Modded ASUS P5Q/Pro/Deluxe/Premium BIOS

[ReverendMaynard]

Alright, I've installed the 1201 of 4 machines now and just off the top using EZFlash on over a defaulted bios will not require a cmos reset after flashing.

I haven't done any clocking yet, but thought I'd mention it.

[ThugsRook]

P5Q non-pro mBIOS 1306

sorry man, again didnt help my P5Q go any further or any faster

thx anyways for the effort

[Ket]

I guess some boards are just beyond help

[Ket]

Well, after badgering Asus something chronic about the P5Q series BIOS, it looks like they are not going to be doing too much more with it. There may be an odd new BIOS here and there to improve memory compatibility more, and perhaps address the 400 strap issues, but thats about it. Here is the responce from Asus regarding both PCI-E and 400 trap issues;

I'm sorry for my late reply.
Here is the latest BIOS 1306 availalbe now: http://dlsvr.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/so...S-PRO-1306.zip
In fact, we have no such BIOS aimed at improving PCIE overclocking capability.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

Sincerely and best regards,

Lyn_Quan

Notice how they say nothing about the 400 strap problems.. maybe some of you guys want to send them an email telling them in detail about the narfed 400 strap?

[Big Lar]

Still working on it, but this is with your 803M Ket, Nice job!

Now if I could just get below PL10 I'd be happy.

Larry

[CryptiK]

Big Lar - are you using 1:1 FSB:RAM ratio? If so you can't go below PL10. If not, what vNB are you using?

[Big Lar]

Big Lar - are you using 1:1 FSB:RAM ratio? If so you can't go below PL10. If not, what vNB are you using?

Thanks for the info I am running 1:1 as I only have Pc8000 ram. Settings are below, guess I need to get some better ram.

FSB Ratio; 333
VTT; 1.30v
NB; 1.32v
Dimm; 2.0/2.02 no difference
CPU; 1.33125v = 1.248v ish load
LLC; disabled
pll; 1.56v
SB; 1.20v
Pcie; 1.60v
gtl 0/2; 0.665
gtl 1/3; 0.675
nb gtl; 0.640
dram static; disabled
dram read training; disabled/auto, not much diff.
mem oc charger; disabled
Ai Clock Twister; Medium
CPL; 10
Pullins; disabled, going to work on these.

Larry

ps. any comments feel free to advise

[xTKxhom3r]

thanks alot bro works great!

[BPBastos]

Thanks for the info I am running 1:1 as I only have Pc8000 ram. Settings are below, guess I need to get some better ram.

FSB Ratio; 333
VTT; 1.30v
NB; 1.32v
Dimm; 2.0/2.02 no difference
CPU; 1.33125v = 1.248v ish load
LLC; disabled
pll; 1.56v
SB; 1.20v
Pcie; 1.60v
gtl 0/2; 0.665
gtl 1/3; 0.675
nb gtl; 0.640
dram static; disabled
dram read training; disabled/auto, not much diff.
mem oc charger; disabled
Ai Clock Twister; Medium
CPL; 10
Pullins; disabled, going to work on these.

Larry

ps. any comments feel free to advise

LLC enabled?

Thx

[Big Lar]

Eh, I run it Disabled as my cpu does not seem to be holding me back voltage wise, I've tried with llc enabled and up to 1.35v. I can get 3880/39xx with it but not stable, I think the L2 cache can't keep up. I'm happy with the clock, just looking for more bandwidth.

Larry

[YMAA]

I'm using your modded 1201 BIOS for the Deluxe and I can't seem to get the E-Z Flash tool to work. The tool starts up but halts when it searches for locations for BIOS files. Other than that the BIOS seems to work great, and I appreciate your hard work on these.

[ThugsRook]

I guess some boards are just beyond help

thats probobly true

not alot of P5Q owners out there, so its difficult to get info from other users.

the 400 strap works as of bios v1104, but of course it is slower then 333 strap. i can do 510fsb easily on a 333 strap, the 400 strap doesnt take me further. then again how many P5Qs are running 510fsb 24/7 stable?

the "1200mhz no boot bug" does exist on the P5Q, 1199mhz is 24/7 stable tho

your 1306 mBios appears to be/act identicle to the official 1306, no better no worse, identicle performance.


again, thank you for the effort

[ReverendMaynard]

I'm using your modded 1201 BIOS for the Deluxe and I can't seem to get the E-Z Flash tool to work. The tool starts up but halts when it searches for locations for BIOS files. Other than that the BIOS seems to work great, and I appreciate your hard work on these.

