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

[BLHealthy4life]

I NEVER had any problems with my Commando - best mobo i have owned to date.

I have the P5K now running 1200Mhz with 4GB..however, i had to relax the timings compared to my commando.

With the Commando i could run 5-4-4-12 with my Patriots. On the P5K, i now have to run 5-5-5-12. all Subtimings the same on each board.

However, stability is still an issue with the P5K right now at 1200Mhz...

I'm using 503 on the P5K...

The board came with 501 if I remember correctly...

[genec57]

Does anyone know of a way to increase the vCore maximum on the P5K deluxe? Mine tops out at 1.7. I have a bit of temperature head room left and a bit more vcore will get me to that elusive 4 gig level.

[frombauer]

Huge problem here... just put together the following:

p5k deluxe
C2D E6750
4GB (4x1GB) Kingston ValueRAM 800MHz

The PC, most of the time when powered on goes through an endless "on-off" loop, turning on for 2seconds, then turning off, then turning on again, etc. On the few times it stays on, managed to upgrade the BIOS to the latest beta, but no sucess on the problem going away. One strange thing, it seems it works fine WITHOUT any battery on the mobo, of course this is not practical.

Ah, I didn't even try o/cing the thing.

Any thoughts? Thanks guys.

[timber715]

try using one RAM first and see if it trns out ok. if it does, check the RAMS one at a time.

[Darkatom]

Is it possible to disable 2 cores on a quad on this board ? I'm not seeing any options in the bioa for this.

[frombauer]

try using one RAM first and see if it trns out ok. if it does, check the RAMS one at a time.

Would the RAM cause this? I've tried with 2 sticks, no help. The board doesn't beep, and during the time I was able to turn it on I ran memtest with all sticks, no errors.

[antari]

Is it possible to disable 2 cores on a quad on this board ? I'm not seeing any options in the bioa for this.

Just try to boot over 500FSB That seems to disable two cores for me...

[timber715]

Huge problem here... just put together the following:

p5k deluxe
C2D E6750
4GB (4x1GB) Kingston ValueRAM 800MHz

The PC, most of the time when powered on goes through an endless "on-off" loop, turning on for 2seconds, then turning off, then turning on again, etc. On the few times it stays on, managed to upgrade the BIOS to the latest beta, but no sucess on the problem going away. One strange thing, it seems it works fine WITHOUT any battery on the mobo, of course this is not practical.

Ah, I didn't even try o/cing the thing.

Any thoughts? Thanks guys

it can be caused by multitudes of things( such as RAMs, PSUs and others), try posting your complete setup and maybe other can help too...

[Varsos]

Is anyone using the optical output of the onboard sound card? I can't make it work with my Logitech Z-5500.No signal at all

[Loyx]

Hi there, I've readed this thread 100 times... I think it's incredible. A lot of information... Too much for me.. xD I've bought this mobo and now I'm trying to get a good overclock. I'm newbie in OC so I need some advice. This are my specs:

Asus P5k Deluxe Wifi-AP
NZXT Apollo
Conroe E6600
Asus Silent Square
2Gb OCZ DDR2 800 PC6400
500Gb Seagate
XFX 8800 GTS 320

Firt of all I noticed that the mobo temperature is too high, 43º infront of 35º of one friend that have the same mb.
What would be a good (and secure) starting point of OC? Latences, FSB, multiplier, voltages, etc...

I need advice...

Thanks

[frombauer]

it can be caused by multitudes of things( such as RAMs, PSUs and others), try posting your complete setup and maybe other can help too...

Well, aside from:

p5k deluxe
C2D E6750
4GB (4x1GB) Kingston ValueRAM 800MHz

There is also:

Samsung 320GB 16MB SATA Hard Drive
Corsair 520W Modular PSU
XFX 8600GT Pci-e

However, It's not the PSU or the VGA, because I tried other ones.

[sesdave]

Well, aside from:

p5k deluxe
C2D E6750
4GB (4x1GB) Kingston ValueRAM 800MHz

There is also:

Samsung 320GB 16MB SATA Hard Drive
Corsair 520W Modular PSU
XFX 8600GT Pci-e

However, It's not the PSU or the VGA, because I tried other ones.

