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

[Plaicd]

Guess I will have to change to bios 0705 to use a E8500 cpu

[nrs250]

I am getting a 3.61GHz Clock on a Q6600 G0. CPU: 1.475V.

Memory: 2GB Dominator PC2-8500 5-5-5-15 at 2.1V at 1066MHz
NB: 1.40V
Cooling: Corsair Nautilus 500 modded with a DangerDen Black Ice Pro radiator

Idle Temps: 48-49C
Load: 56-59C

Is active NB cooling needed as CPU voltages approach 1.5V??
I am going to try for 3.7-3.8 Ghz tonite.

What would you consider "acceptable temps" on the Q6600 for OCs

[ziddey]

your temps are looking really good. better than they should even.

nb and vcore have nothing to do with eachother. if anything, you may want to cool the mosfets for the cpu.

edit: forgot this was the p5k deluxe thread. throwing a 50 or 60mm fan blowing down on the nb should be good. the heatpipe connects the heatsinks for the mosfets over

[nrs250]

Can someone post a pic of the mofsets and advise if the need to be cooled with a heatsink. I have seen pics of those type of heatsinks before. Anyone know where to get them

[ziddey]

on the p5k-dlx, it should be connected to the nb via heatpipe. just throw a fan on there and you should be fine. hell, i was able to run 1.5v passively no problem on my p5b vanilla with 1.5v pushed day in day out.

[nrs250]

I think I may have hit the wall with my OC on my Q6600 G0.

I have the following:

FSB: 400
DRAM FREQ: 1066 Mhz
Timing: 5-5-5-15 (2GB DOMINATORS)

Vcore: 1.475 (shows up as 1.175 in CPU-Z, is droop really this dramatic??)
FSB Term Voltage: 1.30
DRAM voltage: 2.15 V
NB Voltage: AUTO

I don't really know what FSB termination voltage is, does increasing it help any?
Is the CPU-Z voltage correct ? Would higher voltages be worth a try?

Any suggestions to push to my goal of 425 FSB would be helpful.

[Helevitia]

What is the fastest, most reliable memory to run with the p5K deluxe? I was running Mushkin Redline at stock speeds but it caused my board to not boot. I have an rma set up but I haven't sent them out to get a replacement yet. It feels more like an incompatibility issue rather than bad memory though because my buddy has the exact same sysetm and he has the same problem just not as severe. So now I am looking for another brand that I can count on. Suggestions? I've only used Mushkin for the past 7 years so I don't know anything else

[timber715]

What is the fastest, most reliable memory to run with the p5K deluxe? I was running Mushkin Redline at stock speeds but it caused my board to not boot. I have an rma set up but I haven't sent them out to get a replacement yet. It feels more like an incompatibility issue rather than bad memory though because my buddy has the exact same sysetm and he has the same problem just not as severe. So now I am looking for another brand that I can count on. Suggestions? I've only used Mushkin for the past 7 years so I don't know anything else

get Crucial Ballistix DDR2-8500... they're the best that i've owned and well priced too...

[rbsmontemor]

get Crucial Ballistix DDR2-8500... they're the best that i've owned and well priced too...

That's true

Rbs.

[genec57]

I think I may have hit the wall with my OC on my Q6600 G0.

I have the following:

FSB: 400
DRAM FREQ: 1066 Mhz
Timing: 5-5-5-15 (2GB DOMINATORS)

Vcore: 1.475 (shows up as 1.175 in CPU-Z, is droop really this dramatic??)
FSB Term Voltage: 1.30
DRAM voltage: 2.15 V
NB Voltage: AUTO

I don't really know what FSB termination voltage is, does increasing it help any?
Is the CPU-Z voltage correct ? Would higher voltages be worth a try?

Any suggestions to push to my goal of 425 FSB would be helpful.

Get CPU-z 1.41 it will report the correct vcore.

[Helevitia]

get Crucial Ballistix DDR2-8500... they're the best that i've owned and well priced too...

Will this work? and thanks!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148069

[Ten]

Will this work? and thanks!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148069

Yes they will do the job great

[timber715]

I just installed Windows vista home premuim and i'm getting audio issues even with the latest drivers. 5.1 channel works during testing and when power dvd is running but doesnt put out any sound on the center and sub when using WMP and or Itunes, does anyone know a solution... thanks in advance.

[robz]

I have 404 bios. How do I change the multiplyier? I tried it in Ai booster several times.

[NEvolution]

Change it in the BIOS...

