ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe discussion

[BNDMOD]

I'll try with more vcore... then i'll let you to know.

for now 400x10 it need 1.23 in BIOS to be solid like a rock :p

[BNDMOD]

No... i can't bench with 600 fsb neither 550 :s
With.. any vcore :s i don't know.. what's going on :s

[Slovnaft]

haveyou tried 1.7 vnb?
that gave me the stability for 8x500 quadfsb.

[@rne]

I haven't read the hole thread, but are there still issues with micron ram (2gb kits) and high freq. with tight timings?
Did someone spotted a3 rev of p45 on p5q3?

[Fitseries3]

I haven't read the hole thread, but are there still issues with micron ram (2gb kits) and high freq. with tight timings?
Did someone spotted a3 rev of p45 on p5q3?

there was talk of one but no one has said much about it yet. the guys that would have any info about it sold their p5q3's and no longer post any info here.

im hoping to see some development soon. i hate the fact that my 2x1gig of crucial ballistix 1600mhz worn run 1600mhz or faster on this board but on a x38/x48/p35 board they do well over 2000mhz.

[Slovnaft]

I haven't read the hole thread, but are there still issues with micron ram (2gb kits) and high freq. with tight timings?
Did someone spotted a3 rev of p45 on p5q3?

i ran a 2x1gb OCZ reaper 1333 6-6-6-18 fine on this. I don't think OCZ used micron ICs for those kits, but it worked fine even on the 0605 BIOS that came with the board.

I'm currently running Mushkin 2x2 1600 7-7-6-18 at 7-7-7-20. I haven't done much tweaking as i've been focusing on getting maxing out my cpu OC before I move on, but the sticks are running solid. Honestly I haven't experienced any of the problems I read about before I bought the board.

I will say this though: the board is very specific with timings and voltages. I tried some preliminary tweaking (just set this and see if it works) and even just going down to 7-7-6-18 was unstable.

[BNDMOD]

haveyou tried 1.7 vnb?
that gave me the stability for 8x500 quadfsb.

It's too much.. for a p45 i think.. a good guy say don't pass over 1.45 for nbv because could make p45 stop or crash

[Slovnaft]

really now? heh. well i can't say he's wrong, but i'd like his source on that.
I guess I've never really tried lower vnb, so I'll give it a shot...
but at the same time I'll bet any money you'll get stable with more vnb--if you're willing to try.
hell I've been running at 1.6 with no problems...

[Amurtigress]

Hi Ace80,

Amurtigress: Those corsairs are fine to use with this board and have been since 1st release bios.
I myself use them in 2x1gb. Quick pic for show. Xmp profile works but don't use it, they'll clock further with less timings at the same voltage.

Good luck with the kit and let us know of your speeds and voltages.

my new hardware arrived yesterday. However they gave me the same board again that I reutrned last week. I could tell from the missing stickers on the RAM and CPU socket....so that had me suspicious.

Ace80's screenshots have cleared the mist up now, actually. The key to stability is the tRFC setting just as with DDR2 memory. Too tight timings give you a slew of weird crashes and other sideeffects.

My system would only get stable at a tRFC setting of 82 for two Corsair XMS3-1600 modules, and 110 for two pairs of 1 GB each. But this is all clear if you are peeking at Ace80's XMP profile in his screenshot. Corsair programs the XMP settings to a tRFC of 41, two modules require 82 then. I have seen people setting their tRFC to 60, it would be the best to do a thorough test if that's really sufficient.

I am still in the process of figuring all the overclocking details of my current hardware, but here is my current stable settings, very briefly and out of the top of my head:

CPU: Q9300 M1/C1, 4x1 GB Corsair XMS3-1600C9DHX w/o XMP

FSB: 460 (The Maximus Formula bailed out at 436!)
RAM: 1472 (1:1 clocking doesn't work, which means DDR3-1840)
Timings: 8-8-8-24-5-110-10-5

CPU Volt: 1.2750
FSB Volt: 1.36
NB Volt: 1.40

[RBS]

Hi, anyone with 2x2gb Corsair XMS3 1600 9-9-9-24 stable @1600. Some mate can´t do it,just 1333, and we would need some help with the config. Do u use the template ? Thx

[RBS]

Hi Ace80,



my new hardware arrived yesterday. However they gave me the same board again that I reutrned last week. I could tell from the missing stickers on the RAM and CPU socket....so that had me suspicious.

