ASUS P5K Deluxe - Intel P35 Bearlake + E6600 B1 / Q6600 B3

[mistryv]

I just updated to the 0812 bios however, my settings seem incorrect. CPUZ shows that my CPU (E6600 on P5k DLX) is running at 1603 MHZ. For now I want to get it to be stable at STOCK speeds, and I will worry about overlocks later.

Can you provide BIOS settings for complete stock operation? My ram is 4-4-4-12 Corsair XMS PC6400. Thanks!

[Leeghoofd]

Disable EIST and co again in the CPU feature... 6 x 266 is about 1600mhz... or start prime or such and you will see that it will go up to 9 multi and show 2400mhz...

[xpower]

ok i cant run E6850 to 4ghz no matter what volts i put in.
1.65v and 1.70 i boot fine but when i pay some game in windows
i stoped and reboooooooots???????????

[Leeghoofd]

ok i cant run E6850 to 4ghz no matter what volts i put in.
1.65v and 1.70 i boot fine but when i pay some game in windows
i stoped and reboooooooots???????????

Not all E6850's dop 4ghz stable, and really pumping 1.7 volts through a CPU is madness... I don't want to even know ya temps... your CPU is prolly the limiting factor here, I too could boot my E6600 at 4ghz , a quick screenshot before it BSOD on me...

[xpower]

Not all E6850's dop 4ghz stable, and really pumping 1.7 volts through a CPU is madness... I don't want to even know ya temps... your CPU is prolly the limiting factor here, I too could boot my E6600 at 4ghz , a quick screenshot before it BSOD on me...

this is intel policy i think some conroe 65nm processors suffering very badly when you overclock them.i had e6600 also same storycould not go over 3.8ghz.i was reading the other day cpu info and it shows with e6600 max speed 3800.and same with e6850 max 3800mhz.LIMITED OVERCLOCKER
its mean you cannot go over by any means.i think that why they intreduced
wolfdale.

[Leeghoofd]

Well to tell you about wolfdale as 45nm loads of peeps are also stuck around 3.8-3.9ish level due to much Vcore being needed to get to 4ghz ( so above 1.4Vcore )... could be you get a golden one or it coulde be average (like most) or just a crappy one

[xpower]

Well to tell you about wolfdale as 45nm loads of peeps are also stuck around 3.8-3.9ish level due to much Vcore being needed to get to 4ghz ( so above 1.4Vcore )... could be you get a golden one or it coulde be average (like most) or just a crappy one

thanks leed but inst it all about luckbut this one
still can do 550 FSB stayable

thanks nuckin.!!!!!!!!!

[Leeghoofd]

FSB is nice but doesn't mean ya CPU can breach 4ghz unless you whack insane voltages coupled with extreme cooling

Newer E8400 Wolfdales top out around 4-4.2Ghz stable at reasonable voltage levels (sub 1.4Vcore) for most users... while they can breach 550FSB doesn't mean they can go up to 4.5ghz and higher stable... Sell that E6850 and go wolfdale it will make life easier on ya...

[xpower]

ok its stayable with 1.5500v in bios 500*8 and all cpu configration to disable,core0=46,core1= 48with Hmonitor.underload 56 and 59.after hard finding.i also
found that 0812 bios is very stable compare to all other bioses.0603,0705,0809etc.if some one wants best overclocking
bios.

[Nuckin_Futs]

ok i cant run E6850 to 4ghz no matter what volts i put in.
1.65v and 1.70 i boot fine but when i pay some game in windows
i stoped and reboooooooots???????????

Interesting! PM me or post what else you set because I know it's about luck of the draw, but I havent come accross a E6850 that cant do 500FSB @ 500x8 in 1:1, so I should think 450x9 is much easier except if on certain dividers.

Every E6750 I messed with can do it but with still less vcore then you posted. Again, luck of the drwa. I would suspect BIOS BETA version and settings, as all the non BETA up to v0802 did fine. Shouldn't need more then 1.55v as 500x8 and no more then 1.632 PLL and 1.472v FSBT w/ 63% GTL.

[grenadier]

Just flashed my P5K to 812 from 311 and so far so good. I've got two E8400's sitting next to me right now ($140 each from CompUSA deal) and I'm tempted to throw one in, but what I really want is a 9450. I do mostly video work - Sony Vegas, Avid Media Composer, and various encoding apps so I'm a bit hesitant to install a new dual core when there's several affordable quad core chips floating around. Then again I don't think any of the apps I use are actually threaded to take advantage of more than two cores yet.

