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

[STEvil]

Flashed to 0812 about 1.5 weeks ago.

Board has since spontaneously died.

[eva2000]

Flashed to 0812 about 1.5 weeks ago.

Board has since spontaneously died.

Sorry to hear mate Maybe clear cmos overnight...

Wow amazed this thread still going though!

[Leeghoofd]

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?

List all of your hardware plz, your requested OC and I4ll try to give you a template you can try...

Flashed to 0812 about 1.5 weeks ago.

Board has since spontaneously died.

Bad luck Stevil, I have used 0812 since it was released here with the QX and E8500, still going strong

[FabricioGS]

List all of your hardware plz, your requested OC and I4ll try to give you a template you can try...

Leeghoofd,

Thanks, I'll post all settings this night when I arrive home.

But I have a guess: I think this last bios has benefits to the new 45nm processors and are not so good with the "old" ones like my 65nm Q6600 (thanks again ASUS!).

[andressergio]

Hey Guys

I have a problem that i want to share with you guys and help me find a solution...

I have this OC prime stable

ASUS P5K deluxe BIOS 311 (tried all and can't OC as with this)

Q6600 L737B vid= 1,225 2400@3800 (476x8) vcorebios= 1,4375

Crucial Ballistix (the old modules) 2x1Gb 1066@1188 5-5-4-9 (2,2v)

My Bios settings as this, plz click on the pic to make it bigger







Fact is that at this settings you see in the pics it's prime stable rock solid...If i change to

Q6600 2400@3808 (476x8) vcorebios= 1,45

Crucial Ballistix 1066@1190 5-5-4-9 (2,2v)

wich is also prime stable, BUT after some days of using this, one day i turn off the PC all nite and at the morning i can't boot anymore, i mean no matter if i reset CMOS, take out the battery etc, the ONLY thing that makes it boot is take out the crucials and put a standard DDR2 800 memory, then i set the bios again and put the crucials...

I started to think that my crucial's can be damaged but, stood all nite on a memtest...passed all spi (4xspi 32mb) and prime (large, blend) for hours...

Also i want to add that at 480x8 i'm on my FSB limit that maybe the cause of this bios matter...
I tested changing the FSB, NB voltajes, the voltajes ref and others and the best config i end is the one on the pics.

Sorry if this post is long, but just want to know if anyone has this problem or can suggest me another good config to run my OC at this 8x multi that is so fast and i love it

Cheers all
Sergio

[Leeghoofd]

Why don't you try NB voltage at 1.4, TRFC 42 5-5-5-15 for the rams, PCI-E : 101 and disable static Read control... and a more recent bios...

I don't care if it passes Prime for hours it has to boot when you want too !

[andressergio]

Hey Leg

It's true what you say but fact is that with new BIOS there's no way...I have tested all and can't get the OC i have now

increasing the NB voltaje leads to inestability in my case...But I will test again

Thank you very much
Sergio

[monza1412]

sup Sergio, I had that problem too as you know a while ago. It was the first symptom of electromigration with my crucial sticks.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=140870

The weird thing was as in your case that the system was rock stable at memtest, orthos large, OCCT, but once you power off you could not start it again.
Try to disable Dram Static Read Control, that should loose the performance level a bit, and hopefully not so stressfull for your RAM.

[genec57]

Your bios may be dropping back to the default memory voltage which, if memory serves, is 1.8. Crucial memory will often refuse to boot with less than 2.1 volts. When I had Crucial, if I reset bios I would have to start with a cheapo mem stick to boot to bios and then set the Crucial to 2.2 and then all was good to go. Not exactly your situation but it seems similar.

[andressergio]

sup Sergio, I had that problem too as you know a while ago. It was the first symptom of electromigration with my crucial sticks.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=140870

The weird thing was as in your case that the system was rock stable at memtest, orthos large, OCCT, but once you power off you could not start it again.
Try to disable Dram Static Read Control, that should loose the performance level a bit, and hopefully not so stressfull for your RAM.

Hey dude !

Thanks for your comments...

