Commando Results by Tony and Andre (and others...)

[Alexandrus]

Thanks maates

[Antioch]

Switching PSUs - no effect.

[alejo]

Switching PSUs - no effect.

Man, that sucks. I know this kinda defeats the purpose, but does it buzz if you run everything stock, no overclocking?

[Phosphate]

So how is the Commando really differentr than the p5b-deluxe

I know Commando has solid caps, but what else is special about it?

[Rebound]

Yeap!!

I also had a abit aw9d-max before and no buzz!! Also using X1900XT

Only after changing board to commando

Ok, I wanna see if you have buzzing problems also.

It should be the Mobo as i'm using the same PSU and 8800GTX on a D975XBX2KR and it doesn't make any buzzy, the DFI RD600 doesn't do it also.

If it's the PSU then it's the commando mobo what makes the PSU buzz, but it's not a PSU problem itself as It doesn't buzz in other mobos. However I think it's the mobo what makes the weird and anoying sounds.

[unit365]

Well here is my infos about buzz and MB commando or p5b

I have a STACKER case with 2 psu, a 600W enermax and 550 ANTEC
I've just ordered 2 enermax a 850W and a 620 to replace them.

The 600 give food to the MB and 8800GTS and ANTEC to all other (8 hdd 2 DVD writers fans and more.)

FOR THE BUZZ: i had buzz with an P5B deluxe, wich i have mounted in place of a P5B delux W/AP which DIDN'T BUZZZZ, have juste replaced mobo. What i've seen also is the CPU TEST OF 3DM05 WAS VERY SLOW!! befere with W/AP it worked well. So the ones who have buzz try CPU TEST of 3DM05 to see if it work corectly (bios 804 with P5B)
So i've bought a COMMANDO, and now: NO BUZZZ !!! and 3DMARK05 cpu test is normal !! SO WHAT ? i think there is pb with some mobo.
BUT where did the buzz came ? not from mobo, but from the PSU and not the one which giving food to MB but the ANTEC. How i saw it ? simple, put the hand on the FAN wich is under the PSU and noise was loudest !!!!
So Buzz is created by MB in PSU for me. PSU are maybe not responsible.
So why i change ? because i have a other pb. i have destroyed 3 RAM kits (gskill 6400 GA, OCZ 8800, and OCZ 9200 ) !!!!!! one ram burn, and i have win errors, blues windows, reboots and memtest errors, and more !! no boot.
Incredible, i don't find this PB, i have changed all, MB 3 times, video, x6800 and now, PSU., it's incredible...it seem to work with corsair rams. But why ? don't know. It's always the ram wich is on DIMM 1 which have pb. So maybe cooling, maybe static pb.......incredible

The bios 702 for commando is out on ASUS site.

[HermS]

Has anyone got a diagram showing the VCore VMCH and VDIMM read points by any chance? It would appear that the read points are very different to P5B Deluxe.

[Dani]

Has anyone got a diagram showing the VCore VMCH and VDIMM read points by any chance? It would appear that the read points are very different to P5B Deluxe.

I can take some pictures and show you from where measure.
But here is Vcore:

[HermS]

That's great Dani, thanks very much mate.

If you get the chance to get a shot of the VDIMM & VMCH at some point I'd really appreciate it too.

Thanks again Dani.

Regards,

Maff

[Chri$ch]

That's great Dani, thanks very much mate.

If you get the chance to get a shot of the VDIMM & VMCH at some point I'd really appreciate it too.

Thanks again Dani.

Regards,

Maff

i think they were correct, if not tell it me

[Dani]

[HermS]

You guys rock, cheers Chris and Dani.

I owe you both some beers.

All the best!

Maff

[Dani]

You guys rock, cheers Chris and Dani.

I owe you both some beers.

All the best!

Maff

Working on it

[bachus_anonym]

Great results guys! Has anyone gotten closer to DDR2-1300 speeds yet?

We've had this motherboard handy in the lab for the past 3 weeks but I did not have much time to mess around with it until this week... It does really look like it's pretty much P5B Deluxe with additional "juice" - great for "aint-got-no-balls-for-vmods" types Too bad it inherited same bugs, especially TRCD=3 issue...

I also have some initial memory overclocking results...

