"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[Devious]

If 600FSB is ya thing with wolfies yes things have improved, also we are seeing 500FSB quad action... just make sure you flash to 0610 or 0702 bios

I was thinking more of actual performance, it seemed to lose out to x48 in some reviews and it was put down to early bios.

Im not really looking for 600FSb, though it is impressive. Im just looking for a new board to run 2 x 4870 with my G0 for now

[Leeghoofd]

At the moment it's slightly slower but in general most reviewers or users find that the perfomance level of the P45 is just trailing P35.. hopefully some new biosses will close the gap... also with X38/48... but this board is fun as it's so easy to setup with some knowledge...

[Dr_BenD_over]

Just got mine installed. Up and running at my 24/7 settings.

[jVIDIA]

Leeghoofd, PL = 7 with 8GB of ram !! That's very nice men.

What's the vNB you'r using ?

[Lil'ManComputer]

Hi!

I 've got a P5Q, but I didnt find the official thread to that type, so I decieded to write here. This BIOS is new for me, I had a p5k-e before, there are similar options, but some new as well. I tried to OC my 8400 wich is stable on 8x500 in p5k-e, but in this mobo I dont even hit the puny 420 fsb with 6x multi. It looks like it had a wall on 415, but that's impossibile. What and how should I adjust to reach the max fsb with this mobo?

[Leeghoofd]

Leeghoofd, PL = 7 with 8GB of ram !! That's very nice men.

What's the vNB you'r using ?

1.26V NB just for the 8 gigs, 1.2 works fine with 4Gigs...

[71proste]

Which bios is most stable so far?

[jVIDIA]

Leeghoofd, I've got 2x2gb of Corsair Dominator 8500 C5DF and can't get the p5q dlx to boot on PL=7 :S

Can you post your bios settings ?

PS: I'm still with the original 05xx bios. Could it be that ?

[Chri$ch]

PS: I'm still with the original 05xx bios. Could it be that ?

Try 0702, 0506 is crap!

[jVIDIA]

[pmp]

I guess some of those were also missing from initial bios on the Deluxe. Is the bios 0702 available for the P5Q Pro?

Of course it is. Today, here you go

ASUS P5Q PRO BIOS build 0703

Other boards have updates too:

ASUS P5Q BIOS build 0703
ASUS P5Q Deluxe BIOS build 0704
ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe BIOS build 0704

[jVIDIA]

What's new on the 0704 for the Dlx one ?

[Jupiler]

Thx for posting the bios updates.

Some minor things added for the PRO version (AI Tweaker menu):

CPU GTL Voltage Reference : 0.61 /0.63 /0.65 /AUTO
CPU Clock Skew
NB Clock Skew

- No NB GTL Voltage reference added
- Only 1 option for CPU GTL Voltage reference, unlike the 2 ones (0/2 and 1/3) on the P5Q-E and Deluxe.

[Rise]

Thanks for the info Leeghoofd! (8GB of DDR3 wow!)

[LUCI5R]

Hey Guys, I'm wondering if someone can help me out with my IDE Drives problem. I've setup my system and it's running awesome! Running @ Stock for now, plan on OC'ing over the weekend.

I have 3 IDE Drives. 2 DVD Burners & 1 Hard Drive. (I have a SATAII which is my primary OS hard drive). I connected my 2 DVD Burners using the IDE port provided onboard. I have a Silicon RAID Card (PCI) which I installed so I could connect my IDE Hard Drive (Since I cannot install more then 2 IDE drives using the onboard connectors).

Now, no matter what I do - if I connect the IDE Hard Drive using the RAID Card - my PC pauses at this during boot up:

Marvell 88SE61xx Adapter - BIOS Version 1.1.0.L70d
Initializing.

It doesn't budge from there no matter what. As soon as I disconnect my IDE Drive, everything works fine. The RAID Card has all its' drivers installed and shows up as working fine in my device manager.

I personally think it has something to do with JUMPER Settings on the 3 IDE Drives (Master, Slave, Cable Select, etc.). Does anyone know what JUMPER settings I should set the 3 IDE Drives to? Or what else I can do for my IDE Hard Drive to work in the system?

Thanks!!

[Cob]

Of course it is. Today, here you go

ASUS P5Q PRO BIOS build 0703

Other boards have updates too:

ASUS P5Q BIOS build 0703
ASUS P5Q Deluxe BIOS build 0704
ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe BIOS build 0704

Thanks

[vcp-cur]

when it comes to OC'ing and stability, is the Deluxe much more OC'able and more stable than te PRO ?

I'm not talking features rich, i'm talking stability,oc'ability and speed.

because to my understandings,what changes are the features and some cooling... am i right or am i wrong?

am just looking for a nice stable board and was wondering if the PRO was good enough...

thanks

[jVIDIA]

As everyone loves pics, I leave you here with some pics from my ASUS P5Q Deluxe

Box:






Acessories:


1st look at the board:


P5Q Deluxe:




ASUS logo @ P45 cooler:


Dual heatpipes NB->Mosfets:


SB heatpipe -> NB:


EPU logo in the SB cooler:


Power On/Off and Reset buttons:


Back mosfet heatpipes termination:


One of the mosfets coolers screws:


EPU chip:


Express Gate SSD:


2 power phases to the RAM:


2 power phases to the NB:


16!!! power phases to the CPU:


Rear I/O panel:


PCB made in China:


Board assembled in Taiwan ?!:


Stack Cool 2 & mosfet "back plates":


@my Stacker:

[pmp]

What's new on the 0704 for the Dlx one ?

Some minor changes required by E0/R0 stepping, C1 NB/CPU GTL table changed, uCode table update, BootBlock update.

Performance should not be affected

[71proste]

Nice and clear

[Cob]

Nice pics


Does the sticker come off the southbridge?

[jVIDIA]

Thanks.

The blue sticker ? It must , but I didn't try

[RealTelstar]

I think asus moved pcb fabs to china. My rampage formula has pcb made in taiwan. I think it hardly can make a difference.

[RealTelstar]

Thanks.

The blue sticker ? It must , but I didn't try

Check NB temps, I dont think asus little fan solution is very effective. Oh and yea remove that lame sticker

[Cob]

Just received my P5Q Deluxe.

PCB made in China, and the sticker says Made in China too.

And the blue badge in the SB looks like it's not meant to be taken off. But atleast it's made of metal.