece of kit! The P55 boards look like they will be every bit as stable as the P45 were. My Maximus 2 Formula was rock-solid.
09-09-2009, 09:35 PM
sacha35

Quote:

Originally Posted by hiwa

As you know are they BBSE too ? and make for P55? may you give us the product code :D

Kingston KHX1600C8D3K2/GX 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL8 DIMM (Kit of 2)
09-10-2009, 04:22 AM
hiwa

Quote:

Originally Posted by sacha35

Kingston KHX1600C8D3K2/GX 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL8 DIMM (Kit of 2)

thanks :up:
09-10-2009, 05:09 AM
ShArKo

Congratulations sacha35 is a great review!!! Very nice motherboard.

Is really to much diference between i7 and i5?
09-10-2009, 05:53 AM
lemonlime

Looks like a solid board! Nice overclock on that Kingston as well :up:
09-10-2009, 09:50 AM
Armored_Kech1

Good job on the review, loved the photos. Looks like ASUS is set to take the 1156 crown.
09-10-2009, 10:49 PM
stasio

Anybody notice this on CPU-Z 152.2:

Asus P55 Rev.04

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5...0911100304.png

Gigabyte P55 Rev.05

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/9...0911100323.png
09-11-2009, 09:02 PM
lesstutrey

that teal-blue on that board just looks.. well it doesn't look very nice to me.
09-15-2009, 10:10 AM
edo

great mobo, could you post a pic when mobo is turned on?

so i'm not sure if i go for this or M3F:confused:
09-16-2009, 02:27 AM
saaya

nice review :toast:
max bclock and max mem clocks?
are you going to test max cpu clocks under cold? :D
09-16-2009, 03:54 AM
sacha35

Quote:

Originally Posted by saaya

nice review :toast:
max bclock and max mem clocks?
are you going to test max cpu clocks under cold? :D

Thanks mate, yes will be testing this board and the Maximus III, give me a few days and I should have my results of both board's and CPU's with cold tests.
09-16-2009, 06:00 AM
saaya

Quote:

Originally Posted by sacha35

Thanks mate, yes will be testing this board and the Maximus III, give me a few days and I should have my results of both board's and CPU's with cold tests.

hahah take your time man :D
1156 wont really kick off until 32nm chips arrive anyways, so you got time :p:

heheheh :D
nah but seriously, take your time and enjoy it, def sounds like a good board...
thats what i always liked about asus, their consistency... while their boards arent always the best, they tend to be very consistent, once you know how to work with an asus board, you will know how to work with their newest board as well, theres almost no learning curve involved :)
09-30-2009, 08:55 AM
sacha35

New Bios 0711

The major changes are:

1. PCIE OC S3 resume fail issue
2. OC tune new rule ( include turbo profile item) and change help string as PM request
3. DRAM voltage keep in 1.65V or pop check box
4. CPU frequency round off ( show in setup screen)
5. Correct CPU frequency show error problem ---> in turbo mode
6. IXTU support
7. Add Clarkdale C2 stepping ucode
8. Fix T.Probe problem.
9. C-State default enable
10. Fix IXTU overclocking problems with TurboMode.
09-30-2009, 10:20 AM
lasty

@sacha55: Is the 0711 bios also available for the normal P7P55D? Been having problems with the 0606 bios, so eagerly awaiting a new version! :)
09-30-2009, 11:18 AM
sacha35

Quote:

Originally Posted by lasty

@sacha55: Is the 0711 bios also available for the normal P7P55D? Been having problems with the 0606 bios, so eagerly awaiting a new version! :)

here you go mate P7P55D
09-30-2009, 11:46 PM
lasty

Awesome! Will try it as soon as i get home from work. Been having some problems to get my Corsair Dominator GT 1600C7 ram to work as intended, hope this helps. Bios 0606 completely removed my turbo mode at one point. Loving the Asus mobo for its layout & user friendly bios etc, but still some early adoptor bugs it seems..
10-01-2009, 11:34 AM
So_BAD

Great review, thanks!

This week, I sale my P5E3 Deluxe WIFI + Q8200.

With more about US$ 55, order: Core i5 750 and P7P55D Deluxe, like this one. Rest o my system is the same.

I hope reach 4.0GHz...

Best regards!
10-02-2009, 10:53 AM
sacha35

Quote:

Originally Posted by lasty

Awesome! Will try it as soon as i get home from work. Been having some problems to get my Corsair Dominator GT 1600C7 ram to work as intended, hope this helps. Bios 0606 completely removed my turbo mode at one point. Loving the Asus mobo for its layout & user friendly bios etc, but still some early adoptor bugs it seems..

