ASUS P5B-Deluxe; Problems & Fixes

[Angelico_Payne]

Acctually some ppl get completely different effect when doing exactly as u did....

[pumbertot]

Acctually some ppl get completely different effect when doing exactly as u did....

so there could be variations between different boards.hmmmmmmm.

[Roger_D25]

Like many people who have posted in this thread I just got my P5B-Deluxe today and I'm hoping to set it up tonight. I currenlty have eVGA's 680i A1 and I'm probably going to replace it with the Asus board. I have browsed through many P5B threads looking over the general info to get a better idea about the board as it's all new to me. Before I start the build I was curious what chipset drivers people are currenlty using on this board? The eVGA board was my first ever Intel board and since it uses Nvidia chipsets it was fairly easy to figure out. Should I just use the drivers included on "installtion CD" or try to find a newer version? Thanks guys for helping me to get started!

[Psyire]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=131966

[Roger_D25]

Psyire,
Wow, that is exactly the thread I was looking for, lol! Thank you very much for posting that linky as I was having a difficult time! With that said I just finished reading that thread but still have a question. I only use a single SATAII Seagate 400GB HDD, well do I have to use the JMicron or can I just use the southbridge SATA connector?

[Liquid Ice]

Question for you guys,

Recently got an upgrade for my computer:

-Intel E6600
-ASUS P5B Deluxe (upgraded to the latest BIOS)
-Super Talent 2GB DDR2 800Mhz 4-4-3-8 (2x1GB)
-Hyper Type R 580W PSU
-Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH (Nvidia GeForce 7600GT)

The first P5B Deluxe I had was v1.10G and as I was slowly overclocking it to test it, I got up to 3.2Ghz (400Mhz x 8.0) and the motherboard crapped out - smelled burning plastic, and when I turned it back on it would power on for a second, then turn back off, turn back on and then sit there but I didn't see any video or get any beep codes.

So I RMA'ed it to newegg and got a second board, this time it was v1.03G. Same damn problem happened! Except this time no smell of burning plastic and I can't find anything physically wrong with the board.

I'm not 100% sure that this board is bad, so rather than do another RMA, I was hoping maybe someone had an idea of what might be wrong? I unplugged everything from the system, right now I just have 1 stick of RAM in the system - tried multiple memory slots, CPU, and the video card plugged in. Tried resetting the BIOS of course, pulled the battery, switched the jumper..

I tried unplugging everything but the power and just powering on the motherboard - I heard that resets it to the factory defaults? After I did this though the system doesn't do the power up once, turn off and power back on. It just powers up and never POSTS, no beep codes, nothin ...

Anyone have any ideas other than trying to RMA and get another board (I think if I go for another board it won't be an ASUS one this time around though!).

[ziddey]

have you taken the motherboard out and put it naked on your desk? it could be you're shorting the motherboard out in the case

[dnottis]

Question for you guys,

Recently got an upgrade for my computer:

-Intel E6600
-ASUS P5B Deluxe (upgraded to the latest BIOS)
-Super Talent 2GB DDR2 800Mhz 4-4-3-8 (2x1GB)
-Hyper Type R 580W PSU
-Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH (Nvidia GeForce 7600GT)

The first P5B Deluxe I had was v1.10G and as I was slowly overclocking it to test it, I got up to 3.2Ghz (400Mhz x 8.0) and the motherboard crapped out - smelled burning plastic, and when I turned it back on it would power on for a second, then turn back off, turn back on and then sit there but I didn't see any video or get any beep codes.

So I RMA'ed it to newegg and got a second board, this time it was v1.03G. Same damn problem happened! Except this time no smell of burning plastic and I can't find anything physically wrong with the board.

I'm not 100% sure that this board is bad, so rather than do another RMA, I was hoping maybe someone had an idea of what might be wrong? I unplugged everything from the system, right now I just have 1 stick of RAM in the system - tried multiple memory slots, CPU, and the video card plugged in. Tried resetting the BIOS of course, pulled the battery, switched the jumper..

I tried unplugging everything but the power and just powering on the motherboard - I heard that resets it to the factory defaults? After I did this though the system doesn't do the power up once, turn off and power back on. It just powers up and never POSTS, no beep codes, nothin ...

Anyone have any ideas other than trying to RMA and get another board (I think if I go for another board it won't be an ASUS one this time around though!).

Have you tested or tried another PSU? Is it possible the smell is coming from the PSU and not the mobo?

[Liquid Ice]

Thanks for the advice guys. I haven't tried taking the motherboard out ... I don't think I'm shorting anything out -- The motherboard is replacing an older one and everything bolted right up so I think its cool. But I will try removing it just to see if it makes it any happier.

I'm thinking the PSU could be the culprit here -- I'm not sure, I am not seeing anything bad on the motherboard voltage monitors, everything is within spec.

If I replace the PSU what would be a good PSU to go with to replace it? I was originally looking at Seasonic but got the Hiper because I thought the idea of a modular PSU was nice.

[Liquid Ice]

So I went out and bought an Antec TruePower 650W PSU from BestBuy today to see if that fixes anything. Also took the motherboard out and put it on my desk, no luck, same power on / power off problem. Also tried some A-Data DDR800 RAM real quick to see if it helps -- No luck so far. I'm thinking this is just the 2nd board I've gotten thats bad ...

[Jodiuh]

Def try the next one out the case. We've done it so many times, but it gives you that extra piece of mind. Here's to hoping you get a good one soon. BTW, the 1.10G (p5b-e premium) newegg sent me's running 425x8 w/ slighty increased voltages right now, so don't give up hope.