I remember opening my new crucial's and they don't boot at 1,8V, i had to set them manually at 2,2. I had the oportunity to test another brand new pair and same thing happpened...
Yes I remember your situation but you told me you got errors, in my case there's no errorrs at all, but i discovered that:

At 480x8 = 3840 i have some kind of FSB gap, CPUZ and Everest shows 3833...
And at more than 480x8 does not boot, so I can assume that there's a limit there and i Should stay under that FSB

Look at this i tested

480x8 = 3840 1200 5-5-4-9 prime stable
after some days it does not boot if i leave it all nite off and NO METHOD works, just another ddr2 800 stick, and ERASING my previous CMOS VALUES

476x8 = 3808 1190 5-5-4-9 prime stable
after some days it does not boot if i leave it all nite off and JUST TAKING OUT
one Crucial stick boots again holding previous CMOS VALUES

So it seems that the near i get to the limit the hard the bios get stucked...

Now I'm on the pics settings (475x8 / 1188 5-5-4-9) a config tested form months now and no problem...

Cheers and thanks a lot for the help
Sergio

[andressergio]

Flashed to 0812 about 1.5 weeks ago.

Board has since spontaneously died.

Are you shure it died ? If it turns on the led maybe you should try to wake it up with another memory,

Cheers
Sergio

[andressergio]

Sorry to hear mate Maybe clear cmos overnight...

Wow amazed this thread still going though!

Yes eva !! this board is the best board i have and guess lots of ppl think the same

Cheers
Sergio

[monza1412]

Yes I remember your situation but you told me you got errors,

I did not have any errors, that was the funny thing about it. Orthos, OCCT, Memset stable. The only problem was that it refused to boot first at 1.8 and then at 1.9, 2.2 and 2.4. Now is a dead ballistix kit

[Nano74]

Works fin p5k deluxe and bios 0812, prime stable higher temp avg------64c

[andressergio]

I did not have any errors, that was the funny thing about it. Orthos, OCCT, Memset stable. The only problem was that it refused to boot first at 1.8 and then at 1.9, 2.2 and 2.4. Now is a dead ballistix kit

Sorry I was mistaken...Now I remember you didn't get any errors...Maybe my RAM is on it's way to death

Cheers
Sergio

[andressergio]

Works fin p5k deluxe and bios 0812, prime stable higher temp avg------64c

Cool !

With this one don't have troubles..(475x8); trouble starts on > 475x8



Cheers
Sergio

[McLaren__F1]

Whats the safest way to flash the BIOS for this board?

[Leeghoofd]

That would be EZ FLash via the bios mate (use an USB stick), if it doesn't post after the reboot, shut down he pc and start it up again... it should post then... I usually after it posts pop the Cmos battery for 5 mins so that all old settings are gone for sure

[FabricioGS]

Kinda desperate here folks.

Flashed to 0812 yesterday and the board has since spontaneously died too.

It rebooted but after that no video post at all. All fans are working, the leds are ok, no diagnostic sound from bios, but it refuses to POST.

Sometimes when I flash the board it hangs for a few seconds but after a few reboots it come up normally (with all default settings), but this time seems different. I left the power card unplugged for several hours, removed the battery, clear cmos... everything I knew but... nothing!

What else can I try before cry? (EMO comment xD)

[vincey2kr1]

I had the same problem after trying to flash to 0812 from 0603. I ended up RMAing the board Asus sent me another board and guess what same problem. Its your memory. I went to the local comp store and picked up a cheap 1gig stick of super talent and she booted right up. Once she boots up change your mem volt/settings, then poweroff and put in your Uber mem sticks and it all should be fine. Make sure you try several different name brands of mem sticks if the first one doesnt work, my friend let me borrow a 1gig stick and she still wouldnt boot.. This board is finicky with ram on bootup.

[FabricioGS]

Thanks vincey2kr1, but I only got that four sticks of Crucial Balistix 1066. I'll try to boot with one or two sticks only to see what happens. Worst case I will buy a cheap 1Gig as you said.

[CyberDruid]

I love this board. Just bought another actually. It's Folding on an E3110 at 4ghz 24/7...love it. Using the latest BIOS no issues there for me. And I am running Team Xtreme DDR2 1300 (which boots at default voltage yay for me)...one of the easiest to OC most stable Folding rigs I have...

[xpower]

@ CyberDruid by the way "your avatar guy looks awesome"
i agree with you about this board. i think this board like team Xtreem ram.i myself using xtreem ram no booting problem yet.

any body got any luck 600FSB with E8400 wilth this MB....
com on guys no body posting any thread why.............

[xpower]

com on guys what is going on any latest bios beside 0812...........

[Leeghoofd]

com on guys what is going on any latest bios beside 0812...........

Not much apparently, the Premium had a new beta bios a few weeks back, maybe the P5K dlx too soon...