Quote Originally Posted by eva2000 View Post
have you figured out what's with lower FSB max on P5K Deluxe for your E6550 ? tried raising cpu and nb reference volts and NB/vfsb volts on P5K Deluxe ?
it turned out not to be a P5K problem but a CPU problem.

There was one sample I had that could only clock to ~485MHz FSB before it hit FSB wall.

It just happened to be the first CPU I selected, and the first CPU I put in the P5K Deluxe. Second CPU I grabbed from the tray and put in the P35-DQ6 worked fine. I still prefer the gigabyte board, but Im happy I didnt have to return a 2nd P5K Deluxe lol.


Anyway, rest assured that lame duck CPU is sitting at the bottom of my trash can now. Never again will that guy disappoint me. Thats the problem with doing benchies during weekdays.

Benchmarking + work + no sleep = bad.