ASUS P5B-Deluxe; Problems & Fixes

[Grinch]

running 804 bios now and it seems fine to me...going to try and do some tweaking later..

[Revv23]

well i dont know then probably a leak...

[jVIDIA]

News in that 0804 bios ?

[Moonraker™]

I just returned a faulty P5W DH to overclockers and have been told to wait 28 days for replacement... yeah sure, as if i wont buy another in the meantime


I returned a PSU to scan last week and was given a new one straight away.

They must <3 u then.

2 1/2 months for a replacement PSU and over 2 weeks for a MOBO. Useless. They really are. I won't be using them again. They're cheap and the texts are good to your mobile, but their CC is the worst ever. They lie through their teeth too.

[china]

which CD2 are you using?

Do you mean C2D?-) E6400.

[buckshot]

Great! another new bios to try.

[boombastic]

I'm not an expert,but after updated from 0711 to 0804 i can't set any cpu freq. other than default without have the pc hang before loading windows.
Should i load default setting BEFORE updating with asus update in Windows?^I' didn't,could that be the problem?

[lowfat]

is everyone's CrashFree bios work the same way mine does? On the last 3 asus boards i had, if it didn't post once, you restarted and it would reset to default clocks in order to post. But this isn't the case now, everytime it fails to post, i have to clear the cmos, it is starting to get very aggrevating.

[ShapeGSX]

Mine reset to stock settings after 3 reboots with no post, I believe.

[swiftex]

The F6 disk for Jmicron is only necessary when you run Raid ON UR JMICRON.

I have a Sata dvd burner.

I have installed the raid tool (u can download it from asus), but i think it isnt necessary.


-Why are u people trying 0801, it isnt officialy released? You can't even download it from asus itself.

Anyway, i have also EIST problem.

I'll quote it from other thread.

for your reference:


PLZ TEST THIS




Notice, when i start orthos (or other stress prog) the multiplier drops,
EIST is working the opposite way

maybe i'm wrong..................

but, regardless of what mode you set your system to....................

windows install with the "f6" option as being done, and, not as an option, which i believe is necessary with this board,

you must install at "f6" the following;

1) intel raid driver
2) intel chipset inf utility
3) jmicron raid driver
4) intel matrix storage driver

the chipsets on the board need those drivers for configuration purposes,

no driver, no talky...............in other words; the south can't talk to the north when they speak different languages and the drivers act as a bridge to be able to communicate between the different chipsets regardless of what "theme park" the respective territories adopt.

why would you use a generic windows driver thats probably 5 yrs old when the jmicron driver is designed specifically for the chipset on this board for any ide devices.

[swiftex]

I had an unknown IDE controller show up if I increased the PCI-E freq too high, and it went away when I set the PCI-E freq back to 100. Haven't investigated fully though.

if you set pci-e frequency too high it could unseat any of the sata hdd and if it's a raid setup with o/s on disk array then possibly not boot again until corrected

[pumbertot]

that would depend on that CPU you have

x6800.

[swiftex]

just do a web search...you will find a "rar" extractor...they might want you to buy after "x" days but it continues to work after the trial period...you just have to put up with the message.

thank you sir!

[swiftex]

Good grief, just Google 7zip. Supports pretty much everything, and it's free.
http://www.7-zip.org/

thank you kindly

[KiD0M4N]

Guys.... I want some feedback from you guys on this issue

First off:

1- are any of you having boot issues with Vnb set to > 1.45V.

When I set Vnb > 1.45V i have to power down and start for the motherboard to post again. Otherwise, if i try soft rebooting, it doent POST.

2- my memory (Gskill 2gbhz) did 525Mhz 4-4-4-4 2:3 divider with my E6400. However, it is not doing 4:5 420Mhz FSB. The CPU is very stable at that speed. I have to take tCL to 5 for it to be memtest stable. tCL = 4 doesnt boot for me also.

3- the link width dropping to 1x. I have the latest 0804 bios (from the other p5b d thread.) I set my PCI-e to 110 Mhz and SB vcore to 1.7V After that the issue was fixed somewhat. Now its back to reverting to 1x again. This is really frustrating.

4- What the never ending issues with the memory dividers....cmon Asus pull your act together.... and fix the issues.

Regards,

Karan

[bigpun]

hi
i got a question on x16 pci-e
i got a EVGA 7950gx2 on my p5b dlx.
3dmark 2006 points seem to be ok (8400) with 3,15ghz 6300 allendale.

but im not sure if this is ok:
cpuz shows link width of x8 only.....
is this ok or should it be x16?
if so how can i fix it?

[boombastic]

to keep it simple,
e6600
ddr2 667 oc'ed to 800 at 2.2 volts, lowered to 2.1 volts,
when i press the power button, the system (lights, fans, drives, pci cards) work but the screen doesn't start. It looks normal but the screen doesn't start. Been using this pc for a week now. I checked the card and the screen on another pc, it works.
a month ago, the mobo had the same problem after i flashed the bios. i had asus fix the chip for me and they sent it back, working.
The current bios is 0711, it is fine.
help!

i've got the same problem but on my pc there are two WinXp Pro,the one from which i made the bios update has the same issue while the second boot with no problem.
Anyway the first SO can boot in Safe Mode,did you tried it?
My pc is still on garantee so i cannot open the case to clear the cmos,can you try it to know if it solves the problem?

[KiD0M4N]

hi
i got a question on x16 pci-e
i got a EVGA 7950gx2 on my p5b dlx.
3dmark 2006 points seem to be ok (8400) with 3,15ghz 6300 allendale.

but im not sure if this is ok:
cpuz shows link width of x8 only.....
is this ok or should it be x16?
if so how can i fix it?

iirc, its perfertly normal to show 8x

[china]

is everyone's CrashFree bios work the same way mine does? On the last 3 asus boards i had, if it didn't post once, you restarted and it would reset to default clocks in order to post. But this isn't the case now, everytime it fails to post, i have to clear the cmos, it is starting to get very aggrevating.

Mine resets to the default values if I turn it off from the power supply for about five secs and then turn it on. I must have read that in the manual somewhere...

[Mulambo]

hi guys

ive testet my e6600 on my p5b!

http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?i...mulamboub9.jpg

i'd like to run 500 x 7 but i have a fsb wall over 470!! any ideas? yesterday i want to ran 500 x 8 but it also dont work!

i read the post about the nbcc but 9/7 x 470 is also over 600mhz?!

pls can everyone help me?

my setup:
e6600
p5b deluxe non wifi
7950gx2
g.skill 6400 2ghbz

thanks

[davexl]

1- are any of you having boot issues with Vnb set to > 1.45V.

When I set Vnb > 1.45V i have to power down and start for the motherboard to post again. Otherwise, if i try soft rebooting, it doent POST.

Thank you! that was driving me nuts... thanks for the tip.

[Ace-a-Rue]

do you have another PCIe card in the 2nd 16X slot?...

my suggestion is to unplug the card, clear cmos and then put the card back in to boot up into windows at default speed to see if you regain the 16X speed.

the difference between 8x and 16x is probably going to be in the area of less than 5% for performance difference.

hi
i got a question on x16 pci-e
i got a EVGA 7950gx2 on my p5b dlx.
3dmark 2006 points seem to be ok (8400) with 3,15ghz 6300 allendale.

but im not sure if this is ok:
cpuz shows link width of x8 only.....
is this ok or should it be x16?
if so how can i fix it?

[JoeBar]

Does the new 804 bios solve the pci-e 1x issue?

[Tony]

supposed to yes

[JoeBar]

Thanks for the reply Tony. I hope that its the case.