ASUS P5K Deluxe - Intel P35 Bearlake + E6600 B1 / Q6600 B3

[ineedaname]

Woot got my computer set up finally after about a month.

First thing that happens is this weird shot.

Dunno if its already been a noted bug.

[ChaosMinionX]

Yep it is a noted bug, update your bios

[Goofisch]

I have te following setup.

e6420
p5k Deluxe
Crucial ballistix pc8500
8800GTX

Works fine and fast. I get the ballistix so i can run 600 5-5-5-15 2.2v stabel like eva2000 is doing. But i cant het that things stable @ 600 . Orthos error @ 6 min. How the hell are you guys getting it stable?

Used the same settings. 32m PI gives a error 2. try it on 2.25v but still no go.

@ ineedaname. gto sli @ p5k? hacked drivers? you where running a striker issent it?

Sorry for mij bad english!

[andyr(uk)]

Funny after loading 0403 I came up in vga mode and vista loaded pci bridge again and then I had to re-install my forceware drivers for some odd reason. After that everything was fine.

same here and that was on vista , i took it was because i loaded defaults and forgot to disable the cpu virtualization thing and c1e and such like , but maybe not

[andyr(uk)]

ftp://mersenne.org/gimps/P95V253.ZIP

Many thanks for that

[safan80]

same here and that was on vista , i took it was because i loaded defaults and forgot to disable the cpu virtualization thing and c1e and such like , but maybe not

What's wrong with using virtualization? it doesn't affect you oc.

[Nazgul]

Guys, can anyone post pics of mosfets's areas WITHOUT stock heatsinks? And I would most appreciate if anyone can measure the difference in mosfet's placement and holes for heatsink between P5K Deluxe and P5WDH/Commando.

The thing is, I'm trying to find suitable mosfet blocks. MIPS says their blocks for P5WDH will fit on P5K...

[Locust]

2 BIOS files posted in 1 day?

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/so...eluxe/0404.zip
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/so...eluxe/0501.zip

the 0501 Bios is only 1MB, where 0404 is 2MB.

Any ideas?

[msgclb]

I used to get that for not having a fan plugged into the CPU fan header.

Had to go to hardware monitor in your bios and ignore fan speed.

At first I thought it must be something like what you mentioned but I verified that the CPU fan header was ok using another fan. This allowed me to boot but I had to shutdown because the CPU temp was quickly rising.

I then verified that the pump was getting power but it wasn't running. I have another one on the way but I'll be down for a week.

[Icer]

2 BIOS files posted in 1 day?

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/so...eluxe/0404.zip
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/so...eluxe/0501.zip

the 0501 Bios is only 1MB, where 0404 is 2MB.

Any ideas?

Hmmm, 0404 shows modified "today" and 0501 shows modified "Friday, June 08, 2007, 9:39:42 AM"

[msgclb]

There should be a five series BIOS out in the next couple of weeks, officially. ...

There's a five series BIOS up at this link:

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so.../P5K%20Deluxe/

But there's a problem in that this BIOS is only 1MB instead of 2MB. Have you had any insight in why ASUS uploaded this BIOS?

[Eagleclaw]

I will give 501 a try but I won't be home for 5 more hours

[msgclb]

There’s a motherboard temperature FAQ for the P5K Deluxe / P5K-E / P5K3 Deluxe at this link:

http://support.asus.com/faq/faq.aspx...Language=en-us

These three motherboards have been specially designed to express the importance of temperature management of the memory VRM (Voltage Regulator Module, or often called power circuit), as the cooling of memory VRM are often ignored or unnoticed by many users, though it is the key to overall memory stability. Due to this reason, the motherboard temperature sensor has been placed right next to the VRM circuit, allowing the motherboard to reflect the rise and fall of memory VRM temperature at real time. For the exact location of the motherboard temperature sensor, please kindly refer to the photo as shown below:



In order to lower its temperature, we strongly recommend all users to ensure there is sufficient airflow passing through the memory VRM. This can be achieved via the following ways:

1. The rearrangement of cables inside your chassis, to ensure there is no blockage to stop cold air from entering memory VRM zone.

2. The use of CPU fan which brings sufficient airflow to its surrounding. (Higher fan spin may be required depending on the use of CPU fans.)

