ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution - Tips, Tricks, Mods, BIOS, OCing & More...

[runmc]

Chipset to air or liquid?

Chipset is Air (Stock HS)

[DiscoTech]

I owned Cellshock black 1800, Cellshock blue 1866, Corsair Dominator 1800 and now the G.Skill 1600 GBHZ - it seems my board fell in love with this RAM........

Maybe with a different brand You have to change either PL or tRFC (88?) or RAM skew.............

do you guys know if the 4GB HZ and the 2GB HZ use the same modules?

are your sticks double sided?

I was planning on buying the 4GB HZ kit but since people here are happy with their 2GB kits, I may opt for 2 sets of the 2GB.

I have asked the same question on GSkill support thread but haven't gotten a response yet.

Thanks

I have a q9450 that has done between 3.7-3.8 GHz on ABit IP35 Pro on air with Thermalright 120 Extreme.

I am planning on getting this x48 board along with 2 ATI 4870s since I have been happy with my Asus WS board and need the x48 chipset to get the most out of the crossfire.

Do you think I can squeeze more speed out of the CPU with this board?

Also on average, how much of an extra overclock on the quad cpu should I expect if I switch to decent watercooling?

[Viss]

I can't say much for my 3DM01 score, but I am happy about the fsb. The new bios is heaven sent. I didn't ever think I could run 600fsb with this 8500 chip. Actually I'm running 614 fsb atm. If I can run 01 all the way, I'll add screenshots. I'm also very happy with the G.Skill PC3-12800CL7

I just noticed vcore is set to high.

Very nice FSB 600 runs fine here but only with divider 1/1. Whats your secret ?

[ToyTen]

Very nice FSB 600 runs fine here but only with divider 1/1. Whats your secret ?

+1 We know you do it the air way, what about Vnb for example ?
I meet a wall when setting anything from 1,59vnb. Quite boring I think I didn't changed the thermal paste correctly( what else reason for would the vnb bug this much high vnb voltages boots???)... I'm also under air for the vnb, it is, at alny setting, not too hot at all so I think the contact isn't bad atm. Would a 12 centimeters in tubing water cooling be efficient to solve my issue or is it the mobo I finnally wonder ??
Bye

[runmc]

Very nice FSB 600 runs fine here but only with divider 1/1. Whats your secret ?

Allot of electricity

cpuv - 1.55
cpugtl - .67
cpu pll - 1.52
fsb term v - 1.50
dram v - 2.00
nbv - 1.69
nbgtl - .61
sb - 1.20
coc - 1.00

I'm trying to work these voltages down some. Nothing feels hot though.

[ToyTen]

Is there anything wrong with my mainboard ? When I set 1.61vnb and whatever other settings arround the computer doesn't boot at all.

NB heat pipe is not too hot, as it should be I think. I get 33/D9/31... codes and the ram diag led is permanently lighted on in that case.

Any idea? Thx

[Holmer]

Is there anything wrong with my mainboard ? When I set 1.61vnb and whatever other settings arround the computer doesn't boot at all.

NB heat pipe is not too hot, as it should be I think. I get 33/D9/31... codes and the ram diag led is permanently lighted on in that case.

Any idea? Thx

On my MB the max NB voltage I can set and still boot is 1.61 (I use stock NV cooler with replaced TIM and a 120 mm fan blowing on it). I think it is a heat/protection issue but don't know for sure.

I am quite annoyed with my MB right now. It could run Prime 95 blend for 22 h at 445x9 8-7-7-24 1N but would give spontaneous BSODs at idle. I'm pretty sure that (like others have reported) that it is caused by using Performance LLC since I tested everything at stock speed all voltages on auto and LLC on Performance and got a BSOD while surfing.
Is this a quadcore exclusive issue since I see all of you Wolfdale users (and 2GB memory users) beeing happy as can be. I know Rob Halford also have this experience but is it common or isolated observations? Is it reason for RMA (I guess not since LLC Auto/Normal is following Intel spec). It ruins my OC to use LLC Normal since I have a huge V-drop.

[ToyTen]

On my MB the max NB voltage I can set and still boot is 1.61 (I use stock NV cooler with replaced TIM and a 120 mm fan blowing on it). I think it is a heat/protection issue but don't know for sure.

I am quite annoyed with my MB right now. It could run Prime 95 blend for 22 h at 445x9 8-7-7-24 1N but would give spontaneous BSODs at idle. I'm pretty sure that (like others have reported) that it is caused by using Performance LLC since I tested everything at stock speed all voltages on auto and LLC on Performance and got a BSOD while surfing.
Is this a quadcore exclusive issue since I see all of you Wolfdale users (and 2GB memory users) beeing happy as can be. I know Rob Halford also have this experience but is it common or isolated observations? Is it reason for RMA (I guess not since LLC Auto/Normal is following Intel spec). It ruins my OC to use LLC Normal since I have a huge V-drop.

