Modded ASUS P5Q/Pro/Deluxe/Premium BIOS

[Ket]

Making a new post so its seperate from the regular mBIOS stuff. I decided I would have a go at adding some interesting stuff to the P5Q Dlx and P5Q Pro BIOS (these 2 are the most downloaded, hence why I'm just doing these 2 for now)

Heres the options I will be attempting to add;

CPU GTL ref 1...3 (all P5Q boards have 0)
NB GTL ref
NB DDR2 ref
DDR2 channel A&B ref voltage
DRAM clock skew A1\2 & B1\2

In total thats 9 extra options.

Am I missing any potentially useful options from that list?

[truehighroller]

You are the man..

[Ket]

...Asus don't like me very much anymore do they? Making BIOSes that work better than even their mighty Maximus 2 Formula..

Of course, this is assuming I can make these options work.

[hema]

hi ket
what about other board
donot forget P5Q man

[truehighroller]

I say if they can't stand the heat em.

[Ket]

Very true

[hema]

hi man
we still stay waiting for the rest of P45 series
let the game begin

[Toysoldier]

Here is a (and possibly eagerly awaited) modded version of BIOS 1403 for the P5Q Deluxe. No updates for any other boards as Asus haven't released any, I keep checking various FTPs and a few other places, nada. Perhaps truehighroller can ask Asus when the other P5Q boards will get the updates the Deluxe has. (hint hint, nudge nudge )

P5Q Dlx mBIOS 1403

In 1402 you use Maximus Formula Memory table and in 1403 you use P5Q Premium memory table. What's the difference if any ? and why did you revert back to P5Q Dlx memory table ?

[YMAA]

What changes did you make to the stock bios to make this new one? Your modded 1402 is pretty good, is it worth switching to the new one?

[truehighroller]

Here is a (and possibly eagerly awaited) modded version of BIOS 1403 for the P5Q Deluxe. No updates for any other boards as Asus haven't released any, I keep checking various FTPs and a few other places, nada. Perhaps truehighroller can ask Asus when the other P5Q boards will get the updates the Deluxe has. (hint hint, nudge nudge )

P5Q Dlx mBIOS 1403

My bad I didn't see you posted this. I bet it kicks ass . I just wishhhhhh I could run it my self. I will try to sweet talk my connection.

[beast200]

Hi

using your 1403m bios for the p5q dlx
working fine
has more optons than the auas 1302
good work

cheers

[Ket]

In 1402 you use Maximus Formula Memory table and in 1403 you use P5Q Premium memory table. What's the difference if any ? and why did you revert back to P5Q Dlx memory table ?

I went back to the Premium memory table for its versatility. I was just testing out the M2F table, working on theory that it should be able to clock memory better.. turns out with later BIOS revisions the P5Q Premium memory table pisses all over the memory table from the M2F as it better supports, shall we say "our kind" of memory

My bad I didn't see you posted this. I bet it kicks ass . I just wishhhhhh I could run it my self. I will try to sweet talk my connection.

Sweet

What changes did you make to the stock bios to make this new one? Your modded 1402 is pretty good, is it worth switching to the new one?

Every BIOS is subjective based on a persons hardware. Its probably worth a whirl, and if not, hey you haven't lost anything, just revery back to 1402

[hema]

hi ket any chance to give us the p5q mbios with last options soon
I hope you have enough time to do it
you have a good work man

[Big Lar]

Hi Ket. I am kinda swimming in all these bios you have Is there a 1402M with the Premium Memory table or only the "MF" ??

Larry

[Ket]

The last Dlx BIOS to use a Premium memory table is 1306.

[Big Lar]

Thanks for the heads up I may try that 1 again soon. Very nice job with your Bios!

Larry

ps. You should start a fund for these.

[truehighroller]

I was thinking the same thing.

