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

[karl_eller]

Yeah, I'm hoping that the rumoured price drops for the Q6600's come soonish, then I'll go shopping for a nice G0 stepping (unless a Q9450 can hit 500+ fsb...).

But until then... Argh! This freaking RAM! I tried getting it to run on the 3:4 divider, and it's still not playing ball. It'll MemTest (at least for a while) at 1040Mhz on 2.2v (measured by DMM) with 6-6-6-18 timings (all other sub-timings auto), but as soon as I drop it back to 5-5-5-15 timings, MemTest is Error City.

This is all done with:
CPU: 390 x 9
CPU PLL: 1.5v
NB: 1.45v
CPU GTL: x0.61
NB GTL: x0.57

Should I be looking at playing around with some of the sub-timings? And if yes, which ones? Or would my best bet be to stick with the 5:6 divider, drop back to an 8x multiplier and see how high I can get the FSB? Also, would updating to the 602 BIOS be of any help? It's supposed to have better RAM options, yes?

Eller