"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[Big Lar]

Hi Larry, i havent done that yet, what do u have in mind exactly? btw with these 2 sticks blend has been going on for 36 mins now without errors

Well, I usually run 4 instances with a quad for memtest using 350mb per instance with 2x1gb of ram, if running 2x2gb then I would try 500mb per instance for a quad, if a dual core I would run at least 500mb per instance of memset for 2 gigs total and 1000mb or a bit less for 4 gigs total memory per instance of memtest.

I usually let each 1 run between 200 to 300% and if it passes that, the ram IMHO is good to go. Most of the time it will error out within the first 100% or so of testing. Great way to test ram as when testing in Dos, ie; Floppy or CD at boot, it does not stress the ram as hard as it does in Windows.

Larry

[Mumid]

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 1611 Beta Bios
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1. Fix chassis fan mode can't be saved after resume from S3.
2. Fix display priority is not correct when plugs two PCIE VGA cards.

Thankyou very much. Excellent bios, fixed a cold boot\reboot issue I was having. Mem performance a tad slower than 1406 but no biggie for me for perfect stability

[sxs112]

ASUS P5Q Premium 1611 Beta Bios
[ 1611 ]
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[x3mgamer]

blend has been stable for 3.5 hours and i decided to stop it and call it stable, now all i gotta do is find out which one of those other 2 sticks is failing right?

[Leeghoofd]

Indeed mate, think we are close to a solution here... one of those sticks is not 100%... try them seperately and see which one fails... also the no boot with the first kit is not a good sign... hope you find the bad stick soon...

[x3mgamer]

Indeed mate, think we are close to a solution here... one of those sticks is not 100%... try them seperately and see which one fails... also the no boot with the first kit is not a good sign... hope you find the bad stick soon...

ive isolated the stick that fails blend, tried both of those "unstable ones" separately and one failed after minute or less the other is running blend for 10 mins now without errors, but there r no problems booting with the unstable stick, ill try playing games and 24/7 work with the unstable one and with one stable stick and see how they react, is there any chance of RMA or what?

[Leeghoofd]

Yep tell RAMGUY that on the Corsair forums mate and give him a screenshot (CPU-Z of CPU total speed, ram speed and the blend fail) of the working stick and one of the bad stick... he will guide you through the RMA procedure

[x3mgamer]

thanx Leeghoofd, i wish every forum was like this

btw what happens if i decide to OC with this kinda faulty ram, I could live with an occasional spontaneous system restart, is there any unforeseen problems i be aware of?

[gazmatrix]

thanx Leeghoofd, i wish every forum was like this

btw what happens if i decide to OC with this kinda faulty ram, I could live with an occasional spontaneous system restart, is there any unforeseen problems i be aware of?

Hi, I would just use the good set of Ram 4GB is more than enough Ram to be going on with...

[Leeghoofd]

Btw what happens if i decide to OC with this kinda faulty ram, I could live with an occasional spontaneous system restart, is there any unforeseen problems i be aware of?

Data corruption, reboots, I would not live with that even if it happened only once a day... you still got one working kit work with that one and RMA the other kit...

[Porksmuggler]

55 is recommended for 2GB dimms, so in your case you can tighten it... most 1gb dimms run happily at 42 and lower

Leeghoofd, good sir, I thank you for the reply. I'm about to do the unthinkable and try to run a 2x2GB Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5 kit I ordered from newegg for $15! with the Ballistixs, total 6GB. So, I added a 2nd setup to my template. Any tips on the vNB/MCH and GTL needed to get an 8 PL on the 333 strap?

Also, noticed a lot of high vFSB/Termination Voltage/VTT, the 45nm Wolfdales should be happy with around 1.1 by spec, only the 65nm chips default to 1.2.

AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 9.0
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 266 / 333
FSB Frequency: 400
PCI-E Frequency: 101
DRAM Frequency: 1003 / 801
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information :

CAS# Latency: 5 / 4
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5 / 4
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5 / 4
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15 / 12
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: AUTO
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

2nd Information :

READ to WRITE Delay (S/D): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to READ Delay (D): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (S): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (D): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (D): AUTO

3rd Information :

WRITE to PRE Delay: AUTO
READ to PRE Delay: AUTO
PRE to PRE Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to ACT Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to REF Delay: AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: Disabled
MEM. OC Charger: Enabled
AI Clock Twister: Moderate
AI Transaction Booster: Manual
Common Performance Level [8] / [9]
Pull-In of CHA PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH4: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH4: DISABLED

CPU Voltage: 1.225
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): AUTO
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.12
DRAM Voltage: 1.8
NB Voltage: 1.16
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: AUTO
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO

Load Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Clock Skew : AUTO
NB Clock Skew : AUTO
CPU Margin Enhancement: Optimized

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Setting: 9.0
CPU VID: Default
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel® Virtualization Tech: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled

[Leeghoofd]

I would loosen timings porkmuggler mate just to get her stable...unusual combination you are trying to get going

CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 55
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: Disabled
MEM. OC Charger: Enabled
AI Clock Twister: Light(er)
AI Transaction Booster: AUTO

DRAM Voltage: 1.9
NB Voltage: 1.22

Try if it survives a blend mode... Plz cool them rams ! I have no idea if this will work... try to tweak the PL later on... stability first, then tweaks...

