"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[Martin.v.r]

AI Overclock tuner: MANUAL
CPU Ratio Setting: 9
FSB Frequency: 500
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 333
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1201Mhz
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: 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: AUTO
MEM. OC Charger: AUTO
AI Clock Twister: AUTO
AI Transaction Booster: MANUAL
Common Performance Level [11]
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: 1.56XX
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): AUTO
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.3
DRAM Voltage: 2.36
NB Voltage: 1.4
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: 9
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Intel® Virtualization Tech: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled

[Leeghoofd]

When you say to test them, by what method do you mean? Should I check them one at a time with memtest or should I just try to run the blend test with one stick at a time? I ran a few passes at 1.92 last night and all was good but I don't know the best way to check them one at a time.

Test them with blend, OCCT ram test or HCi memtest in windows plz...

[JHS]

Do you recommend keeping

SB Voltage: at default 1.10 or 1.20
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO (1.50) or 1.60

with my E8400

I see mixed settings on these two. Currently i run them at default but seeing overvolting with other voltages I'm bit scared now

[Leeghoofd]

They won't harm ya CPU mate , so no probs there... I have them on AUTO as well...

[LUCI5R]

Frustration Galore!
I can't figure this one out guys - if possible, please weigh in!

I was on 3.8Ghz for well over a week, running all sorts of Exhaustive operations with full 24/7 Stability. Then I flashed to 0901 and everything went downhill from there. Couldn't get back to Stable 3.8Ghz. Flashed down to 0803 and finally to 0706. Finally I was able to get back to 3.8Ghz. It was running fine for a couple of days but the last few days it's become unstable again. Cores are failing in Prime95. System Reboots.

I'm not sure what's going on. Everything was perfect & peachy before I flashed to 0901. Anyhow, these are my settings:

AI Overclock tuner: manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 8
FSB Frequency: 475
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 400
PCI-E Frequency: 101
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-950MHz
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: Auto

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: 1.36875
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): 0.675
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): 0.675
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.58
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.34
DRAM Voltage: 2.00
NB Voltage: 1.28
NB GTL Reference: Auto
SBridge Voltage: 1.20
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.50

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: 8
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel® Virtualization Tech: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled

Bios: 0706
CPU: Q9450

Thanks!!

[truehighroller]

Test them with blend, OCCT ram test or HCi memtest in windows plz...

I'm half scared to try these again after corrupting my OS the day before last trying to just get blend to be stable.

[Leeghoofd]

Frustration Galore!
I can't figure this one out guys - if possible, please weigh in!

Lucifer try a slight bump in Vcore and drop the ram to 1.92 or such... some CPU's have a burn in period and then require a small bump in vcore to remain stable... otherwise you can always try 1102 bios, works fine here...

Anyway Priming my brand new Xeon 3.6Ghz for a few days and then back to 4ghz or more... seems a nice one 1.1volts for 3.6ghz... thx man for this beauty

I'm half scared to try these again after corrupting my OS the day before last trying to just get blend to be stable.

Make a Ghost or such on another partition... I alwys do that : one clean install (ust the OS) and one full install with all drivers and my fav games preinstalled... if it crashes or goes corrupt... takes me 5 minutes to redo it

[dante`afk]

Clicking noise from the HD's is an indication that's it's dying ... I had it with one Samsung and a Fujitsu drive... start the pc and go straight into bios if it starts to click then ( just spinning not laoding anything) you can bet it's a dead HD soon...

i got also this klick-klick noise, but dunno if its from hdd or dvd drive, cant believe there will die something soon, its everything new 8|

[Anvil]

Frustration Galore!
I can't figure this one out guys - if possible, please weigh in!

I was on 3.8Ghz for well over a week, running all sorts of Exhaustive operations with full 24/7 Stability. Then I flashed to 0901 and everything went downhill from there. Couldn't get back to Stable 3.8Ghz. Flashed down to 0803 and finally to 0706. Finally I was able to get back to 3.8Ghz. It was running fine for a couple of days but the last few days it's become unstable again. Cores are failing in Prime95. System Reboots.

I'm not sure what's going on. Everything was perfect & peachy before I flashed to 0901. Anyhow, these are my settings:

....

Bios: 0706
CPU: Q9450

Thanks!!

