Asus P5K-E bios 0806

[Chri$ch]

Bios 0806 is good, only thing is the VCore...

1.10 - 1.60v Bios = 1.00v - 1.50v real
1.61xv - 1.70v Bios = 1.60 - 1.70v real

No VCore Droop with E8500

0602 was best Bios, but dont work with E8500

0806 so sucks

vdrop about 0.1V, bios set 1.4V and get 1.28V in windows load

and no have voltage damper in Bios

Voltage Damper is now "Load-Line Calibration"

[blinkin]

in 0806 i can no longer find the vcore damper? Is it hiding or enabled by default?

as I can remember it was called line calibration (it's in the same place just the name is different)

Chri$ch: except this you have no prob with 0806?

[Zeus]

Someone (or all of us) should email Asus to tell about the Vcore issue.

Looks like the bios is ok apart from the Vcore issue, up till 1.5V you just have to select .1V higher in bios?

Vcore in bios 0401 and 0503 (the ones i tried) were spot on so i don't think it will be hard for Asus to fix that.

[Chri$ch]

hmm....

one problem is there, i have now often the PCIe x1 bug

With Bios 0602 never!

i wait for a new bios, i hope they add the half multis (7.5, 8.5...) for Yorkfield / Wolfdale

Edit: something must be wrong with this bios (0806)...

1.50v PLL Bios		= 1.85v real
1.60v PLL Bios		= 1.64v real

1.50-1.70v vFSB Bios	= 1.06v real

2.20v vDimm Bios	= 2.18v real

1.3925v VCore Bios 	= 1.26v real (1.272v CPU-Z)

1.25v vNB Bios 		= 1.55v real
1.40v vNB Bios 		= 1.40v real

can someone confirm this?

edit2: ok, with E6550 are normal voltages (1.25v vNB = 1.24v real / 1.50v vPLL = 1.51v real etc)...

only with E8500 were the voltages higher....

[memory]

On P5K-E WIFI AP Edition. 0802 works ok for me. Never try 0806

Some 06 run

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e...w/12229-06.jpg

[Rocket]

I have the P5K-E WiFi and a Q6600.

Just upgraded the bios to 0806.
Now speed step wont disable. When i disable it in bios the cpu still idles at 1600mhz when in windows.

Anyone else have this problem?
Anyone know how to fix it?

I`ve tried setting everything like cpu ratio, fsb, etc. to manual, but no dice.

[blinkin]

On P5K-E WIFI AP Edition. 0802 works ok for me. Never try 0806

Some 06 run

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e...w/12229-06.jpg

where did you get 0802 as I don't see it in download section for p5k-e wifi?

[jVIDIA]

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...P5k-e/0802.zip

[leo_bsb]

I have the P5K-E WiFi and a Q6600.

Just upgraded the bios to 0806.
Now speed step wont disable. When i disable it in bios the cpu still idles at 1600mhz when in windows.

Anyone else have this problem?
Anyone know how to fix it?

I`ve tried setting everything like cpu ratio, fsb, etc. to manual, but no dice.

it is there, just scroll down the menu, it is the last one. I had a lot of trouble looking for it.
I'm using the 806 and having those issues with voltage. Right now I'm running my Q6600 at 1.5225 vcoreat the bios to have 1.42 at speedfan idle and 1.4 under load. 3.6GHz were 3 hours prime stable with this configuration, I'll try to raise a little tonight.

What is PLL you guys are talking about? I'm checking every option in the voltage section of the bios to see if something make a difference. I'm using the load line calibration but it didn't affect the ..02 vdroop.

[blinkin]

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...P5k-e/0802.zip

and there is no differnce in bios between p5k-e and p5k-e/wifi?

[DIJEIE]

Bios 0901 here: ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...P5k-e/0901.zip

Downloading and flashing now.. Lets see ??

[DIJEIE]

Same issues, nothing changed at first sight
Anyone can tell me how to flah back to 0602??
EZ Flash wont let me..

[jVIDIA]

What issues ? Does it have the same vcore diference between BIOS and windows ?

Is it beta ?

[DIJEIE]

What issues ? Does it have the same vcore diference between BIOS and windows ?

Is it beta ?