I had the same problem at first.

Reset your current bios to defaults, then restart, re-enter your bios and enter EZ Flash again. Also disable Express Gate.

[YMAA]

Cool, I'll give it a shot after I finish a WU.

[BPBastos]

Eh, I run it Disabled as my cpu does not seem to be holding me back voltage wise, I've tried with llc enabled and up to 1.35v. I can get 3880/39xx with it but not stable, I think the L2 cache can't keep up. I'm happy with the clock, just looking for more bandwidth.

Larry

I'll try your settings here with LLC disabled, now I'm running at 3.8 but with the high vcore (1.39)
Thx for the info!

[ReverendMaynard]

This Ket P5Q-E bios just saved this cpu and mobo a trip to the trash can. I am now priming at the lowest vcore yet for this garbage cpu and is complete prime stable 2hrs in...which beats my old record of 1 second prime stable.

Also, it looks like I need a vdrop pencil mod. I set my vcore to 1.4825 in the bios, and in cpuz I get 1.416v idle and load. LLC is disabled as when I enable it, it is complete unstable.

[YMAA]

Weird, I set LLC to enabled and don't get any instability at all. Almost no vDroop either.

[truehighroller]

Weird, I set LLC to enabled and don't get any instability at all. Almost no vDroop either.

I have mine set to enabled and neither do I.

[BeastNotro]

From day one i stated that on the P5Q Deluxe .. i have LLC enabled and hardly any Vdroop....

[Big Lar]

I'll try your settings here with LLC disabled, now I'm running at 3.8 but with the high vcore (1.39)
Thx for the info!

Glad it helped tho I really don't know how. I can run just fine with LLC enabled, but it seems that I need to run a higher voltage to duplicate my same OC, kinda weird.

The 400 strap does make a slight difference on my board, tried my usual just about spd timings with the 400 versus my usual 333 and failed in 10 runs of Linpack. I changed Read Training to Auto from Disabled and passed fine with about the same bandwidth. Kinda different.

Larry

[Leeghoofd]

This Ket P5Q-E bios just saved this cpu and mobo a trip to the trash can. I am now priming at the lowest vcore yet for this garbage cpu and is complete prime stable 2hrs in...which beats my old record of 1 second prime stable.

Also, it looks like I need a vdrop pencil mod. I set my vcore to 1.4825 in the bios, and in cpuz I get 1.416v idle and load. LLC is disabled as when I enable it, it is complete unstable.

Weird, I set LLC to enabled and don't get any instability at all. Almost no vDroop either.

LLC seems to be borked on the E, I noticed it too... on the Dlx mobo it's fine, on my 2 E's it seems to be messed up, not even allowing me to get into windows, BSOD, locking up ,... , haven't tried the latest 1306 on it though...

[ReverendMaynard]

Weird, I set LLC to enabled and don't get any instability at all. Almost no vDroop either.

The D yeah but I'm using the E and it apparently isn't the same board is it? I'm not saying vdroop, it's vdrop; the differential between what is set and what gets set. LLC off I get 0 vdroop.

Have any of you three ran OCCT and watched how far your vcore spiked to?

[Ket]

Reading some of the banter I figure I may as well add my input for the P5Q Pro, all the testing I have done so far shows none of the discussed issues over the last page or so. However I can join the vdroop boat. If I set 1.475v in BIOS CPU-Z 1.46 reports 1.456v. Not what I would call a terrible vdroop as 1.456v is rock solid, but still, irritating all the same

[truehighroller]

I forgot to post my ddr2 1200 the other so here it is before I leave town and can't play with my pc all week grr..,, enjoy,



I could only get moderate to work strong made my raid controller think my drives were imcompatible. Thank god I made it back from that one.

[Leeghoofd]

Leeg and Rev, does the P5Q-E LLC instability happen even at conservative or stock vCore / clocks?

It does here, I have an E8400 that does 4ghz at 1.21Vcore on the DLx ( no GTL tweaks) I cannot get it stable with LLC enabled on the E, popped the CPU back into the Dlx, set 1.21, enabled LLC , stable linpack puppy...

With LLC on, I get erratic behaviour, even non OC'ed... on the E board... which is a bummer

Sorry to hijack ya thread Ket