Modded ASUS P5Q/Pro/Deluxe/Premium BIOS

[Ket]

If a system won't boot @ stock you probably have

A: Not enough voltage being fed to your memory
B: One of your memory sticks are bad
C: The mobo itself has a fault

[MADMAX22]

None of these modded bioses did anything for me. Not even a single MHz increase.

Maybe because I am already border line? I am running a E8400 @ 4.5Ghz on air, stable 24/7.

500Mhz FSB. But when I try, even 501FSB, the system becomes unstable. It is really weired...

Oh well...I will be waiting for new bioses and see if they help break the 500FSB barrier.

Well I hate to say it but it depends on what mobo you have, if you have the pos p5q pro then you wont get above 500fsb (maybe 1 or 5) on this board. I have only scene one or two rare instances that someone got like 520 or something like that. These boards are limited by asus.

[Ket]

Updated first post entirely. Things should be much easier to find now.

@ MADMAX; P5Q Pro is not a POS, I've had both mine doing 540FSB I think the biggest problem is cooling. Slap a real copper HS on the SB and things change dramatically. ICH10R is very sensitive to heat.

[MADMAX22]

Updated first post entirely. Things should be much easier to find now.

@ MADMAX; P5Q Pro is not a POS, I've had both mine doing 540FSB I think the biggest problem is cooling. Slap a real copper HS on the SB and things change dramatically. ICH10R is very sensitive to heat.

Yeah I shouldnt say a POS, it actually works pretty good just not for ocing high fsb. 540 is pretty good. Highest I have scene with after market cooling or not.

[infected_]

Hi to all. im currently using bios 1406 on my p5q... i have a stable oc (400*9) but would like to try to stabilize it at 450*8 which i havent accomplished.. i did get it stable at 445*8 but anything above that ZERO! not even with alot more vcore then 400*9.. If i use one of this bios can it help me? and should i use the 1406 modded one or the most recent one? i ask that because last time i switched bios version i had to reconfigure my all oc again...

Thanks for the help.

[MonsterMan]

I might give these a try, can't get the FSB stable at 450, unsure if it's the motherboard or a compatibility issue with my memory, P5Q-E I hoped would at least do 450fsb stable with my Q9950.

Im running my 9450 @ 450=3.6ghz on my P5Q-e with ket´s 1703 mbios, rock solid stable. 500x8 is stable with my E8400 but I get the "driver stopped responding" issue then, otherwise the system is stable then also. But not usable if you cant play games . But I really like my 9450 @ 3.6, could never get it over 3.2 on my Maximus formula, on this board no problems.

Just got 19012 3dmark06 points this evening. Highest score yet for my HTPC. Im really proud of my super HTPC...

Oh BTW, thx Ket for you great work, much appreciated. Keep it please up!

[battletux]

Hi all.

I'm looking to get a P5Q on thursday to replace a pos MSI P7N Diamond that crapped out and died on me.
Has anyone had any experiance using the mBIOSes with the following or similar setup?

q6600 g0
4gb (2x2gb) OCZ FLEX II
9800GX2

Thanks in advance.

[GrossmeisterB]

I'm now thinking about changing my BIOS again, official 0803 and Vista x64 => no way to get 2x2GB stable...damnit!

[Big Lar]

Hi all.

I'm looking to get a P5Q on thursday to replace a pos MSI P7N Diamond that crapped out and died on me.
Has anyone had any experiance using the mBIOSes with the following or similar setup?

q6600 g0
4gb (2x2gb) OCZ FLEX II
9800GX2

Thanks in advance.

I have that ram in my P5Q-D running nicely.

Larry

[Ket]

New BIOS. Only for the P5Q Pro right now. This BIOS changes a few different things on top of the standard changes

- Replaced module 30
- Replaced SLAB with the one from the P5Q Premium

This BIOS is the first attempt at the uber BIOS I spoke of some time ago. Thus far I have not tested this BIOS, so if anyone decides to give it a go be sure to let us know your results, and for gods sake READ the first post on page 1 so you can recover from a bad flash painlessly if needed.

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[Zehnsucht]

Slap a real copper HS on the SB and things change dramatically. ICH10R is very sensitive to heat.

Interesting. What cooler do you recommend?

[Ket]

I use a Enzotech CNB-S1L. Pure forged copper with a perfect mirror finish.

[sluflyer06]

Updated first post entirely. Things should be much easier to find now.

@ MADMAX; P5Q Pro is not a POS, I've had both mine doing 540FSB I think the biggest problem is cooling. Slap a real copper HS on the SB and things change dramatically. ICH10R is very sensitive to heat.

is that suggestion more for the Pro?

How would you rate the cooling on the Deluxe? To change that SB heatsink out it looks like you'd have to change the NB heastink and mosfet one as well since they are interconnected.

[gorgy_dk]

hey i Have for 2 Weeks waited to get Cler for Tybing in this Tread
First A Greate Tanks Kent For The P5Q-Pro 1613m bios
it works fine With my Ocz pc 8000 5.5.5.15 at 2.2v
and its not on the stock qvl list
its a serios bord with That bios
i am now able to run 500x8 stable with my Q9450 at 1,4125v
my old Mobo was A Maximus formule Flashet to Rampage but i cudent reach higher than 475x8 for 3 weeks befor the NB went dead

i have tryed 525x8 and i think with a lot of V. and litle luck i can run stable at that speed as well but Q9450 is a Head Monster i think the head without Compressor will kill my cpu at 525x8

Ther is onley 1 thing that is A -
my 2x2GB post in bios as 3GB not 4GB but wen its Load in to vista 64 vista says it has 4 GB ???
the bios says dual channel 3000 MB ram but i think its onley youse 3GB because Everest say i am yousing 45% ram on the desktop the same 2 bloks on my maximus onley Yoused 35%
mabey its a stock problem with the mobo i onley run the original bios under my first vista instal ond after that i Flash to you'r bios

i dount think its gona be a problem for me ill wait for delevery of 2x1GB OCZ pc9600@1200mhz raper Flex rate warter Cooled
in a few weeks i com back and Tell How It runs wit That

but a Greate Thanks for the M-Bios

ps. right now i onley run with the orginal Sb. head sink + a 40mm Fan with sb. 1.3v is that ok or do you think i have to get that on warter 2 . the cpu and NB + GFX is on warter and it all runs fine for gaming for now

[Ket]

is that suggestion more for the Pro?

