Official ASUS X48 Boards: P5E3 Premium, Rampage Formula/Extreme - BIOS/Info thread

[Dacipher]

It's more often a problem with the E8x00 processor.
The board is really stable here.

PS: You still get black screens at stock speed with strap 266 ?

I think im going to end up waiting for another shipment of E8400's because the one I've been working on is on some other s***.I have not tried strap 266 yet but I will try all settings to get this thing to work! This TV is just insane and so is my rig. I will post up pics soon


Also the TV I was using before, never had this problem. It was a sony 60' also connected via the dvi to hdmi adapter. Everything worked flawlessly so It's hard to determine the real problem here.

[DeViTTo]

Devitto, dont know what vMCH you need actually, can just assume what will be needed.. if you go up in FSB as it seems you are, I need 1.53 atleast in 266 strap at 480, so ill think you need it too, also look at the VTT, think this one is more major to get right, aswell as the GTL settings when its regardning Quads.

Deepsilver looking goood now get that MHZ up!

looks like its not that many that has gone to Asus X48 this time, little sad though, Think i will jump the DFI wagon when T3R comes, allways wanted to try a DFI board.

Thanks infa will try tomorrow temps are really cool now idle 28 after 5 hours gaming max 39 thats with thermal paste will apply mx2 on new Supreme when I get an Oring for it, but while its working will have more time to try it tomorrow.

[Infa]

NP

Yeah the cooling really are great on this board.
making it easier to pump som power into it

aren't you going to get a 8400 or something?

regards.

[DeViTTo]

NP

Yeah the cooling really are great on this board.
making it easier to pump som power into it

aren't you going to get a 8400 or something?

regards.

maybe later running 64bit vista need a quad.

[Dacipher]

So I still got black screens with every strap! However, when I uninstalled my 8.3 catalyst drivers I restarted and it worked. I got into windows, shutdown and it worked again. I was thinking I fixed the problem but when I went into the BIOS and changed my boot up device it failed once again. Im on my TV right now but once I restart or turn it off Im going to have to reset the cmos. I even tried enabling plug and play but no good. I think its the video card now causing these problems. Once again any suggestions?

[DavidNJ]

Is there a clear description of all the BIOS voltage settings available for this board? The Manual seems to have many (PLL, etc, FSB terminations, etc.) that I am unfamiliar with.

Thanks,

David

[Dacipher]

Evrything looks good and set to auto, so that seems fine. Its only this TV that its happening to.

[irenic]

just got this board but currently still no quad penryn to play with.. dun wanna waste money on q9300

[Rickpatbrown]

So I still got black screens with every strap! However, when I uninstalled my 8.3 catalyst drivers I restarted and it worked. I got into windows, shutdown and it worked again. I was thinking I fixed the problem but when I went into the BIOS and changed my boot up device it failed once again. Im on my TV right now but once I restart or turn it off Im going to have to reset the cmos. I even tried enabling plug and play but no good. I think its the video card now causing these problems. Once again any suggestions?

Sorry if I'm repeating something, but I haven't read all the pages.

I have a samsung 42 LCD at 1080p. It won't display anything if the resolution is set weird. Sometimes it works and than stops working. Did you try using a computer monitor?

[Dacipher]

Yes Rickpatbrown, it works flawless on both my Sony 15' monitor and my 60' HDTV. The funny thing is that I also have a 19' Samsung monitor and it doesnt work on that either! It seems anything Samsung is not working and Sony is completely working. Appearently, people over at the Asus boards are having the same problem and someone was sent the BIOS 301 revision. I am still awaiting confirmation if that fixes the problem, stay tuned.

[irenic]

is there any way to solve the issue with 3870x2 without having to disable the expressgate?

i dun have spare pci-e card to use to boot the pc incase i've to reset the cmos

[phiberx]

What would be considered normal for the north bridge temperature, bios shows 57 celsius and infrared meter gives a reading around 60 celsius from the pin fin heatsink on the middle?
This is pretty soon after starting to play with the board. (trying to boot linux live CD and changing the settings as kernel panics..)

The motherboard is inside the case and the parts are in my sig, no side panel on the case though.

Hi guys,

I'm facing the same problem as Goldi, very high NB/SB temps!



