ASUS P5B-Deluxe; Problems & Fixes

[zizo]

Thats a joke
I had 4 sticks of 1gb modules, and I could ran them 1:1 with CPU at 500MHz (1GHz RAM speed) in CL4...! So no worries! P5B Deluxe rules!

I'm stuck at 466MHz with 4 sticks. Plus most P5BD's can't do 500MHz FSB in click 4.

[icywater]

I'm stuck at 466MHz with 4 sticks. Plus most P5BD's can't do 500MHz FSB in click 4.

My one can boot into window at 450 and passed dual super pi 32M, fail memtest "test 5" right at the end of the test even with 1.86v on the NB. With 2 sticks 550 easy.

Bhairava to be on the safe side, you better get 2x 2GB kit.

[Bhairava]

I'm stuck at 466MHz with 4 sticks. Plus most P5BD's can't do 500MHz FSB in click 4.

Did u try a 2*2 kit?

My one can boot into window at 450 and passed dual super pi 32M, fail memtest "test 5" right at the end of the test even with 1.86v on the NB. With 2 sticks 550 easy.

Bhairava to be on the safe side, you better get 2x 2GB kit.

So, with 2*2 i don't have any problem?

Thanx for your help.

[chuckbam]

Did u try a 2*2 kit?



So, with 2*2 i don't have any problem?

Thanx for your help.

I have 4 x2GB and I found that 2GB modules are usually rated lower. Most are only about PC2-6400. I can run all 4 sticks I have at 440x2. But, I don't because at 1:1 that would give me a crazy bus speed. I have run only two sticks at 3:/4 at over 440MHz x2. But I have a CPU speed problem at that x. Anyway with air I am happy at 3.36 GHz.

I am trying to say is that I have not seen any performance 2GB memory modules on the market as of lately.

[icywater]

Did u try a 2*2 kit?



So, with 2*2 i don't have any problem?

Thanx for your help.

I don't know, since I haven't got 2x2GB to try. I give up on P5B-D when i can't get 445FSB with 4 stick so i ditched the board and got myself a P5k-E, 500FSB with 4 sticks easy.

[JacKz5o]

2x2 should work much better.

[satandole666]

I've been running into a problem for a while now and it has happened on all 3 P5B series boards I own.

When my FSB is heavily overclocked (say 450+), during the boot process sometimes my video card isn't recognized. This gives me a blank screen as it boots through Windows.

I can fix it sometimes by powering off the computer, then the PSU, and restarting. However, lately it seems like the problem is happening more and more often (I am also pushing the FSB harder and harder with the E8400).

I think I might have figured out what the problem is but I don't know how to fix it. I lock my PCI-E frequency at 101 regardless of what I am doing. However, I remember reading somewhere that the P5B series behaves better if you overclock the PCI-E frequency along with the FSB.

Can anyone give me any insight into this? It is hindering my ability to run at higher speeds as it will take anywhere from 6-12 boots to get into windows. Half the time it does boot it states "overclock failed" blah blah blah enter the BIOS,even at settings known to be 24/7 stable.

Thanks.

Just a little more info, I've tried swapping video cards and it doesn't fix it. I've also searched this thread and didn't come up with anything...that and its kinda hard to sort through 186 pages or so.

EDIT: I guess it won't display my sig yet. Hardware is...

ASUS P5B-Deluxe C2 (1226) with E8400 (testing)
2gig G. Skill DDR2 800
ATI AIW X1800 XL
D-Tex FuZion/MP655/Black Ice Extreme III
Corsair HX620
Silverstone TJ-07 Case

[unclewebb]

I've been running into a problem for a while now and it has happened on all 3 P5B series boards I own.

I have the exact same problem on my P5B Dlx but only when using Stand By mode. At a FSB of 460 MHz all is OK going into and coming out of Stand By mode but at 470 MHz it will go into Stand By mode but all I'll get is a blank screen when it tries to resume.

I'm using an X1950XT which is very similar to your card. I've always thought it was just an ATI problem but have never tried an Nvidia card to confirm. Anyone else familiar with this issue?

[satandole666]

I'm using an X1950XT which is very similar to your card. I've always thought it was just an ATI problem but have never tried an Nvidia card to confirm. Anyone else familiar with this issue?

It has happened to me using the ATI AIW x1800xl, Sapphire 2600XT, and eVGA 8800GTS 320mb cards.

I'm fairly confident it isn't a VGA card issue because of this, but not 100%.

[jonny_ftm]

buy one and put it in and find out.

Not very kind, nor constructive these kind of answers. Not a kid's forum here. If you can't help, better shut up, right!!

Now the million dollar question. Will the Xeon E3110's work with this mobo? There are a shortage of E8400s at them moment & I decided to go ahead & buy one of these, along with a 2x2Gig Patriot Viper kit.

Ther Xeon E3110 is same spec as E8400 , so it should work no problem

[icywater]

Not very kind, nor constructive these kind of answers. Not a kid's forum here. If you can't help, better shut up, right!!

why don't you shut up! I was talking to him at OCAU, How do you know i did not give him contructive idea? I was saying that as a joke.

