"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[LUCI5R]

CPU Voltage: 1.46250 <-- Too High! Try 1.35v or 1.36v
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): Auto <-- Give it a value, like 0.63 and go from there
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): Auto <-- Same thing
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.4 <-- Try a little lower, 1.34v
DRAM Voltage: 2.1
NB Voltage: 1.4 <-- Try a little lower, 1.34v

If you're only benching, I guess it's ok ... but if you're looking for 24/7 stable 3.8Ghz ... lower your values ... you shouldn't need these high volts.

Luci5r or the other guy with the issue now. Have you guys tried this setting it to performance thing yet to see if it works like he says it does?

True ... NO GO with "Performance Mode" ... and I've tried that so many times already, I'm almost wondering everytime I try it if it's ruining the chip further. Did it work with you? I can't get into Vista no matter what setting I give the CME .... only way I boot into Vista is WITHOUT the CME.

Did you get back to your guy at ASUS?

Thanks.

[Singh400]

CPU Voltage: 1.46250 <<DANGEROUS

No way should you be using such a high vcore. Lower asap. My vcore is at 1.21250 and thats for 3.6 Ghz.

I just noticed a very strange thing. I have a p5q-e (1306 original bios) , q6600 at 3,6ghz and a 2x2bg kit of corsair dominator CM2X2048-8500C5D at 1066 with 5-5-5-18 (trcd=60).

I was priming with the memory at 2.04v , as i 've read about the overvolting thing. Last night , i set my memory to 1.90v , i run memtest86+ and the morning i saw that it had completed 19passes with no errors !! I run prime95 (blend tess) and it was stable.

Then , i set the memory to 1.8v and .... no error for 6 passes at memtest 86+ (i just stopped it then).

So , is it just my board or my memory chips ? Or the overvolting problem is bigger than it was described here ?

Could someone with a p5q deluxe and the same corsair memory try to lower his memory voltage ?

Been there done that mate. Ran my TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF @ DRAM1.8v @ 1066Mhz with my 3.4 Ghz OC.

[carepolice]

My vcore is at 1.21250 and thats for 3.6 Ghz.

Does it matter what Vcore your running ? nope

[Singh400]

Does it matter what Vcore your running ? nope

Sheesh, no need to get your knickers in a twist mate, I'm saying for reference point. Yeah I know every chip/setup is different. But 1.4vcore for 3.8 ghz is complete overkill.

[truehighroller]

True ... NO GO with "Performance Mode" ... and I've tried that so many times already, I'm almost wondering everytime I try it if it's ruining the chip further. Did it work with you? I can't get into Vista no matter what setting I give the CME .... only way I boot into Vista is WITHOUT the CME.

Did you get back to your guy at ASUS?

Thanks.

He is testing another beta BIOS today. You want to give it a go and see if it helps you real quick? I can post a linky for the file so you can try it. I swear I tried it but, not for sure there. I think I am getting old and forgetful.

[carepolice]

Sheesh, no need to get your knickers in a twist mate, I'm saying for reference point. Yeah I know every chip/setup is different. But 1.4vcore for 3.8 ghz is complete overkill.

Yeah, Sorry for that internet "rage"

That is what i just mean every chip is different, Atleast chip doesnt run whit same settings, and needs some little tweaking.

Wouldnt say that 1.4 is the overkill, but when it goes near 1.45V, That is what i use for superpi results

1.4 Whit LLC (1.38 LOAD) + Proper cooling should be okey! This is just my mind

[LUCI5R]

He is testing another beta BIOS today. You want to give it a go and see if it helps you real quick? I can post a linky for the file so you can try it. I swear I tried it but, not for sure there. I think I am getting old and forgetful.

Is it without CME altogether? Sure, go ahead ... I'll give it a whiz.

[carepolice]

Is it without CME altogether? Sure, go ahead ... I'll give it a whiz.

Wow, are those new betas whiout CME? Dont think so..

[truehighroller]

Is it without CME altogether? Sure, go ahead ... I'll give it a whiz.

No apparently it is still there. You can still try it though if you like apparently it fixes problems with P95 erroring out so maybe it will fix it?? Up to you no biggie.