[jcniest5]

Anybody's got a P965 C2 chipset revision of this board? Any revision later than 1.03G is suppose to be C2 but one user who owns a 1.04G and he told me his is still C1, so who knows. Is there a rev. 1.10G or is that just for the P5B-E? If your P5B Deluxe WiFi-Ap is C2, tell me where you got yours, I want one, too.

[Jodiuh]

Yes, mine's a C2, but I don't fully understand the difference.

[jcniest5]

Yes, mine's a C2, but I don't fully understand the difference.

Where did you get yours? What revision is yours, exactly (ie: 1.04G, 1.10G, etc...)?

[Roger_D25]

Alright thanks to Psyire I was able to finally get my P5B-Deluxe up and running! I was pretty happy because despite struggling with setting up and configuring my darn SATA II HDD everything booted right up with no issues, and Windows also loaded with no problems! For the first time I also decided to setup the motherboard up outside the case on my desktop, that way it's easy to reconfigure and mess around with it. It was a bit difficult to setup my watercooling system (it would probably be easier when system is setup on desktop to just use air cooling) but it just runs so much cooler this way!

In anycase I just wanted to let you know that my board is a C1 revision and a 1.03G. I am also curious about where and what version these C2 boards are. Although I got a great deal on this board I kinda wish I would have gone with the Commando, it's basically the P5B with better voltage control?

[JoeBar]

Yes, mine's a C2, but I don't fully understand the difference.

Do u have the pci-e 1x prob?

[ScottFern]

So what seems to be the best 2X1GB kits for this board? My Corsair C3s decided to go bad this week........

[Liquid Ice]

Someone on another board told me that the ASUS P5B Deluxe when the JumperFree is set to manual -- the voltages if set to auto, will automatically increase as you increase your overclock. They increase to the point where you can overheat the Northbridge and Southbridge and end up frying the board ...

Is this true? On all other boards I've owned, "auto" for voltages means keep it at whatever the stock setting is. When I was attempting to overclock my first two P5B-D's, I used "auto" for everything. This time around for my 3rd board, I've set everything to the minimum and I've been overclocking the board so far with no problems... *cross fingers*

[Roger_D25]

I have read the same thing Liquid Ice about the P5B but havn't tested it myself. My eVGA 680i will also increase the voltages when set to "Auto" if you manually increase the CPU overclock (the SPP, MCP, FSB, and CPU voltages will all increase when set to "Auto"). I just flashed my P5B to the new 1004 BIOS and decided to set all voltages to lowest value instead of leaving at "Auto" just incase. I'll post back later if I find out that voltages will increase when set to "Auto" if you manually increase CPU speed.

[BNDMOD]

Hi every one.... in a few days i'm going to have some new part in my ring.
Intel Core 2 Duo e600 (no steping yet) Which is the better?
And msi nx7950 gx2.

Other parts are 2gb (2x1gb) dual channel Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 (4-4-4-12)c4 v2.1, zalman CNPS9500LED for the c2d, ASUS P5B Deluxe WIFI-AP (no mod) and a PS PowerCooler PS-550WATTS Plug-in.

So please tell me some stepping for the e6600....
In the asus have 0910 bios version... it's ok? for the e6600? and other parts? or which do you recommend?

[smsmasters]

So what seems to be the best 2X1GB kits for this board? My Corsair C3s decided to go bad this week........

GEIL 4-4-4-12 800MHZ 2.1v ULL. I have 2x 1GB of these sticks and also 2 x 512mb corsair xms2.

[deathman20]

must be with these OCZs then, I take one out and 3GB shows in BIOS. put it back in and 3.5GB again. tried swapping them round, the sticks are 100% working just will not show in BIOS or windows as 4GB though fine in CPU-Z. bah!

well ive got an evga 680i coming tomorrow so im sure they will go fine in that. lots of benching to be done.

Which bios are you using? I had that issue as well and had to wait for a newer bios. I'm using 0910 and that seems to work just fine with it.

[Roger_D25]

Well I just got this board a few days ago and have really enjoyed it so far! I have read many threads about the vdroop on this board but it wasn't until last night when I pulled my DMM out and actually measured it! At 3.6Ghz and the BIOS set to 1.45v the actual measured idle voltage was only 1.422v. Then under load (Orthos Small-FFT's) the voltage drops to 1.374v, that is crazy vdroop! Have you guys experienced this high level of droop? I guess this stresses the importance of the vdroop mod! Anyway I know you guys have read hundreds of posts about vdroop but I didn't realize how bad it was until I acutally tested!

[chuckbam]

Well I just got this board a few days ago and have really enjoyed it so far! I have read many threads about the vdroop on this board but it wasn't until last night when I pulled my DMM out and actually measured it! At 3.6Ghz and the BIOS set to 1.45v the actual measured idle voltage was only 1.422v. Then under load (Orthos Small-FFT's) the voltage drops to 1.374v, that is crazy vdroop! Have you guys experienced this high level of droop? I guess this stresses the importance of the vdroop mod! Anyway I know you guys have read hundreds of posts about vdroop but I didn't realize how bad it was until I acutally tested!

Yes, till I changed my power supply. It still under volts but I set it higher in the bios.

[BNDMOD]

Hi everyone.. i'm runing e4300 onto asus p5b deluxe wifi-ap.....
a friend told me that i must to flash the bios to 1004 versions because this version fix some problem of temperatures reading and other things that i don't remeber. i was runing 0910 but sometimes cpu-z read bad the multi or speed. so i flash bios version. that's it true?

Well now i'm trying to overclock my rig, but i can't put sincronic FSBRAM because mother could set up the lowest frecuency 533mhz for the ram, so when fsb is 200, ram and micro are asincronic (3:4)

Sorry about my english!