[Buckster]

anyone have Hard-lock-ups under stress over about 438 fsb ?

this is with a Q6600 ...

I need 1.5V for 3.4 gig ..

but anything above 438 fsb - and I don't get a PRIME error as such, but anywhere between 8 minutes and 30 minutes I get a complete hard lock-up, if you then press reset the PC turns off, and then won't post ... if after lock-up you turn off at bakc, and back on again it posts. (without overclock fail)

I have mobo volts as high as I dare, I'm on

Vfsb 1.40 (have tried 1.45V)
Vmch 1.45 (have tried 1.55V)
Vsouth=1.6V

running Ballistix 8500 at 1:1, currently 5-5-5-15, 2.15V

running 4x 1gb modules

mobo temps are quite high (is system temp southbridge ??)

even though case is well cooled ... system temp idles about 48C and goes up to about 55C under load worst case

cheers, Mark.

[chuckbam]

anyone have Hard-lock-ups under stress over about 438 fsb ?

this is with a Q6600 ...

I need 1.5V for 3.4 gig ..

but anything above 438 fsb - and I don't get a PRIME error as such, but anywhere between 8 minutes and 30 minutes I get a complete hard lock-up, if you then press reset the PC turns off, and then won't post ... if after lock-up you turn off at bakc, and back on again it posts. (without overclock fail)

I have mobo volts as high as I dare, I'm on

Vfsb 1.40 (have tried 1.45V)
Vmch 1.45 (have tried 1.55V)
Vsouth=1.6V

running Ballistix 8500 at 1:1, currently 5-5-5-15, 2.15V

running 4x 1gb modules

mobo temps are quite high (is system temp southbridge ??)

even though case is well cooled ... system temp idles about 48C and goes up to about 55C under load worst case

cheers, Mark.

Yes,
Why don't you try 5-6-6-15 and 5-6-6-24 as a test. With some other memory than I have now, I needed to go 4-4-4-12 to 4-5-5-15 when I went from 2 sticks to 4 sticks.

[icywater]

anyone have Hard-lock-ups under stress over about 438 fsb ?

this is with a Q6600 ...

I need 1.5V for 3.4 gig ..

but anything above 438 fsb - and I don't get a PRIME error as such, but anywhere between 8 minutes and 30 minutes I get a complete hard lock-up, if you then press reset the PC turns off, and then won't post ... if after lock-up you turn off at bakc, and back on again it posts. (without overclock fail)

I have mobo volts as high as I dare, I'm on

Vfsb 1.40 (have tried 1.45V)
Vmch 1.45 (have tried 1.55V)
Vsouth=1.6V

running Ballistix 8500 at 1:1, currently 5-5-5-15, 2.15V

running 4x 1gb modules

mobo temps are quite high (is system temp southbridge ??)

even though case is well cooled ... system temp idles about 48C and goes up to about 55C under load worst case

cheers, Mark.

you are run 4 modules of ram, take out 2 modules and try again. I can't run over 440FSB without error using 4 modules of rams, that with

Vfsb 1.45
Vmch 1.85 (volt mod).
Vsouth=1.8V

You see, I can boot into window with 460 FSB and do dual SPI 32M, But when memtest I get error at the range 2020MB-2024MB, and 4040MB-4096MB in test 5. I change my mboard P5K-E and the ram work great 500FSb with 4 modules no problem.

[jonny_ftm]

why don't you shut up! I was talking to him at OCAU, How do you know i did not give him contructive idea? I was saying that as a joke.

loughing at the joke, ok?

It's a forum, so people can't guess what's in your mind. Your answers should be helpfull for all. My point of view, not meaning to be rude
Let's close this comments as the question was answered

Otherwise, people getting their Q6600 above 400 FSB stable on this board are lucky. I tried two boards and Prime95 small fft is stable, but nothing above 390 FSB is stable with OCCT in RAM mode. This is with many RAM combinations and any NB voltage/timings... combination...

Moved just now to a P5K Premium, my results will show in my sig.
I'll just advice people to check stability with OCCT in RAM mode as the NB and RAM are limiting on this MB for high overclock with a quadcore

[chuckbam]

"Otherwise, people getting their Q6600 above 400 FSB stable on this board are lucky. I tried two boards and Prime95 small fft is stable, but nothing above 390 FSB is stable with OCCT in RAM mode. This is with many RAM combinations and any NB voltage/timings... combination..."

What a joke !!!! P5B does a FSB over 400 no problem. Must be something with your skill, knowledge or components. I guess the first two.

[laragirl83]

I am testing now an E8200 @ FSB550MHz with 7 multi!

[jonny_ftm]

"Otherwise, people getting their Q6600 above 400 FSB stable on this board are lucky. I tried two boards and Prime95 small fft is stable, but nothing above 390 FSB is stable with OCCT in RAM mode. This is with many RAM combinations and any NB voltage/timings... combination..."

What a joke !!!! P5B does a FSB over 400 no problem. Must be something with your skill, knowledge or components. I guess the first two.

