ASUS P5N32-E/Striker SLI Tips and Tricks Thread

[Cyaneed]

Note that I doubt anyone has had any sort of problem running stock off of any modern board. We just get headaches trying to stabilize systems running faster than they were intended.

Actually I'm down to stock and still cant get 3D Apps to run worth a darn. Funny cause I got it dual prime stable at 400MHz FSB and 3.2GHz but without games whats the use of this monster? I'm still waiting for some magical tip or trick to get my 8800GTS and my P5N32-E to play nice together and run games without my funky screen glitches.

Oh and speaking of stock speeds, I even underclocked my video card to get rid of the texture distortion and still no go. I'm about ready to RMA everything or return it all and just get a good 975x board and a 7950 or an x800 and say to hell with DX10.1. So I ask one more time, if anyone has some miracle solution to get my system stable at OC AND stable in 3D Apps I'd more than love to hear from you.

[P_1]

I can't hit 500 fsb (QDR2000) for hte life of me with this L628B...

What is LDT5x on a Intel board, wtf?? Best setting for 500+

ANd WTF is SPP<->MPP Ref Clock, mHz??????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????


wtf man? Did BIOS writers just arrive from a different planet?

I think the LDT bus is the bus between the northbridge and southbridge, as opposed to whatever the traditional bus was. I think the SPP <-> MPP is the clock of the bus between the south and north bridge, meaning the ldt bus. SPP<->MPP ref clock * LDT mulitplier = clock speed of the bus between the north and south bridge. I'm wondering if the 650i boards use a ref clock or if they just use the FSB as the ref clock. On 680i boards I would imagine that one could increase those clocks to improve functions handled by the south bridge by increasing the bandwidth between the south and north bridge. (I am guessing nvidia implemented LDT because its much faster than traditional SPP<->MPP buses (DMI for intel) and they could easily implement it because of their experience with it on amd platforms).
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/nppa.html
SPP = northbridge
MCP(MPP)= southbridge
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q4...i/index.x?pg=1

[commando]

THanks ..will report back in a few hours!

Something new to try is always good =)

Nothing!

Oh well, I expected as much
Looks like this sucker is heading back to the ASUS distro on the 9th (when all the places open up for business again)

[cognoscenti]

So far the Asus P5N32-E has been dead solid. I'm running the 0602 bios. I ran it at 7x 500fsb at stock volts and am also trying upping the multi to find its ceiling as well. I figure on air my options will be limited.

Sure like my new ram as well

Ive been considering this ram that you have to replace this ram of mine.


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MY-082-OC





Is it much better?

What is the noticeable difference?

Heres what im using now.


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=8&subcat=144

The TWIN2X2048-5400C4 is a 2048 MByte matched pair of DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs. This part delivers outstanding performance in the latest generation of DDR2-based motherboards. It has been tested extensively in multiple DDR2 motherboards to ensure compatibility and performance at its rated speed. This memory has been verified to operate at 675MHz at the low latencies of 4-4-4-12.

[cognoscenti]

anyone? anyone?

[pumbertot]

Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe

whats the difference bewteen the SE and no-SE boards or are they one and the same.

ahh wait this is a totally different chipset from the P5N32-E right? what chipset is it?

[Leeghoofd]

I have those OCZ too, they run perfectly at 2.1750 volts in bios at either 6400 (800Mhz) speeds at 4-4-4-10 1T or at 8500 ( 1066Mhz) speeds at 5-5-5-15 2T. When you push the voltage ( 2.3 in bios) I can get them at 800Mhz at 3-3-3-9 1T or 900mhz 4-4-4-10 1T.
Very good ram, works fab on my board

[hydkrash]

Anyone encountered the problem with the P5N32-E boards where overclocking fails and during a reset, the board shows a BIOS Bootguard screen....and after that...the board pretty much is unbootable for the next few hours....and then it boots fine again...

[ineedaname]

This should be pretty useful for some of you.

I put together a thread for a pencil vDroop and vCore mod and here it is.

Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe

whats the difference bewteen the SE and no-SE boards or are they one and the same.

ahh wait this is a totally different chipset from the P5N32-E right? what chipset is it?

I'm pretty sure the SE boards support conroe while the non SE boards do not.

