"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[bobn4burton]

First what happens with 2 dimms ( so 4gb in total ) can you get it to post then each time ? Which bios are you on ?

I have tried almost all combinations of 1, 2 and 4 dimms installed. I have tried 2 dimms in both slot combinations and a single dimm in any of the 4 slots available. No change.

I am on the official 0704 bios. On the first POST after I clear the CMOS (the only time the board will actually POST) then I can boot into windows. From there I ran the Asus update tool and updated the BIOS to 0704. However...after reading that any windows based bios updating tool can cause issues, I then flashed again using the EZ Flash tool from within BIOS, same result.

Just to recap the issue so there isn't any confusion:
1. Immediately after clearing CMOS, the board will POST and take me to a screen that basically says:
"Please enter SETUP to recover BIOS settings.
Press F1 to enter SETUP
Press F2 to load defaults and continue"

2. If I press F1, I can get into the BIOS (hence how I used the EZ Flash tool), but once I save and exit...no POST.
3. If I press F2, the pc will continue to load windows and the computer seems to function great (7 instances of memtest, 0 errors, overnight). Once I reboot/restart the pc, no POST.

Thanks for the voltage settings...I'll try those and see if it makes any difference tonight!

[TouGe]

Did you find any information of whether or not there is a pencil vDroop mod for this board?

Still looking. It seems people are content with either no vdroop using LLC or a huge vdroop w/ LLC disabled, no middle ground yet.

[jVIDIA]

Are the B channel memory slots better for OC ? Anyone tested that ?

[Ronin777]

I don't know if this question has come up already, but has anyone had unusually high tempuratures for motherboard? I am getting numbers between 35-40+ when it has been running for a few minutes. The last few motherboards I have had (all Asus) have only been around 30 and my ambient tempurature is around 22-23.

My Rig
q6600 - Asus P5Q Deluxe - Mushkin pc2-6400 (2x2GB) - XFX 8800GT - 250GB SATA HD - Thermaltake 600w PSU
WC loop
D-Tek Fuzion v1 w/quad nozzel > T-Line > MCP 655 > Swiftech MCR320 QP

[VRSpy]

anyone can help me to locate P5Q pro good bios ?

[pmp]

anyone can help me to locate P5Q pro good bios ?

ASUS P5Q PRO BIOS build 0708
Here you go. Enjoy.

Some papu for P5Q-E users as well.
ASUS P5Q-E BIOS build 0706

[Chri$ch]

max FSB on P5Q-E at this time



http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=380746

[VRSpy]

ASUS P5Q PRO BIOS build 0708
Here you go. Enjoy.

Some papu for P5Q-E users as well.
ASUS P5Q-E BIOS build 0706

Apppreciated ! tks

[diablos]

ASUS P5Q PRO BIOS build 0708
Here you go. Enjoy.

Some papu for P5Q-E users as well.
ASUS P5Q-E BIOS build 0706

thanks, any fix?

[pmp]

USB resume after S3 fix, some EZRaid mods, minor DIMM driving changes.

[Ruslan]

I just got the P5Q Deluxe and a Q6600 L807A. Will report later on how it went. is this batch any good?

[Alex-Ro]

Well,any news on new bios for P5q-deluxe?So far i have only reached 595 for validation,tried all the voltages,a bad thing is that at 1.48 and more the board is very flacky....

[Leeghoofd]

1.48 Vcore or NB ? maybe ya ram is holding ya back, cpu , mobo , bios tweaks ? 600FSB is a no brainer with good components... I can do it on 0604 too, no need for 0702 nor 0704... Can you fill in the template ?

http://users.pandora.be/OAP/P5QDlx/P5Q%20Dlx.rtf

[Alex-Ro]

Nb 1.48.I have Crucial ballistix double sided 16FD5 so memory is truly not a problem....

[bobn4burton]

Some interesting things I found with the no-post issue.

1. Talked to Asus tech support again last and they basically said my board must be bad.
2. I tried replacing battery...same problem.
3. I took out all memory and board gives correct signature beep sequence for problems detecting memory...So the board is getting past the memory detection.
4. Was about ready to give up on board...but decided to unplug my dvd burner from the PATA IDE port. Tried to boot...and saw something different than I ever have before. The Express Gate screen came up!! I had never seen this screen come up before...and it was functional. I could go into express gate and everything worked. I could also get into the BIOS and change settings. I then tried to save and exit and the board posted again...I went into express gate a couple of times and it appeared things were working fairly normal. Then one of the times when I went to exit the express gate and continue posting/booting...the POST screen froze where it has the black and white screen with the Intel Logo on the bottom right.

