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

[lowtcell]

lowtcell:

In case you haven't noticed my previous posting, AISuite's VDIMM voltages are totally OFF. I have confirmed that with a REAL multimeter.

The REAL voltage for the DDR2 modules is roughly the voltage the BIOS is set to plus 0.05V. Maybe even less, taking into consideration that there is an inductor between the moduels and the MOSFETs that regulate the voltage.

I suspect AISuite isn't supposed to display the VDimm readout because ASUS saved the money for an extra sensor on the P5E amd whatever comes out ar emore or less lottery numbers. And this current AISuite only accidentally displays something.

OK, thanks for your answer. So I guess my previous setting of 2.06 (I manually typed 2.05 in bios, but it saves as 2.06) was about right.

[godsfist]

Anyone know what the Vdimm is set at on Auto? 1.8?

[mason123]

does this mainboard have the set up item—— ram remaping function —— under bios the advance－ nb section？

[EaglePC]

is this pretty good,i am new here to forum

[brunormt]

Hi guys, just a question.

What are the normal temps of the board? I´m having 42-43 playing crysis, is this to mutch?

Idle around 30.

[karl_eller]

what Everest you useing in the corp version i see a colt saying 2.20 sound like thats my mem volts as for nb does that show as mb senser or is there ment to be a nb one to

I'm using Everest Ultimate v4.1-something. But also note that like I said in my previous post, a couple of times I've checked AI Suite when Everest stops reporting NB temps, and AI Suite says NB temps are 180-190C. The NB obviously ISN'T 180-190C, since I'd be able to feel that kind of heat on the heatsink.

Eller

[angelreaper]

New bios for P5E:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...5e/P5E0601.zip

[Skyline GT-R]

Any1 to test it?

[aiya_au]

New bios for P5E:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...5e/P5E0601.zip

lol! u must have found it as it just got updated, i seriously go to that ftp like 2-3 times a day.

updated my bios now testing my ram.

2 passes of memtest with my crucial ballistix tracers 8500. its stable so far good signs. it use to fail on test 4 on the 1st pass on STOCK speeds. i'm testing it at stock speeds for now. then start overclocking it

[EaglePC]

FYI Problems on GSkill F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000)

Well, first of all, ,I have an Asus P5E X38 motherboard, and the RAM wasn't really stable on my slots 1 and 3, I switched them to 2 and 4, enabled Loadline Calibration, disabled transaction booster (relax level to 0), set my RAM to 2.06v (motherboard overvolts by 0.04v) and here I am, with a stable DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 1T running a nice 1:1 ratio with my 3.2GHz Q6600 (8*400)."CPU Volt ETC all AUTO No Vdrop at all"




not sure if that helps I can set that up on new bios 0601

[lowtcell]

Any1 to test it?

Not me

[sang]

looks like asus ftp server its down
could someone upload the p5e 0601 bios here ?
thanks in advance

[eyes.only]

working OK for me:

ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socke...5e/P5E0601.zip

[sang]

I still got an error.
could domeone mail it to me ?
sangboy dot ro at gmail dot com

[JohnZS]

does this mainboard have the set up item—— ram remaping function —— under bios the advance－ nb section？

My P5E3 has that function, I have it set to enable as I have 4GB of RAM and Vista 64-Bit
John

[OrgnlPrankster7]

well its back to 502 for me, 601 would BSOD and not let me into windows unless i completly removed any overclock

[mason123]

My P5E3 has that function, I have it set to enable as I have 4GB of RAM and Vista 64-Bit
John

first thanks,
but i mean asus p5e x38, not p5e3,i do know the Maximus Formula ddr2 has, but i do not know wether the p5e has that function.
anyone? plz confirm that , thanks!

regards

[EaglePC]

Asus P5E Bios 0601

+1

[STaRGaZeR]

lol! u must have found it as it just got updated, i seriously go to that ftp like 2-3 times a day.

updated my bios now testing my ram.

2 passes of memtest with my crucial ballistix tracers 8500. its stable so far good signs. it use to fail on test 4 on the 1st pass on STOCK speeds. i'm testing it at stock speeds for now. then start overclocking it

Keep us posted, I'll try 0601 when my E8400 arrives

[necron66]

Asus P5E Bios 0601 loaded from file using the update thing that is on the cd left me with a 12 day old non posting board :\

-E- Turns out to be not BIOS related somehow.

[JoeBar]

Right now testing the limits of my new 8400 on a P5E with bios 502.

I don't want to mess with another bios now, so i'll wait for a few more user info...

[EagleRock]

Any idea if that cooler will fit on P5E ?
http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Pr...ad.asp?idx=156

I did order the mobo from 2 days hopefully it will come soon ill post my results then.

[aiya_au]

0601 bios still fails memtest with crucial ballistix tracer 8500 ram at stock speeds. many people on the asus forums has this problem as well. come on asus and fix the problem already.

i can do a prime blend for 14hours+ but fail memtest in the first pass.

[doakh]

Bios update '0601' is to "Fix system fail to resume from S3 when using production version of Wolfdale CPU" from 'Bios History' of their support page. I am not clear how the 'S3' option in the Power Menu of the bios affects the 'sleep' mode in Vista, which I use? I have an E8400 on the way, so I am not clear if I need this update.

[godsfist]

0601 seems fine, I think it was to fix a stall that occured every now and then when you rebooted with a 45nm chip