Have you had a chance to use the bios yet lasty, would be interested to hear how you got on with it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by So_BAD

Great review, thanks!

This week, I sale my P5E3 Deluxe WIFI + Q8200.

With more about US$ 55, order: Core i5 750 and P7P55D Deluxe, like this one. Rest o my system is the same.

I hope reach 4.0GHz...

Best regards!

Nice one So_BAD, you will love this Motherboard with all its features.
10-03-2009, 12:11 AM
lasty

I'm using the 4GB Dominator GT CAS7 kit CMG4GX3M2A1600C7 in combination with a i7 860 & the vanilla P7P55D. I did do some testing with the 0711 bios, and so far i'm still unable to get the modules to work at the specified timings.

When i choose the XMP profile it gives me 8-7-7-20-2T timings @ 1600mhz, 1.15v IMC, 1.65v DDR, and when i run memtest86+ (v4.00) i get around 25 errors in 40 minutes of testing. Windows does boot tho, but prime95 gives errors.

If i change the timings to 8-8-8-24, the modules seem to work flawless.. ran memtest/prime for a few hours without any errors. I'm kinda lost if its the modules or the bios which is causing this now..
10-04-2009, 03:45 AM
TEDY

what the difference to KHX1600C9D3K2/4G ?
10-04-2009, 08:49 AM
sacha35

Quote:

Originally Posted by TEDY

what the difference to KHX1600C9D3K2/4G ?

I think you will find the kit you have listed is a CAS 9 4GB kit compared to the 4GB CAS 8 kit I used in this review.
10-08-2009, 04:09 AM
KURTZ

@ sasha: i noticed (from my friends) that there are some troubles with some PSU like the LC Power and the Cooler Master Real Power m520 ... the board simply don't starts ...
10-10-2009, 10:37 PM
sacha35

Quote:

Originally Posted by KURTZ

@ sasha: i noticed (from my friends) that there are some troubles with some PSU like the LC Power and the Cooler Master Real Power m520 ... the board simply don't starts ...

Sorry to hear this problem that your friends are having, would it be possible for them to post there spec and info regarding this problem and I will get ASUS to look into this for them.
10-11-2009, 11:20 AM
lasty

Just wanted to give a quick update about my ram problems on the vanilla P7P55D; I replaced the corsair modules with kingston ones (KHX2000C8D3T1K2/4GX), and i'm now running my 860 on 3.8ghz with 7-8-7-20 timings on 1900mhz ddr without any problems. Voltages used; IMC 1.3v, DDR 1.65v, CPU 1.3125v, PLL 1.9v. Are these safe voltages for 24/7 use? Still very unfamiliar with recommended voltages..
10-11-2009, 12:16 PM
sacha35

Hi Mate if you can give me a few days I will put something together for you, but looking at the voltages you have I would say drop the Pll down to 1.8v as you are not pushing this hard enough to have it that high, as with any voltage increase over the Intel specification there is an amount of risk involved as any overclock invalidates Intel's warranty so be warned.

Anyway the voltages you have look ok but try and drop that Pll down to 1.8v and as said I will put something together within the next couple of days.
10-13-2009, 12:58 PM
lasty

Been doing some testing, and i'm able to get my system stable at some safe speeds. Now running 3.6ghz with 19x190, as shown below. Replacing the ram modules was a good choice it seems(running 1900mhz 7-7-7-21 1T stable! on default 1.275 IMC / 1.65 VDIMM). However, when i want to go beyond 190mhz bclk i'm getting some crashes; hard lockups, data corruption(gotta love reinstalling windows :(), sound popping. Any tips here? btw, i am using raid, and some birdie told me bios 0801 has a fix which might help?

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8...zprimea.th.jpg

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/3...everest.th.jpg
10-13-2009, 06:20 PM
MarcusXP

Pretty nice board.. however it seems that Asus still has some work to do on its bios. Like most of the times, actually.. :)
10-14-2009, 09:25 AM
CikaNovo

Hello everyone.

Justa a quick question: Can you mount Ultra 120 extreme in north-south position on this mobo with all ram slots populated.Also, will it be touching graphics card if it is mounted this way.

Thanks
10-23-2009, 03:39 PM
sacha35

Quote:

Originally Posted by CikaNovo

Hello everyone.

Justa a quick question: Can you mount Ultra 120 extreme in north-south position on this mobo with all ram slots populated.Also, will it be touching graphics card if it is mounted this way.

