ASUS P5K Deluxe - Intel P35 Bearlake + E6600 B1 / Q6600 B3

[Ace-a-Rue]

The difference was that I have a lot of experience with 3ware cards in my line of work, this was the first one that ever gave me comptability trouble (I was using almost all of them in servers though) so I was quick to blame the P5K going on the other niggles it had . There is always a first time for everything hehe.

it is the reason Areca Raid cards warn buyers to check compatibility with certain motherboards..they were designed more in line with server boards...buyer beware.

[Mr Footlong]

it is the reason Areca Raid cards warn buyers to check compatibility with certain motherboards..they were designed more in line with server boards...buyer beware.

Dude, I am more than well aware of this but compat issues aren't all that common nowadays really and these cards aren't solely bought for server purposes anymore. With RAID becoming more and more common on standard boards and articles on sites like Toms Hardware (yuk) pimping these things at normal folk, the market for RAID cards is bacoming bigger and more diverse, whether that is a good thing or not .

[madian225]

I am using this board with an BFG 8800 Ultra card which is a lot bigger than I expected it to be.

Currently it is in the top graphics card slot - However, the length of the card has rendered 2 of the SATA ports unusable as they are un-accessable and the card has wiped out 2 of the 2 PCI slots due to its thickness.

I was wondering what the affect on the cards performance would be if I moved the card down to the 2nd graphics slot? This would free up all the SATA ports and also give me the 2 PCI slots that I need.

thanks.

[Chosen.]

Asusprobe and coretemp 0.94 (I have tried 0.95 on 2 different machine running xp and quad core chips and it just reboots them!)

Weird thing happened here: Booted the disk with the Windows XP installation I had from my previous board (Commando) and after installing the drivers from the CD, everything was ok, *including* Core Temp 0.95.
This boot was a test run before reinstalling XP ofcourse, but the weird thing is that after I performed the clean XP installation, 0.95 blue screens the system and only 0.94 works...

[mat8861]

I am using this board with an BFG 8800 Ultra card which is a lot bigger than I expected it to be.

Currently it is in the top graphics card slot - However, the length of the card has rendered 2 of the SATA ports unusable as they are un-accessable and the card has wiped out 2 of the 2 PCI slots due to its thickness.

I was wondering what the affect on the cards performance would be if I moved the card down to the 2nd graphics slot? This would free up all the SATA ports and also give me the 2 PCI slots that I need.

thanks.

Sure it affect, the second pci-e is 4x.....I solved the problem using L shaped sata connector and left the video card in the first slot.

[gup133]

Hi guys,
what's recommended settings for chipset voltage?
Either NB either SB. I'd like to keep my mobo around 430mhz fsb I have an E6600@3500 at 1,375 by bios).
Thanks in advance

[burningrave101]

Hi guys,
what's recommended settings for chipset voltage?
Either NB either SB. I'd like to keep my mobo around 430mhz fsb I have an E6600@3500 at 1,375 by bios).
Thanks in advance

1.4v max on the NB should be all you need for 430Mhz FSB. Leave the SB at default.

[426hemi]

I was able to run 450fsb at 1.25v on NB.

[safan80]

it is the reason Areca Raid cards warn buyers to check compatibility with certain motherboards..they were designed more in line with server boards...buyer beware.

http://faq.areca.com.tw/modules/smar...q.php?faqid=26

Q10130407 - Is it possible to use an ARC 1210 in a PCI Express 4x slot?

Areca ARC-12Xx series RAID controller is based on the PCI Express X8. It can work on the PCI Express X1, X4, X8, and X16 signal with X8 or X16 slot M/B.

to add my areca card is working fine on my p5k deluxe.

[PepsiDude]

I am using this board with an BFG 8800 Ultra card which is a lot bigger than I expected it to be.

Currently it is in the top graphics card slot - However, the length of the card has rendered 2 of the SATA ports unusable as they are un-accessable
thanks.

There are a few companies that make both left angle, and right angle sata cables, so with a combination of them you should be able to access all 6 ports. I am using the right angle cable that came with my P5K, as well as my P5W DH. But these cover the two ports next to them. So I'm guessing left angle cables would not cover sata port 5 & 6.

[mrcape]

Anyone get the WIFI to work using the Asus software? I can see my router but can't connect to it. It doesn't appear to be saving my security settings in the profile for that ssid.

If this doesn't work I guess I can remove the asus software and try getting driver from realtek. Freakin A. Everything else is butter though, I just want to get rid of the network cable since I have the wireless built in.

[Arcanedeath]

Welp I've had everything up and running for a bit, as folows.
P5K Deluxe 0311 bios
Xeon 3060 L631F561 (@ 9x333 for 3Ghz 1.32V load (1.35 bios)) has a pack date of 2/28/07 so far prime stable for 22 hrs @ stock and 4hrs so far at 3Ghz
4 x 1GB of Ballistix 2 1066 and 2 1000 5 5 5 12 @ 2.2v (10+ hrs memtested) useing the 2:3 divider and they seem fine at DDR 1000
EVGA Geforce 8800GTS superclocked @ stock
Samsung SP2504C 250gig system disk
Western Digital WD3200JD x2 320gig ea SATA
Lite-On 20x Sata DVD burner
PCP&C 750 Silencer Quad
Antec P180 v1.1
Stock Intel cooler
WinXP Pro Sp 2

I've got an Antec spot cool 80mm fan on my NB and it's runing at 1.25V but it's temps are still sky high at 51-2 C under load, and like 40-41 idle, my CPU idles at a lower temp than the NB Is that safe? not sure what I can really do to get it much better, I've also got the OCZ ram cooler w/ 2x 60mm fans on the Ballistix and they seem fine but I am kinda worried about the NB. Any suggestions?

