Official ASUS X38 Boards: P5E, P5E3 - Info/BIOS Thread

[Brama]

I am wondering if version 3.4 is buggy? Does anyone run Memtest86 version 3.4?
TIA
sparx

I used and cancelled immediately. A lot of false errors!

[sauria]

I just got an E6850 and the board is acting weird... won't post over 485 but if I move up slowly in bios with each reboot I can orthos at 495fsb but then it crashes trying to restart.... Anyone else have this?? Didn't happen on E6600...using bios 0401

Have you done the VDroop mod?

[Bigchrome]

Yup, this is with lowered multi....cpu's ability isn't being stressed at all... any ideas?

[sauria]

I've got the same problem with my E6850 -- BIOS 0107 -- but, I have not yet done the VDroop Mod. Max FSB so far is only 370 with E6850 on 9x multipier. I'll try lowering to 8x

[Sparx]

Can I flash back from 0401 to 0107?
Nobody told me 0107 was good, until now anyway!
sparx

[Bigchrome]

Yes you can and yes, I would.

I am still having weird probs wth 500fsb on 0107 so maybe my cpu just isn't that great.... 3.6ghz 1.33v looked promising but oh well! Time for a new one methinks??

[Brahmzy]

I was going to ask.... it seems you guys don't like 0402...

Reasons?

[eyes.only]

hmm, all my motherboard problems (p5e) where related to bios 0402.
Board went completely unstable and lots of memtest86 1.7 errors.

Come on ASUS, fix this bios please!!

Got corsair xms2 2x1gig 6400c4dhx.

[eyes.only]

Well i manage to fix my P5E. This is how i done it:
1. Copy 0402 bios to your USB stick and any bios you want to use on your P5E and rename it to P5E.ROM
2. Boot your computer and go to EZFlash
3. Start flashing with 0402
4. When flashing gets to like 90% switch off your psu
5. Now you have bad bios and motherboard will search for new one to flash.
Here you need the P5E.rom file Motherboard will automaticly recognize file
and start flashing bios
6. Wait until it's all done
7. Reboot and the board should work with bios of your choice

I hope it will work for anybody, it did work for me.
The day after the board was fixed, i have return it to the store and get my self Asus Maximus Formula SE...
I must say its much beter board and better looking.

Haha,
Used this method to go back from 0402 to 0107.
Only problem now is:
looking inside ezflash it says version bios 0107, date 09/11/07.

Wanna flash 0303, but that one has date 30/10/2007

So ezflash thinks that bios 0303 is older then 0107

[ea6gka]

i cant make supreme fx2 work in xp pro X64. it shows up unknown devices , about 5 devices. i cant find drivers for it whatever i googled. has anyone made it work? i thought that it was the same stuff as supreme FX 1

[sauria]

Yes you can and yes, I would.

I am still having weird probs wth 500fsb on 0107 so maybe my cpu just isn't that great.... 3.6ghz 1.33v looked promising but oh well! Time for a new one methinks??

My E6850 doesn't like over 465 MHz FSB with 0107 thus far. That's on 6x multiplier. On the 8x multiplier 453 MHz seems to be max stable OCCT BIOS 0107 2 x 2G G.Skill PC8000. E6850 CPU is L732A417 -- later batch? Later = slower? That's still without VDroop mod - I'll get a pencil & tape tomorrow.

[Brahmzy]

Question:

I'm having issues getting my USB mouse and/or USB keyboard to turn on or "wake-up" this motherboard. I've never had an issue with any ASUS board and I've owned a ton of them. I've got all USB settings enabled and all of the proper APM setting enabled. Any body else having this issue?

I want to be able to hit the space bar or click the mouse to turn on this dang thing and can't get it to work!

UPDATE: So it seems that none of my USB devices have any power when the system is off - even a shutdown from windows. ALSO, everytime I do a shutdown, I get a loud chirp. WTF? Please help!

