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

[Supershanks]

wonder if AUTO value for TB changed it's default from 0311/0403 to 0404 bios ?

yep may have shifted, like i say my settings are exactly the same except for that, so maybe.

My 0403 super pi may be be abit slow:-
some muppet hadn't disabled speedstep didn't notice it myself till JimNastics over on hexus spotted it

[Supershanks]

For the record, I can't boot with 4x1GB Crucial PC8500 with transaction boost set to ENABLE using the 0311 bios

All the guys with quads i don't think could either.

[xgman]

I wish they would tell us what changed so it takes the guess work out of it. So as of now which bios are you recommending?

[Supershanks]

I wish they would tell us what changed so it takes the guess work out of it

Lol what would we do then??
I'm happy with 0404.

May have missed it, has anyone identified the measuring points for vcore, vdimm etc.,

[_JP_]

I don't know why but sata problems still here.

With 2 Raptors in raid0 and 1 Segate 750gb e cant connect other sata disk...it doesn't recognize

[ineedaname]

After getting my system up and running last night with the 404 bios. I also noticed that Pi is a bit slow. With my Striker Extreme I could do 14.3 sec 1m and with this P5K i'm doing 14.5 sec 1m.

Funny thing is I was stability testing it while I slept and my alarm couldn't wake me up this afternoon but the "beep" from orthos woke me up instantly.

Orthos failed after 8 hours lol gotta keep going at it.

[xs64]

edit: nvm ..............

[Speederlander]

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)

I use 0311 bios and I am running Orthos stable with 8 gig RAM (4x2 GB), transaction boost enabled, lvl 1, FSB 475 1:1 on a QX6700. The board can handle it. I suspect one of your other components.

[Speederlander]

guys, bios 0501 is available, testing it.....
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...eluxe/0501.zip

Please report back with details. Thanks.

[webwilli]

guys, bios 0501 is available, testing it.....
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...eluxe/0501.zip

wrong bios my friend

this file is for p5k non deluxe. we have p5k deluxe

[xs64]

wrong bios my friend

this file is for p5k non deluxe. we have p5k deluxe

oops, thats right. I have no idea they put in wrong folder
Sorry about the mistake.

[fritzman]

Anyone know what alterations have been made in this version yet?

[Eagleclaw]

I am getting faster PI times 1m

First one is 0403 (running 9x420) and second is 0404 (running 9x410), then a 32m from 0404 running 9x410

Sorry didn't screen shot with cpu specs listed, see my specs below.

After getting my system up and running last night with the 404 bios. I also noticed that Pi is a bit slow. With my Striker Extreme I could do 14.3 sec 1m and with this P5K i'm doing 14.5 sec 1m.

Funny thing is I was stability testing it while I slept and my alarm couldn't wake me up this afternoon but the "beep" from orthos woke me up instantly.

Orthos failed after 8 hours lol gotta keep going at it.

[Supershanks]

Need a little more tweaking orthos failed after 3.5hrs
They seem to have spiced this bios up a bit.

[Boble76]

shot 1.5V @ 3843MHz (8x480) 4:5 ~ 600MHz 5-6-6-15 *lol* Cellshock PC8000....

[ineedaname]

Hey Eagleclaw no offense but if those are 3.7ghz superpi's that's not that fast.

But anyway one thing i did notice about this mobo is that i could run my memory a lot faster than my striker extreme.

On my striker extreme my memory would top out at 1130. Anything over 1130 and it wouldn't even boot. Now my memory is easily running what you see below. I knew it was always the striker and not the memory itself because it wouldn't even boot at 1mhz higher just give memory error beep codes.

[Eagleclaw]

No offence taken, I am VERY new to Intel so any help is appreciated.

Hey Eagleclaw no offense but if those are 3.7ghz superpi's that's not that fast.

But anyway one thing i did notice about this mobo is that i could run my memory a lot faster than my striker extreme.

On my striker extreme my memory would top out at 1130. Anything over 1130 and it wouldn't even boot. Now my memory is easily running what you see below. I knew it was always the striker and not the memory itself because it wouldn't even boot at 1mhz higher just give memory error beep codes.

[ineedaname]

btw u still didn't really mention all the settings you were using i'm curious 2 know.

[Eagleclaw]

Here are my BIOS settings, I didn't change anything else while in Windows


AI Overclocking: Manual
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
FSB Frequency: 410
PCI-E Frequency: 102
DRAM Frequency: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency: 4
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 4
RAS# Precharge: 4
RAS# Activate to Precharge: 12
TWR: AUTO
TRFC: AUTO
TWTR: AUTO
TRRD: AUTO
TRTP: AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: Enable

Transaction Booster: AUTO
Clock Over-Charging Mode: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Voltage: 1.4625
CPU Voltage Reference: AUTO
CPU Voltage Damper: Enable
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.50v
DRAM Voltage: 2.25
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.30v
North Bridge Voltage: 1.40v
North Bridge Voltage Reference: AUTO
South Bridge Voltage: AUTO

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
PECI: Enabled

Right now I am Orthos @ 7x530 with the same settings 1:1. I am getting much higher benches in Everest and Sisoft of course with the higher fsb.