[douirc]

No way should you be using such a high vcore. Lower asap. My vcore is at 1.21250 and thats for 3.6 Ghz.

you've got the chip of my dreams. mine won't post at anything below 1.4 and won't run stable below 1.45. i added .0125 for ensured stability. good news is, runs 55C load on water.

[-n7-]

I just noticed a very strange thing. I have a p5q-e (1306 original bios) , q6600 at 3,6ghz and a 2x2bg kit of corsair dominator CM2X2048-8500C5D at 1066 with 5-5-5-18 (trcd=60).

I was priming with the memory at 2.04v , as i 've read about the overvolting thing. Last night , i set my memory to 1.90v , i run memtest86+ and the morning i saw that it had completed 19passes with no errors !! I run prime95 (blend tess) and it was stable.

Then , i set the memory to 1.8v and .... no error for 6 passes at memtest 86+ (i just stopped it then).

So , is it just my board or my memory chips ? Or the overvolting problem is bigger than it was described here ?

Could someone with a p5q deluxe and the same corsair memory try to lower his memory voltage ?

Good Powerchips run well at very low voltage.

You're giving yours 1.88v roughly, which is more than enough for good speeds on good PSC RAM.

Nothing really shocking there...it's why i like PSC ICs so much vs. Micron...you don't need to fry your RAM with voltage for good results.

[Singh400]

you've got the chip of my dreams. mine won't post at anything below 1.4 and won't run stable below 1.45. i added .0125 for ensured stability. good news is, runs 55C load on water.

Wow thats unlucky. No idea why it thats high! Anybody care to speculate? Or is it just an unruly chip?

55c on load is awesome though. Especially with a vcore like that. Supose water does have it's benefits Mine breaks 62c with IBT and 55c with P95. I shall look into water

[platojones]

Wow thats unlucky. No idea why it thats high! Anybody care to speculate? Or is it just an unruly chip?

55c on load is awesome though. Especially with a vcore like that. Supose water does have it's benefits Mine breaks 62c with IBT and 55c with P95. I shall look into water

I guess there's a lot of variation in overclockability (we all know that, but we hope we are one of the lucky ones, but somebody has to lose CPU roulette)...I've got a dud Q9550...though not that bad. Then there's the guy in I was talking to above who does the same stable clocks as me (3.4 Ghz@1.32v) at 1.14v...geez!

[anzial]

Is it normal that every time I cut the power (i.e. unplug the PSU), the P5Q Deluxe loses bios settings and I need either F2 to load defaults or F1 to go into BIOS setup? Battery seems to be fine since date/time and OC profiles do survive power failure. It's kinda annoying to restore BIOS settings everytime mobo loses external power.

[truehighroller]

Is it normal that every time I cut the power (i.e. unplug the PSU), the P5Q Deluxe loses bios settings and I need either F2 to load defaults or F1 to go into BIOS setup? Battery seems to be fine since date/time and OC profiles do survive power failure. It's kinda annoying to restore BIOS settings everytime mobo loses external power.

Sounds like bad flash or bad BIOS chip switch to your backup chip and see if it stops.

[anzial]

I did flash it through BIOS option after a few failed attempts to flash from DOS, however, as I recall, I think I had the same issue before the flash with the 704 bios it shipped with. I didn't know this mobo had a backup BIOS chip, how do you make the switch?

[carepolice]

Well when you look inside your case, you see your mb and those chips are in right downcorner on ur board 2x little black box wich you can change by using ur fingers

[anzial]

Well when you look inside your case, you see your mb and those chips are in right downcorner on ur board 2x little black box wich you can change by using ur fingers

you are kidding, right?