[mrcape]

So I have to RMA this sucker unless anyone has a magic tip for me. I was simply swapping cases getting ready for a new build and things went downhill.

Scenario -

I rebuilt into a new case, never removed cpu, heatsink, ram, vga at all. All I had to do was hook up the new headers and power supply connections. I forgot to hook up the cpu fan but I had the TRUE on there (just the header was disconnected). It gave me the standard error but let me proceed.

It got into windows but usb mouse and keyb didn't work. Did hard shutdown and started up again, got to bad checksum error, system looking for p5kd.rom file, (crashfree bios never kicked in). I was able to "reprogram" the bios with an early version once I renamed it to p5kd.rom. Well, that was according to the utility (not ez-flash, this was some pre bios thing) that said it had completed successfully and that I should restart. When I restarted I got no video signal at all. Everything powers up, no beeps, and no bios loads, nothing. Oh yeah, tried clearing cmos (wall power, battery & jumper), tried a few sticks of ram in different slots, tried it all as far as I know.

I snagged a speaker from my old case and rigged it to the new one. I get beep codes with no ram and only then.

Anything else I can try?


Questions about Asus RMAs -

Asus says RMA, but I don't want to wait if I can avoid it. They say they need the whole board just to get the bios chip. I can solder, so I'd rather just get them to send me a new ten dollar bios chip. Anyone know if they'd do that? I guess I can call. What about the new hardware revisions? I got mine in May when it first came out. Are there any significant differences that would warrant sending it in in hopes of getting a new board? Or would they just replace the chip and ship it back?

[Xvys]

I doubt Asus will be soldering anything. They will probably just send you a new board. Most people are getting the P5K Premium in return as the Deluxe has been out of production for a couple months.

[mrcape]

Thanks Xvys. I guess I'll send it in and wait for a new one (hopefully), then build that up in my old setup when it gets here. I have a few other machines I can use in the mean time.

RMA delay on this is actually a great excuse to order a new board and build a new setup in the new case. Now hmm what will it be, P5E, mars, DFI LT P35, ip35 pro... decisions...

[gkirilov]

I've read that i can revert my 0705 bios to 0603 by using afudos2.11. Well, it didn't work for me. Can someone who did this to explain in details the steps.
Here is what i did:
1. Create bootable flash using some system files i got in internet (probably dos or win98)
2. copy the bios 0603 and the afudos (6 or 7 versions) on the flash
3. restart the pc and set the flash as 1st boot device in bios and exit
4. the flash boots as "c:\"
5. run the afudos /irom_file.rom /pbnc /n
6. restart the pc because the afudos2.11 freezes at the "Advanced Check........." step.
or (getting some error messages like the bios is toooooo old and so on from the other versions of afudos)

[0rion]

So what is the verdict with the 0705 bios? Still too buggy to try, or good update? My board has the 603 bios and I cant overclock it to where I want.

My last motherboard used the 0501 bios, and I was able to get my chip to 3.6ghz with 1.3250v. This one wont do 3.5ghz with the same voltage, best Ive had so far is 3.4ghz.

Can any P5K deluxe board be flashed to an older bios? My old board was a different revision. So would it hurt if I were to try flashing the bios from the old board?

[ThorLite]

Ιam using 0705 from the day it came out and i didnt had any problems with it.I get the same overclock with the 0705 BIOS comparing it with the 0501 BIOS i had before updating it....

[genec57]

Previous to the 0705 you could revert to an older bios. I have had sufficient trouble with 0705 that I would like to go back to 0404 but am unable.
Unless there is a problem with an older bios I would stay there.

[0rion]

Well that is good news anyways, I didnt realize it was just the 705 bios that had trouble reverting to old bioses. Looks like I may try the 501 bios again then. Thanks for the quick replies.

[Battle_Rattle]

Bios 705 via an Ez Flash seems good for me.... Through an hour or so of blend priming my E6400 is right back where I had it on Bios 303

7 x 500 3.5Ghz

EZFlash... don't fret if it doesn't automatically reboot... I just unplugged the PSU and for a bit and it came right back.

Oh yeh, and go to "Hard Drives" to make your primary HD the bootable one

Cheer's...and here's to Penryn tomorrow!

[Plaicd]

Got a E8400 instead of waiting for the 8500 to come out.
Using core temp 0.96.1 one core, (0) always shows the same temp no matter what.
Not sure what would cause that, maybe core temp but it seems to work ok for others.
Anyone else using a e8400 on this board and core temp reads both core temps ok?