Modded ASUS P5Q/Pro/Deluxe/Premium BIOS

[jobol]

Update: the issue still seems to happen below 500FSB. No idea what the issue is.

I am guessing that your overclock is not stable and it is as simple as that.

Lower your FSB.

[Ket]

Try switching memory slots. Memtest (DOS version) is fantastic for isolating problems. If Memtest is error free you know most settings are good, you may just need to up NB\SB voltage and / or CPU / RAM volts.

[SimpleTECH]

Woot! Got my new P5Q Pro from Newegg. Turned out that my other board did die after all.

Anyways, this new board already came pre-flashed with 1406 BIOS so I'm good to go. Hopefully I won't screw anything up this time.

[vrdublu]

Well it seems after much struggle for a while I think I finally got this figured out. The whole time it was the fsb strap that was causing me the trouble, not that I was selecting the wrong one, but that I was not letting the MB select it. It would seem that "AUTO" in that spot solved all my fsb stuggles. Before I would use manual and set it myslef to 333 or 400 strap and could not even boot above 465 fsb, I set it to auto and get into windows at 550fsb, although currently at 500 until I get it stable. Hope this helps some others with the same issues.
On another note, I have checked some of the voltages for the NB, Ram etc and found bios 1406 greatly overvolts everything.
Bios NB
1.26=1.37 real
1.28=1.38
1.30=1.40
1.32=1.42
1.34=1.45

Bios Ram
2.02=2.20 real

Iam still in the process of going through these to see what other voltages are out of whack, although it's difficult to get inthere due to access because of my water block covering the fsb Vtt and Cpu PLL.

AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 8.5
FSB Strap to North Bridge: Auto
FSB Frequency: 500
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: 1002
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
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: 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: AUTO
DRAM Read Training: AUTO
MEM. OC Charger: AUTO
AI Clock Twister: AUTO
AI Transaction Booster: Manual

Performance Level : 10
Everything Disabled
4th Information :

CPU Voltage: 1.3500
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): .635
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): .675
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.54
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.26
DRAM Voltage: 2.02
NB Voltage: 1.26
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: Performance Level

ps: I have one question concerning the CPU GTL's, the higher the fsb the higher the GTL's go??? is it like setting voltage or is this hit and miss ???

[jobol]

Hey Ket,

Does any of your mods include a change to the FSB strap? or is it mainly memory timings and compatibility?

[sect9]

Hi
Having trouble with my normal P5Q getting over 400fsb, using mbios 1611

E7200, P5Q, 2x1gb adata vitesta 1066, 2x1gb dominator 1066, corsair tx650, hd4850

Im stable at 400x8.5 vcore 1.3375
nb 1.28, fsb 1.24, LLC on
linx 8 passes
another stable config.
395x9 vcore 1.4
nb 1.24, fsb 1.28 LLC on
linx 8 passes

with these other settings doesn´t even boots into windows

AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 7
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 266
FSB Frequency: 450
PCI-E Frequency: 100


DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information :

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

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: AUTO
AI Transaction Booster: Manual

Performance Level : 7
Everything Disabled
4th Information :

CPU Voltage: 1.35
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): Auto
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.50
FSB Termination Voltage: 140
DRAM Voltage: 2.08
NB Voltage: 1.40
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 : Normal
NB Clock Skew : Normal
CPU Margin Enhancement: Optimized

Whats wrong??

[jobol]

Row Refresh Cycle Time: 5

That doesn't make much sens, try 60

[sect9]

sorry
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 50
miss the 0

[Ket]

Hey Ket,

Does any of your mods include a change to the FSB strap? or is it mainly memory timings and compatibility?

All compatibility tweaks mainly, with "side issues" reportedly solved as a indirect result.

[Deychy]

Hello ppl

Im new here .. actually registered just because one question

System:
MB: P5Q deluxe ... BIOS American megatrends Ver. 1004 date 7/23/2008 ( CPU-Z data)
Disk: 2x WD 250 gb; 16Mb ... raid 0 (strip)
2x2Gb Corsair RAM 5,5,5,18

PROBLEM:

When i boot my comp .. if i hawe external USB disk plugged in (on my front pannel USB plug) it wants to boot it from that
usb disk. My settings in BIOS are
1. disk drives
2. CDROM
2 Externall

when i go into bios with USB disk plugged in (or USB key for that matter) it only shopws to boot from that thing .... grrr

I also couldent Install Vista untill i didnt unplug all USB drives out.