I've have exactly the same issue.
My board was doing extremely well and then suddenly everything went downhill.
My board was originally on 0605 and I've tried some of the other but to no avail.

I've changed the ram (Corsair CL4 to OCZ Platinum) : same issue
I've changed the hdd (tried Raptor, WD640, Samsung F1) : same issue

I've ordered a new board + Mushkin XP2-8000 and it arrives tomorrow.

Leeghoofd mentioned a burn-in for the CPU but I'm starting to wonder if there is a burn-in for the mobo.

My board is downright unstable.

[truehighroller]

I was looking into it last night but I have a raid setup and I don't have any extra drives to back the image up to.

[waynetu]

p5q deluxe with bios 0610 or 0803 + g.skill 2*1g ddr2-1066 PI dual channel

cpu 400*8, when ram in normal 1066, windows shows ddr2 1066 in cpu-z (1.46) and memset -> correct.
cpu 400*8, when ram oced to 1200, windows shows ddr3 1333 in cpu-z (1.46) and memset -> incorrect.

..................

[kiikkuja]

Can the mobo be used inverted? I read from somewhere that the heatpipe cooling system goes all to hell and fries nb or something if it's used inverted.

With inverted I mean as in Lian Li v2000 models where window is in the right side of the case when viewed from front.

[golfjam]

Can the mobo be used inverted? I read from somewhere that the heatpipe cooling system goes all to hell and fries nb or something if it's used inverted.

With inverted I mean as in Lian Li v2000 models where window is in the right side of the case when viewed from front.

I use inverted in my Stacker and have no probs. Temp in my mobo is 38C and I didn't reapply AS5 or Ceramique. No need to.

[RejZoR]

Heatpipes are not affected by gravity (much, more by thermodynamics). Their ecosystem works internally. Heat is is always going to the other end of the heatpipe regardless of how it's turned.
There is slight edge though if the cooling part is top side since heat always goes up, meaning it will do that faster.

[LUCI5R]

Lucifer try a slight bump in Vcore and drop the ram to 1.92 or such... some CPU's have a burn in period and then require a small bump in vcore to remain stable... otherwise you can always try 1102 bios, works fine here...

I'll bring up the CPU vCore to 1.37xxx and see how it goes. Will try dropping RAM too. I'll also Flash to 1102 (Since 0706 isn't responding any better then any other BIOS, no reason to stick with it anymore) and see if that makes any difference. Thanks Lee.

I've ordered a new board + Mushkin XP2-8000 and it arrives tomorrow.

Let me know how your new board makes out. It's something I've considered myself (RMA'ing the board). I'm past my RMA from the retailer. Did you go through ASUS?

[Kondik]

Nice day to you lads

I have a question regarding this MOBO
I'm ordering it right now with Corsair DIMM 4096MB DDR II 1066MHz TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF 2x [ so 8192 MB ]
Core 2 Quad 9550
3x WD Velociraptor
2x Radeon 4870 from Sapphire

PSU will be TAGAN 700W that with Rock pipe cables or whatever is that plug&shock technology called

From your point of view will i run intro problems ?
I'm just a mild OCer and the only thing that i will do is the FSB on that quad will go from 8.5 * 333 to 8.5 * 400

Thanks

[Leeghoofd]

Nice day to you lads

I have a question regarding this MOBO
I'm ordering it right now with Corsair DIMM 4096MB DDR II 1066MHz TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF 2x [ so 8192 MB ]
Core 2 Quad 9550
3x WD Velociraptor
2x Radeon 4870 from Sapphire

PSU will be TAGAN 700W that with Rock pipe cables or whatever is that plug&shock technology called

From your point of view will i run intro problems ?
I'm just a mild OCer and the only thing that i will do is the FSB on that quad will go from 8.5 * 333 to 8.5 * 400

Thanks

I'm scary for the raptors mate there are rumours that they could be issues with this board...secondly if you are only into a mild OC, why not opt for the 9450, will save ya big cash and it's only 200mhz less then the 9550 at the same FSB...and to compensate you could always go for 425FSB with the Q9450... and the money you save you can invest in ya ram... I don't own Corsairs but I can do tell that Gskill and Muskins work fab on this mobo...

I would start with one raptor there and if it all works out for ya buy another one or two... but I think it's overkill... eg the new terrabyte drives are pretty fast too... I love my new Samsung F1 1Tb drive...

Just my 2 cents...

