***OFFICIAL Asus P5K-E/WiFi Thread

[monza1412]

For those who still using P5Ks. The basic setup for P5K is something like:

PLL 1.6
FSB 1.2~1.3
NB 1.4~1.55
SB 1.05
CPU GTL x63
NB GTL x67


http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=541468 E8500 C0 on air with a Premium. Not my best chip, but a fair result.

PLL 1.6
FSB 1.2~1.3
NB 1.4~1.55
SB 1.05
CPU GTL x63
NB GTL x67 for quad core/ x61for dual core


http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=403000

[Cwelle]

There's a new bios 1305. Did anyone try it?

1. Update JMB controller Option ROM.

[spinejam]

There's a new bios 1305. Did anyone try it?

working good so far. fixed my usb-kb-hub boot hang issue.

[WeldZilla]

mursaat let me clarify my statement about the best bios. the 1006 is the best bios I have run for MY system. I think my numbers bear that out.
If the new bios solves issues for others then that is great. I have had no issues. I also don't run a hub or use Vista. This board for me has never had so much as a hiccup.

WZ

[WrecklessEric]

Sometimes my motherboard doesn't detect the video card (HD 2600) on a warm boot but never on a cold boot. I tried a card from another computer and the problem didn't occur so I replaced the graphics card but I've started having the same problem with the new card (HD 4770). The power supply voltages all look good so I'm starting to suspect a fault in the motherboard. Can anyone suggest ways of determining the cause before I replace anyhting else unnecessarily?

[Kashelz]

Hey, is here anyone who is runing P5K-E with 45nm quad? With Q9550 E0 maybe? What is the highest FSB you can get to be stable even at lover (6x, 7x) multiplayer????

It looks like hard to get past 450 fsb for me, but with 65nm Quad I can easy get 470+, is the board of CPU problem

[emir]

Yeah i also want to learn , can our mobos handle Q9550, if the answer is yes, can we make it run stable @ 4ghz... ?

[DoubleCored]

Hi..

I've read some conflicting reports about the Thermaltake CL-P0114 cooler and P5K-E mobo. Most agree that the cooler will fit the board but someone suggested that when mounted, it's not possible to use all 4 RAM slots as the slanted heatpipes get in the way.

Can anyone who has this board and the Thermaltake CL-P0114 cooler confirm whether that is indeed the case as i'm thinking of buying one?

Many thanks

[TEDY]

i also still have 1006 bios :P

[SpRoX]

I'm thinking about using my P5K-E/WiFi in a small storage server setup. I'm planning on using 2x 400GB Hitachi @ RAID 1 for OS and FTP + 4x 1TB Samsung @ RAID 5 for storage.

Has anyone tried 4x 1 TB (ie. Samsung F1) in RAID 5? And if so, how are the transfer rates?

The rest of the setup looks like this:
E5300 @ air
2x 1 GB Crucial PC2-8500
Cheiftec 350W PSU

[DoubleCored]

Hi..

I've read some conflicting reports about the Thermaltake CL-P0114 cooler and P5K-E mobo. Most agree that the cooler will fit the board but someone suggested that when mounted, it's not possible to use all 4 RAM slots as the slanted heatpipes get in the way.

Can anyone who has this board and the Thermaltake CL-P0114 cooler confirm whether that is indeed the case as i'm thinking of buying one?

Many thanks

Went ahead and bought the Big Typhoon cooler and i'm happy to report that it fits like a glove, was easy to install and there's plenty of room for all 4 RAM modules

[Fly33]

Greetings from Portugal
I’m having some problems with my OC, hope some of you guys could help me.
I get it stable with the config in the pictures below, the problem is when I restart, gives me 1 long bip followed by 3 short bips (Graphic Failure) and the PC starts normally cause I hear the windows logon sound but with no image. If I shut down instead of restart never happens what I’ve described.
When I put my bios on default it restarts normally every time, so it’s something related whit OC settings.
Thanks in advance, any help is

[WrecklessEric]

You'll be lucky to even get a response from this lot but I had the exact same problem (refer to my previous post). Try upping your NB voltage; it worked for me.

