Asus P6T Deluxe Discussion Thread

[Zaxis01]

I own the ASUS P6T Deluxe V2.

Does this Motherboard also have the throttling issue that the P6T Deluxe has?

[r1rhyder]

You didn't read too much of this thread, did you?

Asus has not released a bios that disables turbo throttling specifically for the P6T Deluxe v2 but more than one user here has successfully cross flashed the 0007 v1 bios to his v2 board.

How to Cross Flash a v2 board with a v1 bios.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=521

Thanks Amurtigress.



Can you explain what problem you are having?
If you don't like your multi dropping down at idle then set your Minimum process state to 100%.



If you want your multi to drop below 21X at idle then set this to a low number between 5% and 50%. The minimum multiplier on a Core i7 is 12.0 so it won't hurt to set this to 5%. It can only go so low. If software tells you your multi is at 2X or 4X, don't believe it. Check out i7 Turbo instead.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=225450&page=5

[unclewebb]

ben805 is correct. The last word from Asus is that they do not intend to add the throttling fix code into any of their mainstream bios versions for the P6T series, ever.

[Classic Satch]

ben805 is correct. The last word from Asus is that they do not intend to add the throttling fix code into any of their mainstream bios versions for the P6T series, ever.

Then I guess that this is the last Asus board I ever buy. When you drop $300 on a motherboard, you expect to have access to ALL of the important overclocking features. The Rampage is complete overkill because, seriously, how many people use Tri-SLI? Looks like I'm going back to DFI next time around.

[JoBu]

I to am sorry to hear that Asus won't provide better support for they're $300 motherboards.. However, if I crossflash my V2-board with the new BIOS, I will still get better support for my Xeon W3520 CPU? Meaning i will be able to change the QPI ratio.

[ben805]

Then I guess that this is the last Asus board I ever buy. When you drop $300 on a motherboard, you expect to have access to ALL of the important overclocking features. The Rampage is complete overkill because, seriously, how many people use Tri-SLI? Looks like I'm going back to DFI next time around.

Other than the throttling issue, majority of the core i7 owner out there (especially those who don't overclock) are very happy with this motherboard. For those who do overclock, again...majority of them are using air cooling and keep their 24/7 at 3.8~4.0Ghz, most of them are not even aware of the throttling issue, from Asus perspective the P6T Deluxe "probably" meant to target the mainstream user who don't care much about exreme overclocking, for that they have the R2E. But for some of us who don't feel like paying upward $400 for the R2E or the Classified, and have the cooling capacity to take these core i7 to over 4.30Ghz...the 0007 and 0006 modded BIOS are pretty much a miracle! Other mobo in the same price range from DFI, EVGA, Biostar, Gigabyte, MSI they all have flaws one way or another.

[icecpu]

Anyone want to share their setting for 4.0GHz (200 X 20)
I ran prime small FFTs passed 8 hrs, but fail blend

Blkclk : 200
vcore : 1.23
dram v. 1.64
QPI volt : 1.35
PLL : 1.88
ICH : auto
IOH : auto
the rest default or auto

[ben805]

Anyone want to share their setting for 4.0GHz (200 X 20)
I ran prime small FFTs passed 8 hrs, but fail blend

Blkclk : 200
vcore : 1.23
dram v. 1.64
QPI volt : 1.35
PLL : 1.88
ICH : auto
IOH : auto
the rest default or auto

up your vcore to 1.25v, vdimm to 1.66, IOH to 1.18~1.20, put PLL to auto, disable both cpu/pcie spread spectrum, enable LLC, disable all power saving features and try again.

[unclewebb]

I to am sorry to hear that Asus won't provide better support for they're $300 motherboards..

I think Asus is now starting to provide incredible support for their mainstream boards. The number of users capable of pushing a P6T hard enough to trigger turbo throttling is an extremely tiny percentage of their overall sales.

There's no money to be made trying to keep a handful of guys happy at XS so most companies would turn their backs on such a tiny percentage of users. Asus stepped up and came out with not just one but two modified bios versions directed squarely at the Xtreme types that hang out here on XS to allow them to push their CPU and board to its absolute maximum.

Thank you Asus for listening and providing a public relations guy (JJ) here on XS that was able to communicate the problem and help get things done. That's the ultimate in support and should be given a big

JoBu: The latest 0006 bios is supposed to have better support for the Xeon chips. After you cross flash let us know what new bios options are available.

[xpatar]

Yeah well, it makes me wonder, if I do crossflash the V1 Bios onto my V2 mobo will I:

- still be able to flash a new V2 Bios onto the changed mobo? (once Asus releases a good V2 bios)

I would like also to add a small info in the above crossflashing procedure. You can also downgrade a bios version for your v2 board and I mean that, you upgraded to a new bios version and having problems or not feeling comfortable then use the exact same procedure to downgrade your bios version as you did in the crossflashing procedure.
So crossflashing or downgrading then use an engineering afudos file and the exact same command line parameters.
I crossflashed to bios versions 0007 and 0006 and still no issues, the board works great and my oc got a little higher.