QUESTION:

Would bios updates from ASUS fix this problem ?
Or would any of bioses that i downloaded from here (P5Q Dlx mBIOS 1403 and P5Q Series 1611 mBIOSes) fix this problem ?

I am newb at comp. hardware and i dont intent to owerclock or modify settings any ways, just fix this anoying problem.

SIDENOTE:
Is it possible to make motherboard boot any faster ??? all nagging screens take time as my vista boot time ffs
I also got Saphire radeon 4870 silent efficiency, and read somewhere that flashing its bios makes it work better. Anyone here hawe soime exp with that ?

THX if replied .... Deychy

[axy1985]

There are some 4870 Sapphire cards that did ship with a somewhat faulty BIOS, but you need to know its exact model to know if it was affected or not. I think it was only the 1GB version tho, not sure.
as for your BIOS question, you should update it to the latest stable version and check. Although I believe it's just the boot order you have set up wrong, it could help.

Additionally, I'd like to make public that I got rid of that pesky aaCenter.exe thing that installs with ASUS softweare, and curious, after having the temp bug on a daily basis, I haven't gotten it for a week now...

[Ket]

Rule of thumb, never use asussetup, always use the regular setup file

[Snowman89]

I finally got my board to work somewhat good. So im gonna try and flash with ur modded bios again.
But i dont know what to choose:P

I will run a e5200 and 2x2gb ocz pc8500 reaper mems and the Asus P5Q vanilla.
My main issue atm is that my cpu cant handle the fsb So what bios would u recomend to me?

[jbruneau]

Well, Ket, you'll be happy to know that the BIOS isn't the problem on my board. I got a new BIOS chip from ASUS, pre-flashed with 1613, and it DIDN'T WORK!

Just happened to be that after the flash, it went DOA. It was only maybe 4 days old too. Dang it!

I guess the board is next then. Hopefully I can wing an advance RMA. I don't want to pull all of the parts and have them laying around .. esp with a 2yr old!

Crap. I was 100% positive it would work. I can't see anything wrong with the board, caps, etc etc. No black marks or scorching. I think the volt regs are gone myself..

[axy1985]

Rule of thumb, never use asussetup, always use the regular setup file

wise you are Ket lol. Actually, I did use the asusinstall thing on one or two utilities. I still guess that using the normal setup would install that aacenter.exe virus... if not, great, cause the User setting on QFan did help.

[burebista]

Additionally, I'd like to make public that I got rid of that pesky aaCenter.exe thing that installs with ASUS softweare, and curious, after having the temp bug on a daily basis, I haven't gotten it for a week now...

Confirm that. I have one month since I've stopped that darn thing and no more CPU temperature bug.
Hope that it's not just a coincidence.

And with Koda's tool I can finally downgrade my BIOS from 1703 to 1406. Nice tool.

[Ket]

Well, Ket, you'll be happy to know that the BIOS isn't the problem on my board. I got a new BIOS chip from ASUS, pre-flashed with 1613, and it DIDN'T WORK!

Just happened to be that after the flash, it went DOA. It was only maybe 4 days old too. Dang it!

I guess the board is next then. Hopefully I can wing an advance RMA. I don't want to pull all of the parts and have them laying around .. esp with a 2yr old!

Crap. I was 100% positive it would work. I can't see anything wrong with the board, caps, etc etc. No black marks or scorching. I think the volt regs are gone myself..

Ouch. I didn't have things that bad but my first P5Q Pro started to get fickle after just a few months use, dodgy CPU fan header, so off on RMA it went.

wise you are Ket lol. Actually, I did use the asusinstall thing on one or two utilities. I still guess that using the normal setup would install that aacenter.exe virus... if not, great, cause the User setting on QFan did help.

I've never had that aacenter thing, EVER. Not by using the regular setup files. Never had the temp bug either.. I'll assume its because of aacenter never going near my system

Confirm that. I have one month since I've stopped that darn thing and no more CPU temperature bug.
Hope that it's not just a coincidence.

