My ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer is here...

[Dawgneck]

I haven't had time to finish building my system - I've been out of town working on an assignment for a month and won't be back until a few days before Christmas.

I hope to complete my system and give the special bios a try when I return. I would have thought others would have tried it and made a commit by now.

No one has posted any feedback about special bios 0052 that was released over a month ago so I haven't contacted Asus lately because I have nothing to tell them good or bad.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1nq4wuny2ng

[KingOfsorroW]

Just wanted to say thanks to ASUS for this great bios(0052).

4.2ghz@200*21@1.355v is my result. Just to say, with the previous bios versions the cpu required 1.39v+ to be stable at 4.2ghz. So, the overclock would be 4.2Ghz@210*20@1.39v+ (almost 1.4v). The difference is 0.05v - not bad at all, I guess. One may check my previous posts to be sure....

Currently stable at:


If I notice any trouble using this bios - I will post it in this thread, if the OP doesn't mind.

Edit:
Stable @ 1.33750v

[Fire4Wire]

come on guys has no one an newer bios since 0406 i mean not the 0052 bios from JJ

[Dawgneck]

Very nice, Kingofsorrow.

My system should be complete by Christmas.

Looking forward to overclocking my 920 D0 to 4.12ghz as well

[Fire4Wire]

hurraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


[ 0504 ]
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Add "CPU Turbo Power Limit" item

[eva2000]

Hey guys, thinking of buying one of these P6T7 WS SC off ebay (cheaper than Aussie local stock) as my P6T6 WS Revo with 3x hd5870 doesn't have room for my new raid controller which arrived today LSI 9260-8i PCI-E. Anyone using LSI 9260-8i PCI-E on the P6T7 WS SC especially in last PCI-E slot #7 away from cpu socket ?

[Randy]

Hi there everyone,
I am planning on picking up one these boards to get some breathing room in between my 5970's.

Can anyone tell me if Asus provides an extended length Crossfire bridge in the retail box ?

I saw a few 100mm on Ebay and I am wondering if it will be long enough to allow me to skip a couple slots on the the space between these cards.

[sam1947]

Hi there everyone,
I am planning on picking up one these boards to get some breathing room in between my 5970's.

Can anyone tell me if Asus provides an extended length Crossfire bridge in the retail box ?

I saw a few 100mm on Ebay and I am wondering if it will be long enough to allow me to skip a couple slots on the the space between these cards.

Retail Asus boards only supply an SLI bridge in the box. ATI Cards supply the Crossfire bridge with the card and they are the short ones. Get the 100MM ones from eBay to skip a slot. That's what I did and it works fine.

[KingOfsorroW]

Hi there everyone,
...
Can anyone tell me if Asus provides an extended length Crossfire bridge in the retail box ?
...

Yes it does. The extended length bridge is in the box (just checked it).

Also, would like to report a glitch with the "special bios" - sometimes, the system doesn't power on properly. Meaning that the fans start spinning and the HDDs are getting detected, but the keyboard, mouse, and the monitor dont power on and then the system hangs. Pressing the reset button resets the computer and the system loads normally. It happends approximately 6/10 times you turn on the PC. Have to press the reset everytime...

Other than that - the bios is stable.

[sam1947]

Yes it does. The extended length bridge is in the box (just checked it).

Also, would like to report a glitch with the "special bios" - sometimes, the system doesn't power on properly. Meaning that the fans start spinning and the HDDs are getting detected, but the keyboard, mouse, and the monitor dont power on and then the system hangs. Pressing the reset button resets the computer and the system loads normally. It happends approximately 6/10 times you turn on the PC. Have to press the reset everytime...

Other than that - the bios is stable.

Sorry to disagree with you....the Bridge you have in the retail ASUS box is an SLI bridge, not a crossfire bridge, just checked the one I have and also checked NEWEGG product description. As I said before, the crossfire bridge ONLY comes with the ATI cards and usually it is the short one. also, check the list of the package components in the manual ("1X ASUS SLI Bridge") ("1X ASUS 3 way SLI card") Para 1.2

[KingOfsorroW]

Sorry to disagree with you....the Bridge you have in the retail ASUS box is an SLI bridge, not a crossfire bridge, just checked the one I have and also checked NEWEGG product description. As I said before, the crossfire bridge ONLY comes with the ATI cards and usually it is the short one. also, check the list of the package components in the manual ("1X ASUS SLI Bridge") ("1X ASUS 3 way SLI card") Para 1.2

Yes, you are right. That extended bridge is an nvidia SLI bridge. There is no crossfire bridge in the package - my bad

[sam1947]

Yes, you are right. That extended bridge is an nvidia SLI bridge. There is no crossfire bridge in the package - my bad

Don't beat yourself up This error has been made before, why the M-Board mfg's dont't include a Crossfire bridge has been a mystery for a long time

[KingOfsorroW]

Anyway, this motherboard rocks. I installed the heatkiller cpu waterblock today (which has been lying around for some good several months already), and obtained -3(4)C degrees to the idle temps, and -5C or even more to the load temps. Now if only ASUS solved that powering on issue and the need to restart the system everytime, it would be just great

[hexstatic]

Sorry to disagree with you....the Bridge you have in the retail ASUS box is an SLI bridge, not a crossfire bridge, just checked the one I have and also checked NEWEGG product description. As I said before, the crossfire bridge ONLY comes with the ATI cards and usually it is the short one. also, check the list of the package components in the manual ("1X ASUS SLI Bridge") ("1X ASUS 3 way SLI card") Para 1.2

your takling about of your arse mate

i have the P6T7 SuperComputer motherboard and it came with a 3 way SLI bridge, AND an extended ATi CrossFire bridge for 3 way Crossfire (tri-fire if you like...).