[Fly33]

Thanks for the tip, I’ll try that later and see how it works.
Another thing, I’m having some problems pushing my RAM, even with 2.2 V, do you known if it’s because all slots are occupied?

[WrecklessEric]

Can't really help you with that one, I am using 2 x 2GB. My advice is to overclock as high as you can with auto voltages and work very slowly from there. If you've scored a good CPU then you should get a decent overclock at stock voltages (except for the NB, of course).

My board is an early revision and I've used various CPU's (E4500, E8500, Q9550) and RAM in this board and never found it easy to overclock. The early BIOS revisions were terrible. Often tempted to replace this board with the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P but i7 is the way forward.

[Cwelle]

Thanks for the tip, I’ll try that later and see how it works.
Another thing, I’m having some problems pushing my RAM, even with 2.2 V, do you known if it’s because all slots are occupied?

Set NB to 1.45V and FSB to 1.4V.

[Fly33]

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated
This is where I’m standing now, always gives an error running Prime95 Blend Test, even put the VRAM at 2.2 V but didn’t work as well.
By the way, Cwelle, couldn’t find 1.45 on NB only 1.40, the next I suppose its 1.50
Any ideas, will be welcome
The rest of the settings are: FSB 1.40 V; NB 1.40 V;VCPU 1.2500 V (bios)(CPU-Z 1.224 Idle/1.216 Load); CPU PLL 1.50 V; VRAM 2.1 V

[Cwelle]

Ok, it's 1.40V not 1.45V.
Try to up that VCPU a little bit. You are safe under 1.35V.

[Fly33]

Back again So I get it stable (Blend Test and Small FFTs) whit the following settings:
FSB – 405 ( 3654 MHz)
RAM Freq. – 811 MHz (4-4-4-15) 2.1 V
VCore – 1.2375 V
PLL – 1.5 V
FSB – 1.30 V
NB – 1.40 V
Pushing any further, only brought trouble, even 410 fsb whit 1.2500 Vcore and 2.2 Vram, it failed both tests. I know it can goes a lot further then this but my RAM are olden me back, they can go higher but only whit CL5

Another thing is bothering me (hope I’m not being very annoying ) .
The CPU temps, which I think it refers to the socket are always higher than the cpu core temps, like CPU 48Cº and Core 1 and 2 around 38Cº, I found that everybody as it the other way around the cores are higher than the cpu, I’m measuring whit Everest and HWmonitor, could it be the BIOS given me wrong information?

[TEDY]

hehe after almost 2 years still active? :P

one hell of a mobo i guess :>

[Cwelle]

I know it can goes a lot further then this but my RAM are olden me back, they can go higher but only whit CL5

Just raise that FSB and don't worry about CL. Bandwidth is higher with high FSB and CL5 than with low FSB and CL4. You can see it in the Everest's Cache and Memory Benchmark.

[digito]

Hi guys,
I am currently running Windows7 RTM and want to update my BIOS.
The drop box does not display Windows 7, should I select Vistax64 or Other?
Or wait till ASUS fully supports W7, if ever?
I didn't know this board does not fully support W7, even though the drivers seem to all work, including the wireless adapter and onboard sound.

(Currently have 1012)

[Cwelle]

BIOS file is the same for all OSes. Choose whatever you want.
I have Win 7 RTM. Works great.

[Gen]

man i've been running a stable overclock of a Q6600 @3.6 and 2x2gb on this board for over a year then a few months ago i got random BSODs. I finally tracked it down to needing more vNB. In the last 4 months i've had to up the nb voltage tiwce:

voltage/time it lasted:

1.4v 1 year
1.55v 3months ago
1.7v needed as of today

edit: i should add:

vNB: 1.55v = BSOD/hard lock on any load
vNB: 1.7v = memtest x4 200% stable/occt 1 hour stable

Before you ask, i've tested everything probably twice now, ram modules, cooling is the same (and clean, no dust), same psu, i have not tested stock clocks b/c i refuse to run stock or lower clocks and the only setting (i've tested every setting individually) that lets me run this stable was and is higher vNB.

i'm only complaining because i think my MB is dieing as i've seen this before with another s775 board i had (different model).

Any thoughts?

[Cwelle]

You should better use different motherboard for quad processor. This MB is great for dual cores but not so great for quads.