Post all the BIOS settings u are using. have you done a memtest86 run on the ram to make sure it is okay? Check the 24pin and 8pin 12v connector are properly connected. Put the CMOS battery backin if you havent already done that. Check your CMOS reset jumper is on pins 1-2. Did you put standoffs in when you put it in the case. If you make no progress its always worth going back to basics when you have a problem like this and starting off with testing outside the case with minimum components. If its not any of these it does sound like the PSU may be at fault. What others did you try - same problem?

[RLM]

Benchzowner did some volt readings on the P5K3 Deluxe, I think it should reflect to the P5K deluxe.

here are his findings:

BIOS Set to | BIOS Shows | Real Idle | Real Load
1.35V | 1.336Vs | 1.333Vs | 1.335V & 1.336V |
1.40V | 1.384Vs | 1.383Vs | 1.384V & 1.385V & 1.386V |
1.45V | 1.432V & 1.440V | 1.435V & 1.436V | 1.435V & 1.436V

BIOS Set | | Real Voltage |
1.80V | 1.867V
1.85V | 1.920V & 1.921V
1.90V | 1.953V & 1.954V

As u can see, is that the real volts are pretty close to what the bios shows( cpu-z). And that it is a sure thing the board is overvolting the Dimms

Not sure that is the case.

After reading this and also reports of the P5K deluxe killing ram, I needed to check for myself.

I don't know how accurate my readings are, but with a mm my readings are.

Bios Set | Real Bios | Real OS
2.25 | 2.23 | 2.23
2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1

Obviously not all P5K deluxes are going to be the same, but these readings are somewhat re-assuring. For me anyway

RLM

[GMX]

Hi guys, just would like a quick yes/no here.

I'm still on 0311. I want to try get some more out of perhaps 0503 (i understand its the latest).

1. Can you go back to older bios with no trouble on this board?

2. If i'm expecting a bit more, am I stupid?

[timber715]

I'm still on 0311. I want to try get some more out of perhaps 0503 (i understand its the latest).

1. Can you go back to older bios with no trouble on this board? YES

2. If i'm expecting a bit more, am I stupid? NO. I'm not sure about 311 bios to 503, but from 404 to the latest, not much has changed.

[Darkatom]

Would doing the vdroop pencil mod have any negative long term effects ? Are there any advantages to doing this mod ?

[Ten]

I'm still on 0311. I want to try get some more out of perhaps 0503 (i understand its the latest).

1. Can you go back to older bios with no trouble on this board? YES

2. If i'm expecting a bit more, am I stupid? NO. I'm not sure about 311 bios to 503, but from 404 to the latest, not much has changed.

1 yes you can flash back.

2 im still on 311 because it wrks so fine why change

[Supershanks]

Where are the measuring points for vcore & vdimm on the p5k dlxe. Usually check them , but not got round to it yet.

thanks

[safan80]

1 yes you can flash back.

2 im still on 311 because it wrks so fine why change

In my experience the higher numbered bioses work with quad cores better than 311 does.

[RLM]

A couple of 3d mark benches.

3Dmark 06 8800 GTX 675/1620/1075



3Dmark03 8800 GTX 660/1566/1060



Not world beaters, but still happy.

RLM

[Chri$ch]

SuperPi 1M & 32M with 3GB Ballistix on P5K-E

2x1024MB PC2-8500 Ballistix + 2x512MB PC2-6400 Ballistix





not best times but i think it is good for 4 sticks

[Truckchase!]

What vMem?

[Chri$ch]

2.5v, have not tested with lower voltage

[sierra_bound]

New BIOS (0601) on the Asus ftp site:

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/so...%20Deluxe/

I downloaded it, but have not flashed yet.

[RLM]

New BIOS (0601) on the Asus ftp site:

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/so...%20Deluxe/

I downloaded it, but have not flashed yet.

You beat me to it. Just noticed that one

RLM