3. Add extra fan to blow onto memory VRM directly.

Note: The effect of above suggestions can be verified by monitoring the effect to the motherboard temperature reading under [Hardware Monitor] inside CMOS Setup screen, or via PcProbeII or AISuite under Windows platform.

Due to their special design, the recommended motherboard temperature is also a little different to other motherboards not adopting such design. It is recommended to maintain your motherboard temperature of these three motherboards between 0 to 65 degrees Celsius to ensure overall stability of your system.

[webwilli]

Warning!!

Bios 0501 is for P5K. Not Deluxe!!!

here 0404 Mirror: http://rapidshare.com/files/38530753/0404.zip.html

[Eagleclaw]

Thanks for the update, have you tried the 0404 yet?

[ChaosMinionX]

Why is 501 under P5K Dlx then haha....Testing out 404 now.

[Supershanks]

0404 is looking good, although i can't use the tranaction booster at 1 on either of the 04xx bios.

Improved on 0311
"Stock settings" 9x400@2:3=1200
0404 Results

• Sisoft
  CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 0311 0403 0404
  Drystone 33291 33461 33347
  Whetstone SSE2 22467 22471 22412
  CPU Multimedia Benchmark
  Integer 198736 198620 198635
  Floating 3DNow 108208 107096 108137
  Memory Bandwidth
  Integer Buffered 7924 8002 8050
  Floating Buffered 7925 8033 8053
  Efficiency% 62% 63% 63%
  Everest
  Memory Read MB/Sec 9426 9751 9735
  Memory Write MB/Sec 7215 7206 7172
  Memory Copy MB/Sec 8023 8011 8070
  Memory Latency 53.3 50.3 50.3
  CPU Queen 7308 7309 7308
  CPU PhotoWarxx 33565 33634 33919
  CPU Zlib 48064 48063 47942
  FPU Julia 13759 13756 13758
  FPU Mandel 6646 6657 6656
  FPU SinJulia 10028 10025 10026
  
  SuperPi32 14:19.828 14:28.453 14:12.594
  
  

[xgman]

What's on 404 from 403?

[eva2000]

wow just flashed to 0403 and alread 0404 is here LOL

new item in 0403 bios:

1. Added i see is FSB strap to North Bridge which basically lets you set the Strap used between AUTO/200/266/333. Note, what dividers you have available depends on the strap you select if you choose a setting other than AUTO. Basically the same as older bioses just they did the divider choices for you behind the scenes depending on your FSB selected. i.e. set 266FSB with 266 strap and you won't get 1:1 divider which is same as before. I just leave it at AUTO for it to function like past bios for now.

Interesting about the super pi times there Supershanks.. looks like 0404 had slight better buffered sandra bandwidth might account for faster pi times ?????

[Supershanks]

Looks like a nice tweak in bandwidth on 0404

[Eagleclaw]

Thanks for graphing your results they look great.

I will be flashing in a bit

Looks like a nice tweak in bandwidth on 0404

[eva2000]

Okay did quick super pi 32M and everest run with 0403 and then flashed to 0404 bios.

But, maybe 0404 bios tightened something as with 0311 and 0403 bios i could run 9x400fsb 2:3 600mhz 5-4-4-9 3-25-3-3-8 fine but can't even boot into bios properly.

With 0404 bios - sometimes it hangs in bios with 0404. Supershanks showed 0404 increased bandwidth over 0311 and 0403 bios http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=768.

Maybe my sub timings 3-25-3-3-8 too tight for 0404 bios ?

Difference in 32m pi and Everest at those clocks:

0311 = 13m 13.094s
0403 = 13m 14.094s

0311




0403




Results agree with Supershanks tests http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=768, that 0311 is still slightly faster than 0403 bios. I'll work on 0404 tomorrow and loosen sub timings and see.

[Supershanks]

but can't even boot into bios properly with 0404 bios

had similar had been running with transaction booster enabled level=1 with 0311. still looks better without it

[eva2000]

hmmm i had TB set to AUTO, not enabled.. wonder if AUTO value for TB changed it's default from 0311/0403 to 0404 bios ?

[Truckchase!]

hmmm i had TB set to AUTO, not enabled.. wonder if AUTO value for TB changed it's default from 0311/0403 to 0404 bios ?

For the record, I can't boot with 4x1GB Crucial PC8500 with transaction boost set to ENABLE using the 0311 bios. Auto works fine. Haven't tried 40x yet... (still stability testing)