[18th Anniversary] Asus Black Pearl - P5k-Premium Testing Report

[nibble]

have you tryed clearing cmos by pulling power from wall then remove the cmos battery and setting ctr jumper on 2/3 for 10 to 20 min.s
Rich

Yep sure have, I guess this really is a head scratcher. And the board was going so good too up until this..

[w2richwood]

have you bench test it with just the cpu one stick of ram and video card
Rich
if that dont work make sure you hook up a case specker and try it without any ram see if you get any beep's

[pollythecat]

I don't know if you're all aware, but BIOS 802 is up on the Asus download site.
Version 0802:
Description P5K Premium/WiFi-AP BIOS 0802
1. Fix the system may show "Failed to flash!" in CrashFree.
2. Fix Realtek Lan function may not function in Vista and WinXP when AI-NET2 is enabled then disabled in BIOS.

[Tomboy]

Has anyone tested the new 802 bios? Thanks

[w2richwood]

i've been using it for three day's all seem's well oc no better but just as good haven't seen any real change's
Rich

[Tomboy]

Thanks for the info. I might not update just to keep my Vista SLIC tables (which I own a legitimate license, I just don't want to use my serial number :P)

[kup]

If you own a legit key just use it? Or maybe just add the SLIC to the new bios?

[w2richwood]

dont think your missing anything by not updating to 0802 bios it seem's the same as 0702 to me
Rich

[Tomboy]

If you own a legit key just use it? Or maybe just add the SLIC to the new bios?

@kup,

I don't want to have to call MS because I reformated my pc too many times ( I do that too often :P). SLIC solution = register ASUS certificate, enter OEM serial, instant activation without internet Also I'm using a premodded bios that was known to work. I don't want to have to be forced to upgrade my system and I don't have a SPI flasher to fix it up if something goes wrong :P I'm a lazy guy, and TRUE 120's don't help

@w2richwood

Thanks again.

[Hardc0r3]

Yes same issues overhere 2 using bios 0802, e8400 and 2 gb ram corsair c4dhx, after i power down the board completly (by umplugging the power cord) , no video post for me. Also if i put the memory modules on the black slots the pc hangs after usb checking and afterwards no post for me, only if i reset the bios
. Seems fine though running the memory in the yellow slots, still has problems with Samsung 750gb hdd ahci no raid, event viewer errors and random BSOD . Big dissapointment the p5k inside senzor comming from an old abit ab9 quadgt which got 3 times more inside information than the black pearls. By the way with eist and c1e on only if i let the cpu vcore on auto, the vcore will go down to 1.05 as on abit ab9 quadgt , but if i put it my self the vcore wont go any lower(( good old abit( vcore on auto on asus is 1.264v for 9 x400, working vcore for 9 x 400 tested stable on abit and on the black pearl 1.215v(
Otherwise a rock board, able to boot with my e8400 without any issues @ 550x 7

[Hardc0r3]

new bioses are available from asus, anyone tested them?

[w2richwood]

nope why fix someting that's not broke i'm happy where i'm at with my e8400
Rich

[lochabar]

It overclocks better. I was stuck at 530 FSB 8.X multi for 4.25ish Ghz. Now am at 4.47 Ghz 8.5 mutli. WAS at 4..5 Ghz OCCT stable....but I fubared it. Will get it back there with a bit of tinkering. Guys on asus forums are claiming around 15% OC improvement.

[lochabar]

This new BIOS is no joke. I can get 9.0x/500 FSB and 8.5x/530 FSB OCCT stable now. That was impossible for me with 0802. Screenies here:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=5422

and here:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=5430

[flesheatinvirus]

Are you talking about the 901 or the 1001? I am still on the 802 and could always use a better one in terms of clocking.

[lochabar]

The 1001.

[flesheatinvirus]

I might have to check that out even though my current 802 works rather well, my max bench able FSB is 588 with this new 823A221 8600.

[djalex]

I use 1001 BIOS and I'd tested and all passed very well.This is my result with stock cooler and open case:

[w2richwood]

i've been using bios 1001 since it came out clocks back up where they were no better then 0802 far as i can see no changes in bois
Rich

[roger_h99.nor]

Looks like there's a new bios avalible - 1101.

P5K Premium/WiFi-AP BIOS 1101
1. Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
2. Fix the display priority may be incorrect when plugging two PCIE VGA cards.

Support added for:
Q8200S rev. R0
Q9400S rev. R0
Q9550S rev E0. (Bold by me)

What does 'S' means??

[djalex]

Looks like there's a new bios avalible - 1101.


Support added for:
Q8200S rev. R0
Q9400S rev. R0
Q9550S rev E0. (Bold by me)

What does 'S' means??

Processors with S have 65W thermal Design Power, no S have 95W.

[w2richwood]

i'll most likely try it later on i just can't stand not trying new bios

[Movieman]

I put in 1001 two weeks ago to see if it would recognise a new chip.. Talk about painless..
This is on air in a 72F room with a TRUE and 87cfm 120x38mm fan and this wasn't max, just what I got to in 10-15 mins of playing around..

[Emperor]

everyone, i need some help with this system.

I bought this board 2nd a while ago and it was tested ok.
the setup is,

OS drive 320GB 3200AAKS WD caviar blue
Data drives WD GP 1TB x2
rams team xtreem 1066mhz 2x1gb
psu corsair vx550w
dvdrw lite-on cant remember model number.

OS Windows XP SP2.
ati drivers 9.2


for some reason the system is incredibly sluggish in operations. opening a movie file seems slower than my ibm laptop.
opening a folder within the data drives takes ages to complete.
task mgr does not show any resource hog.

the bios' sata config sets the drives at IDE.
AHCI and RAID does not allow the system to boot normally. just says error loading OS for AHCI.

i didnt install the raid drivers or intel matrix storage though.

HD tune results

[w2richwood]

try setting it at sata 1 or get a seagate drive they work better with this board
Rich