[18th Anniversary] Asus Black Pearl - P5k-Premium Testing Report

[bito]

Have a look here......

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=203630

Best to raise ticket with support and point them to that thread.

[Kilyin]

Is it just me or does the Soundmax onboard slow down XP boot time significantly? If I disable it in the BIOS I can boot into XP about 3-4 times as fast. I don't know if it's a driver issue or if it's just the onboard sound chipset.

I don't boot into my Vista partition enough to notice, but I don't think it affects it as dramatically.

[Kilyin]

Is it just me or does the Soundmax onboard slow down XP boot time significantly? If I disable it in the BIOS I can boot into XP about 3-4 times as fast. I don't know if it's a driver issue or if it's just the onboard sound chipset.

I don't boot into my Vista partition enough to notice, but I don't think it affects it as dramatically.

I guess it's just me...

[wilson]

Does anybody know what is the max fsb you can get on this board ??

[sesdave]

Does anybody know what is the max fsb you can get on this board ??

Dont know about max but the board is good for 500+ . Here is an old initial testing review thread http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=155116 and that with the first series and old BIOS- the later v2.0 have better capacitors(all red) and should in theory go higher. Your main constraint will probably be the CPU.

[ReverendMaynard]

Does anybody know what is the max fsb you can get on this board ??

dual core....600 if you got game.

[sesdave]

Have a look here......

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=203630

Best to raise ticket with support and point them to that thread.

Thanks for this - I will check with their tech support as this could save building the BArtpe/VistaPE recovery CD. If they guarantee this bootcd will work with the P5k /ICH9R I will buy the product as its the best out there for incremental backup/recovery and backup image/restore of RAID0 partition - when it can see it that is -lol!

[wilson]

Ok guys any one here using the e8400 and if so what setting`s have you got in the bios. Im after volt setting more than anything else.
Im using as follows
CPU 1.36v
CPU PLL 1.6v
FSB 1.4v
NB 1.4v
SB 1.05v
Clock Over-charge 0.80v
Load-Line calibration [Enabled]
CPU GTL Auto
NB GTL Auto
I only ask as i get random bsod when doing random things and i know its becouse of the overclock but im trying to figure it out.
Thanks Paul

[wilson]

Ive just had an idea as it fails prime straight away and ive just updated to bios 0504 so could it be a compatability problem between the new bios and my ram ?

[ReverendMaynard]

Ok guys any one here using the e8400 and if so what setting`s have you got in the bios. Im after volt setting more than anything else.
Im using as follows
CPU 1.36v
CPU PLL 1.6v
FSB 1.4v
NB 1.55v
SB 1.05v
Clock Over-charge 0.80v
Load-Line calibration [Enabled]
CPU GTL 0.63x
NB GTL 0.67x
I only ask as i get random bsod when doing random things and i know its becouse of the overclock but im trying to figure it out.
Thanks Paul

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[sesdave]

Ok guys any one here using the e8400 and if so what setting`s have you got in the bios. Im after volt setting more than anything else.
I only ask as i get random bsod when doing random things and i know its becouse of the overclock but im trying to figure it out.
Thanks Paul

Can you post the rest of your settings as well please just for thoroughness. Could be timmings,static,booster settings causing BSOD rather than NB volts.