Thx Holmer. I don't think it would be because of any heat, because I notice -even at high frequencies on FSB and ram that it is cold as should be, not more. Not sure neither. Right now I'm thinking to find the VNB reading point to try any pencil mod of it, but I never could find the place to apply the pencil

About the LLC on My C2D, I leave it on performance all the time, vdroops too much without it. But with a quad I don't know yet, should give it a try

[F.stop]

Chipset is Air (Stock HS)

did you remount stock Hsink?

[Viss]

Same here Holmer. LLC set to performance = bsod. Using auto with my daily settings (9.5 X 421 @1.35v) same. If i set normal everything is fine. With E8500 that is..

[pippo369]

Same here Holmer. LLC set to performance = bsod. Using auto with my daily settings (9.5 X 421 @1.35v) same. If i set normal everything is fine. With E8500 that is..

Hi Loc.o are you successful to go up of FSB with various divisor from 1:1 with Runmc settings?

[Viss]

Not tried them yet tbh. I think i may need better cooling for NB first, its very very stock right now

[runmc]

did you remount stock Hsink?

Yes - thermal compond on NB was changed to ceramic but pads were left on mosfets and SB

Hi Loc.o are you successful to go up of FSB with various divisor from 1:1 with Runmc settings?

I tried 1:1 once and it didn't boot. Then I went back to 2:3 with much higher memory clocks and it booted. I don't have much time to experiment in bios because of my video card cold bug

[Holmer]

Thanks for your response regarding LLC. I have sent a PM to pmp (who provides us with prerelease BIOS). He was very kind and will forward the issue to the Asus engineers (or whoever he is in contact with). Right now I am testing everything stock and all voltages auto LLC Performance again after reinstalling Win XP x64 since I use ACHI mode instead of RAID mode (just to be sure).

[hiwa]

tested tonight @ LN2 this mobo have ColdBoot @ -105 and ColdBug @ -120

[jpcastro]

bad news for the coldboot hiwa

the LLC set to performence is really a pain in the ass, have the PC 24\7 always on since friday and no problems, today i needed to restart and after 1m turned on caput reboot

change it the LLC to normal and so far 100% stable again, is there any "real" explantion for this?

regards

[ToyTen]

Hu there,
I would like to know how I should proceed to use the NB_OV on this mobo, I don't know which pins to get connected. The manual doesn't tell... does anybody knows?
Thx

[hiwa]

bad news for the coldboot hiwa

the LLC set to performence is really a pain in the ass, have the PC 24\7 always on since friday and no problems, today i needed to restart and after 1m turned on caput reboot

change it the LLC to normal and so far 100% stable again, is there any "real" explantion for this?

regards

coldBoot @ -105 is not very bad but the problem is ColdBug mobo shotdown @ -120 and my QX have -145 and 8500 have -136 so no want to kill my cpu and no want to bench @ 5600

[jpcastro]

Hu there,
I would like to know how I should proceed to use the NB_OV on this mobo, I don't know which pins to get connected. The manual doesn't tell... does anybody knows?
Thx

dont know either, try the Vmods section of the forum where normaly is posted that kind of stuff.

coldBoot @ -105 is not very bad but the problem is ColdBug mobo shotdown @ -120 and my QX have -145 and 8500 have -136 so no want to kill my cpu and no want to bench @ 5600

dont get mad there are worst things in life
just sell the board it wont be hard to find buyers and try another model with already good results and no coldbug

[kiwi]

Allot of electricity
nbv - 1.69

Should be piece of cake considering P35 is fine up to 2V for benching

[pmp]

Hu there,
I would like to know how I should proceed to use the NB_OV on this mobo, I don't know which pins to get connected. The manual doesn't tell... does anybody knows?
Thx

Solder 3 pins. Cap jumper at 1-2 to have it like always, cap at 2-3 to have OV_NB enabled. Equal to CPU_OV as well.

[ToyTen]

ok, thanh you. Here I just want to make sure (english not good enough...): If I want to get the possibility to set more than 1.57v on the NB, I must solder pin 2&3 or 1&2 ? I ask it again also because I got another answer telling me to get 1&2 connected to enable overvoltage on NB... Or I misunderstood that answer ??

I need to be certain of that before proceeding, I hope you understand why I ask for it again.

[kiwi]

You get only 1.57 without OV jumper? Isn't 1.9V max without a jumper?

[ToyTen]

You get only 1.57 without OV jumper? Isn't 1.9V max without a jumper?

yes, then I really must have an issue on my board...

[mlai]

Does any guru here know if the P5E64 Evo can support DDR3-1333 4X2G RAM? I have ordered this board and should have it next week and planning to run it with a QX9650 and the OCZ3P16004GK (2X2G kit, 2kits). I got this at the same price as the DDR3-1333 kits. I am not looking to OC so I will just be running them @ DDR3-1333 speed. Will they work on this board for a total up to 8G stable?

I can't seem to run them stable on my current X48T-DQ6......