Yes, same vdroop as 0806. Don't know what the hell are they doing

[leo_bsb]

need some help, I installed the 0602 version, it gave me some stabillity under prime for my Q6600 at 3.6GHz.
The vdrop seems smaller with 0602, at least it is not a 1V difference between bios setting and real life.
I set vcore at 1.475 and gamimg and benchmarking is stable. Sometimes prime+rtbli takes 6 hours to crash, but when prime is set to stress RAM and CPU the system crash with 10 minutes. I know my RAM is pretty stable, teste with memtest.
Could I need more airflow over mosfets, FSB voltage, or something different? What do you guys try first? I really don't think raising vcore will get it more stable, the system was near solid with 1.42vcore.

[DIJEIE]

need some help, I installed the 0602 version, it gave me some stabillity under prime for my Q6600 at 3.6GHz.
The vdrop seems smaller with 0602, at least it is not a 1V difference between bios setting and real life.
I set vcore at 1.475 and gamimg and benchmarking is stable. Sometimes prime+rtbli takes 6 hours to crash, but when prime is set to stress RAM and CPU the system crash with 10 minutes. I know my RAM is pretty stable, teste with memtest.
Could I need more airflow over mosfets, FSB voltage, or something different? What do you guys try first? I really don't think raising vcore will get it more stable, the system was near solid with 1.42vcore.

Hi Leo,
I don't think your mem settings are all that stable if your system crashes after blend test. try up the DRAM Vcore a bit and see. Post your specs as well..

Try orthos small ftts for CPU stability, and the blend test to ensure RAM is stable.

OFFtopic: Como tá esse tempo ai no Brasil??

[leo_bsb]

o tempo está ótimo, thanks!
Well, my system specs:
Q6600 watercooled with Dtek fuzion and PA120.3. Also in the loop there is a 8800GTS with an MCW60.
Vcore right now is 1.4865, top temperature with OCCT + rthdribl after almost 5 hours is 56-56-54-52 and 54 for the GPU. I raised the vcore to 1.4865 and got this time of stress, before was 1.475 and I got just 18 minutes. I'm sure 602 bios helped.
My RAM is TRanscend Axeram 800 4CAS 1.8V, micron chips, I'm running it at 1080 with 2.1V and tested it with memtest+ without errors.

[DIJEIE]

Is there any way to downgrade to a older bios in this board??
I can't seem to do it. Afudos, asus update, EZ Flash, all tell me that the bios is too old and cannot be flashed. Tryin to donwgrade from 0901 to 0602.
HELP ME!!!

[leo_bsb]

i downgraded mine using the in BIOS tool, asus ezflash

[DIJEIE]

well, here it says that the bios is older than the actual and don't let me go any further..

[adamsleath]

...and i spose you dont have a floppy...

or bootable cd?

[DIJEIE]

...and i spose you dont have a floppy...

or bootable cd?

that meaning?

[adamsleath]

flash it from the floppy...?

..i saw this on another thread...if it wont let you 'downgrade' from the floppy...then rename the bios file to another name.

create bootable floppy/cd
AFUDOS+ biosfile on floppy or cd
execute afudos from dos....

i went back and forth thru bios's with asus striker.. (using dos flash) maybe newer asus boards are different.

anyway of changing date on the older bios version to fool the ezflash thing?..er um renaming it should change the date of the file...

[DIJEIE]

It doesnt matter which name u gave to the file.. it just reads the bios date, and if it's earlier than the one u have, it just does not flash, either by floppy/USB (AFUDOS), BIOS (EZ FLASH) or windows (ASUS UPDATE), it always gave that error.

UPDATE:
Well, i did it the hard way.. I've simulated a bios update failure and used the bios recovery that ASUS implemented on this board.. I may say it works very well..LOL.. You just have to have some balls, if you know what i mean.

If someone has the same problem, just say it and i'll guide you step by step.

[Rocket]

The easiest and simplest way of changing the bios on this board is to burn the "unzipped" file to a cd ( I use RW to not waste a cd).

Then just go into bios and look under the heading " TOOLS ". Click on the "ASUS EZ Flash 2" then select the correct drive of your cd.

I haver upgraded, and downgraded the bios this way. Doesn`t matter if its older file or not.