680i SLI is too expensive? Asus as the solution : P5N32-E SLI PLUS

[shimmishim]

has anyone tried backwards flashing to a previous bios?

if so, what did you use to flash?

[Pyr0]

All right, everyone with this board, please try 1600 / 1000 unlinked 4-4-4-X with 9x mult.

Then try 1800 / 1000 unlinked 4-4-4-x with 8x mult.

Then try 2000 / 1000 linked or unlinked 4-4-4-x with 7x mult.

I want to see if anyone else is having issues with the 9x mult and 1600 / 1000 unlinked as 1600 / 1000 is the only one that won't work for me.

I think 8x is the sweet spot for my chip. Currently working on 1800 / 1030 right now 4-4-4-5 with 2.35 volts on mem.

1600/1000 works fine with an E6600 and Teamgroup PC5300 4-4-4-8 2T on my non-plus board

i find that 800-850 4-4-4-8 1T is slightly faster tho
i can bench @ 900 and 1T, but trying to keep the mem volts fairly low for 24/7 use

[MavT]

What kinda temps are you guys getting on this board. My northbridge is so hot I almost cant touch it, and its not even overclocked.

Acording to PC Probe, my MB temp is 39-40c when under load, but again its so hot that I cant touch it, which dosent seem right.

Maybe my NB Core is too high, eventhough Im have loaded default bios settings.

My NB Core Voltage is at 1.46 acording to PC Probe.

Any input would be great.

[shimmishim]

MB temp != NB temp

Yes, the NB gets very hot. Put a fan over the NB. Also remove it, take off the stock TIM (mine actually didn't have very much on it) then put some AS 5 on it. Hopefully that'll help your temps.

[G.Foyle]

The heatsink is very hot with stock TIM, so the heat transfer is not the issue... get yourself a HR-05 and some Swiftech MC14's for mosfets.

[safan80]

I got MC14s on the mosfets and watercooling in the NB.

has anyone tried backwards flashing to a previous bios?

if so, what did you use to flash?

you could give an older bios a shot I'd rather wait for a new bios update.

[shimmishim]

well my board absolutely hates 4:5 but likes 13:14.

so i couldn't get 9 x 400 to work but i am now orthos blend testing at 8 x 463 (3.7 ghz) with mem at 498.5 (13/14 ratio) for longer than I've been able to do at any other setting.

Kunaak observed in his testing of the P5N32-E SLI (non-plus) that his board liked certain ratios. I think this board is the same way too.

[Leeghoofd]

Safan 80 how did you put the MC14's on the PWM area, with the thermal tape that 's on them ? don't they come loose due to high temps ?

[Tutto]

What RAM are your using? Are you using linked or unlinked in the bios?

I have a pair of Crucial PC2-8000 and a pair of Mushkin PC2-8000. I tried it unlinked and linked and no matter which memory or what settings I try, I get the same results. I'm sending the board back to NewEgg and sticking with my P5B Deluxe. I wanted this board to be able to have a second PCI-E 8X slot for my areca raid controller.

[safan80]

I have a pair of Crucial PC2-8000 and a pair of Mushkin PC2-8000. I tried it unlinked and linked and no matter which memory or what settings I try, I get the same results. I'm sending the board back to NewEgg and sticking with my P5B Deluxe. I wanted this board to be able to have a second PCI-E 8X slot for my areca raid controller.

This board is not easy to work with you just have to find the voltages that work for you. What kind of settings are you running on your p5B?

[shimmishim]

I have a pair of Crucial PC2-8000 and a pair of Mushkin PC2-8000. I tried it unlinked and linked and no matter which memory or what settings I try, I get the same results. I'm sending the board back to NewEgg and sticking with my P5B Deluxe. I wanted this board to be able to have a second PCI-E 8X slot for my areca raid controller.

Don't give up yet. It's a frustrating board but it'll pay off when you get the right settings!

I'm up to 10:11 now. Mem running 509 4-4-4-12 with 2.35 volts.

Strange I can't get 3.6 stable but 3.7 seems good so far!

