ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe discussion

[MarkJohnson]

There is nothing wrong with the board.

I want this to be true, but I just put in my 9450 and I get the exact same problem. I have a short return period, so I might return this board. Is the regualr P5Q3 the same as this board without the wi-fi and 8-phase power thing?

I got this board as an open box. I've had good luck with motherboard open boxes as usually it is just memory compatibility issues rather than a problem with the board, but I've seen several people now claiming this memory works with this board without any issues.

I tried this memory with 1 stick at a time and no changes. I fired up Memset and ran through the settings one by one and still couldn't get an improvement. I tried this memory in another board and it worked fine with manually setting the timings (790 board).

I'm open to other suggestions.
-=Mark=-

[filmbot]

Here's my results after working with this board for about a week. The 1M screeny is corrupt but I just got it and was pretty excited to break the 600 barrier by a good bit I'll upload a non corrupted one here soon (hopefully).

Now if I can just get this thing to clock my RAM, I'll be in great shape

Vcore- 1.45v
Vpll- 1.54v
Vfsb- 1.4v
Vnb- 1.4v
NB GTL Ref- 0.545
NB Clock Skew- 200ps delay

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=441972

Heres the non-corrupt one

[Lukee]

Here's my results after working with this board for about a week. The 1M screeny is corrupt but I just got it and was pretty excited to break the 600 barrier by a good bit I'll upload a non corrupted one here soon (hopefully).

Now if I can just get this thing to clock my RAM, I'll be in great shape

Vcore- 1.45v
Vpll- 1.54v
Vfsb- 1.4v
Vnb- 1.4v
NB GTL Ref- 0.545
NB Clock Skew- 200ps delay

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=441972

Heres the non-corrupt one

Nice. I haven't been able to go past 550 FSB. What cooling do you have?

[kaskuli]

PL15?

[BNDMOD]

I can`t past 570 sp1m stable... and 500 3d stable :s By The Way on air.

[filmbot]

Nice. I haven't been able to go past 550 FSB. What cooling do you have?

Just air. I'm using Big Typhoon on CPU, 92mm fan over NB, and 120mm fan over RAM.

PL15?

Thread crapping

I haven't messed with PL yet. When I get to start benching I will. This was just a quick run without pressing too much on the volts and breaking my personal FSB record. When I post my bench results later on this month, you can come crap there too.

[Adam1]

Hello, I'm new here!

Even after reading this lot, I went for this board. I'm not doing anything extreme with the board. I just wanted to get it up and running and then start having a play.

I have the Q6600 running at it's stock for the moment, and I'm using 2GB OCZ DDR3 1600mhz enhanced bandwidth. According to to CPU-Z at least, my FSB is 1600Mhz and timings are 7-6-6-20. It's stable enough to do stuff, but I havent actually stressed anything yet (not had it a week yet)

Anyway I have a problem. I flashed the BIOS to 1406. Sometimes when I change DRAM timings for example, when I hit F10 (save) the system abruptly turns off, then its sometimes takes a few attempts to get it back on.

Before I cleared the CMOS it would do this, but then say the BIOS may be damaged and prompt me to restore it.

I chatted to Asus on some live chat, the guy said BIOS problem and I should RMA it. I've not had it a week yet, RMA it already??

Is this normal for this board to do this - can I fix it?? it try something??

Any suggestions please

Thanks!

[s3rv3r]

I want use my E8400(c0) with 4.0GHz ( 8 * 500 ), but wich tension is recommended for use in VFSB, VPLL, VNB, VSB ? My bios is 1406

[Tatty_One]

mine works normal so far ... will post my bios settings, as 1 guy said auto settings are you friend and i find it works for me .. currently not home but will snap some pics and hope that i can help out

Yep, I have 4 1GB sticks of the GSkill HZ's, I can boot manually at 1780mhz @ 9-9-9-24 but after 2 minutes priming I get errors, the only way I can get long term stability is to set everything on "auto" except timings, I am then defaulted to 890mhz which I can run at 5-5-5-18

Does anyone with the HZ's know what the max 24/7 safe voltage to put through these is, with some active cooling over them? I have not gone beyond 2.0v so far and am thinking, the 1780mhz might be stable with more volts.

[Lukee]

I want use my E8400(c0) with 4.0GHz ( 8 * 500 ), but wich tension is recommended for use in VFSB, VPLL, VNB, VSB ? My bios is 1406

Try this.

VFSB 1.4
VPLL 1.56
VNB 1.4
VSB 1.4

I have the same bios version and am running my E8600 @ 500 x 9.

You have room to tweak these a bit more, I haven't taken the time to do it since it runs stable with that and my temps aren't bad. Maybe one day I will tweak it a bit.

[s3rv3r]

Try this.

VFSB 1.4
VPLL 1.56
VNB 1.4
VSB 1.4

I have the same bios version and am running my E8600 @ 500 x 9.

You have room to tweak these a bit more, I haven't taken the time to do it since it runs stable with that and my temps aren't bad. Maybe one day I will tweak it a bit.

I will try, for now thanks so much.

