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

[mrcape]

Dudes, I'm still on 304, any good updates or stick with 304?

[robz]

Well this is a great thread. I'm sure I'll flash 304 as soon as I get around to it. I'm not throwing dry ice or nitro on the core yet. Just need to get it tuned and running stable first off. I'm going to be booting it up this afternoon so I hope I can dpend on you hard core folks to be here for me if I have any questions?

[robz]

getting ready to boot. I'll keep updateing when I can

[genec57]

0404 seems to be the most highly regarded and stable. I am not at all happy with 0705 but I am basically stuck.

[robz]

0404 ? anyone second that

[Dazog]

Anyone having blackout issues with there LCD's and DVI?

I cannot get my monitor to display any video with DVI.

Dsub works, so does HDMI-DVI, but not DVI-D to DVI-D?

using 0705 currently and used 06xx series also.

Same problem

[McLaren__F1]

im on 0404 no problems so far.

[ACK]

im on 0404 no problems so far.

me too!!

[Frega]

im on 0601, looks perfect for me;

someone know what is clock over-charging mode, and CPU/North Bridge voltage reference?


nice tweak ChaosMinionX

thanks

[Leeghoofd]

Anyone having blackout issues with there LCD's and DVI?

I cannot get my monitor to display any video with DVI.

Dsub works, so does HDMI-DVI, but not DVI-D to DVI-D?

using 0705 currently and used 06xx series also.

I doubt this is mobo related, prolly bad drivers or cable

[timber715]

I doubt this is mobo related, prolly bad drivers or cable

yeah, i'm on bios 0705 and no issues whatsoever... my samsung 932B+ working fine on digital output... I find this bios to be better than all i had? including 311, 404. 501, 503, 601, 603 and the terrible 703. have my best oc with this bios too, dropped 2C from 603.

[gkirilov]

Get to cmos with one ram stick, increase the vdimm voltage to 2.1, shut down and add the rest of your ram.

After i flashed with 0705 and restarted the PC died. No POST, no BIOS, no nothing. My memory requires 2.3V(cellshock cl4 1000) and booting with 1 or 2 sticks was impossible. The only way was to get a 1.8V memory and change the settings in BIOS to 2.3V and shut down immediately after exiting the BIOS.

Do you know any other way to cope with this problem?

[genec57]

After i flashed with 0705 and restarted the PC died. No POST, no BIOS, no nothing. My memory requires 2.3V(cellshock cl4 1000) and booting with 1 or 2 sticks was impossible. The only way was to get a 1.8V memory and change the settings in BIOS to 2.3V and shut down immediately after exiting the BIOS.

Do you know any other way to cope with this problem?

That is exactly what I had to do. It really POed me when I had to go out and purchase a stick rated at 1.8 that I had no other earthly use for.

[TypeVR6]

Those that flashed to 0705 - how the heck are you able to keep your OC? With 0605 I could post w/ 400*9 @ 1.45. Now with 0705 I can't post with anything above stock The moment I make any changes to voltages or anything, thats the end of it..

[ACK]

yeah, i'm on bios 0705 and no issues whatsoever... my samsung 932B+ working fine on digital output... I find this bios to be better than all i had? including 311, 404. 501, 503, 601, 603 and the terrible 703. have my best oc with this bios too, dropped 2C from 603.

How do you flash 0705 BIOS, EZ FLASH2 method?
(coz other people complain about this BIOS, ¿perhaps due a bad flash?)

[TypeVR6]

Any more feedback about the new bios? Still no revert in the safe way?


Maybe this can help to the ones stucked with it:


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&postcount=14

This method just killed my board. I flashed it back to 0601 and now I can't even turn on my PC....keeps restarting on its own even before it gets to post....

[genec57]

This method just killed my board. I flashed it back to 0601 and now I can't even turn on my PC....keeps restarting on its own even before it gets to post....

Hmmmm, I was tempted to try that but I was just a bit leery of it - now I know why. Sorry about your misfortune. From my experience your board is toast - hopefully you are still in warranty.
It is a shame that Asus has put out a bios that will not allow you to go back. All previous bios's for this board have been reversible.
I am not at all pleased with the 0705 - I have had to bump my vcore a good bit to maintain the same oc as before.
I should know better - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Asus even tells us not to upgrade if you don't have a problem. Oh well, live and learn. X38 anyone?

[timber715]

How do you flash 0705 BIOS, EZ FLASH2 method?
(coz other people complain about this BIOS, ¿perhaps due a bad flash?)

same as everyone, in bios... with a flash disc...

[monza1412]

This method just killed my board. I flashed it back to 0601 and now I can't even turn on my PC....keeps restarting on its own even before it gets to post....

Real sorry to hear that mate, I hope you can RMA it.

[jeeka]

My flash to 0705 has been pretty good. I wish I could flash back to 06xx so I can test my 3D Mark 06 scores. All voltages, timings and other setting have not had to be adjusted.....In fact, I ran my q6600 at 3.9Ghz (no volt change) for a while before taming it down back to 3.8Ghz, my previous OC with an earlier BIOS.

This method just killed my board. I flashed it back to 0601 and now I can't even turn on my PC....keeps restarting on its own even before it gets to post....

As far as this link:http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&postcount=14

If you look at the guy's sig, he runs a P5K Premium, not a deluxe. I am not sure if this was meant for all p5K's or just p5k Premiums, or if he was helping someone with a p5k deluxe and just happens to run a slightly different board.......someone please correct me if I am wrong.

[sesdave]

My flash to 0705 has been pretty good. I wish I could flash back to 06xx so I can test my 3D Mark 06 scores. All voltages, timings and other setting have not had to be adjusted.....In fact, I ran my q6600 at 3.9Ghz (no volt change) for a while before taming it down back to 3.8Ghz, my previous OC with an earlier BIOS.



As far as this link:http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&postcount=14

If you look at the guy's sig, he runs a P5K Premium, not a deluxe. I am not sure if this was meant for all p5K's or just p5k Premiums, or if he was helping someone with a p5k deluxe and just happens to run a slightly different board.......someone please correct me if I am wrong.

TinTin did a lot of early testing of the p5K premium - He posted these BIOS reversion details on this thread http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...151965&page=23 because some PREMIUM owners were having trouble reverting from latest 0504 bios to 0404. As you say -it may not have been meant for general P5K use.
Personally I wouldnt used asus update for anything especially on a deluxe - I killed my deluxe with a failed Asus Update flash which is why I now have a Premium as an RMA replacement.

[ACK]

0705 BIOS si not a BETA bios, works pretty well

[waynetu]

for my system 0705 has its pros and cons

i use windows upgrade from the very first one to 0204,0311,0404,05xx,06xx and now 0705.

from 06xx to 0705
1, around 2~4c drop
2, similar function bios as x38
3, better timing of ram (previous 5-5-5-9-5-35-5-5-5, now 5-5-5-5-9-2-30-2-2-2 with the same volatage at 1200)
4, cpu is thirst (previous 1.22v[windows] at load for 500*7, now 1.25v/1.275v not so sure) or may be the vdrop is more, not tested precisely
5, not allow you to go back to previous old version of bios (but some one have already post the awesome tool for you to go back in this forum)

for me 0705 is so far so good, enough enough....

[robz]

My board came with 404 bios. I just got it built the other day. No complaints at all on the 404 bios. great OC features and very user friendly. I love this board!

[timber715]

0705 BIOS si not a BETA bios, works pretty well

finally, someone agrees...