How would you rate the cooling on the Deluxe? To change that SB heatsink out it looks like you'd have to change the NB heastink and mosfet one as well since they are interconnected.

Couple Enzotech MST 81s, plus the S1L and S1 and theres your new (vastly superior) cooling for your mobo. I picked the Pro simply because it had everything I needed.

[DaMaDDy]

Got a "small" problem with downgrading my BIOS. I'm trying with AFUDOS as it's described in KET's posting, but my PC hangs after the
"Advance Check.......". I loaded the default settings before etc. but it doens't work.
I would have tried with the older Asus-Update utility, but I'm running Vista x64, so this doensn't work either.
Any suggestions what I can do?

EDIT:
Got it with the bootable KodaKey tool

[axy1985]

Couple Enzotech MST 81s, plus the S1L and S1 and theres your new (vastly superior) cooling for your mobo. I picked the Pro simply because it had everything I needed.

So you prettu much dismounted the whole cooling system? Interesting tho.
My northbridge runs at very comfortable temperatures, but I always had the idea that the southbridge may not. Who thought of covering all the fins with an EPU sticker anyway??

[Ket]

Pretty much? I did dismount the whole cooling solution Its pretty rubbish, aluminium coated in a copper laquer.

[Retro]

Pretty much? I did dismount the whole cooling solution Its pretty rubbish, aluminium coated in a copper laquer.

Agree 100%
Most of the stock heatsink/heatpipe assemblies on these boards are nothing spectacular. It's amusing how they use a faux-copper coating on aluminum. I always remove them and fit separate, quality aftermarket heatsinks. It also allows you to replace the factory over-applied chewing gum with a decent thermal paste. I have also been bolting the sinks on (with plastic washers for insulation) for better contact than plastic push-pins can provide.

I have been pleased with the Thermalright heatsinks I have fitted on my Pro but I intend to put an Enzotech lp sink on the sb as I couldn't fit a Thermalright HR-05 on it. I'm going to use a few packs of Enzotech's excellent copper ram and mosfet sinks on my GTX280 along with the Thermalright HR-03GTX I have purchased for it, far better than the thin aluminum sinks TR provides along with that stupid vrm plate.

Going off-topic a bit there Back to your M-Bios, I'm going to take the plunge and flash my Pro with your latest 1406M Enhanced. It sounds like a good one, and I'm looking forward to replacing the stock 1306 bios on my two month-old board. I'm also going to switch back to my set of Team ram to see how well they run with this. I will post my findings.

[Ket]

I hope the BIOS works for you, I still haven't had time to test it as I'm busy starting up my own business. If things do go bad the floppy recovery method will sort you out in a jiffy though

[truehighroller]

I hope the BIOS works for you, I still haven't had time to test it as I'm busy starting up my own business. If things do go bad the floppy recovery method will sort you out in a jiffy though

What type of buisness? You live close to me? I have a good job just curious.

[gorgy_dk]

hey again maby its time to just say Halo and post my settings after some stability testing

my rig
P5Q-Pro. + 1613m OC bios
Cpu Q9450@4GHZ
2x2Gb OCZ DDR2 PC2-8000 Platinum
3x250mb Vestern Digital 2 in raid 0
Writemarster 35 dvd+/- rw x16
Tremaltake Trughpower 1200w 98A
Club 3D 3870x2 825-900 Bios Flash To 851-941 + overdrive At 945/1100
cooling
6x120mm sinkel ROHC with 12x120mm Fans mounted in serial
Laing DDC - 1Plus 18w - Reservior XS-PC - cpu Head sink Thermalright Water Block XWB-01 - Nb EnzoTech SNBW-SLI - Sb original Headsink + 40 mm fan - GFX EK-FC3870x2CF-ACETAL

At 500x8 1:1 ram
i can run at 1.368 V but to get stabel in Prime 95 p64v258 for 4 Core's i have to run at
cpu 1.425 - Nb.1.58v - Sb.1.3V - Pci/sata 1.6V All setings are in bios
That stres test runs the cpu at 100% i onley run for 15 min and max temp on Cpu was 38' the hottest cores at 62' after 15min max load
do enny one Know The max stable temp on The cores at Q9450 ?
maby i cood try to Hit 525 Fsb

[Ket]

What type of buisness? You live close to me? I have a good job just curious.

Don't think so, I'm in the UK You can probably guess this, but the business is IT

[axy1985]

Stupid CPU temp sensor bug is getting on my nerves. I don't remember it happening so often... I guess I'll have to play around with BIOSes once again and see which one cured this for me.

[burebista]

I guess I'll have to play around with BIOSes once again and see which one cured this for me.

Unfortunately for me none of the official or Ket's BIOS'es cured that stupid bug.
It's damn annoying, I can have a week or two without a glitch or I can have 4-5 bugs/day.