"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[R@ptor =]]]

I just organize the cables, and got an excellent temperature.
the temp of mobo down to 30ºC!
@ Leeghoofd
I will try right now the settings!
thaanks mate

[rmanuelb]

Well, Finally some spare time to play ... with the toys

My settings for 3.6GHz are pretty much equal to the ones posted by all off you who have Q6600 G0 @ this MoBo, and my 8GB GSKIL 8000PQ are running for that clock speed at 1081MHz 5-5-5-15-55@2,02volts (CPL 8).

I'm back to BIOS 0704.

Now for upper clock speed I'm trying these settings:

AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 9
FSB Strap to North Bridge: Auto
FSB Frequency: 425
PCI-E Frequency: 100
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: Manual

1st Information:
CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
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: Manual
Common Performance Level: 08
All Pull-Ins: Disabled

CPU Voltage: 1.45625
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): Auto
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): Auto
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.60
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.40
DRAM Voltage: 2.02
NB Voltage: 1.28
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 : Normal
NB Clock Skew : Normal

Advance CPU Settings: All Disabled

See some pics below... Advice, critics,... thankx.



Regards

[jVIDIA]

Can't you lower the CPU PLL Voltage and FSB Termination Voltage ?

[rmanuelb]

Can't you lower the CPU PLL Voltage and FSB Termination Voltage ?

Yes I think I can... I just took it from there. I'll get back with updates ASAP.

Time available is short

Thanks & Regards.

[Crow-]

Hi!

The only difference between P5Q Deluxe and P5Q-E is the 8 <-> 16 phase?

I don't want great OC's, just something simple for 24/7, so do I need the Deluxe version, or should I go for the cheaper (P5Q-E)?

Thanks!

[Leeghoofd]

Hi!

The only difference between P5Q Deluxe and P5Q-E is the 8 <-> 16 phase?

I don't want great OC's, just something simple for 24/7, so do I need the Deluxe version, or should I go for the cheaper (P5Q-E)?

Thanks!

Bios is about the same... dlx has backplates on the back... but for normal use the E is pretty fine mate...

[truehighroller]

I want official bios grrr.. lol

[Iannis]

Stick at the moment with ya 0704... some issues with 803 and 0901... hopefully official 1001 beta can solve them

Guys stay on 0704

Same here with 0803

CPU temp (BIOS) 10 C

[NBF]

Just put together my system yesterday.

I'm using BIOS 803, a Q6600 (L745A) and 2x1Gb Corsair Twinx 6400 C5 Rev. 5.1

It was very easy to boot at high fsb, got into Windows @ 510 very easily. Also had no problems with my RAID, just "ported" my previous P35 instalation to the P5Q-Dlx.

But I'm having a hard time setting my RAMs on anything diferent than 1:1 with 450 fsb.

I used to run this kit on MSI P35 with the below setings @2,2V set on BIOS.



I tried the 2 lower RAM dividers just above 1:1 (1080 and 1130 I think), left everything on auto besides this setings:
CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 55
DRAM Voltage: 2.12 (tried 2,14 also)

Any advice?

[Leeghoofd]

try to play some with the skews mate... clock twister, DRAM Static Read Control,DRAM Read Training,MEM. OC Charger

Should be doable ya settings but with a higher PL 8-9

[coolpain]

0803 works ok for me. couldn't get it stable under same setting with 0901 tho.

[antalis]

Hi i'm new to the forums. I was wondering if you could help me with a problem i've got with my new Asus P5Q. Its a similar problem to what someone posted a few pages back, but I looked through and there wasn't any solution posted.

I just purchased the mobo along with a Q6600, 4GB PC2-6400C5 G.skill dual channel kit, hd4870, asus dvdrw, corsair HX520W psu. I put everything together in my case along with 2 Hard disks that I got a while back (1 250gig Seagate and a 350gig Western Digital). I turned everything on and all I got was a black screen. So my first thought was that something wasn't connected properly. So I looked and everything was so I used the "clear rtc ram" jumper thats described in the mobo manual. I then plugged everything back in and started up the machine. I got to a screen where it said something about entering setup. So I did and the bios popped up. I then went into the boot menu and changed the boot priority so that the dvd drive would be first. I then hit F10 and the computer restarted, but it came up with a black screen again. So I used the "clear rtc ram" jumper again and started the pc back up again, I again got the same screen saying something about setup and I got back into the bios. I then downloaded the updated 703 bios from the asus website. I then used the EZ flash utility to update the bios. The PC then restarted and came up with a black screen again. So I used the same jumper again and started the pc again. I let it boot up into the windows install that was on the hard disk left over from use with my old PC, started removing drivers, got prompted to restart, so I did and got the same black screen again.

I'm guessing this is a fault with the motherboard? Has anyone else had anything like this happen?

Thanks for any help.

[aamsel]

Anyone else using 0704 seen "CMOS Date and Time not set"
upon reboot/powerup more than once?

[rmanuelb]

Anyone else using 0704 seen "CMOS Date and Time not set"
upon reboot/powerup more than once?

Yes I think it happened once... After setting it right never happened again.

Update to previous post:

CPU Voltage: 1.46875
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.54
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.38
NB Voltage: 1.26

Regards

[Leeghoofd]

Hi i'm new to the forums. I was wondering if you could help me with a problem i've got with my new Asus P5Q. Its a similar problem to what someone posted a few pages back, but I looked through and there wasn't any solution posted.