Very easy to flaim people when you don't know them. Especially when I see your sig with poor OC when I fly at 3.8GHz on a P5K and 3.6 on a P5B with DDR2 above 1000Mhz at tighter timings than yours. So hey, go to school, improve your specs, and come back.
And yes, many are used to your useless comments on other topics. This topic is going to be a flaming rather than a contribution. I won't comment further and let you give useless silly advices to the poor noobs, from a professionel, skilled expierienced P5B Deluxe crawling at 3.3Ghz and claiming 3.6GHz is easy when a Maximus Formula has a hard time doing it, except some hand picked boards.

edit: Looks like you're still confusing quadcore and C2D overclock potential and FSB limits

[laragirl83]

P5B Deluxe FSB capabilities...?

Here:

[Buckster]

very nice

After my post above (thanks for the replies) I decided to ditch the overclock and reduce it somewhat...

@ 3.45 gig

Vcore = 1.51V, Vmch = 1.45V, Vfsb = 1.4V fsb, Vsouth=1.6V

Prime stable

@ 3.31 gig (so not that much lower)

Vcore = 1.41V, Vmch = 1.25V, Vfsb = 1.3V, Vsouth = 1.5V

Prime stable

thats a lot of extra volts for not much extra overclock - so sticking to no.2 I think

[laragirl83]

very nice

After my post above (thanks for the replies) I decided to ditch the overclock and reduce it somewhat...

@ 3.45 gig

Vcore = 1.51V, Vmch = 1.45V, Vfsb = 1.4V fsb, Vsouth=1.6V

Prime stable

@ 3.31 gig (so not that much lower)

Vcore = 1.41V, Vmch = 1.25V, Vfsb = 1.3V, Vsouth = 1.5V

Prime stable

thats a lot of extra volts for not much extra overclock - so sticking to no.2 I think

Fair enough

[jonny_ftm]

P5B Deluxe FSB capabilities...?

Here:

Nice OC, and hey, you got a roxor chip for your E8200 (going far above 500 FSB)
Here are some results of a tested E8200 and E8500
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu..._12.html#sect0

Guess you're very lucky

[chuckbam]

Very easy to flaim people when you don't know them. Especially when I see your sig with poor OC when I fly at 3.8GHz on a P5K and 3.6 on a P5B with DDR2 above 1000Mhz at tighter timings than yours. So hey, go to school, improve your specs, and come back.
And yes, many are used to your useless comments on other topics. This topic is going to be a flaming rather than a contribution. I won't comment further and let you give useless silly advices to the poor noobs, from a professionel, skilled expierienced P5B Deluxe crawling at 3.3Ghz and claiming 3.6GHz is easy when a Maximus Formula has a hard time doing it, except some hand picked boards.

edit: Looks like you're still confusing quadcore and C2D overclock potential and FSB limits

Sure I flamed you. The topic is not PK5 vs P5B.

It should be clear to you that I traded my Dram Freq. settings for 2GB sticks to achieve 8GB of total memory. I have used 3 different sets of memory since I have had a P5B. Also, my OC has been determined by core v. requirements, benchmark testing etc. It is not my Max OC in either DDR2 or CPU.

At this point, my goal is 24/7 operation uptime without errors in Windows Event Viewer. I use my computer. I just don't Fire it Up for a quick unstable OC.

[jonny_ftm]

Sure I flamed you.

Oh, yes, I already said you're well known to be a flamer. Getting frustrated, when wrong, can be cured. No need to get your guns out

The topic is not PK5 vs P5B.

Where did you see a comparision??

At this point, my goal is 24/7 operation uptime without errors in Windows Event Viewer. I use my computer. I just don't Fire it Up for a quick unstable OC.

Ahh, so you stick at 3.3GHz with a quadcore as a maximum stable for 24/24!!So I quote you again

What a joke !!!! P5B does a FSB over 400 no problem. Must be something with your skill, knowledge or components. I guess the first two.

Sure you have to agree your mind, if it does the 400 FSB stable on a quad or not?

Anyway, seriously, to sum it up:
The P965 chipset rocks with a C2D but is FSB limited with a quadcore CPU, this is known from ages.
Most P5B deluxe series will overclock your C2Q to a 380-420 FSB, some roxor boards reached 450MHz. I till now, never saw a report of a stable OC on a P5B deluxe over 400FSB on a quadcore except the easy to stabilize small FFT in Prime95. Personally, Small FFT are stable for 12h at about 415 FSB, than no boot. OCCT in RAM mode and F@H are rock stable only at 390 FSB maximum
On a C2Q, above 520 FSB is far from being the rule, only noobs think the opposite because of some nice screenies. Only few Roxor CPUs and motherboards can do it.

Now, I saw boards doing a 450FSB screeny on a Q6600, but they are not legion

So people looking for a high overclock on C2Q, just have to know the limits of this board

[chuckbam]

Oh, yes, I already said you're well known to be a flamer. Getting frustrated, when wrong, can be cured. No need to get your guns out


I don't recall flaming anyone on this board before. Since you have researched me, show me where.