I know it's off topic, but does anyone think I'd see a dramatic performance increase or an increase in overall program responsiveness with a 9450 @ ~3.4 vs. an E8400 @ ~4.0? Stability is essential here (4+ hour renders) so if an oc'ed quad core is going to be finicky let me know and I'll steer clear.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[WhiteFireDragon]

Just flashed my P5K to 812 from 311 and so far so good. I've got two E8400's sitting next to me right now ($140 each from CompUSA deal) and I'm tempted to throw one in, but what I really want is a 9450. I do mostly video work - Sony Vegas, Avid Media Composer, and various encoding apps so I'm a bit hesitant to install a new dual core when there's several affordable quad core chips floating around. Then again I don't think any of the apps I use are actually threaded to take advantage of more than two cores yet.

I know it's off topic, but does anyone think I'd see a dramatic performance increase or an increase in overall program responsiveness with a 9450 @ ~3.4 vs. an E8400 @ ~4.0? Stability is essential here (4+ hour renders) so if an oc'ed quad core is going to be finicky let me know and I'll steer clear.

Thanks for any suggestions.

this is off topic but wow, you're one of the few that received the e8400 from compusa (made didn't get package intercepted)

[Nuckin_Futs]

I finally dropped my 10 day old Q9450 in tonight, what a busy week. So what is the accepted higher vcore for us overclockers on these 45nm quads and safe high PLL. At 1st auto PLL and vcore and GTL ref, it booted at 333x8 to 1.192v and PLL: 1.616v I left my current 480x8 other setting same for now such as FSBT at 1.472v and NB GTL to 63x

Comp USA, are they keeping the online name, Didnt Zip-Zoom Fly buy it?

Any Q9450 overclockers here so far?

[DAK1640]

Yes, thats why i want to see if it will act up when in 1:1...it doesn't seem to at the moment. will shut down for a while then see if i get a random No post, or random OC Failed message again.

And i was wondering since its 4gb of ram in vista 32bit, what do i use to fully test all 4gb, cause in Prime95 i'm only about 2.3gb testing, should i set some settings in Prime95....or it doesnt matter.

P.S. just set transaction booster to disable relax[1], the performance level in memset has gone up from 12-13.

checkpoint

[vincey2kr1]

anyone get a wolfdale cpu ( e7200 or up) to work with the 0603 bios? I'm putting a e7200 in and for the love of god I dont wanna flash the bios. I'm still having bad dreams from the last time i flashed the bios on this board.

[JaYp146]

anyone get a wolfdale cpu ( e7200 or up) to work with the 0603 bios? I'm putting a e7200 in and for the love of god I dont wanna flash the bios. I'm still having bad dreams from the last time i flashed the bios on this board.

I'll be trying the E7200 on the 0705 BIOS by week's end and will hopefully have some results.

[426hemi]

for yorkfield C1 stepping need new bios 812

[STEvil]

My X3350 works fine on 0603

[vincey2kr1]

I still <3 this Motherboard, I had a chance to sell it and go the SLI route with a 7x series nvidia motherboard but i think it isnt worth the headache of dealing with all problems. The horror stories over at EVGA forums Anyways voltage dampner (bios 0603) is FTW on this board 8*450mhz 3.6ghz q6600 is still impressive and i was doing this a long long time ago. Soooo I'm getting a 9800 gx2 and using EVGA's step up program once the new cards come out in a couple of months I'll have results hopefully this weekend, anyone running a 9800gx2 on this board?

[vincey2kr1]

Heres what i got in the first 10mins of play with my 9800gx2.

[0rion]

Hi again, I had a question about the bios. I have the 404 bios right now, and the tRFC only goes to 45. I heard to run some DDR2-1000 2x 2gb sets you need to loosen this, to around 52-55 or so. Is this true? If so, will a newer bios have the options for a higher tRFC?

What bios would you guys suggest? The latest?

[Leeghoofd]

0812 yeppo

[FabricioGS]

I just flashed my board last night from 07** (don't remembe exactly but it was a buggy bios) to 0812 and now I can't get stable with same settings as before, thanks Asus!

I was used to set vcore, vram and a few other settings let nb, sb, pll and etc voltages in auto and my system was always rock solid. Now I can't get the system stable for 5 minutes in Prime and the vdroop seems huge (at least bigger than before).

Any tips?

[vincey2kr1]

What program is everyone using for fan control?

[monza1412]

What program is everyone using for fan control?

speedfan here... only problem is that i cant control my cpu fan
chassis fans are doing fine though