ASUS Commando
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 w/ stock cooling
Corsair TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF
BFG 7900GT OC
Corsair HX520

Dual SPi32M @ DDR2-1200 4-4-4-12-2T 2.50v


16hrs ORTHOS LargeFFT @ DDR2-1170 4-4-4-12-2T 2.40v


SPi1M was good to go up to DDR-1220 @ 2.6v (boot @ 400 and clockgen'ed up)...

FSB-wise, I know it ORTHOS'ed at 520MHz but I'm still trying to get it a bit higher than that.
Voltages are also pretty much solid on this board, no vdroop and vdimm stays there as well... Nice board!

[Viss]

Is trcd 3 with or under 400fsb a problem on 965 chipset in general?

[DarkSephiroth]

Anyone know why i can't get 500FSB x 6 with my E6600?

FSB Termination: 1.5
NB: 1.65
SB: 1.45

Anything else that i'm missing?

[Dax5]

so is this board better in OC compared to the p5b deluxe?

[Supershanks]

0702 goes official :-

Dated 2007/01/19

Commando release BIOS 0702
1. Fixx VTT voltage too high under PC probe when O.C. FSB beyond 381
2. Finetune code for AC Power loss function
3. Fix DDR ref voltage too low after S3 resume
4. Support x4 DIMM modules

Asus Commando 0702

great posts Chris and Dani. will dust off me multimeter later
thanks

bachus_anonym - It does really look like it's pretty much P5B Deluxe with additional "juice" - great for "aint-got-no-balls-for-vmods" types Too bad it inherited same bugs, especially TRCD=3 issue...

So what u saying ?? real dudes should continue to buy P5B Deluxe ???? Lol!!

[Rebound]

Anyone know why i can't get 500FSB x 6 with my E6600?

FSB Termination: 1.5
NB: 1.65
SB: 1.45

Anything else that i'm missing?

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Cant go over 470, looks like an FSB WALL of my 6400 week 24.

Over 470, even giving 1.75vcore, 1.5vfsb, 1.7nb, it wont boot !!

[HermS]

Anyone know why i can't get 500FSB x 6 with my E6600?

FSB Termination: 1.5
NB: 1.65
SB: 1.45

Anything else that i'm missing?

Is that booting in at 500 MHz (1333 Strap) or clockgening up to 500 from 400 MHz (1066 strap)? I can tell you right now that your VFSB and NB Voltages you mention are very high for what you're trying to achieve. It may be worth trying a higher multi as well if your CPU/Cooling can stand it.

Here is what I manage with 1.375v NB, 1.25v VFSB Straight boot to windows (1333 strap of course)

[DarkSephiroth]

Is that booting in at 500 MHz (1333 Strap) or clockgening up to 500 from 400 MHz (1066 strap)? I can tell you right now that your VFSB and NB Voltages you mention are very high for what you're trying to achieve. It may be worth trying a higher multi as well if your CPU/Cooling can stand it.

Here is what I manage with 1.375v NB, 1.25v VFSB Straight boot to windows (1333 strap of course)

Let me try it. I have custom Fuzion WC so temp is only 40C @ 4.0Ghz

[Baer]

I just fired up my new Commando for the first time. I am seting two of my drives for Raid 0. In the manual and in previous Mobos you have to set Serial-ATA BOOTROM to enabled. In this bios I can not find this setting. I am also seeing some other discrepencies in the manual.
Is this option out in the Commando Bios and is the manual incorrect?
Anything else I should be aware of with regard to first time set up?

I know this is elementary for this group but this seems to be the most knowledgeable thread on this Mobo anywhere.

Thanks in advance.

[|SiLA|]

I just fired up my new Commando for the first time. I am seting two of my drives for Raid 0. In the manual and in previous Mobos you have to set Serial-ATA BOOTROM to enabled. In this bios I can not find this setting. I am also seeing some other discrepencies in the manual.
Is this option ont in the Commando Bios and is the manual incorrect?
Anything else I should be aware of with regard to first time set up?

I know this is elementary for this group but this seems to be the most knowledgeable thread on this Mobo anywhere.

Thanks in advance.

just forget that step..it doesn't exist..lol just set to raid instead of ide on bios..then ctrl+i after post then do yer raid

[Baer]

Thanks, I suspected that but wanted to be sure. Thanks for the fast reply.

[sreedx2]

Hi .... Can someone post the dimensions of the NB heatpipe with the fins on it...just looking if I can slap a 40mm fan on there easily ?

thanks