This is what i've managed to do last nite, and the ambient temp was around 25C..
I have no idea why the NB/SB temp is so high when it's idling...
Perhaps i'll have to remove the heatpipes and reapply TIM??

When i'm on stock volts (Auto) and stock speed, i get about 60C already..

Specs as in my siggy..

[jcniest5]

How do you configure PCProbe to read the temperature of the NB and SB (besides the Motherboard and CPU)? I don't see any of those option on mine.

[Infa]

Think he's talking about Rampage Board, Premium does not have SB monitoring.

[godsfist]

Whats the verdict on this board?

[DavidNJ]

Does this mean water cooling of the NB and SB is necessary? And that fancy heat sink with heat pipe is useless?

[DeViTTo]

I think we need seperate threads for Rampage and P5E3 Premium, it's getting long winded and confusing for people to follow as to which boards they are taking about.

I'm going to do more this weekend infa, been too busy at work.

[jcniest5]

I think we need seperate threads for Rampage and P5E3 Premium, it's getting long winded and confusing for people to follow as to which boards they are taking about.

I'm going to do more this weekend infa, been too busy at work.

I agree. Sometimes people would just start writing and do not mention which board they are talking about. So, the ROGs have NB and SB temperature monitoring? I read somewhere that the Premium is better in the area of GTL settings whereas the ROG are better in other areas. Going head to head to head, I wonder which one will win the battle. Possibly the ROG will win, that's my guess.

[Brave758]

Has anyone flashed the p5e3 deluxe upto a premium yet???

[CrapCrasher]

Has anyone tryed the Rampage mobo with the G.Skill F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK (2x2gb) memory? I need some confirm about if its working flawless or some issues exist.

[Infa]

I agree. Sometimes people would just start writing and do not mention which board they are talking about. So, the ROGs have NB and SB temperature monitoring? I read somewhere that the Premium is better in the area of GTL settings whereas the ROG are better in other areas. Going head to head to head, I wonder which one will win the battle. Possibly the ROG will win, that's my guess.

Yes that's right, The Premium has very little monitoring, wich i dont like, but what to do right? it only monitors NB temp,Cpu Temp,Vcore ...nothing more, no vMCH no Vdimm etc. BUT the bios are better and has Dual Channel GTL setting wich has helped me actually Kick ass cooling for the NB also, alot of pipes but is working great, keeping it like 28c idle and little above 30s when load, this with a 90mm fan over the MB.

I think we need seperate threads for Rampage and P5E3 Premium, it's getting long winded and confusing for people to follow as to which boards they are taking about.

I'm going to do more this weekend infa, been too busy at work.

Yeah, but how do we split up this thread then, most of it are regarding Premium so, Think Rampage need a new one

Its ok mate not been doin so much either, been doin other stuff, got to have time to actually USE my computer with games and stuff to hehe..

My vcore seems to be getting better now, as i said before it maybe have to "wrest" from high benching vcore a while to get back... now i can prime 1.42 at 4,2ghz , before 1.44 .. ah well.. just fill me in later dude!

regards.

[irenic]

i've been using this p5e3 premium with ordinary hyperX ddr3 1375mhz which goes up until 1500mhz only ..

i wonder if it would be a wise choice if i return my premium for a rampage + ddr2 ram?

this is my 1st time on asus board since p5w dh and i hope to have some suggestion / advice from u guys..

[theonlybabyface]

Has anyone tryed the Rampage mobo with the G.Skill F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK (2x2gb) memory? I need some confirm about if its working flawless or some issues exist.

8 GB's of the stuff working perfectly. Currently running them at 1066 mhz. Set volts to 1.92, 5-5-5-15, subtimings on AUTO and manually set performance level to 7 with all pull-in's ENABLED. That's where I'm at right now as I just got back from Vacation and haven't played with them too much yet.

[zlojack]

Hmmm...interesting thread.

I am debating whether to pick up a P5E3 Premium and some Patriot 2x2GB DDR3-1600 tomorrow, or wait for the (as yet unannounced) Rampage Extreme. Could that be the "Pinot Noir" we've seen the pics of around lately?

[RealTelstar]

I think we need seperate threads for Rampage and P5E3 Premium.

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