Asus P5B (vanilla) Overview

[CrappyLuckMan]

Wow can you believe Asus removed the 0309 bios because of a buncha noobs on the asus forums? That's lamerific.

[|SiLA|]

Wow can you believe Asus removed the 0309 bios because of a buncha noobs on the asus forums? That's lamerific.

lol

why?

it's still on ftp

[Professor12]

Um? You have been berating people on various forums clm and I can't imagine why you're harboring so much anger. ASUS should have removed that bios because numerous people were having issues with it. It's not an insult against you. I would much rather have a stable product than one which is flaky for 20% of users regardless of the performance enhancements. I'm sure before the week is out we'll see an upgraded bios that is stable and contains all of the performance enhancements of the 0309 bios.

[spent]

they put it back up

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

[|SiLA|]

maybe now it's not beta anymorr?

[Vric]

Asus Web site is bad. Don't look there for updates, look directly on the FTP.

As for the removing because some people have problem, it's not a reason. The only reason Asus will pull out a bios is for MAJOR problem (like corrupted Bios, or something that "kill" the board.) If it flash correctly and the board still work, they will leave it there.

There is some people with problem and some without (I run it and don't have problem, beside the 533Mhz FSB bug that is there since 0211) Just install 0213 back if you have problems.

[CrappyLuckMan]

All the people who have problems with the board have incompatible or atiquated hardware running on a board meant for conroe or atleast Pentium D 900's.
Other just have silly problems like wrong connections, wrong bios settings, or horrible cooling; they can read my sig for help.
A small percent can have a defect which can be solved by buying from a website with an rma service or buying it from a reputable store.
There's no reason to about the board, it's not an Asrock or Iwill (a.k.a I will not work) where the board just dies for no reason after a year.

[Professor12]

"All the people who have problems with the board have incompatible or antiquated hardware..."

Well I would hardly consider my current system antiquated or the cooling on it horrible. I replaced the nb cooler with a thermalright hr-05, put a nexus 80mm fan on it, installed a scythe ninja plus on my conroe e6600 which I lapped to 1500 grit, and keep the case well ventilated. I have a quality power supply and have set up the connections properly. Despite this I have had problems with the latest bios which I think is indicative of either a deeper incompatibility or some timing issue. Can't wait for a more stable update though; I'd love to be cracking out 500 fsb like sila.

[CrappyLuckMan]

XFX 7900gtx
or 2x1gb Team 667 3-4-4-8
Or you don't know what pci-e or latency to set to overclock.
Try 4-5-5-12 going up one level will get you to 800mhz unless your ram is just not overclockable.
Lower your pci-e bus for the 7900.
I have wd sata too, 500w psu, corsair 675mhz 4-4-4-12 1.9v ram, and an x850xt.
Check overclockability with team ram and the 7900gtx. I never heard of team ram. Maybe it can't overclock. That's why I bought trusty corsair ram. Does 900 fine, NM needs more voltage. Still no answer from asus wether NB voltage was boosted to get our stable overclocks since I think it is different than fst voltage and not listed in bios monitor.
But 99% must be your ram, card or bios settings. I already showed pics of mine. In new bios im using 1.5v now because of sudden death caused my transistor damage from high voltage.

[Professor12]

Just so you know, Team memory is quite good. You can find the thread detailing this set of memory here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=101692.

[CrappyLuckMan]

Well reading the forums, u aint the only one with 7900gt/gtx problems.

[Vric]

I received my E6600 yesterday so I want to update.

- Bios 0309 is stable with conroe (so far)

- For the chipset temps, I removed the cooler and put some AS5 paste. I also added a small 50mm 23db fan on it. Result ? temps are now 91F instead of 130F ! Really woth doing it.

- Temps for me are 36C idle and 41C load (Speedstep disabled)

[CrappyLuckMan]

I received my E6600 yesterday so I want to update.

- Bios 0309 is stable with conroe (so far)

- For the chipset temps, I removed the cooler and put some AS5 paste. I also added a small 50mm 23db fan on it. Result ? temps are now 91F instead of 130F ! Really woth doing it.

