Asus P5Q - cheap and good clocker

[janolle]

I found a problem that might be the solution to my FSB problems: even at 1.16vNB my NB is so hot that the heatsink on it burns my fingers.
Added a 120mm (the bigger the better, hahaa) fan and testing if it helps, atleast the heatsink on it feels alot cooler now. Crossing my fingers, running orthos and waiting for my paycheck so that I can buy some proper cooling on that bastard.

[RunawayPrisoner]

Hmm... clocking a E7200 with this is a whole lot of trouble for me. Just can't get more than 475MHz FSB no matter what (maxed out voltage? Not even at x6 multiplier), and Grub wasn't compatible with the BIOS or something... so... a full reinstall had to be done for Windows.

Worse yet... not even a BIOS flash fixed anything.

Dual-channel memory works, but not sure how well. May do a benchmark later.

And before you say it's a RAM issue, the RAM sticks can be clocked to 590MHz just fine. Just not with 1:1 ratio, and not with this E7200. Will throw in a Q9450 next to see if it's a board issue, or a CPU issue. Leaning towards board, since the E7200 could be clocked to 4.5GHz on an ASUS P5E-VM HDMI board.

[janolle]

Do you get unexplainable lockups at higher FSB settings? Or just errors in Orthos?

[Morais]

Has anyone tried the new 1004 bios for this mobo?

[RunawayPrisoner]

Do you get unexplainable lockups at higher FSB settings? Or just errors in Orthos?

Not even booting at past 450.

[ThugsRook]

Has anyone tried the new 1004 bios for this mobo?

yea i use v1004, its the best one so far IMO.

[hema]

I flashed to 1004 with one problem
my q6600 cpu temp. show in bios and with real temp in windows lower than the last bios version 703 with 10 degree
this wrong reading in temp with this bios version and Q6600 processor why?
so I reflashing back to 703

[ThugsRook]

I flashed to 1004 with one problem
my q6600 cpu temp. show in bios and with real temp in windows lower than the last bios version 703 with 10 degree
this wrong reading in temp with this bios version and Q6600 processor why?
so I reflashing back to 703

please explain to me how you know which one is wrong?
or if any of them is right?

[janolle]

This board is wierd: I have to run at PL8 for stability on over 400mhz fsb.Anything higher will hard crash eventually and anything lower just won't boot. This happens with bios version 1102, is the 1004 a later version?

[ProStreetCamaro]

Avoid 1004 at all costs. With the new bios I can not get back to 4.0 on my E8400 no matter what I try. On 703 I could easily do 4.3 on air. My 24/7 was 4.0 at 1.33 volts. Now 4.0 is a no go. I am tired so i will flash back tomorrow.

[philbrown23]

so glad I changed my mind about sticking to asus with my P45 board. gonna either get biostar or gigabyte, leaning towards gigabyte.

[ThugsRook]

Avoid 1004 at all costs. With the new bios I can not get back to 4.0 on my E8400 no matter what I try. On 703 I could easily do 4.3 on air. My 24/7 was 4.0 at 1.33 volts. Now 4.0 is a no go. I am tired so i will flash back tomorrow.

dont give up so fast. 1004 is very different from 703 and may require slightly different settings and voltages.

if using nbs400 before try nbs333 now, or vise verse.
cpu management: optimum ...seems to get me the highest fsb

etc

HTH

[ProStreetCamaro]

dont give up so fast. 1004 is very different from 703 and may require slightly different settings and voltages.

if using nbs400 before try nbs333 now, or vise verse.
cpu management: optimum ...seems to get me the highest fsb

etc

HTH

Thanks for the tips I will give it a shot when i get home from work.

[RunawayPrisoner]

Okay... never mind. Threw a Q9450 in, and booted right into 495MHz (495 x 8. Approx. 3.80GHz or so). Guess the BIOS just couldn't handle E7200.

By the way, BIOS is 0506.

Update: Q9450 3.20GHz (400 x 8) at 1.12v stable...

[Leeghoofd]

so glad I changed my mind about sticking to asus with my P45 board. gonna either get biostar or gigabyte, leaning towards gigabyte.

How can you compare a budget board like the P5Q with the P45 DQ6 you are getting... total different ballpark here... will be interesting to see ya test on that board and compare it with the E or Dlx version...

Total useless post to me....

[ThugsRook]

im not seeing the plain P5Q doing any better or worse than any of the other P45 boards. for a so called "budget board" it holds its own quite well. the only thing budget about the P5Q is the 1x PCI-E.

yes the bios is a complete PITA, but it does run.

[ProStreetCamaro]

How can you compare a budget board like the P5Q with the P45 DQ6 you are getting... total different ballpark here... will be interesting to see ya test on that board and compare it with the E or Dlx version...

Total useless post to me....

I agree. The P5Q is simply a great board for the price. My system runs my E8400 at 4.3 stable with a little more vcore. I dont see it doing any better on any other board.

Here is 4.0 on the P5Q. This litteraly took nothing to acheive. 3rd boot ever on this chip and board get me 4.0.

[Morais]

New Asus P5Q BIOS: 1104

[MajkY]

One thing i cannt find out clearly... Does this board obtain Raid support ? what SB IHC10R ?

[Ket]

+1 for a fantastic board from Asus. Can't say I like the plain P5Q much, but from the Pro onwards look up and the sky is the limit

[Venom-Crusher]

Please tell me It has OV_nb jumper or not?

[ThugsRook]

Please tell me It has OV_nb jumper or not?

yes, OV_NB and OV_CPU jumpers are on the board.

[Mask]

can someone tell where P5Q vcore measure point?

E: soon will buy E8500 and will see what max fsb on this board

[hema]

any one try 1406 bios version
any feedback