[funkypunk1985]

hey guys,
i got the asus p6t deluxe v1... i flashed the 006 bios and i tested the 21 turbomulti.
the beta 006 is still throtteling to multi 20 -.-.

so here is my question, did the beta 007 fix the turbo throtteling from multi 21 to 20 ?

i have a xeon 3520 4,2Ghz 1,3V (multi 20, bclk 200). i need for bclk 1,38Vcore at least (its out of the tdp specs=> throtteling).

its possible to get the download link to the 007er beta (pm) ?

thank you guys and sry for my bad english

g

Johnny (Germany)

[ben805]

hey guys,
i got the asus p6t deluxe v1... i flashed the 006 bios and i tested the 21 turbomulti.
the beta 006 is still throtteling to multi 20 -.-.

so here is my question, did the beta 007 fix the turbo throtteling from multi 21 to 20 ?

i have a xeon 3520 4,2Ghz 1,3V (multi 20, bclk 200). i need for bclk 1,38Vcore at least (its out of the tdp specs=> throtteling).

its possible to get the download link to the 007er beta (pm) ?

thank you guys and sry for my bad english

g

Johnny (Germany)

Not sure if this is a problem with Xeon cpu but AFAIK the 0006 work just as well as the 0007 on my 920 D0, no throttling even at 4.50Ghz with HT enable. Make sure you have the speedstep and all power saving options disable. If possible, give us a snapshot of your BIOS settings.

[funkypunk1985]

hey,
thanks for you reply.

here are my bios settings and a screenshoot of the throtteling.

[ben805]

hey,
thanks for you reply.

here are my bios settings and a screenshoot of the throtteling.

Your bios setting looks good, other than the vcore, IOH and QPI my setting is similar to yours. so I guess this is probably xeon related, we'll need more xeon owner to test this out. In the mean time you may want to PM unclewebb and see if he still has the 0007 version available for you to test the throttling again.

[Fir3^StorM]

It probably has been answered before, but how do I cancel the annoying marvell hard drive check that happens during start up?

[unclewebb]

funkypunk1985: Does the Mainboard tab in CPU-Z show Version 0006? Other users have had good success with 0006 so I'm not sure why the Xeon is still throttling.

I was told by Asus to delete 0007 from the download area and not to distribute it anymore so I can't help you with that.
PM a few guys off the record in this thread and maybe it will magically turn up in your mail box so you can test it out.

Fir3^StorM: If you don't have a hard drive plugged into that connector you could disable the Marvell in the bios so it doesn't search for it when booting up.

[Praz]

P6T-ASUS-DELUXE-0007.rar

Edit: Link no longer valid.

[sarall]

dear friends
please help me on my problem with p6t deluxe v2 m.b
sorry my english is not well! my m.b on shows "chassis intruded! fatal error system halted" and my last update bios is 0504 , after clrearing bios and after saving setup the message shown again and system well not boot, I know this problem was happend for some of you as ben805 please help me

[funkypunk1985]

funkypunk1985: Does the Mainboard tab in CPU-Z show Version 0006? Other users have had good success with 0006 so I'm not sure why the Xeon is still throttling.
.

hey,
yes i flashed the beta 0006 from this thread. in the mbtab from cpu-z its the version 0006.
now i am at work, @21 german time i will test the bios 0007.

g

Johnny

[Classic Satch]

What's the difference between the 0006 and 0007 versions?

[xpatar]

What's the difference between the 0006 and 0007 versions?

Just got word from JJ at Asus that there is a new beta bios available for the Asus P6T Deluxe v1

"This bios still maintains the TDP disable feature but improves support for C0 stepping CPU where we found issues. Additionally there is an updated microcode for better support and options for XEON based CPUS. "

WARNING: Use of this bios is at your own risk and may reduce the life of either your CPU, VRM, motherboard or all three.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?00qfon2wlkd

They are still thinking about releasing a similar bios with the TDP disable feature for 3 other P6T boards so be patient.

I hope it helps

[JoBu]

I hope the throtteling with 0006/0007 BIOS is not a Xeon problem.. I might be the one confirming this later on when I have time to do the crossflash.
funkypunk1985:Are you able to change the QPI link ratio since you updated to the 0006 BIOS?

[Wadkiller]

Hey guys.

I got my i7 two days ago & i'm really confused to most of the settings in the bios. I've went through the first few pages of the thread but can't get answers for my problem. Rig in my sig.

I'm currently running my 920 @ 200*19 with a vcore of 1.225, qpi/dram @ 1.375 & dram @ 1.66

I got a BSOD after about 2 hours with a 124 error code & from what i can gather, this is due to QPI/dram volts, should'nt 1.375 be enough for this.

All other setting are on auto, but my oc palm reports all the other settings @ their lowes variable, for example cpu pll @ 1.8 IOH & ICH @ 1.1

Any info will/suggestions will be appreciated, thanks.

[funkypunk1985]

I hope the throtteling with 0006/0007 BIOS is not a Xeon problem.. I might be the one confirming this later on when I have time to do the crossflash.
funkypunk1985:Are you able to change the QPI link ratio since you updated to the 0006 BIOS?

hey,
yes i can change the qpi rate and uncore frequenz for my xeon3520.
both bios options are very nice for oc, but very useless with the turbothrotteling, because my xeon is running @200mhz 21multi

i hope the version 0007 will fix this issue

another confuse thing, my xeon should able to run @4,4ghz @1,3vcore (asus rampage settings and not over the tdp thortteling), but i need at least 1,38vcore on my asus p6t :/ ...

any idea to increase the bclk from 200>210 ? (with less vcore)

[Buggalugs]

It probably has been answered before, but how do I cancel the annoying marvell hard drive check that happens during start up?

You can disable it in the bios and it dont show up any more.