- Temps for me are 36C idle and 41C load (Speedstep disabled)

I told you soooo.... Did you use zip ties like I did? The screws are way too small for the heatsink.
Hey maybe that's why we will get way more stable overclocks.
Also, it should go down even more when the AS5 settles. Same on your cpu (took me a week).
Post your ram and overclock success. I bret you are tweaking, gaming, and benching like crazy now...ENJOY.

[Vric]

I used double sided tape. 4 small in corners and one bigger in the middle of the fan.. it stick there fairly well.

had no time to tweek or overclock yet.. this computer is also my working computer so... will have fun later.

[|SiLA|]

no update for me till i don't get a new bios

450*8 1,46vcore 24/7 setup

[Vric]

btw might be a wird question but...:

Since I use my E6600, the Vcore change under load, but not in a bad way. My VCore is 1.17V idle and when under load, jump to 1.26V. (while with my Celeron, it was 1.40V idle and 1.30V load)

EIST (Speedstep) is disabled. I tried it and it does the same, but VCore goes as low as 1.05V with EIST. (CPU running at 1.5Ghz)

What is the Default VCore of the Conroe ? 1.3V or 1.35V ?

[|SiLA|]

btw might be a wird question but...:

Since I use my E6600, the Vcore change under load, but not in a bad way. My VCore is 1.17V idle and when under load, jump to 1.26V. (while with my Celeron, it was 1.40V idle and 1.30V load)

EIST (Speedstep) is disabled. I tried it and it does the same, but VCore goes as low as 1.05V with EIST. (CPU running at 1.5Ghz)

What is the Default VCore of the Conroe ? 1.3V or 1.35V ?

disable everything under yer cpu config hehe

might be also ce1 or sth like that

vcore def is on the box 1,3 def..not sure hehe

[Vric]

1.35V MAX on the box.., but I dont know if it's detected at 1.3V or 1.35V

Will have to play with setting I guess.

[Vric]

Hi

I started playing a bit with my E6600 (finally)
So far it's going nice. 2.95Ghz with stock voltage (1.28V) The Ram is holding me back (damn OCZ Plat that don't like running 1:1)

The only problem I have is the "false start" one. When I first boot the computer, it open for 1 second then shut down.. 2 seconds after, it boot again but this time it's ok.

I have seen that many time in my test, but I have no clue what is causing that. Probably a bad strap, I don't know.

[|SiLA|]

Hi

I started playing a bit with my E6600 (finally)
So far it's going nice. 2.95Ghz with stock voltage (1.28V) The Ram is holding me back (damn OCZ Plat that don't like running 1:1)

The only problem I have is the "false start" one. When I first boot the computer, it open for 1 second then shut down.. 2 seconds after, it boot again but this time it's ok.

I have seen that many time in my test, but I have no clue what is causing that. Probably a bad strap, I don't know.

got that too when i have too much overclock

got ocz xtc plat too no probs running 1:1 here i have probs using 667 hehe

[Paapaa]

A few questions:

1. What is the minimum VCore setting in the newest BIOS?
2. Does the MB emit any high-pitch noise if you turn of other noise sources and listen very carefully?

Thanks in advance!

[Vric]

After 2 hours, one of the 2 Prime I was running made an error and got killed by Windows.. Guess I will put some more volt there (1.28V is still quite low)

1. Can't remember, but it's in the 1.2xx (with the Vdrop, probably some 1.1xx numbers)

2. Nope.

[Vric]

got that too when i have too much overclock

Too much overclock ? I don't think so. It's doing this with FSB at 280-290 too.

I tried 400Mhz FSB x7 running memory 1:1.. got error in memtest.

[|SiLA|]

Too much overclock ? I don't think so. It's doing this with FSB at 280-290 too.

I tried 400Mhz FSB x7 running memory 1:1.. got error in memtest.

well for asus that's too much lol

[metro.cl]

can anyone check if there are hidden vdimm options in the bios?