[PiolhoSM]

Bios 1103 :

**** System Performance Settings ****
*******************************
AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 8.0
FSB Frequency: 376
PCI-E Frequency: 100
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 266 MHz
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-940 MHz

DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
DRAM Read Training: Enabled
MEM. OC Charger: Disabled
AI Clock Twister: Lighter
AI Transaction Booster: Manual
Common Performance Level: 08

All Pull-In's: Disabled

CPU Voltage: 1.3500
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): 0.630
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): 0.670
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.26
NB Voltage: 1.16
DRAM Voltage: 1.98
NB GTL Reference: 0.630
SBridge Voltage: 1.10
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.50

Load Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Clock Skew: Normal
NB Clock Skew: Normal

Advance CPU Settings:
CPU Ratio Setting: 8
C1E Support: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel Virtualization Tech: Enabled
CPU TM Function: Enabled
Execute Disable Bit: Enabled



- Q6600
- Asus P5Q Deluxe
- GSkill Pi PC-8000 (1000mhz) 2x2GB

I'm with these settings to 100000% stable system (3ghz Multi8). The problem is that i want more... 3.2ghz with multi 8x, but it always fail the Prime95 In Place Large FFTs test.

Any solution? I already tried to rise up the cpu vcore, FSB Termination Voltage and NB Voltage but without success.

[CryptiK]

Try:

CPU Voltage: 1.40v
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): 0.670
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): 0.670
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.26
NB Voltage: 1.26
DRAM Voltage: 1.98
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: 1.10
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.50

[dannyuk32]

Hi guys,
Going to order this board for next week with a SATA HD and DVD drive.e.g there will be no PATA \ IDE in this system I will build. I also don't have a floppy drive.
I'm wondering about installing Windows XP SP2 will cause me problems because there are no SATA drivers on the disc? Or is there?
I've read various different things from people .. some say you don't need the drivers and it will install fine. Some people say just select IDE as your hard drive and it will install, some say they are on a SP2 disc, etc. etc.
I'm confused and only ever built PATA | IDE systems.
Can anyone help me \ confirm if I will or won't run into problems, and if so how to overcome them.
Thanks, Danny.

If you run it as IDE you should be fine yes. If you are running raid you can't select IDE "Just making sure you know that and don't come back like I couldn't run my raid as ide :P ".

Thanks for your reply truehighroller,
But surely this defeats the puropse of buying a SATA drive.
If I want to use a Floppy do I need the SATA controllers from the ASUS site and double click the EXE file to extract the SATA controller drivers?
Please anyone out there help me! I never get a proper answer to this question Someone must have SATA in their systems and built systems.
All my parts will be here by Thursday and I just need a guy out there to tell me what I need to do, or my best options are. I know this SATA thing is going to trip me up some how .
Thanks guys.

[Leeghoofd]

Try:

CPU Voltage: 1.40v
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): 0.670
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): 0.670
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.26
NB Voltage: 1.26
DRAM Voltage: 1.98
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: 1.10
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.50

And if that didn't help try these

FSB Strap to North Bridge: 266 MHz --> AUTO

DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled --> DISABLED
DRAM Read Training: Enabled --> AUTO
MEM. OC Charger: Disabled --> AUTO
AI Clock Twister: Lighter --> AUTO
AI Transaction Booster: Manual --> AUTO


And tweak later one setting of these a time...

[Singh400]

BIOS 1406:

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...ELUXE-1406.zip

[truehighroller]

I have seen a person say that the new 1406 took away his issue with the CME option. Luci5r you should give it a go and see if hes right man. Guy with the sata questions. If you are not running Raid you do not need the drivers at the f6 screen.. Set in BIOS ide mode for the controller and you will be fine.

[sxs112]

ASUS P5Q-E 1406 Final Bios
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1. Enhance CPU compatibility with certain Yorkfield C1 stepping CPUs.


ASUS P5Q 1406 Final Bios
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1. Enhance CPU compatibility with certain Yorkfield C1 stepping CPUs.
2. Enhance the compatibility of certain memory.


ASUS P5Q Deluxe 1406 Final Bios
[ 1406 ]
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1. Enhance CPU compatibility with certain Yorkfield C1 stepping CPUs.

ASUS P5Q Pro 1406 Final Bios
[ 1406 ]
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1. Enhance CPU compatibility with certain Yorkfield C1 stepping CPUs.
2. Enhance the compatibility of certain memory.


ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe 1406 Final Bios
[ 1406 ]
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1. Enhance CPU compatibility with certain Yorkfield C1 stepping CPUs.

ASUS P5QC 1406 Final Bios
[ 1406 ]
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1. Enhance CPU compatibility with certain Yorkfield C1 stepping CPUs.