Thanks

My CPU is 12hours 3.7 stable so any tweaks I can do please help me out, I have had AMD for years and even though I have read every Intel thread for a month I am still lost as hell

btw u still didn't really mention all the settings you were using i'm curious 2 know.

[safan80]

I am getting faster PI times 1m

First one is 0403 (running 9x420) and second is 0404 (running 9x410), then a 32m from 0404 running 9x410

Sorry didn't screen shot with cpu specs listed, see my specs below.

very nice
anybody else play with 0404 yet?
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...eluxe/0404.zip

[eva2000]

Okay can confirm 0404 bios has been tweaked with tighter latencies and more bandwidth that 0311/0403 bios.

With the below settings memtest86+ v1.70 reported bandwidth for the bioses are as follows:

• 0311 bios = 6015 MB/s
• 0403 bios = 6012 MB/s
• 0404 bios = 6250 MB/s <-- unstable for me at below settings errors in memtest which I assume is why bios hangs with the below settings. Tried disabling DDRAM Static read or setting sub timings at AUTO and made no difference. Raising NB volts from 1.55v to 1.70 helped lessent memtest86+ v1.70 test #5 errors but still they existed.

I flashed back to 0311 bios and same settings below are again stable for me. So I guess i'd need to loose subtimings more on 0404 bios to get things stable - I wonder if it will effect max memory clocking frequency though with 0404 bios versus previous bioses ?

Update: with 0311 bios and below settings i changed TRTP: from 8 to 3 and memtest86+ v1.70 reports 6249 MB/s bandwidth now close to that of 0404 bios but it's stable in memtest86+ v1.70 so far. I'd probably stick with 0311 bios for this reason

JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclocking: Manual
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
FSB Strap to Northbridge: AUTO
FSB Frequency: 400
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1200
DRAM Command Rate: 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency: 4
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 4
RAS# Precharge: 4
RAS# Activate to Precharge: 9
TWR: 3
TRFC: 25
TWTR: 3
TRRD: 3
TRTP: 8
DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO

Transaction Booster: AUTO
Boost Level: (only displays when Transaction Booster is set to Disable or Enabled)
Clock Over-Charging Mode: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Voltage: 1.5375
CPU Voltage Reference: AUTO
CPU Voltage Damper: Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.5
DRAM Voltage: 2.45
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.40
North Bridge Voltage: 1.55
North Bridge Voltage Reference: x0.61
South Bridge Voltage: 1.2

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
C1E Suppport: Disabaled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabaled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabaled
CPU TM Function: Disabaled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabaled
PECI: Enabled

USB Configuration
USB Functions: Enabled
Legacy USB Support: Disabled (need to enable it to detect USB flash drives)

[BailA]

Hello,Clock Over-Charging Mode whath'is?
Thank'S!

[xgman]

Okay can confirm 0404 bios has been tweaked with tighter latencies and more bandwidth that 0311/0403 bios.

With the below settings memtest86+ v1.70 reported bandwidth for the bioses are as follows:

• 0311 bios = 6015 MB/s
• 0403 bios = 6012 MB/s
• 0404 bios = 6250 MB/s <-- unstable for me at below settings errors in memtest which I assume is why bios hangs with the below settings. Tried disabling DDRAM Static read or setting sub timings at AUTO and made no difference. Raising NB volts from 1.55v to 1.70 helped lessent memtest86+ v1.70 test #5 errors but still they existed.

I flashed back to 0311 bios and same settings below are again stable for me. So I guess i'd need to loose subtimings more on 0404 bios to get things stable - I wonder if it will effect max memory clocking frequency though with 0404 bios versus previous bioses ?

Update: with 0311 bios and below settings i changed TRTP: from 8 to 3 and memtest86+ v1.70 reports 6249 MB/s bandwidth now close to that of 0404 bios but it's stable in memtest86+ v1.70 so far. I'd probably stick with 0311 bios for this reason

Interesting, now bring on the 5 series bios to see what that does. I hate to go backwards in bios releases. Is 1.7v NB safe 24/7 or will it run temps up to high? By the way, have you tried with cpu damper off? Under high vcore with phase I can't run damper at all. I'm not even sure what it does.

[Supershanks]

I'm not even sure what it does.

CPU Voltage Damper Option post#3 Well it is a few post back

Not going back yet but still only 3hr orthos stable, see what tonights run brings

[xgman]

CPU Voltage Damper Option post#3 Well it is a few post back

Not going back yet but still only 3hr orthos stable, see what tonights run brings

ooops, missed that post. I'll have to try lowering vcore and setting damper on then. If you do this, no need for vdroop mod then?