[Anvil]

I'm scary for the raptors mate there are rumours that they could be issues with this board...secondly if you are only into a mild OC, why not opt for the 9450, will save ya big cash and it's only 200mhz less then the 9550 at the same FSB...and to compensate you could always go for 425FSB with the Q9450...

I would start with one raptor there and if it all works out for ya buy another one or two... but I think it's overkill... eg the new terrabyte drives are pretty fast too... I love my new Samsung F1 1Tb drive...

Just my 2 cents...

I've got 2 VR's and they worked just fine with the P5Q Deluxe until the board started acting up. (I'm getting a new board tomorrow)
They are noticeably faster than the F1 TB drive, the Samsung is a nice drive by all means but the access times aren't comparable to the VR's.

[truehighroller]

I have noticed with my board quiet a few times that when booting up it will display a green screwy looking bios flas screen like the normal one but relly weird looking right after the normal one for a second. Last night it zoomed in on the flash screen right fter the post screen so much that all I could see was the top of the A. has any one else noticed this??

[Ricochet48]

Hay guise, thanks so much for the help, after seeing some other e8400s over 4Ghz, I thought that 3.915Ghz would be a decent shot for me. I got it stable for 8 hours on 1 core, and stopped the other at 10. Prime95 showed a damn hardware error, but I never think I'll push it for that long that hard, so I may leave it here, or adjust w/e ya'll think. Here's a huge screenshot. Also not noted I have the PL at 8 with the things below it enabled. I also have only the DRAM static read control disabled, rest auto. Cheers to psudeo-stability, but where to go from here. I definately don't need more speed, I just want stability at this point, WC3 was picky with my ram over 1100mhz so I'm good there too.

[Kartoff]

Leeghoofd, 1102 BIOS not working here... You say BIOS is fine, but i try it last night before 10 hours or so and this finished with no boot... When i restart after flashing, EZFlash come up and tell me the BIOS it corrupt and give me an option to flash to 0506. I did this and now i am with 0506 to try how it works because i buy my mobo with 060x and never used 05xx BIOS before... Now everything works fine, no need to flash to another till i wait for new working BIOS

[truehighroller]

I have noticed with my board quiet a few times that when booting up it will display a green screwy looking bios flas screen like the normal one but relly weird looking right after the normal one for a second. Last night it zoomed in on the flash screen right fter the post screen so much that all I could see was the top of the A. has any one else noticed this??

Has any one else noticed this as well?

[Iannis]

Clicking noise from the HD's is an indication that's it's dying ... I had it with one Samsung and a Fujitsu drive... start the pc and go straight into bios if it starts to click then ( just spinning not loading anything) you can bet it's a dead HD soon...

With ya Q6600 you cannot set half multies mate

New hard disk ( mirror with Acronis) the same
New memory from axeRam 1006 to muskin 800 nothing
New installation of WinXP-Pro 64

2 thinks remain
Mobo wrong BIOS flash (back to 0704 from 0803)
and PSU (seasonic 650) problem
(I have no many parts in this pc (9800GTX-Q6600-one Seagate 250 SATA II) folding PC 24/7



I will try the 0803

edit : Finally the noise was from the DVD-ROM (now flying out of my window )

[ebh]

Is there any real difference between the two ethernet ports - one is pci and the other pci-e (as they show in device manager and mb specs)? Do I get better performance if I use the pci-e based one (this is supposed to be the one closer to the pci slots, right?)?

I have p5q-e but I think the 2 ethernet chipsets are the same.

Thanks!

[Nelly]

Maybe tempted to purchase an Asus P5Q-Deluxe, anyone using the 300GB VelociRaptor or 150GB Raptors with this motherboard? The info is somewhat vague, some people saying they dont work, some people saying they do.

Just making sure no issues like the P5K-Premium fiasco.

DieHard BIOS
BIOS Never Die
The ASUS Diehard BIOS consists of two BIOS chips, a main BIOS and a backup BIOS.
The ASUS Diehard BIOS can restore corrupted main BIOS data from the backup BIOS automatically.
The technology saves users the hassle of recovering the BIOS file or buying a replacement BIOS chip.

Sounds excellent, also been told the motherboard has socketed bios chips? So can swap them over if you wished to update both to latest bios?

I might just purchase an Asus motherboard once more, last one was an A8N-Sli Premium lol.