And with Koda's tool I can finally downgrade my BIOS from 1703 to 1406. Nice tool.

You couldn't use the AFUDOS I posted up? Its worked twice for me now, no need for that kdatool thing, which imo is very bloated. Don't need the BIOS files people can grab a BIOS file for their board easy.

[burebista]

You couldn't use the AFUDOS I posted up? Its worked twice for me now, no need for that kdatool thing, which imo is very bloated. Don't need the BIOS files people can grab a BIOS file for their board easy.

It's the same AFUDOS on that stick.
For me it isn't bloated, it's OK, a lot of BIOS-es, Memtest86+ and idiotproof too.

[jbruneau]

Ouch. I didn't have things that bad but my first P5Q Pro started to get fickle after just a few months use, dodgy CPU fan header, so off on RMA it went.

I hear ya ... I've never had a board just up and fail on me like that, EVER!

I called up ASUS this morning, and talked to them (they have a disclaimer that is sent with the BIOS chip saying if it doesn't work than call this number...)

They offered an RMA, and even cross-shipped without any form of CC collateral. The board will be here tomorrow. I prepare, assemble, test, and ship back the old board when I'm all done.

I think they know that something went really wrong with the manufacturing process on some of these boards. I couldn't believe they offered to help that easily and that fast!

Glad that they are helping me out though, I was thinking I'd be out for 6 weeks, and I'd have to find a home for my parts to keep them protected!

All in all, it's only been 6 days, and for 2 of them it was the weekend ! Including shipping! There's some award winning service!

[Ket]

It's the same AFUDOS on that stick.
For me it isn't bloated, it's OK, a lot of BIOS-es, Memtest86+ and idiotproof too.

I'd say its bloated.. 500MB-something unzipped, I gutted it all and it went down to something like 20MB Seriously, who needs BIOS files for THEIR mobo, of which they probably have a copy of the last "good" BIOS anyway. Just seems unessessary.

I hear ya ... I've never had a board just up and fail on me like that, EVER!

I called up ASUS this morning, and talked to them (they have a disclaimer that is sent with the BIOS chip saying if it doesn't work than call this number...)

They offered an RMA, and even cross-shipped without any form of CC collateral. The board will be here tomorrow. I prepare, assemble, test, and ship back the old board when I'm all done.

I think they know that something went really wrong with the manufacturing process on some of these boards. I couldn't believe they offered to help that easily and that fast!

Glad that they are helping me out though, I was thinking I'd be out for 6 weeks, and I'd have to find a home for my parts to keep them protected!

All in all, it's only been 6 days, and for 2 of them it was the weekend ! Including shipping! There's some award winning service!

Consider yourself lucky! us folk in the UK would never get treatment like that. (I've tried with various suppliers who simply sent the stuff in the wrong direction, although they KNEW getting the stuff back wouldn't be a problem, they wouldn't just resend the order, they HAD to get the stuff back from the delivery company first :\ )

[omiez]

Hello Ket

Can you please add your work to this new Bios 1805 for p5Q Deluxe.

Link

[SirKronan]

You know, my P5Q is still going strong and running great, but I didn't have any luck with any of the modded BIOSes. I am running, I believe, the 2nd or 3rd newest drivers from Asus. I tried the latest ones, and many in between and this particular BIOS definitely gives me the highest and most stable overclocks, but the CPU temp is reported incorrectly in the AI Suite and in the BIOS. I have to rely on CoreTemp and Everest, which give a completely different temp reading than the BIOS, and the readings from CoreTemp and Everest seem a lot more realistic, too.

[MonsterMan]

Ket could you also please mod the latest 1901 bios for P5Q-E??? Thx...

[dnottis]

Ket could you also please mod the latest 1901 bios for P5Q-E??? Thx...

haha he's done doing this. Just saw the 1901 on the website, my P5Q-E will be here today.

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5Q-E/

[omiez]

Hello Ket

Can you please add your work to this new Bios 1805 for p5Q Deluxe.

Link

Did You se the new one for P5Q Deluxe too ?
TNX