"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[Rise]

I ordered everything on sunday - and everything will arrive today from the egg EXCEPT the ing motherboard which will arrive Thursday hopefully. just my luck

[71proste]

I received my P5Q Dlx few hours ago and will check Tonight

[jVIDIA]

My sticker says Taiwan but in the PCB it says China.

RealTelstar, what fan solution?

[R@ptor =]]]

The mobos from taiwain is better than the mobos made in china???
and what is the function of this news options on the bios?
CPU Clock Skew
NB Clock Skew

[Chri$ch]

My sticker says Taiwan but in the PCB it says China.

same here...

PCB made in China / Sticker says made in Taiwan...

[71proste]

I had two Asus Commando's,one from Taiwan and one from China.
Taiwan 570Mhz-stable
China about 530Mhz-stable

I did not found any differnce between pcb's..

my current p5q dlx is made by China,which is not a best choice I see.....

[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

can anyone tell me anything on this?

[Leeghoofd]

can anyone tell me anything on this?

Await testing form Jupiler mate or pm him, he has got a pro too and with the new bios some more tweaking options are included for your mobo...

[vcp-cur]

Hey Leeghoofd (Emptyhead)

I am wondering how they compare,i didnt buy it yet .. i want to know why one should go with deluxe over pro ...

[Leeghoofd]

for sure the DLX PWM is way better for quads... and it has more tweaking options in the bios... I'll try to see if Jupiler already has some info...

[colt1911]

Leeghoofd , I'm about to take the plunge and order the P5Q Deluxe could you tell me if my current memory will work or do I need to upgrade. Current memory is Corsair XMS2 PC6400C4 DDR2, thanks for your help.

[Leeghoofd]

Those Corsairs have different revisions, some clocked well above specs some were horrible... so you will have to test yaself mate... if the ram holds ya back Ebay them and buy some PC8000 or 8500 rams... Please flash 0702 or 0704 ( not yet tested here ) bios , most peeps have better ram compatability with the latter biosses...

Good luck keep us posted !!

[vcp-cur]

for sure the DLX PWM is way better for quads... and it has more tweaking options in the bios... I'll try to see if Jupiler already has some info...

alright, thanks ...

[iboomalot]

I purchased some reaper 8500 and it sucked vs my PC6400 C4 corsair

I still have some freezing issues but not sure if its windows or a ram problem.

Hey Lee I need to update my bios since I don't have a floppy what do you recommend for a bootable CD or can I load from EZflash ??

I put the 0610 bios on a CD but EZ didn't seem to see it

what about WINflash ??

[Cob]

What are people using to read the chipset voltages in Windows?

Just tried the latest Everest and AI Suite and neither can read them.

[Leeghoofd]

Hey Lee I need to update my bios since I don't have a floppy what do you recommend for a bootable CD or can I load from EZflash ?? I put the 0610 bios on a CD but EZ didn't seem to see it

USB stick mate, works fab everytime

What are people using to read the chipset voltages in Windows?

Just tried the latest Everest and AI Suite and neither can read them.

No readouts foreseen for these mobo's... only way to find out is via a digital multimeter... readout points here :

http://www.awardfabrik.de/forum/showthread.php?t=3817

[LUCI5R]

I purchased some reaper 8500 and it sucked vs my PC6400 C4 corsair

I still have some freezing issues but not sure if its windows or a ram problem.

Hey Lee I need to update my bios since I don't have a floppy what do you recommend for a bootable CD or can I load from EZflash ??

I put the 0610 bios on a CD but EZ didn't seem to see it

what about WINflash ??

I got 0502 out of box on my P5Q Deluxe. I used a USB Stick containing the 0702 BIOS and hit ALT + F2 (I think) to get into EZ-Flash during POST - flashing the BIOS was a breeze!

[Cob]

Stock chipset voltages -

PLL - 1.50v
FSB Term - 1.20v
NB - 1.10v

[RealTelstar]

My sticker says Taiwan but in the PCB it says China.

RealTelstar, what fan solution?

The fan that they give for watercooling setups. I would eventually keep it but do put something on the northbridge.

[LUCI5R]

Way to go Cob!! Awesome FSB on stock volts.