[Porksmuggler]

sorry if there was some confusion, she's completely blend stable at 333 strap and PL 9 with 4-4-4-12 (I haven't added the 2x2GB kit yet). I wouldn't call 1:1 unusual, or were you referring to the mixed ram? I'm working on the lowest stable vNB for PL 8, but while I have your attention...

Kris Boughton over at anandtech wrote a great article on 45nm OC'ng, strap selection, MCH voltages, PL level, etc. He wasnt fond of ASUS's LLC though, any thoughts on its functionality?

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=3184&p=6

[jdmR]

got my board today , is there anyway of knowing what rev we have of the nb without turning it on as i dont have all my parts yet for the build

[BababooeyHTJ]

What should I have my NBv set at for a 440fsb and 8gb of ram at 1100mhz? I cant see it being much more than 1.32. I think I got a bad kit. My old kit runs fine at 1100mhz 8pl 2.1v bios, 1.26NBv bios. The ocz reapers have a new look and the sticker says 2.2v! Im pulling out my hair trying to get them stable. Im passing memtest, but getting BSODs during a Prime Blend or while running memtest 3.8 while the screen saver came on. I moved the mouse and the screen whent white and bsoded a while later. Im also failing 3-4 out of 30 runs of IBT. I have tried a trfc of 55 and a pl10 and it just takes a while longer to bsod in a prime blend. I just tried for 1055mhz, pl8, trfc55, 2.1v bios, 1.32 NBv and had an error on one core in a blend test in 5 minutes could have been the NBgtl I just set it back to auto (I had allways passed all tests at auto). I also bumped up the NBv to 1.38 because Im irritated and its running now. Its only been 15 minutes.

[CryptiK]

@jdmR - Without removing the heatpipe assy and cleaning the paste off the chip and reading it, no.

[Leeghoofd]

sorry if there was some confusion, she's completely blend stable at 333 strap and PL 9 with 4-4-4-12 (I haven't added the 2x2GB kit yet). I wouldn't call 1:1 unusual, or were you referring to the mixed ram? I'm working on the lowest stable vNB for PL 8, but while I have your attention...

Yes template is for 6Gb... I would try the above template and see if she's stable with the 4 dimms... PL tweaking is for later

LLC works pretty awesome on the P5Q Dlx...

[x3mgamer]

do u guys think i would notice any difference by reinstalling vista ultimate 64 in ahci sata native mode ? ncq would be enabled and how much would that improve system responsiveness?

[tktnuri]

Just updated my P5 w DH deluxe to the P5Q deluxe and I can't seem to overclock my pc8500 ram to top speed. Any tips or do I need to change voltage right now everything is stock.

[PiolhoSM]

any solution?


I have found a solution!

- Install Intel Matrix Storage Manager
- Launch Intel Matrix Storage Console
- Right Click the offending drive - "Mark as Normal"
- All Fixed!

[xaver]

why asus removes all the rest of final/release version of BIOS's (for P5Q-D) from their ftp servers but the 1406 version, do you happen to know, sxs112?

if some need, here are all official (and mBios) versions for P5Q deluxe

http://rapidshare.com/files/17081332...eluxe_bios.rar

[jagt]

How do you successfully enable the two orange SATA ports? I have one spare SATA HDD that I want to run off it, but when I enable it in the BIOS, Windows hangs while loading. Any suggestions?

[jdmR]

are you guys running the m1406 or the 1406

[MarkJohnson]

How do you successfully enable the two orange SATA ports? I have one spare SATA HDD that I want to run off it, but when I enable it in the BIOS, Windows hangs while loading. Any suggestions?

Basic setup in BIOS is enable the jmicron controller then drive expert.

you say,"Windows hangs while loading". Did the orange drive have windows already installed on it and it hangs when booting from it? or does windows on your other hard drive fail because you enabled the orange slots? Did you install windows on your orange slot drive and now it won't boot?

-=Mark=-

[JohnLoph]

seem like P5Q DLX bios v1611 was posted on official ASUS website