Asus P6T Deluxe Discussion Thread

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@ Burner27

Mmmm interesting, I will take a look at my bios power settings when I'm home. I think it is on AUTO since I didn't change anything. I never really understood those different power state options. Always very poorly explained in the manual. Thanks for explaining tho but how long does it take for the system to go in any kind of power state?

I know I'm using the 'balanced' power setting and I have set the HDDs spin down to never as well. Don't you think that changing that setting was enough to solve the problem?

First of all, hi to everyone, this thread really helped me a lot with my new rig, still, i have some questions.

I just bought an Asus P6T Deluxe of course, a i7 920 and 3x2Gb G.Skill 1600Mhz 9-9-9-24.
I was messing around with the bios, trying to get some nice numbers, was pretty hard with the stock bios, so i downloaded and updated to the last bios version. Anyway, the best i got was 189x20 = 3780Mhz. Of course i wanted to hit 200 BCLK, but its impossible to go past 189... i raise it to 190 and i dont even get a POST. It doesnt mind if i try with a lower multi, 190x19, 190x18 or even 190x17 wont even POST. But of course, at 189 i have no problems at all.
Turbo Mode its disabled, im testing so the vCPU is 1.35v, the CPU PLL is 1.96 and QPI/DRAM 1.35.
Just to try, i enabled Turbo Mode later, it boots without problem, and i can run Super Pi 32M and 3dMark06 at 21x189 = 3969Mhz...

Whats the problem here? :S Is there any way to go past this 189 BCLK wall im hitting? >.<

Thanks in advance

EDIT: Might be the CPU who's hitting this wall and not the p6t? Damm if i got a bad batch

What is your batchnumber?

You don't mention what DRAM voltage your using but you should set this to 1.64v or 1.66v. Set CPU PLL to max. 1.88v or 1.9v. I don't know what cooling you are using but you may increase vcore to a max. of 1.55v according to Intel specs. However as you may understand this is not advised for 24/7 use. Therefore I would use 1.45v as a max. guideline if you're using appropriate cooling.

You can also try to use a MP of 19x because some i7's like that MP better. Moreover you should disable HyperThreading and Turbomode as well. When you reached a stable OC you could try to enable them. But keep in mind that enabling HT will need more vcore and Turbomode only is available with a 20x MP. Here is a guide that could be very usefull.

Intel's max. voltages:
vcore: 1.55v (I would recommend 1.45v)
CPU PLL: 1.88v
QPI/DRAM: 1.35v
DRAM: 1.65v
Max. temp.: 100 degrees celcius (I would suggest 80 - 90 degrees celcius)