680i SLI is too expensive? Asus as the solution : P5N32-E SLI PLUS

[Whizzer]

I made the move to 0805 too and it turns out it's almost completely stable for me. My CPU will run at 400FSB as will my RAM but it didn't boot with my RAM at 800MHz and stock 4-4-4-15-1T timings so it's at 5-5-5-15-2T (only thing that works right now) at 800MHz. The Razer bug is gone indeed and my system boots every single time now, no more manual rebooting. Great indeed. My Vcore now defaults to 1.36V on auto (that's what Everest reports), but I got rid of my overclock because it didn't improve performance in any of my games with a 7950GT limiting performance. It idles at 24 now at the stock 2.13GHz (E6420).

[obeseotron]

I gave the 805 BIOS a shot and really, really regret it. I flashed it, rebooted, everything looked normal, so I tried 9x350FSB on my Q6600, which is a setting that used to be stable enough to get to windows and get a 3d mark score, but too high for orthos. No POST on reboot, so I press the reset button a couple times and eventually the BIOS comes up, I try the same settings, this time linking the memory to fsb for ddr2-700. Now I have a blank screen on reboot that won't go away even after a CMOS reset with the jumper on the motherboard. I think I bricked my motherboard. I've never been pleased with this board, so maybe a forced upgrade wouldn't be the worst thing ever...

[Whizzer]

9x350 shouldn't pose much of a problem. Sorry it didn't work out for you, but you may want to try pulling the battery and resetting the CMOS for a couple of minutes. Helped me when I first flashed to 0803. If that gets it back online, try loosening your RAM timings. My RAM is specified for 8000MHz 4-4-4-15-1T but it won't run at those settings (only at 5-5-5-15-2T, 888MHz). It doesn't post and I have to reset the CMOS every time I try it. It's a big shame, I know but latencies don't make much of a performance difference with Core 2 Duo in applications and games, just in benchmarks.

[Xiphias-Gladius]

Hi guys,

I'm new here, but just wanted to tell me how I felt about this mobo.

I first ran this mobo with an E6600, worked fine, on bios 0803. I had my cpu @ 3,2 (8x400 1,4v). Then I bought an Q6600 G0 and then the troubles started.. I couldn't run an fsb higher then 378.. So I thought, maybe an older bios could bring me more luck, but now, I still couldn't reach 400 fsb without dramatically increasing the nb-voltage. So I thought, ok, then I'll try bios 0805, still no luck, also much voltage on the NB and no stable overclocks.

Then my windows started tripping and that was what made me change to another mobo. I also switched from 2 7900 GT's to a 8800 GTS, so didn't have to have SLI anymore.. So now I got a P35 DS4 and I can reach 3,6 with ease now..

So this was my first post here, and probably my last, but I just hope that people have more luck with this mobo then me, because this mobo sure was frustrating..

Good luck to you all