Asus P5E3 Premium Wi-fi-AP

[Telo]

Good to hear -- and it''s easy to OC?

Dual core is easy as hell; quads take a bit of fine tunning though. With my E8500 I literally dialed in 400FSB, 1.20v vCore, 1.80v vDIMM, 1.10v VTT. 1.50v PLL, 1.25v vNB, and 1.388v vSB [minimum allowed] and it booted right up and stable. Then I up'ed everything a bit and set the FSB to 450 and again booted just fine, so I took it to 475FSB and I'm not going to lie to you here, 450FSB+ becomes a bit of work to get it rock solid, but anyone can easily get it to run 400-450FSB without a hitch or maybe with a tiny bit of fine tunning. I got mine [testing right now] at 500FSB with 4.25Ghz CPU and DDR3-2000 RAM; did about 2hrs of Memtest and it was good to go; did 10 SuperPI 32M runs back to back and all finished under 11min [about 2-4 seconds apart from eachother]. Now I'm running ORTHOS in "blend" mode and I'll leave it be for like 2-3hrs, then I'll take it to OCCT for another 2hrs and see what happens.

[sauria]

Great, I have that CellShock Blue kit and an e8400 Q807 -- maybe it's time to try one of these boards? Better cooling on the chipsets?

[Telo]

Great, I have that CellShock Blue kit and an e8400 Q807 -- maybe it's time to try one of these boards? Better cooling on the chipsets?

Built in waterblock on the NB connected to the VRs and the SB via heatpipes. It is made of copper but the top is aluminum; it didn't bother me so I use it in my loop.

[dood001]

Some quick results with the beta bios 0505... this same E8500, crappy Q812, could only do 570 on bios 0503... think i'll chuck in my Q807 and take it for a spin.

[SoulsCollective]

0505? Care to link? Can't find it on the Asus FTP.

[dood001]

0505? Care to link? Can't find it on the Asus FTP.

No worries mate - Post 495, this thread, which leads to another thread... http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=495

[sauria]

Some quick results with the beta bios 0505... this same E8500, crappy Q812, could only do 570 on bios 0503... think i'll chuck in my Q807 and take it for a spin.

Wow! Can you Post BIOS settings please? Thanks! I just d/l it.

[blind_ripper]

settings plz , problem here when going lower then 1:2 diverder the damn board wont boot

[BLHealthy4life]

Some quick results with the beta bios 0505... this same E8500, crappy Q812, could only do 570 on bios 0503... think i'll chuck in my Q807 and take it for a spin.

I'm not sure how you are getting such great results with the BIOS.

My board is not responding well to this BIOS at all....

EDIT: Not sure if it was a coincidence or the BIOS, but it turns out that the instability was coming from my RAM. I've had to slightly loosen the timings and increase voltage to eliminate any errors with memtest86+
BL

[Mykou]

I'm not sure how you are getting such great results with the BIOS.

My board is not responding well to this BIOS at all....

And the BEST part about it??....It will not let me flash to an older version!!

I'm f*cking pissed right now and my board is f*cked. I'm running everything default speed right now....


BL

You should take a look at this thread , very useful to downgrade asus bios.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...highlight=koda

tried it and still on my usb stick .

[Booj]

Can anyone say if the 266 strap is working properly with this new BIOS? With a dual or quad? 0503 for me is the best, but I can't boot with the 266 strap on any BIOS except 0151. I'll give it a try myself after sleep and work

[Hazzan]

Some quick results with the beta bios 0505... this same E8500, crappy Q812, could only do 570 on bios 0503... think i'll chuck in my Q807 and take it for a spin.

that 1:1 and air cooling ?

[sauria]

Can anyone say if the 266 strap is working properly with this new BIOS? With a dual or quad? 0503 for me is the best, but I can't boot with the 266 strap on any BIOS except 0151. I'll give it a try myself after sleep and work

Mine is not

[WhiteFireDragon]

sorry for the newb question but what is the point of having 2 wifi ports on this?

[dood001]

Wow! Can you Post BIOS settings please? Thanks! I just d/l it.

settings plz , problem here when going lower then 1:2 diverder the damn board wont boot

CPU Ratio = 6
FSB Strap = 400
FSB Freq = 628
PCIE Freq = 100
DRAM Freq = 1674
CPU Voltage = 1.46250
DRAM Voltage = 2.10
NB Voltage = 1.69
Load-Line Calib = Performance

all the others on auto - ram divider was 3:4

[dood001]

that 1:1 and air cooling ?

Air cooling, with a 110cfm fan blowing on the northbridge. Ram was 3:4 divider.

[sauria]

Thanks mate!

[blind_ripper]

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=385026

testing on the way .
full air , setting.

CPU Ratio =
FSB Strap = 333
FSB Freq = 600
PCIE Freq = 101
DRAM Freq = 1920
CPU Voltage = 1.4250
DRAM Voltage = 2.00
NB Voltage = 1.71
PLL voltage = 1.9

[dood001]

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=385021

[dood001]

Thanks mate!

No probs...

testing on the way .
full air , setting.

CPU Ratio =
FSB Strap = 333
FSB Freq = 600
PCIE Freq = 101
DRAM Freq = 1920
CPU Voltage = 1.4250
DRAM Voltage = 2.00
NB Voltage = 1.71
PLL voltage = 1.9

Nice - What batch number is your CPU?

[blind_ripper]

good old
Q748A212

[Hazzan]

Great....Bios 0505 ........FSB 640 on air http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=385304

[Donster]

Take it from someone that had the board, it is not an easy OC'ing board. If it is giving you so much aggrevation, just switch it out [if you can return it].

Thanks Telo ... one thing tho dude! im not even O'cing lol! i just cant add my auzentech xfi prelude to the system ... if i do the vid card plays up ... green LED on the GTX 280 goes red just before the welcome screen

[Telo]

Thanks Telo ... one thing tho dude! im not even O'cing lol! i just cant add my auzentech xfi prelude to the system ... if i do the vid card plays up ... green LED on the GTX 280 goes red just before the welcome screen

Have you tried bringing up the Mhz of the PCIe slots?

[Donster]

Have you tried bringing up the Mhz of the PCIe slots?

Hey Telo

yea I did up the PCIE frequency a little ... only by 2/5 mhz tho ... wasnt sure if it was safe to go much higher!!! One other thing i forgot to try is my DRAM voltage ... its at 1.8 at the mo ... may try 1.9 or 2.0

EDIT .. another Q for you ... where the hell do i set the memory divider on this board?