[The Mutt]

Anybody else that ruined the board with a bios flash? Mine´s dead after flashing but the bios seems to be OK(Naughtyboy tried it for me) but it doesn´t post anymore

[safan80]

Anybody else that ruined the board with a bios flash? Mine´s dead after flashing but the bios seems to be OK(Naughtyboy tried it for me) but it doesn´t post anymore

No. you should always flash your bios in dos, if you used windows I'm not surprized it died. Did you try clearing the cmos? pop the battery if you have to.

[Tutto]

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=131447

It seems like this might be my problem? It seems like the problems with OC on the 680i chipset are with Quad Core CPUs. What is the model number of the new EVGA board?

[onthepulse]

No. you should always flash your bios in dos, if you used windows I'm not surprized it died. Did you try clearing the cmos? pop the battery if you have to.

So, what do you do if you don't have a floppy? Can u use a USB stick? Or boot using the recovery console in XP and Flash?

Thanks,
onthepulse

[goatboy]

So, what do you do if you don't have a floppy? Can u use a USB stick? Or boot using the recovery console in XP and Flash?

Thanks,
onthepulse

With my old P5W, I never had a problem flashing my BIOS with the ASUS Update tool.

[Merc14]

I use the Asus Update and haven't had any issue to date. maybe just lucky.

[H0RM0NE]

I'm using the 0602 and loving it so far. Used the BIOS update from within BIOS to flash to file on USB w/o issues.

My latest result so far...still not ORTHOS stable but dual 8MB and a 32MB Spi stable (for what it's worth). Still learning OCing one day at a time. I'll get it figured out sooner or later.

have you tried 2.42 in the bios? run orthos Large for 11 minutes to see if you need to go higher in the volts for your memory. Asus probe helps a lot to check your actual load volts, but of course using a multi-meter is better.

safan or Anyone,
Have you measured with volt meter? If so, how close or far off is probe from actual?

HouseRat,
Very nice.

[safan80]

So, what do you do if you don't have a floppy? Can u use a USB stick? Or boot using the recovery console in XP and Flash?

Thanks,
onthepulse

yes use a usb stick you can format it bootable using the HP util but you need the dos system files

[Pyr0]

no need for a bootable usb key
just put the bios file on there and use the bios's built in flasher

[shimmishim]

Finally got this board stable (only after 3 days)!

I will post pics when I get home but got it to run orthos blend for 11+ hours. As I've said to safan80, the board is really picky about mem subtimings. The gskill I was using had some super super super tight sub timings even at auto/default settings. Once you loosen them up, orthos starts to run longer and longer.

@hormone - nice clocks on the mem with tight subtimings!

i'm going back to benching now to see if i can break that 14 second 1M barrier at 3.6 ghz.

[Guyman]

I just bought the Asus ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus and can't wait to install it. Reading the manula I see that I must connect a fan to CHA_FAN1 when using a dual core processor, which I bought the E6600. 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.

[The Viper]

I just bought the Asus ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus and can't wait to install it. Reading the manula I see that I must connect a fan to CHA_FAN1 when using a dual core processor, which I bought the E6600. 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.

No just plug the Zalman into the CPU fan header on the mobo, thats it

[nvteleskier]

I've been running for almost 4 weeks now, and about 3 or 4 days ago started getting BSOD, with the title error. This error message is pretty common on the eVGA forums and what kept me from purchasing eVga's 680i mb. I don't see this error on anything but NVidia boards!

Memory will run memtest for 12+hours with no errors, everything is running stock speeds, reinstalled all related drivers with no success. Very diappointed at this point. Temperatures never above 50C load. GPU runs in the 50-60C range (I use Everest to track the temps). Bios is 0601.

Anyone else experienced this? I really doubt this is a software issue. I checked and rechecked installation, moved memory and video card to different slots. Memory controller on motherboard? Memory runs at 800, 4-4-4-12 2.2v per specifications, tried relaxing the settings, same BSOD.

Frustrated! Tonight I'll check the hard drive, Seagate SATA 80GB for errors.
I've been an AMD guy for a long time, never had one bit of trouble and overclocked the crap out of their CPU's.

[safan80]

I've been running for almost 4 weeks now, and about 3 or 4 days ago started getting BSOD,

try running orthos blend for 2 hours and see if it reports anything.

edit: I just did the vdroop and vcore pencil mod. I'm currently runing auto voltages at stock and according to asus probe the vcore is at 1.12 where as before it was at 1.31 volts stock.