***OFFICIAL Asus P5K-E/WiFi Thread

[Zeus]

Okay guys, bios 1002 is out, i flashed it and guess what?

Vdrop is gone!!

If i set 1.4375Vcore, i get 1.408V in windows, just like i had with bios 0503!

The downside of this bios is that i can't disable eist, at least not with this E6600 cpu, i hope it's possible with my upcoming wolfdale.

[glide 1]

Zeus,

where do i find this (1002)?, i dont see it on the asus bios support page.

[Blackoberst]

Flash here too.
Vdrop is gone, that's good. I haven't noticed anything else beside the fact that I can't disable EIST. Don't know what Asus engineers are doing but they seem to have programed latest two bios versions blindfolded. First vdrop now EIST.
But that's not such a big problem.

glide1, go here.

[TEDY]

wrong link

[Blackoberst]

Sorry, edited.

[zerotol]

excellent only getting 0.025 drop anymore

Good job asus

[Zeus]

excellent only getting 0.025 drop anymore

Good job asus

Can you disable eist? If yes, what CPU do you have?

[g1raffe]

Yay, new BIOS, will flash later tonight.

[XiCe007]

Hello,

For is the P5K-E WiFi it necessary to take which bios?

P5KE1002.zip or e3501_p5k-e_wifi-ap.zip?



Thank you

[Rocket]

Im having a problem with installing Asus Updater. Doesn`t matter which version either.
Setup starts, then it closes saying "no Asus motherboard found"
Anyone else having this problem?

Anyone????

Which is worse for average overclocking? Not being able to disable EIST or having a bit of vdrop?

I`m thinking for my overclock of 3.460mhz on my Q6600 I`d rather have a little vdrop and have EIST disabled.

[Rocket]

Hello,

For is the P5K-E WiFi it necessary to take which bios?

P5KE1002.zip or e3501_p5k-e_wifi-ap.zip?



Thank you

e3501_p5ke-wifi-ap.zip is a users manual.

Use some common sence when downloading files. Look at the size of the files.
Bios files are roughly 943kb to 970kb zipped.

The e3501_p5ke_wifi_ap.zip file is over 3400mb

[barzi]

What does EIST exactly do? And is it a big drawback?

[Rocket]

What does EIST exactly do? And is it a big drawback?

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep.

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology allows the system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and core frequency, which can result in decreased average power consumption and decreased average heat production.

[barzi]

But then your voltage is going down if you aren't stressing your CPU -> unstable overclock

[Rocket]

But then your voltage is going down if you aren't stressing your CPU -> unstable overclock

Yes.
That is why I think I`d rather have a bit of vdrop, and EIST disabled.

[AriciU]

Yes.
That is why I think I`d rather have a bit of vdrop, and EIST disabled.

Same here. I'm getting the E8500 tommorow and will use the 0906 untill they fix the EIST thingy. I don't want to prime stable and then get lockups out of the blue...

[barzi]

Same here. I'm getting the E8500 tommorow and will use the 0906 untill they fix the EIST thingy. I don't want to prime stable and then get lockups out of the blue...

This will work? If yes, i will stay with 0603 forever

[AriciU]

0906 works man. I heard that it won't boot at all with 0602/0603 I'll just compensate for vdrop and give more voltage... no big deal.

[XiCe007]

With the 503 it possible is not this is step?

I would see well

[barzi]

0906 works man. I heard that it won't boot at all with 0602/0603 I'll just compensate for vdrop and give more voltage... no big deal.

Sorry, I thought you said 0603. Stupid me

[AriciU]

Sorry, I thought you said 0603. Stupid me

Heh. I wish it would work with 0603. It's the best

XiCe007: it probably won't.

I was wondering though. My mobo came with 0503 on it. Asus clearly stamped 45NM ready on the box. Why the hell would they do that if the board cannot boot using a Wolfdale/Yorkie with that default bios?

[barzi]

Heh. I wish it would work with 0603. It's the best

XiCe007: it probably won't.

I was wondering though. My mobo came with 0503 on it. Asus clearly stamped 45NM ready on the box. Why the hell would they do that if the board cannot boot using a Wolfdale/Yorkie with that default bios?

I was thinking about the same! But my wolfdale will come friday. I have an old S775 cpu ready, but i really love 0603 .
So 0906 has huge vdrop? 1002 has disable eist problem?

[AriciU]

I haven't tryed any yet but that's what people are saying. I'd rather have vdrop and just add more from bios to compensate then no EIST disable.

[AriciU]

Ok. I just updated to from 0603 to 0906. Where the hell is the vdrop everyone's talking about?

1.66v BIOS => 1.656v IDLE / 1.640v LOAD (loadline calibration enabled).

This bios has no vdrop apparently I will try with lower voltages and report back. Maybe that will cause it.

[AriciU]

Ok. I've made some thorough testing with this bios. My findings are below.


BIOS :: WINDOWS

1.7000v => 1.592v

1.6875v => 1.680v

1.6750v => 1.664v

1.6625v => 1.656v

1.6500v => 1.640v

1.6375v => 1.624v

1.6250v => 1.616v

1.6125v => 1.600v

1.6000v => 1.496v

1.5875v => 1.480v

1.5750v => 1.464v

1.5625v => 1.456v

1.5500v => 1.440v

1.5375v => 1.432v

1.5250v => 1.416v

1.5125v => 1.400v

1.5000v => 1.392v

1.4875v => 1.376v

..............................................

1.3875v => 1.280v

..............................................

1.2500v => 1.136v



vdroop = 0.01v ALWAYS /w loadline calibration enabled

vdrop = 0.1v with 1.70v and anything below 1.6125v

vdrop = 0.01v with voltages between 1.6125v and 1.6875v

.................... = same vdrop of 0.1v

=> There is no way to get 1.5x V real with this BIOS

Seems like i'll have to jump straight to 1.6v + tommorow when testing for max clocks and spi. Does that EIST thingy really do any harm while OC'ing? Bios 1006 seems more appealing to me now