Why can't my USB mouse or keyboard start this thing?

[djdare]

Haha,
Used this method to go back from 0402 to 0107.
Only problem now is:
looking inside ezflash it says version bios 0107, date 09/11/07.

Wanna flash 0303, but that one has date 30/10/2007

So ezflash thinks that bios 0303 is older then 0107

Same here...

P.S.: Now i'm testing my new Maximus Formula SE with lates bios... so far no problems.
I'm not hardcore overclocker, i like to run things fast an cool (on air).
So far Q6600 G0 @4x3.2GHz on default voltage and ram on 536MHz (ram needs a bit of tunnig to get it stable).

P.S. 2: You colud use 0303 bios and rename it to P5E.ROM and flash it again like you did before.
If you didn't try that already.

[camouflage]

Yes, ASUSUpdate allows you to flash backwards, if you set it in options

But when flashed to 0402, neither ASUSUpdate or EZ Flash will let me flash, they said not compatible EEPROM. So the only option was to corrupt the BIOS and use Crashfree BIOS and P5E.ROM contained in the driver CD to restore it

Not for me (???) - flashed 0402 and went back to 0303. Used EZflash without problems. Very strange............ - but nice !!!

[stormmy]

I had a very odd problem when I tryed to run 0402 BIOS. I could not load the sound drivers on to Vista 64bit. The sound worked if I used Microsoft's generic HD sound drivers, but if I tryed to use the correct drivers I would get error code 10, 'drivers could not start'. I tryed all drivers versions available including the latest version 6280 (available on the ftp site), but no luck.

Eventually I flashed back to the shipping BIOS 0107 via the BIOS corruption method and the problem went away.

Any idea's?

[sauria]

BIOS 0303 is better than 0107 for my E6850 -- stable now at 400 MHz FSB and 9x multiplier.

[~Woomack~]

All is working ok including audio on Server 2008 Enterprise 64bit ( with vista 64bit drivers ) bios 0402.
All ... except of this low fsb ... maybe I will get any dual core cpu to check this...

[Brahmzy]

Can anyone here use there USB keyboard or mouse to power on this board?
I can't.

Is this a problem with the 0402 BIOS?

[Sparx]

Brahmzy
I have the USB mouse with 0402, everyone has a USB mouse no pS2 hole for a mouse right?
I saw your post below, sorry I cannot shed any light Brahmzy.

sparx

[[ITA]SEREUPIN80]

I just flashed from 401 to 402 on my P5E ... well, I rebooted and loaded the old OC profile... 463*8 on my 6850... it cant boot now... i am on default

[Brahmzy]

Brahmzy
I have the USB mouse with 0402, everyone has a USB mouse no pS2 hole for a mouse right?
I saw your post below, sorry I cannot shed any light Brahmzy.

sparx

So you CAN use your mouse to turn on the motherboard?

My USB keyboard and mouse work fine - but they won't TURN ON the board if I hit a key or click the mouse buttons - ALL other ASUS boards let you do this.

Reason I care is I've got my box in a semi-closed part of my desk where it's a pain to have to open a door and reach in and push the power button.

[angelreaper]

New bios 0405:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...5E/P5E0405.zip

[Brahmzy]

New bios 0405:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...5E/P5E0405.zip

Ooooh. Who's gonna try it out? I might be the guinea pig tonight when I get home.

[Sparx]

So you CAN use your mouse to turn on the motherboard?

My USB keyboard and mouse work fine - but they won't TURN ON the board if I hit a key or click the mouse buttons - ALL other ASUS boards let you do this.

Reason I care is I've got my box in a semi-closed part of my desk where it's a pain to have to open a door and reach in and push the power button.

No my mistake, only wake up.
I use the button on the case to power it up. Sorry for the error
sparx

[camouflage]

New bios 0405:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...5E/P5E0405.zip

Shall I or shall I not....... ask the 4:5 divider - question....