[Speederlander]

Welp I've had everything up and running for a bit, as folows.
P5K Deluxe 0311 bios
Xeon 3060 L631F561 (@ 9x333 for 3Ghz 1.32V load (1.35 bios)) has a pack date of 2/28/07 so far prime stable for 22 hrs @ stock and 4hrs so far at 3Ghz
4 x 1GB of Ballistix 2 1066 and 2 1000 5 5 5 12 @ 2.2v (10+ hrs memtested) useing the 2:3 divider and they seem fine at DDR 1000
EVGA Geforce 8800GTS superclocked @ stock
Samsung SP2504C 250gig system disk
Western Digital WD3200JD x2 320gig ea SATA
Lite-On 20x Sata DVD burner
PCP&C 750 Silencer Quad
Antec P180 v1.1
Stock Intel cooler
WinXP Pro Sp 2

I've got an Antec spot cool 80mm fan on my NB and it's runing at 1.25V but it's temps are still sky high at 51-2 C under load, and like 40-41 idle, my CPU idles at a lower temp than the NB Is that safe? not sure what I can really do to get it much better, I've also got the OCZ ram cooler w/ 2x 60mm fans on the Ballistix and they seem fine but I am kinda worried about the NB. Any suggestions?

Get air in RAM vicinity. Mine was high until I had a fan on the RAM then dropped like a rock.

[Ace-a-Rue]

http://faq.areca.com.tw/modules/smar...q.php?faqid=26


to add my areca card is working fine on my p5k deluxe.

you got that RIGHT! ...i was the one that told Areca it works at least in a 4X slot with an 8X card....i would not buy the card until i did a little investigation, research first....i bought the card when the P5B and the P5WDG2-WS came out....areca tech support told me that they had no information on those boards although their card worked on an earlier Intel version chipset that had the PCIe slots...with that answer, i bought the card back in october..never looked back.

i was just advising the other "dude" that since he was having raid problems with the onboard controller; buying another 3rd party raid card is probably not going to solve the problem especially when the bios is probably the fault for his raid difficulties.....AND...that same bios can muck up the works for a 3rd party raid card!

[Arcanedeath]

I actualy already have an OCZ XTC Ram cooler on all 4 dimms w/ 2x 60 mm fans at 3200rpm

one of these http://www.frozencpu.com/products/54..._OCZTXTCC.html

[Ace-a-Rue]

that's a neat AND inexpensive cooling device.

[Arcanedeath]

Yep I've very happy w/ how cool it keeps my D9's

[trajik78]

I was able to run 450fsb at 1.25v on NB.

nice, are you saying that there is no real need for a bump in NB voltage until 450+?!

that would be amazing.

[safan80]

that's a neat AND inexpensive cooling device.

this one is cheaper (less than $10) and works great.


also can anyone under vista x64 get AI suite(thanks eva) to show memory voltage?


edit: I'm running 2.93Ghz @ only 1.20 vcore.

[eva2000]

nice, are you saying that there is no real need for a bump in NB voltage until 450+?!

that would be amazing.

depends for 1:1 divider low NB is fine... but if you have high mem clocks you may need to up NB volts even if FSB is low

[Arcanedeath]

this one is cheaper (less than $10) and works great.


also can anyone under vista x64 get AI suite(thanks eva) to show memory voltage?


edit: I'm running 2.93Ghz @ only 1.20 vcore.

I picked up the OCZ XTC cooler localy for $20 at microcenter (it was on sale) I went for instant gratification I never knew about the supertalent one but that seems like it would work well too, just not as pretty or quiet.

[newls1]

Wow, I just finished reading 19 pages of this thread, and all was very good! Question for ya'll: Is BIOS 311 still the lastest and greatest? or is there something newer, or maybe a BETA BIOS floating around. Thanks

[JB87]

Wow, I just finished reading 19 pages of this thread, and all was very good! Question for ya'll: Is BIOS 311 still the lastest and greatest? or is there something newer, or maybe a BETA BIOS floating around. Thanks

Just keep an eye on the asus ftp. I personaly have not seen a newer bios, so I think 0311 is still the latest.
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5K%20Deluxe/

[newls1]

Just keep an eye on the asus ftp. I personaly have not seen a newer bios, so I think 0311 is still the latest.
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so.../P5K%20Deluxe/

Thank you

[Tommy L]

About that ich9r raid issue.. I found out that it is the intel matrix driver issue. it is a fix\workaround awailable @ http://www.station-drivers.com/telec...el/msm7.5.html

mid page... Possible Issues with Intel® RAID and Window Vista....

read and do the reg modification. worked for me. i have not installed the intel matrix windows app. just the chipset driver.