[Ket]

I got nothing against making money, but sadly I'm 99.99% certain I cant charge for my modded bioses or have a donations fund

[samsonJS]

I've heard about people getting legal threats once they start accepting donations for work like this. It's too bad that the companies & legal system only see the BIOS code being used but fail to acknowledge the time & effort you have added to make it that much better. It'd be nice to think "their loss!" and be done with it, but it's our loss too. I'm confident that one day we'll see companies embrace, or at least overlook, this sort of activity... which only bolsters the community around their products and helps them in the end anyway.

/rant

[Dashock]

I got nothing against making money, but sadly I'm 99.99% certain I cant charge for my modded bioses or have a donations fund

Im sure you will be rewarded for your efforts in good time i love your 1306m bios for my Asus P5q-E so i cant ask for anymore nor should I.

[CryptiK]

Making a new post so its seperate from the regular mBIOS stuff. I decided I would have a go at adding some interesting stuff to the P5Q Dlx and P5Q Pro BIOS (these 2 are the most downloaded, hence why I'm just doing these 2 for now)

Heres the options I will be attempting to add;

CPU GTL ref 1...3 (all P5Q boards have 0)
NB GTL ref
NB DDR2 ref
DDR2 channel A&B ref voltage
DRAM clock skew A1\2 & B1\2

In total thats 9 extra options.

Am I missing any potentially useful options from that list?

Excellent. I'd like to see Dram drive strength in there too but that's probably just a pipe dream, as it is not in any Asus bioses.

On that note, is there any way you can tell me what the option 'Memory OC Charger' actually does from examining the bios? I had a theory it was drive strength but no one knows what it does. On my M2F it makes a massive difference in overclocking the ram. I'm very interested to find out.

Also, P5Q-Deluxe has GTL Ref 0/2 & 1/3 as two separate options. It would be nice if they could be unlinked giving four separate settings like in the M2F bios. P5Q-Deluxe has NB GTL Ref setting and Dram clock skews too. The other boards (P5Q-E/pro etc), may not have them though. NB DDR2 ref and DDR2 channel A&B ref voltage would be nice options to have in P5Q-Deluxe.

Excellent work mate, you are making a big difference to a lot of people with all this

[Ket]

I've heard about people getting legal threats once they start accepting donations for work like this. It's too bad that the companies & legal system only see the BIOS code being used but fail to acknowledge the time & effort you have added to make it that much better. It'd be nice to think "their loss!" and be done with it, but it's our loss too. I'm confident that one day we'll see companies embrace, or at least overlook, this sort of activity... which only bolsters the community around their products and helps them in the end anyway.

/rant

Saying that.. technically theres a loophole.. I could do something like "heres my if you like ket donations fund" Technically that way, I'm not accepting any money for the mBIOSes, people are donating money to me because they appreciate me, not directly linked with the mBIOSes. Legally it would also be in black and white people are winging donations in because they appreciate me, there wont be anything "on paper" that says its to do with the mBIOS

[FinnEire]

Saying that.. technically theres a loophole.. I could do something like "heres my if you like ket donations fund" Technically that way, I'm not accepting any money for the mBIOSes, people are donating money to me because they appreciate me, not directly linked with the mBIOSes. Legally it would also be in black and white people are winging donations in because they appreciate me, there wont be anything "on paper" that says its to do with the mBIOS

Now that you have publicly defined your "loophole" it may not work out so well.

[xdan]

So, Ket when are you going to "release" the new m bioses with all 9 plus option for P5Q-PRO, P5Q ?
I just thrilled to try a new bios with more overcloking option
Thank you, Ket, and don't be sad, the future will recompensate you

[angelreaper]

Here is a (and possibly eagerly awaited) modded version of BIOS 1403 for the P5Q Deluxe. No updates for any other boards as Asus haven't released any, I keep checking various FTPs and a few other places, nada. Perhaps truehighroller can ask Asus when the other P5Q boards will get the updates the Deluxe has. (hint hint, nudge nudge )

P5Q Dlx mBIOS 1403

Thank you Ket