I just purchased the mobo along with a Q6600, 4GB PC2-6400C5 G.skill dual channel kit, hd4870, asus dvdrw, corsair HX520W psu. I put everything together in my case along with 2 Hard disks that I got a while back (1 250gig Seagate and a 350gig Western Digital). I turned everything on and all I got was a black screen. So my first thought was that something wasn't connected properly... got prompted to restart, so I did and got the same black screen again.

I'm guessing this is a fault with the motherboard? Has anyone else had anything like this happen?

Thanks for any help.

K did you alter any voltages ? did you set eg 1.9 voltage for the ram ? if it posts each time after a cmos reset some setting is not right... did you try with one dimm ?

Also Flash 0704 plz

Try to set these sir :

CPU Voltage: AUTO
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): AUTO
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: AUTO
FSB Termination Voltage: AUTO
DRAM Voltage: 1.92
NB Voltage: 1.26
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: AUTO
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO

[Leeghoofd]

0803 works ok for me. couldn't get it stable under same setting with 0901 tho.

Picture is fishy to me... but anyway get a decent cooler mate, 78&#176;C-84&#176;C on the cores... blimey you took the fast way to hardware heaven

[antalis]

K did you alter any voltages ? did you set eg 1.9 voltage for the ram ? if it posts each time after a cmos reset some setting is not right... did you try with one dimm ?

Also Flash 0704 plz

Try to set these sir :

CPU Voltage: AUTO
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): AUTO
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: AUTO
FSB Termination Voltage: AUTO
DRAM Voltage: 1.92
NB Voltage: 1.26
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: AUTO
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO

Thx for replying. I didn't alter any voltages, just left them all at auto. I have flashed the bios to 703, which is the one I found on the asus website for the standard p5q, there wasn't a 704 version there. I just the altered voltages for the DRAM and NB but it wouldn't post after I hit F10, when the PC restarted.

[Leeghoofd]

did you try one dimm ? if no go try just with the other dimm... do you have another gfx card nearby ?

[antalis]

did you try one dimm ? if no go try just with the other dimm... do you have another gfx card nearby ?

I just tried it with one dimm in the A1 slot (yellow one nearest the cpu) after resetting the cmos again. I then went into the bios and then exited it, windows xp then loaded up (still on hard disk), and I shut the pc down from the login screen. I then turned the power back on and it posted ok and got into the bios, I then just pressed F10 without altering anything and it restarted and wouldn't post.

I have my old 7800gt, but I can't get to it atm.

[ZenEffect]

Just put together my system yesterday.

I'm using BIOS 803, a Q6600 (L745A) and 2x1Gb Corsair Twinx 6400 C5 Rev. 5.1

It was very easy to boot at high fsb, got into Windows @ 510 very easily. Also had no problems with my RAID, just "ported" my previous P35 instalation to the P5Q-Dlx.

But I'm having a hard time setting my RAMs on anything diferent than 1:1 with 450 fsb.

I used to run this kit on MSI P35 with the below setings @2,2V set on BIOS.



I tried the 2 lower RAM dividers just above 1:1 (1080 and 1130 I think), left everything on auto besides this setings:
CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 55
DRAM Voltage: 2.12 (tried 2,14 also)

Any advice?

well, 400 strap can provide 1200 ram. it can do pl8 i believe. trfc has to be around 50-55 though in my case to get it to work.

[truehighroller]

Anyone else using 0704 seen "CMOS Date and Time not set"
upon reboot/powerup more than once?

Absolutely, wrong time zone to a few times..

[NBF]

try to play some with the skews mate... clock twister, DRAM Static Read Control,DRAM Read Training,MEM. OC Charger

Should be doable ya settings but with a higher PL 8-9

Thanks for the tips, and all the tips you gave in this thread

Playing with skews did the trick, but I had to set all subtimings by hand.

This is what I came up so far (still tweaking subs), it's Primed and Memtest passed

1st Information:
CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 6
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 55
Write Recovery Time: 6
Read to Precharge Time: 6

2nd Information :
READ to WRITE Delay (S/D): 9
Write to Read Delay (S): 4
WRITE to READ Delay (D): 15
READ to READ Delay (S): 5
READ to READ Delay (D): 7
WRITE to WRITE Delay (S): 5
WRITE to WRITE Delay (D): 7

3rd Information :
WRITE to PRE Delay: 15
READ to PRE Delay: 6
PRE to PRE Delay: 2
ALL PRE to ACT Delay: 7
ALL PRE to REF Delay: 7

DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: Disabled
MEM. OC Charger: Enabled
AI Clock Twister: Moderate
AI Transaction Booster: Manual
Common Performance Level: 08
All Pull-Ins: Disabled


Now we are getting somewhere

[R@ptor =]]]

Finally stable.
But the memories remained with little income, I am working on that now.

[SirKeldon]

I think it's the only odd thing, all the memory issues on the P5Q*, even it's DDR2 or DDR3 ... i really hope a BIOS update will finally solve it ... cause i can't understand why my memories are 100&#37; stable at 1115Mhz at 2.20V and i can't run them stable on 1186 or 1200Mhz under 2.3V (as well as upping too much other voltages ... or loosening timings and PL ... or diff BIOS version's) ... Prime95 keeps failing within seconds and it's hard to understand :\

[coolpain]

SirKeldon, I have the same problem with memory compatibility. I can get them stable on 1:1 or 5:6 divider settings, and currently using it at 1086@4.4.4.8 2.28v.
Problem is no matter what voltage, pl, twister I set them, I can't get them stable on 4:5 or 3:4 divider. Maybe it's the ratio or maybe the freqency, but I kinda feel that the board is not compatible with my memory. I'm using 2*1G Patriot ddr-2 8000+XBLK modules.