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

[safan80]

C-N what's your superPI (1M and 32M) times? here's mine at 3.6Ghz with my QX6700 under xp.

9x401 bios 0501



8x451 bios 0311

[C-N]

C-N what's your superPI (1M and 32M) times?

1M 14.110s http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m.../SuperPI1M.jpg

32M 13m.57s.781 http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...SuperPI32M.jpg

I haven't done a mega amount of testing & it may have been due to a lack of playing with settings but I found 0501 slightly slower at 32m than 0311.

I also run my PI tests independently of each other because I found my 1m time went up a little with a second Super PI box open waiting to run 32m.

Craig.

[safan80]

1M 14.110s http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m.../SuperPI1M.jpg

32M 13m.57s.781 http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...SuperPI32M.jpg

I haven't done a mega amount of testing & it may have been due to a lack of playing with settings but I found 0501 slightly slower at 32m than 0311.

I also run my PI tests independently of each other because I found my 1m time went up a little with a second Super PI box open waiting to run 32m.

Craig.

the superpis I ran are independant as well I just wait for the 1M to finish before I start the 32M one. if you notice the 8x451 run is on the 0311 bios the 9x401 is on the 0501 bios. I had trouble getting 9x401 with 0311 so that's why I used 0501.

Well I thought I would flash the BIOS to 0501 to see if that resolved the strange CPU temp readings I was getting with speedfan and everest and I now have a pretty colourful motherboard to hang on my wall!. I stupidly used Asus update as I was in a hurry and it failed on BIOS verification stating try reflashing again.

I flash update the p5k deluxe in the bios its self or I hit alt+F2 at bios to go into the util. never flash your motherboard bios under windows. you could always get the ASUS P5K PREMIUM it's the same price as the deluxe at newegg.com. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...k=&srchInDesc=

The ASUS CPU SUPPORT list for the P5k DELUXE
http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/c...Language=en-us
shows that the Q6600 Stepping B3 is supported in BIOS 202,
and that the Q6600 Stepping G0 is supported in BIOS 0404.

Has anyone with an BIOS older than 0404 gotten a
G0 stepping Q6600 and been able to boot / use the BIOS /
flash the BIOS to a newer version that claims to support
the CPU stepping?

What errors / problems did you encounter in using a
G0 Q6600 with BIOS before 0404? What version did you
try?

here's a good OC with a G0 and bios 0404
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...7&postcount=63

[C-N]

the superpis I ran are independant as well I just wait for the 1M to finish before I start the 32M one. if you notice the 8x451 run is on the 0311 bios the 9x401 is on the 0501 bios. I had trouble getting 9x401 with 0311 so that's why I used 0501.

I have never had any fsb problems with mine on either 0311 or 0501 I love this board on air it will run almost anything you can dial in.

My board & E6600 will run 460 - 475 x8 on minimum Board voltages with 0311 & 0501 it may do more but I haven’t tried.

http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m...0MHz%20DDR1155

Regards

Craig.

[safan80]

I have never had any fsb problems with mine on either 0311 or 0501

Craig.

I didn't say FSB problems. I'm not having any fsb problems. I had a problem getting the cpu stable. I could dump 1.55volts on the cpu and it wasn't stable with 0311 but with 0501 it works fine at lower voltage.

[ChaosMinionX]

Anyone have a problem with their quadcore running 500mhz on FSB? Is it the boards problem where the POST restarts, or is that the chip? I cant seem to tell, it might be too much load on the chipset and everything. Anyone know if this sounds like a board limitation or FSB wall?

[C-N]

I didn't say FSB problems. I'm not having any fsb problems. I had a problem getting the cpu stable. I could dump 1.55volts on the cpu and it wasn't stable with 0311 but with 0501 it works fine at lower voltage.

Thats interesting to know although I haven't come across this with the ASUS my DFI 680 used to like the 8 multiplier better than the 9.

I have just flashed to 0501 perhaps I may be able to lower my CPU voltage a bit more.