Asus P5K Bearlake P35 chipset motherboard >> TESTING LATEST INTEL CHIPSET

[genec57]

This is for the P5K not the P5K Deluxe.

[kwalker]

This is for the P5K not the P5K Deluxe.

you beat me too it
I saw 0704 for P5K3 deluxe (also 0804) and P5K has 0704.
it wouldnt be a fun flash on the P5K deluxe wifi.

[Martin.v.r]

read no:1

[Martin.v.r]

beta 0803 bios is ok
beta 0805 bios can not disabled C1E

[Balb0wa]

beta 0803 bios is ok
beta 0805 bios can not disabled C1E

how do i got back from 0805 ?? it says 0603 is older and wont let me flash, cant find 0803

[Martin.v.r]

here is bios 0803
hmm can not opload here is to big,sorry

[fdisker]

Hey everyone. Just picked up a P5K to go with a new Wolfdale (e8400). Just wanted everyone to know that it wouldn't post with the e8400 until I upgraded the bios to version 0805. Fortunately I still had an e6600 lying around which would post on the P5K.

I'm not 100% sure which bios it came with. Guessing it was 0603. It took me a good two hours of messing around, plugging and unplugging stuff and generally cursing at a blank screen before finally dropping in the old proc. I was pretty upset. The box clearly states support for 45nm processors but makes no mention of perhaps needing a bios update for it.

So, for those of you trying out the new Wolfdale procs remember to upgrade your bios before you drop in the new chip. Maybe you can save yourself a few hours of beating your head against the wall (I've done that for you).

[fdisker]

version 0902 is up

[dinos22]

It took me a good two hours of messing around, plugging and unplugging stuff and generally cursing at a blank screen before finally dropping in the old proc. I was pretty upset..

don't you just hate those moments hehehehe
i know i've had plenty

[ztop]

the best bios for p5k and e8400 is??

[systemviper]

WoW, impressed with all that info.... Nice Job

[ztop]

so the best bios for p5k and e8400 is??
please......

[fdisker]

Your choices are limited with the e8400 processor. 0803 is beta and 0902 is the newer, non-beta bios. Go with 0902. It's working fine for me.

[Balb0wa]

0902 working ok for me to

[Zaxis01]

Did some

RAM TESTING


i've discovered that FSB <292MHz only gives basic RAM ratios that you get on P965 and FSB 292MHz> gives you the full RAM Ratio range

I haven't really tested for speed against P965 yet as i don't have memset to see what all timings are doing and i also need to know all the voltage measurement points >>>> but from initial tests it looks like it's on par with P965

no major tweaks 'cept for LargeSys and no RAM tweaking yet but for CAS 3 vs 4 vs 5 i did have all the timings set in bios




4:5 RATIO WORKS PROPERLY NOW >> haven't tested for max clocks yet (time is a bit whacky because i used a much slower hard drive here....so don't compare to other results below)




TESTING CAS3 vs CAS4 vs CAS5















PC10000 Dominators at CAS4 (4-4-4-x ~2.45v)

it seems it's about the same as P965 as i have one board topping out at 590MHz 4-4-4-x and another 600MHz 4-4-4-x >>> This P35 chipset mobo can do ~597MHz roughly but would not complete 8M 600MHz so i moved on (some more RAM tweaking may change that)


























Another Important Update >>> RAM RATIOS TESTED




Test Setup

• E6300ES B1
• Corsair PC8500 Dominators 2GB kit
• VDIMM: 2.35v set in bios
• vMCH: 1.55V set in bios
• RAM Timings set in bios: 5-5-5-15-10-42-10-10-10

The idea behind the test is to quickly test max clocks on above settings for all RAM Ratios available in bios to see if any of them have a problem..........

i was able to use SetFSB up to 407MHz FSB after which i was forced to boot to windows direct from bios on some of the lower ratios so i also ran 4M and 8M SuperPI to give you an idea that it clearly had more MHz in the runs to max out at 1M




1) 1:2 RATIO ~605MHz 1M SuperPI Max







2) 3:5 RATIO ~610MHz 1M SuperPI Max







3) 5:16 RATIO ~535MHz 1M SuperPI Max ******So this one is problematic







4) 2:3 RATIO ~605MHz 1M SuperPI Max







5) 4:5 RATIO No SetFSB here so booted 600MHz on RAM and did 1M/4M/8M SuperPI











5) 5:6 RATIO No SetFSB here so booted 600MHz on RAM and did 1M/4M/8M SuperPI










here is some more proof that strap doesn't change as you boot from 400 to 401MHz FSB

WOW! nice tweaking.

[Zeus...]

Bios 0902
CPU E8400

can't adjust the CPU mulipler in bios - I'm I missing something

[Zeus...]

Bios 0902
CPU E8400

can't adjust the CPU mulipler in bios - I'm I missing something

Ok worked it out

09.0 is x9
0.85 is x8.5
etc

it was having to enter the values that was throwing me

[Martin.v.r]

a low overclock to test fsb on bios 0803,next i test 0902 watercooling

[nikk]

a low overclock to test fsb on bios 0803,next i test 0902 watercooling

can you please give a link or upload bios 803? (p5k vanilla)

[laragirl83]

Whats the best BIOS for P5K Pro?

[Zeus...]

2008/03/05 update

BIOS update file for P5K (Version 1005)
Enhance compatibility with certain memory module.

[fdisker]

I'm sticking with 0902. It's been very stable since I installed it. Not a single OS or application crash in the five weeks I've been running it.

[Zeus...]

ok had a 8800gt and just upgraded to the 3870x2

and 3Dmark03 gone from 48K to 65K

but 3Dmark06 gone from 13K to 10K - yes its decreased

on bios 1005 (cant downgrade unless I fit the floppy back in)

otherwise np

using driver 8.3 +Cat

no other driver issues

any thoughts

[Qba73]

Running bios 0809 on P5k-Deluxe, i tried others since 0311 but always ended up going back to 0311 (overclocking issues) however 0809 work flawlessly and am able to overclock just as high and stable as i was on 0311.

[subaruwrc]

Hi everybody. I have a problem. I bought yesterday a new E8200 wolfdale cpu and put it into my p5k vanilla. I increased the fsb to 500mhz and it seemed to be stable. but it is not. a tried different bioses 1005-0902, lots of different settings but none of them worked. I only reached 440fsb because above that the board is really unstable. no matter if the vnb is 1.25v or 1.55v it always freezes. before this cpu the board did 530fsb stable with only 1.25v. the cpu is stable at 4ghz 1.352v but if I load the board it freezes If you have an idea what I should do to make the board stable at fsb500 please tell me. Thanks.