[Amurtigress]

Well, partly right and partly wrong. Striker2 Extreme can do with 4 sticks because Nvidia chipsets are known to be good in memory bandwidth.
So, partly right is that the latency you've to sacrifice no matter what you do with 4 sticks and increase in vdimm to run.
DDr2 can do much better with 4 sticks because lower latency, lower bandwdith. As you climb higher, more crucial is to maintain at such speed.
Advancement in technology will improve in due time.
Aeneon did that with 2x2Gb sticks at 1600Mhz 9-9-9-25 with just 1.5Vdimm. And is Germany technology.

I was merely going for the physical facts. Nothing can change that...I've had an education in that field. However, what is possible is that NVidia chipsets are using two independent memory controllers without saying so. One dedicated of each memory socket pair, on top of dual channel. The physical limits do not apply then anymore because you don't have two modules sharing part of the same data/adress lines. Just a wild theory about the meory controller.... <g>

That could explain why the top NVidia chipsets have always been more expensive than Intel's.

I've always pondered to try a NVidia based board, but by now I am rather anticipating the new Core i7 platform than investing in more S775 stuff.

On a side note, I am extremely positively surprised that I could plain swap my Q9300 C1 for a Q9550 E0 without any BIOS changes needed for stabilization. I am now happily running at 8.5x460 MHz FSB. (3.91 GHz)

What does it tell us? It is mostly the board in my case that determines the BIOS settings for running Quads, not the processor.

[kaskuli]

Try this.

VFSB 1.4
VPLL 1.56
VNB 1.4
VSB 1.4

I have the same bios version and am running my E8600 @ 500 x 9.

You have room to tweak these a bit more, I haven't taken the time to do it since it runs stable with that and my temps aren't bad. Maybe one day I will tweak it a bit.

Nice low voltages. I assume your PL is 8 or higher and timings are relaxed...

[kaskuli]

Just air. I'm using Big Typhoon on CPU, 92mm fan over NB, and 120mm fan over RAM.



Thread crapping

I haven't messed with PL yet. When I get to start benching I will. This was just a quick run without pressing too much on the volts and breaking my personal FSB record. When I post my bench results later on this month, you can come crap there too.

Look forward to seeing something remotely respectable.

[Lukee]

Nice low voltages. I assume your PL is 8 or higher and timings are relaxed...

PL? I'm sorry, I don't recognize that acronym. I have my bios posted a few pages back and the only changes I made were to the memory. Timings are now 8-8-8-18 @ 2.04

I also increased the NB to 1.4 and FSB to 1.4.

[kaskuli]

PL? I'm sorry, I don't recognize that acronym. I have my bios posted a few pages back and the only changes I made were to the memory. Timings are now 8-8-8-18 @ 2.04

I also increased the NB to 1.4 and FSB to 1.4.

Ai Transaction Booster Lukee...

[Lukee]

Ai Transaction Booster Lukee...

Ah, thanks.. I have that on Auto. i am new to Ocing and have no clue what to do with that. lol

[kaskuli]

Ah, thanks.. I have that on Auto. i am new to Ocing and have no clue what to do with that. lol

I have a feeling that's what may be holding you back. There's an excellent article on anandtech on trd, that should get you started. Then you should look at what Eva2000 mentions about timings in his Asus Blitz Series writeups. He explains what those Ai-Tweaker settings mean.

[s3rv3r]

Try this.

VFSB 1.4
VPLL 1.56
VNB 1.4
VSB 1.4

I have the same bios version and am running my E8600 @ 500 x 9.

You have room to tweak these a bit more, I haven't taken the time to do it since it runs stable with that and my temps aren't bad. Maybe one day I will tweak it a bit.

Hey, my Guru. I used your confs and worked very well. Thanks so much.

[MarkJohnson]

OK, I picked up some OCZ Reaper DDR3-1800 (OCZ3RPR18004GK) and they hit 1800 so far on all auto except manually set 8-8-8-24@1.9v. I've only done a few short stress tests, but so far, so good.

Hopefully, when I find more time, I'll try for 1900+. I think my quad can do it if my sticks hold out.

-=Mark=-

[modderwannabe]

lukee i tried your settings but it didnt work for my board and seems like 435 ghz is max for me ... any1 got any suggestions ?

[Lukee]

Hey, my Guru. I used your confs and worked very well. Thanks so much.

Awesome!!! Glad I could help.

I know that there is room to lower some of those voltages, I just haven't had the time. If you manage to do that, let me know.

[Lukee]

lukee i tried your settings but it didnt work for my board and seems like 435 ghz is max for me ... any1 got any suggestions ?

Really? I would think that you shoud be able to get a lot higher FSB than that. On my Q9550 and the same board I am running 450 FSB.

Can you post screenshots of your bios?

[MarkJohnson]

I can't seem to get these Reapers to hit DDR3-1800. It seems to hit a wall at 400fsb no matter what I do. I even set everything to manual and no improvements. Here are some pics of my settings. sorry for the bad pictures.









I had these setting going pretty good at 400fsb, I just raised this to 425 in the pic and it errors out immediately in Mem Test. I was able to raise NB to 1.26 and it would fail Mem Test after 5-10minutes, but when I restarted to go back into the BIOS and make some changes the system would do a cold boot double post thing and wipe out all of my BIOS settings.

any advice would be greatly appreciated.
-=Mark=-

[dark2099]

I usually disabled the 4 settings above Mem OC Charger, and maybe try BIOS 1306, was the most stable IMO.