Ace80's screenshots have cleared the mist up now, actually. The key to stability is the tRFC setting just as with DDR2 memory. Too tight timings give you a slew of weird crashes and other sideeffects.

My system would only get stable at a tRFC setting of 82 for two Corsair XMS3-1600 modules, and 110 for two pairs of 1 GB each. But this is all clear if you are peeking at Ace80's XMP profile in his screenshot. Corsair programs the XMP settings to a tRFC of 41, two modules require 82 then. I have seen people setting their tRFC to 60, it would be the best to do a thorough test if that's really sufficient.

I am still in the process of figuring all the overclocking details of my current hardware, but here is my current stable settings, very briefly and out of the top of my head:

CPU: Q9300 M1/C1, 4x1 GB Corsair XMS3-1600C9DHX w/o XMP

FSB: 460 (The Maximus Formula bailed out at 436!)
RAM: 1472 (1:1 clocking doesn't work, which means DDR3-1840)
Timings: 8-8-8-24-5-110-10-5

CPU Volt: 1.2750
FSB Volt: 1.36
NB Volt: 1.40

Hm, I´ve just posted about ur memory. That trfc u say is for 2 sticks of 2gb ? So should we test 82 for 1600 stability? Thx

[Fitseries3]

it seems there is a 1402 bios for the P5Q DLX..... any word of one for us?

im about to call it quits with this board.

[Amurtigress]

Hm, I´ve just posted about ur memory. That trfc u say is for 2 sticks of 2gb ? So should we test 82 for 1600 stability? Thx

This is stable for me with 1 GB modules. 82 or more. And set the Performance Level to 11. I cannot exactly tell fro 2 GB modules but it's worth a shot.

2 modules: 82, 4 modules: 110 (tRFC)


What makes me wonder, stability at 110 and 110 being the max. possible selectable option...shouldn't ASUS give the P5Q3 users some more options higher than that?

So far my system has proven to be stable at FSB 460....

[Fitseries3]

for some reason if i set my performance level to anything other than auto my board wont post.

[Slovnaft]

I'll say it again: this board is very picky about timings and, in general, really likes it's auto settings.

My system is stable at 8x488fsb (Q9450) with 4gb of mixed IC RAM at 1464mhz. Really, I'm surprised at the amount of stability i've gotten expecially with the amount of complaints I've read on this thread.

[Amurtigress]

I'll say it again: this board is very picky about timings and, in general, really likes it's auto settings.

My system is stable at 8x488fsb (Q9450) with 4gb of mixed IC RAM at 1464mhz. Really, I'm surprised at the amount of stability i've gotten expecially with the amount of complaints I've read on this thread.

Slov,
I have had extreme troubles with both my OCZ and initially also the Corsair XMS3-1600 RAMs. 2x2 GB and 4x1 GB. The defaults were definetly not stable. Mainly because it seems that the board is deliberately ignoring some SPD programmed timings. What helped me was my experience with DDR2 timings on the Maximus board. Like, the P5Q3 Del setting the tRFC wrong. What was also very confusing to me was that the commom performance level has been around 4-7 seemingly randomly until I set it to 11 manually, to exclude sources of instabilities.

I wonder, what board revisions have been found so far? I have a 1.02G that was made in China. To my experiences, 1.02G boards are usually the first production releases followed by the large mass of boards being 1.03G soon afterwards.

Also I head of issues of some of the Maximus boards that were made in China, and not in Taiwan. Does anybody here have a different revision than 1.02G or a board made in a different place than China?