Lee - I saw a few additional settings in the BIOS then the ones you had mentioned in your recommendation. Just wondering if any of them might be critical for me, especially under the Advanced CPU Settings:
(PS: Anyone running Q9450 on this board also welcome to share BIOS settings for stable OC'ing)

JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclock tuner: MANUAL
CPU Ratio Setting: 8
FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO
FSB Frequency: 400 - 425
PCI-E Frequency: 101
DRAM Frequency: 1003 - 850
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: MANUAL

1st Information
CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 18
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 55
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

2nd Information
READ to WRITE Delay (S/D): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to READ Delay (D): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (S): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (D): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (D): AUTO

3rd Information
WRITE to PRE Delay: AUTO
READ to PRE Delay: AUTO
PRE to PRE Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to ACT Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to REF Delay: AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: DISABLED
DRAM Read Training: AUTO
MEM. OC Charger: AUTO
AI Clock Twister: AUTO
AI Transaction Booster: AUTO
Common Performance Level: AUTO
Pull-In of CHA PH1:
Pull-In of CHA PH2:
Pull-In of CHA PH3:
Pull-In of CHA PH4:
Pull-In of CHB PH1:
Pull-In of CHB PH2:
Pull-In of CHB PH3:
Pull-In of CHB PH4:

CPU Voltage: 1.35 - 1.4
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): AUTO
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.5
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.2
DRAM Voltage: 1.96
NB Voltage: 1.2 - 1.3
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: AUTO
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO

Load Line Calibration: DISABLED
CPU Spread Spectrum: DISABLED
PCIE Spread Spectrum: DISABLED
CPU Clock Skew :
NB Clock Skew :

Advance CPU Settings:
CPU Ratio Setting:
CPU VID:
C1E Suppport:
Max CPUID Value Limit:
Intel® Virtualization Tech:
Vanderpool Technology:
CPU TM Function:
Execute Disable Bit:

Thanks!!

Edit: OCZ Platinum Edition 4GB (2X2GB) PC2-8000

[Leeghoofd]

The fan that they give for watercooling setups. I would eventually keep it but do put something on the northbridge.

NB doesn't get hot at all even with zero airflow... most only need 1.2-1.28Nb voltage for high FSB action...

Way to go Cob!! Awesome FSB on stock volts.

Lee - I saw a few additional settings in the BIOS then the ones you had mentioned in your recommendation.

CPU Ratio Setting: Manual
CPU VID: Default
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel® Virtualization Tech: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled

For more ram performance set AI transaction booster to MANUAL and try 2 settings below the auto setting... eg if auto is 13 try to boot with 11 and run eg Superpi 32M, if all okay set again one lower...

eg I tested with 400FSB and 1003 ram you can expect 7-8 PL, for 425FSB and ram at 850 expect 9-10...

[M-XXXX]

Finally I got my P5Q Deluxe, after changing coolers, and after having few BIG problems (if I have changed ANYTHING in bios there was no boot), no boot with PCI-E over 106mhz,... Finally I got somewhere (stable 3600mhz;(, but I'm still far from my Maximus OC.

Can someone helps me BIOS settings for Q6600? Thank you!

Btw whats all about this China/Taiwan sticker?

[Leeghoofd]

Finally I got my P5Q Deluxe, after changing coolers, and after having few BIG problems (if I have changed ANYTHING in bios there was no boot), no boot with PCI-E over 106mhz,... Finally I got somewhere (stable 3600mhz;(, but I'm still far from my Maximus OC.

Can someone helps me BIOS settings for Q6600? Thank you!

Btw whats all about this China/Taiwan sticker?

Flash to the latest bios 0702 or even 0704 plz if not done already... many users get around 450FSB-500 easily out of their quads with everything on auto besides Vcore and RAM voltage... tweaking starts from there

[Cob]

PLL on 1.56v, all other chipset voltages on stock -

[Leeghoofd]

Tighten those performance levels Cob..., try setting NB voltage (1.3 doesn't post) yaself and stock settings is not AUTO or do you mean AUTO settings in bios... these are predermined values by the bios engineers and can be pretty high... set manually one by one... good CPU mate !!!