[KingGuru]

I use my p5n32-e sli says that it's quad core ready.. so U thing it will go for dual.. actually.. I'm using e6300 (that I had above fsb 500 on my old p5b dlx)..
but now it's non oc.. haven't had time an patience to figure out how to get a good oc on this..

[G.Foyle]

I think the SPP <-> MPP is the clock of the bus between the south and north bridge, meaning the ldt bus. SPP<->MPP ref clock * LDT mulitplier = clock speed of the bus between the north and south bridge.

IIRC if you have memory with EPP (SLI-Ready) the SPP<->MPP clock and PCI-E 16x are overclocked automatically to 125 MHz. I remember seeing it in some nVidia document.

[Lood007]

Are you sure that wasn't linkboost you're talking about?

[G.Foyle]

Yes, I am talking of LinkBoost. But the number "125MHz" is not mentioned on nVidia website, as far as I know.

[ineedaname]

er i'm pretty sure its 120mhz.

All epp is, is its pretty much like advanced spd settings.

[eva2000]

linkboost raises the bus bandwidth by 25&#37; so 125mhz http://i4memory.com/showpost.php?p=54472&postcount=8

LinkBoost, a feature of the NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI and NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI AMD MCPs, becomes active once the system detects a GPU capable of supporting LinkBoost technology. NVIDIA GeForce 8800 and 7900 GTX are the only GPU add-in cards that support LinkBoost technology. When the supported GPU graphics cards are present, the system automatically recognizes their presence and dynamically boosts PCI Express and MCP HyperTransport bus speeds by 25 percent.

[G.Foyle]

Yes, EPP is just advanced SPD, but LinkBoost is enabled only if you have EPP memory IIRC. There is no way of manually turning LinkBoost without EPP memory as far as I know (but LinkBoost being just clock increase, we can do it ourselves).

[eva2000]

linkboost has nothing to do with EPP if you re-read what i quoted

[Guyman]

I just bought the Asus ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus and can't wait to install it. Readin the manula I see that I must connect a fan to CHA_FAN1 when using a dual core processor, which I am. I bought the Zalman 9500 to cool the CPU and will plug it into the CPUFAN1 slot, do I need to plug something else in for CPU cooling? I'm confused.

[Chosen.]

I just bought the Asus ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus and can't wait to install it. Readin the manula I see that I must connect a fan to CHA_FAN1 when using a dual core processor, which I am. I bought the Zalman 9500 to cool the CPU and will plug it into the CPUFAN1 slot, do I need to plug something else in for CPU cooling? I'm confused.

fyi, "P5N32-E SLI" is very different to "P5N32-E SLI Plus"
Different chipset & behaviour, and if I understood correctly, this is the P5N32-E SLI (not "Plus" ) thread

[shimmishim]

i dunno if it's that different.

yes the NB and SB are different but the plus board is just as capable as the original

@guyman - go to this thread on the plus
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...131452&page=13

[ineedaname]

Yes, EPP is just advanced SPD, but LinkBoost is enabled only if you have EPP memory IIRC. There is no way of manually turning LinkBoost without EPP memory as far as I know (but LinkBoost being just clock increase, we can do it ourselves).

I'm pretty sure ur mixed up. Linkboost is enabled depending on what video card you have.

Linkboost is pretty much useless anyway. You can always just set it yourself and the actual boost gives pretty much no added performance anyway.

[G.Foyle]

Linkboost is enabled depending on what video card you have.

Ok, I was wrong, I was basing on my memory not on knowledge...

but LinkBoost is enabled only if you have EPP memory IIRC

[JohnnyV]

I just did my pencil mod today. I've set my Vcore at 1,4063 in BIOS and Asus Probe II would read 1,39v and when stressing with orthos it would drop to 1,36. After the pencil mod it says 1,41v idle and 1,39v full load. I think it worked so let's hope for a little better stability.

[hydkrash]

Anyone has any prob running D9 fat bodies on this board? I've got a pair of Corsair 8000UL rated at 1000Mhz 5-4-4-9 but simply won't run at 1000Mhz no matter what settings I use 1T, 2T, 5-5-5-15...nothing works

it runs rock stable with 2.2V 900Mhz 4-3-3-7 1T though