[RBS]

This is stable for me with 1 GB modules. 82 or more. And set the Performance Level to 11. I cannot exactly tell fro 2 GB modules but it's worth a shot.

2 modules: 82, 4 modules: 110 (tRFC)


What makes me wonder, stability at 110 and 110 being the max. possible selectable option...shouldn't ASUS give the P5Q3 users some more options higher than that?

So far my system has proven to be stable at FSB 460....

Ok thx m8. I told him to play with higher tRFC´s but still not answer. He had by default 74 with 2x2Gb.

Maybe those sticks aren´t very compatible, anyway I´ve heard about tweaking memory skews to get better stability. Have u tried?

[Slovnaft]

actually i have the same problem with my OCZ 2x1 1333 kit, it doesn't recognize the SPD settings.
So I set it to the same exact timings as my Mushkin's XMP and just upped to 8-8-8-20 to OC to 1464 and now I've got the 2x1 and 1 stick of the mushkin running on those timings. and yeah i think i did set PL to 9.

[Amurtigress]

Ok thx m8. I told him to play with higher tRFC´s but still not answer. He had by default 74 with 2x2Gb.

Maybe those sticks aren´t very compatible, anyway I´ve heard about tweaking memory skews to get better stability. Have u tried?

Partially. I set all timings to 250 ps advanced with no success, it was all unstable except on auto. I reduced it step by step towards normal, but no stablity.

The 82 does make sense. I saw a screenshot of the XMP version of my Corsair modules and the XMP data said clearly that tRFC for one module would be 41. Two modules do require twice the amount of clocks. Not ALWAYS but it is no surprise if they do. Theoretically four modules would double that value again, but 110 works for me, besides I can't go any higher. It is entirely possible that ASUS does not offer higher tRFC settings than 110 for a good reason. They tried it, and four modules usually work with it, I guess.

As for compatibility, what in the world could be better than Corsair RAMs?
Granted, OCZ is prolly not the best quality. All that I had so far were troublesome to me. Mainly the DDR2-1066 modules, two pairs died on me on an earlier system after only three weeks of usage.

[RBS]

I tried with my P5Q Deluxe and no luck with skews and pull-ins. Just relaxind 3 informations I pushed to almost 1100, I have to play more for getting at least 1100 stability.

When I know abouth this guy I will comment u for reference.

And yea, OCZ is sucking with lasts RAMS, Corsair is still great. I´ve known Mushkin and they´re very good too.

[Slovnaft]

I'm dumping this board.
I think this is #3 that I've RMA'd through newegg for no good reason.
It's a fine board, i'm just bored.

[philbrown23]

i sold mine, it pissedme off, I think im done with ddr3 ingeneral, any one wanna buy 2gb ocz gold ddr3 1333mhz!

[Fitseries3]

i have found that it doesnt like D9GTR IC's but seems to be fine with D9GTS IC's.

my GTR's cant get 1600mhz stable but GTS's do 2000mhz no prob.

[Visualist]

Hi all i am new here !
I came from German sorry for my bad english.
3 weeks i must wait before i can write here after my Registration.

I have problems to became a high memory Frequency with high fsb.

My System how kills my nerve at firstime but now its running a month

P5q3 1201 BIOS
Q9450 @3,6 GHz 480Fsb 1,385 Volt Watercooled
Ocz Intel Edition Xmp 2*2GB
DDR3 1600 Cl7 and 1900 Cl9 @1444 Mhz Cl766 Performance Level 8
VFSB1,48Volt
Nb 1,5Volt
24hours no Probs
but no way to 1500Mhz or 1550 Mhz ram frequency 1550mhz Cl7 was my favorit but the system shootdown from allone.

[IMG][img=http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/7959/480fsboh5.th.png]

I hope anyone have an idear

[Sav]

it seems there is a 1402 bios for the P5Q DLX..... any word of one for us?

im about to call it quits with this board.

1402 is out?

Link?