Thanks

If you can let me have the dimensions I will let you know if this will fit.
11-02-2009, 12:48 AM
Frag Maniac

I know the Premium version costs a good $60 more, but personally I'd rather have it's 2 SATA III ports than the Deluxe's 2 Drive Xpert SATA ports.
11-16-2009, 08:47 AM
lasty

Anybody know if its possible in some way to downgrade the bios of the ASUS p55 boards? I've tried the EZ-Flash utility and the dos version (bupdater.exe) but both refuse to flash older boises. I'd like to go back from 0915 to 0711 on my vanilla P7P55D, as the turbo is not working anymore. :(
11-16-2009, 11:39 PM
sacha35

Quote:

Originally Posted by lasty

Anybody know if its possible in some way to downgrade the bios of the ASUS p55 boards? I've tried the EZ-Flash utility and the dos version (bupdater.exe) but both refuse to flash older boises. I'd like to go back from 0915 to 0711 on my vanilla P7P55D, as the turbo is not working anymore. :(

Insert the CD that came with the motherboard, It is ASUS crash free bios recovery program prompting you to recover the bios, take a look in your handbook that came with the motherboard and it will tell you how to do this, I think it is under section 3.2.3 of the handbook, once you have done this and followed the guide you will then be able to re-flash to any of the bios's you have.
11-19-2009, 11:22 AM
Snake_Eyes

I have this board P7P55D Deluxe to and it came with bios version 0209 this is a verry old bios (juli 2009 exactly)

I wanna flash it to 0915. but i dont know if it are a good bios version
I did google it but for so far none bad bad about it.
But i wanna know for sure before i wanna do it.

So if some did flash already can they say it is a good flash.
And do turbo mode work to, as the one above me told it didnt work anymore.
11-20-2009, 01:40 AM
lasty

@ Snake Eyes

It should be ok to flash the 0915 bios.. Just for safety, save an OC profile for the bios with default settings. In case anything goes wrong you can restore that. (fixed my problems before, but i forgot to save one after first boot)
11-20-2009, 12:24 PM
lasty

Just wanted to let everybody know that Bios 1002 fixed all my turbo related problems. It was available thru the asus vip forum (vip.asus.com);

P7P55D: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...-ASUS-1002.zip

Check the asus vip forums for other models & bios links.
11-20-2009, 02:19 PM
benko

Excellent review, on both boards Sabertooth and p7p55d deluxe.. I still prefer sabertooth, though p7p55d has TurboV feature..

Was thinking what would you take, also havent found that you tested max bclk of boards?

One thing I havent found out, is there any retail board with usb 3.0/sata 6.0gbps?
08-08-2013, 01:05 AM
Chrysalis

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Originally Posted by sacha35

Insert the CD that came with the motherboard, It is ASUS crash free bios recovery program prompting you to recover the bios, take a look in your handbook that came with the motherboard and it will tell you how to do this, I think it is under section 3.2.3 of the handbook, once you have done this and followed the guide you will then be able to re-flash to any of the bios's you have.

I know old thread but I am trying to downgrade my p7p55d-e.

the cd does not start the crash free bios recover, it instead boots to a makedisk dos prompt for making driver disks.

the cd does include bios rom files but doesnt load the crash free recovery, I am considering deliberatly corrupting my bios now to get the crash free recovery to load.

--edit--

Ok I have done a test and this post I quoted seems to have blatantly copied either manual (misunderstood) or another site as I see other sites where the same advice is given word for word (copy and paste) so this mistruth has spread and is wrong.

Basically the manual states "IN THE EVENT" of a corrupt bios then inserting the cdrom when powering on will initiate bios recovery (this is because the crash recovery will search for it on a cdrom and the rom is on the root of the cd).

I have just tested this by reflashing 1601, I powered off my pc whilst it was writing (crazy yes I know) then on power up I had the asus flash recovery. It will first check the cdrom, or if no cd inserted it then checks the usb drive it first finds.

Now the bad news.

When I put on the 1002 bios or the bios of the cdrom, it said "image is outdated". so the flash recovery app has the same block in place as ezflash and bupdater. So presumably when updating the bios the cash recovery gets an update also to block lower bios versions. I can only assume is some kind of security issue in the lower bios versions because asus have gone to quite some effort to block downgrading. I am trying to fix a usb3 issue hence me trying to downgrade.

Asus tech support have yet to reply to me for over a week since I raised a ticket.

The only idea I have left is that its apparently possible to downgrade by hexediting the ezflash module on the bios rom file. so eg. editing 1002 to 1601. A guy was doing this for people on the asus vip forums, however when asked he refused to say how he was doing it, instead just supplying modded rom files to people to allow them to downgrade. Those posts are 3 years ago and now he is nowhere to be found with the knowledge of how to do it lost. So it seems I am left with a motherboard where the usb3 doesnt work (usb3 ports route to usb2 controller) either due to a bios bug or hw fault. I cant check the former due to bios downgrade lockout.