[18th Anniversary] Asus Black Pearl - P5k-Premium Testing Report

[deadsquirrel]

did you disable the static read control in BIOS?

I have.

could it be a crappy cpu? Running prime95 showed that even that was not stable. Had to go down to 333 making the CPU@3.0 gig

Coretamp reads around 62 - 69c while Asus tool reads 59 for the whole cpu. (under 100% load/prime95/closed case/warm day)

The TU 120 extreme is fitted as per instructions but i seem to be able to twist it over the cpu a bit too easy. Is that normal?

Anyway, due to the whole system hanging with the AAKS i am now seriously considering replacing the board. Is there any sort of pattern to the SATA problem with regards to where they are made?

Also, bios is set for IDE under SATA. Is that right? what are the other options?

Sorry about all the questions but im at a loss to what to do next.