[hexstatic]

Yes, you are right. That extended bridge is an nvidia SLI bridge. There is no crossfire bridge in the package - my bad

maybe i have a newer verision of the packaging or motherboard as my box defintely has the 3 way crossfire connector... i am looking at it right now lol and im not halucinating

[Roadhog]

I'm doing 4Ghz, @ 1.24v.

[Cyrus104]

Nice, does anybody know of a good waterblock for this board. I'm looking at the BP AMOSIII for the MOSFETs but not sure about the rest of the board.

Anybody water cooling this board? Of course, what did people get to work with the board.

Thanks!

[KingOfsorroW]

maybe i have a newer verision of the packaging or motherboard as my box defintely has the 3 way crossfire connector... i am looking at it right now lol and im not halucinating

lol Maybe you do have the newer version, because I only have the tri-sli connector and the extended one (the one, I thought was for ATI cards initially) and that's it. Doesn't look like I'm halucinating either
But, probably, what you have is a connector for nvidia cards? ...

[sam1947]

your takling about of your arse mate

i have the P6T7 SuperComputer motherboard and it came with a 3 way SLI bridge, AND an extended ATi CrossFire bridge for 3 way Crossfire (tri-fire if you like...).

Could be on your side of the pond, the packaging is different, but, over here the ONLY thing with the retail board is the 3 way SLI (Nvidia) card and an extended SLI (Nvidia) bridge ribbon cable. See if either one of your connectors will fit on an ATI card, then you will know for sure. Also be careful how you tell someone where they are talking out of (arse), some of us DO KNOW what we are talking about. As in my original post on this issue the component list came out of the manual itself. HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!

[nge769]

Could be on your side of the pond, the packaging is different, but, over here the ONLY thing with the retail board is the 3 way SLI (Nvidia) card and an extended SLI (Nvidia) bridge ribbon cable. See if either one of your connectors will fit on an ATI card, then you will know for sure. Also be careful how you tell someone where they are talking out of (arse), some of us DO KNOW what we are talking about. As in my original post on this issue the component list came out of the manual itself. HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!

Yeah mine came with the nvidia cables only too(no crossfire cables).

On other note, that new bios 0504 solved my sleep/wake issue and is much more stable ,took em long enough.This board has been rock solid since day one. Happy Holidays

[nightsharkski]

Hi,everybody here.First of all,need to share the special bios "0052",but very difficult to clock my W3580(=I7 975) ES bu this bios,previousely flash the 0504 download from Asus web,very easy to hit 4.4g @ Auto V-core and V-QPI @33 x 133,try to OC with special bios 0052 @ 22 x200,always get in stuck @ debug code B6 .so anybody can help me with some tips,below is the settings in BIOS:
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AI Tweaker
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AI Overclock Tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 22
BCLK Frequency: 200
PCIE Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR3-2050Mhz
UCLK Frequency: 4200Mhz
QPI Link Data Rate: AUTO

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DRAM Timing Control
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DRAM CAS Latency: 9 DRAM Clock
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay : 9 DRAM Clock
DRAM RAS# PRE Time: 9 DRAM Clock
DRAM RAS# ACT Time: 24 DRAM Clock
DRAM RAS# to RAS# Delay: AUTO
DRAM REF Cycle Time: AUTO
DRAM WRITE Recovery Time: AUTO
DRAM READ to PRE Time: AUTO
DRAM FOUR ACT WIN Time: AUTO
DRAM Back-To-Back CAS# Delay: AUTO

DRAM Timing Mode: AUTO
DRAM Round Trip Latency on CHA: AUTO
DRAM Round Trip Latency on CHB: AUTO
DRAM Round Trip Latency on CHC: AUTO

DRAM WRITE To READ Delay(DD): AUTO
DRAM WRITE To READ Delay(DR): AUTO
DRAM WRITE To READ Delay(SR): AUTO
DRAM READ To WRITE Delay (DD): AUTO
DRAM READ To WRITE Delay (DR): AUTO
DRAM READ To WRITE Delay (SR): AUTO
DRAM READ To READ Delay(DD): AUTO
DRAM READ To READ Delay(DR): AUTO
DRAM READ To READ Delay(SR): AUTO
DRAM WRITE To WRITE Delay(DD): AUTO
DRAM WRITE To WRITE Delay(DR): AUTO
DRAM WRITE To WRITE Delay(SR): AUTO

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CPU Voltage: 1.38
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.80
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage: 1.40
IOH Voltage: 1.24
IOH PCIE Voltage: Auto
ICH Voltage: Auto
ICH PCIE Voltage: Auto
DRAM Bus Voltage: 1.65
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA: AUTO
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA: AUTO
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB: AUTO
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB: AUTO
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC: AUTO
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC: AUTO
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Load-Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Differential Amplitude: AUTO
CPU Clock Skew: AUTO
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
IOH Clock Skew: AUTO
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Advance Settings
C1E Support: Disabled
Hardware Prefetcher: Enabled
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher: Enabled
Intel (R) Virtualization Tech: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Intel (R) HT Technology: Enabled
Active Processor Cores: ALL
A20M: Disabled
Intel (R) C-State Tech: Disabled
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Express Gate: Disabled

[nightsharkski]

anybody can help?

[KingOfsorroW]

nope.

[GTi-6]

If the main priority is gaming with Tri-SLI + Sound card and some good OC potential, which one is better suited? P6T7 or E760 Classified?

[KingOfsorroW]

If the main priority is gaming with Tri-SLI + Sound card and some good OC potential, which one is better suited? P6T7 or E760 Classified?

Um, well, if you like tweaking, you may consider the evga board. Otherwise - the asus one for sure.