So this got me semi-excited to actually see some different behaviour. So I unplugged my WD raptor and started getting random stuff. Sometimes express gate would work, othertimes not, sometimes no POST with blank black screen, sometimes POST would freeze on the B&W Intel logo screen. I tried plugging my raptor in and out on different ports...after a few minutes of playing around, my board started freezing on the B&W Intel logo screen consistently every time.

So that is basically all the testing I've done. For now...I get a freeze on the B&W Intel logo screen everytime...

Then I read [H]'s review and their problem they had with Raptor drives. I also saw than the previous version Asus board (P5K??) had problems with Raptor drives (and other sata drives).

So from the [H] review and my experience with playing around with my raptor...maybe the P5Q series still has issues with Raptors?? I need to play some more tonight, hopefully I can get some kind of other behavior besides the B&W Intel logo screen freeze.

Anyone else using WD Raptor with their P5Q-Dlx...

I have the older 74gig version...

[iboomalot]

I don't know what it is but lately Asus and Corsair really don't get along at all...

about to send my dominator DDR2 PC8500 back to newegg.

but my p5q didn't like my Reaper either

any suggestions or go DDR3 since those seem to clock fine??

[jVIDIA]

Gskill 8500 PK or the really new Gskill 8800 PI 4GB/8GB (8 Layer PCB, 1100MHZ, 5-5-5-15, 1.8v~1.9v)

[khaydin]

Hey whats up guys? I'm new here and just got around to overclocking my board finally! Here's what I got:

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=380932

Also here are my settings:

ASUS P5Q DLX Template :

JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 7.5 (6.5 does not work, 6 is reported by windows utilities)
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 400
FSB Frequency: 533
PCI-E Frequency: Auto
DRAM Frequency: 1066
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: AUTO

1st Information :

CAS# Latency: AUTO
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: AUTO
DRAM RAS# Precharge: AUTO
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: AUTO
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: AUTO
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: Disabled
MEM. OC Charger: Disabled (enabling this made my ram fail memory stress tests)
AI Clock Twister: Strong (the closer you put this to Stronger the lower latency you get as reported by Everest Cache & Memory Benchmark, Stronger would not boot for me unless I added a lot more vdimm)
AI Transaction Booster: Manual
Common Performance Level [10]
Pull-In of CHA PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH4: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH4: DISABLED

CPU Voltage: 1.3875v (reported by CPU-Z at 1.384v during full load)
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): AUTO
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: AUTO
FSB Termination Voltage: AUTO
DRAM Voltage: 2.18v
NB Voltage: 1.26v
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: AUTO
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO

Load Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Clock Skew : Auto
NB Clock Skew : Auto

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

So far this setup is Prime stable for an hour, will run it longer tonight. I can't really go higher on the FSB because my ram has very bad compatibility with this board, it will barely clock over 1066mhz without failing memory stress testing. On my old BFG 680i SLI board this ram would get over 1150mhz stable! I could even set it to 4-4-4-12 if i left it at 1066mhz and put the voltage to 2.15v, not on this board though! All my overclocking is done using BIOS 0704.

[Leeghoofd]

Some interesting things I found with the no-post issue.
Anyone else using WD Raptor with their P5Q-Dlx...

Glad you are onto something... in fact how many HD's do you have in your rig ? did you try posting with all of them unhooked ? just bare mobo, cpu ram and gfx card ?

Hey whats up guys? I'm new here and just got around to overclocking my board finally!
I can't really go higher on the FSB because my ram has very bad compatibility with this board, it will barely clock over 1066mhz without failing memory stress testing. On my old BFG 680i SLI board this ram would get over 1150mhz stable! All my overclocking is done using BIOS 0704.

Can you show us an everest bandwith run plz with 533FSB and 1066Mhz.. also plz put TRFC 55 manually in the ram settings... I'm doubting if it's not wiser to run eg 450FSB and 1081Mhz on the ram (rm permitting) with a lower PL level... but will have to test that out...

And don't compare Nvidia with Intel... do a superpi run and see who's the fastest then... Nvidia needs a whole lot of tweaking to get anywhere...

[khaydin]

Here's my Everest run and also my memory timings in memset:

[Friday~13rd]

ASUS P5Q PRO BIOS build 0708
Here you go. Enjoy.

Some papu for P5Q-E users as well.
ASUS P5Q-E BIOS build 0706

Thank you sir, for new BIOS.


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[Mumid]

Here's my Everest run and also my memory timings in memset:

There is something seriously wrong with your Level 2 cache results in that screenshot mate. Did you try running the test a few times?

[diablos]

sorry guys,
Is possibile use setfsb or clockgen with p5q deluxe?

thanks

[Beleno]

sorry guys,
Is possibile use setfsb or clockgen with p5q deluxe?

thanks

Hi, have you tried this pll?

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[jVIDIA]

Is there any reading points for the SBridge Voltage and PCIE SATA Voltage ?

Any ideas folks ?