"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[CryptiK]

haha nice work Big.Wayne! I think my application of 2 small grains of rice didn't work to spread the TIM enough. Last time I did 2 long lines and after removing the Vendetta I noticed a lot of surprlus so I tried less this time. The third application I did was 1 long horizontal line like the AS5 manual says and so far so good.

There's the dodgey & quick ways of applying paste, and the common sense way. The common sense way is to apply some paste to the centre of the cpu, and spread it out evenly with a razor blade. You can also use a plastic baggie over the finger (as said above) but personally I think the razor spreads it more evenly. This applies a thin, even depth of paste over the entire IHS. This practice maximizes the surface area in contact with the heatsink base, therefore maximizing the thermal transfer.

They don't suggest this on websites as it sounds like a lot of hassle compared to saying "just put a line of it on the cpu", and it is some hassle, but I actually find it almost fun, and it's worth the effort.

Do it once, make it perfect.

It is only me who have problems with multip.. In bios 1103 an 1201 ? E8400 an E8600
no problems with bios 0506 an 0803.
but I have a problem at all bioser,it is strap 400 would like to be able to use it with 500/600 fsb.

I had 1103 installed for awhile, and had no issues with any of the dividers. I used 400/333/266 without issues.

The only issue I have is the damn board is impossible to get over DDR1200. I can use the 4:5 divider and set 499 FSB and get it orthos stable at DDR 1200, but if i set 500 FSB (which gives DDR 1201), no post. Ridiculous. My old P5B clocked ram better than this.