ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[RaiDer]

Originally Posted by Farmerjoe

It's running 3375MHz orthos stable now. I should have my new NB heatsink today, and then I'm going to reseat the 9700 aswell, I think I put way too much paste under it when I first mounted. It reaches 60degrees celcius when I'm stressing it with orhtos (gromacs core), so after a reseat I'll try to get it stable at 3.6GHz without going over 60degrees.

Aslong as you can keep your temps down when under load, like 55c maximum it should be stable imo. My friend is running 3.6GHZ on a Striker Extreme with that HSF reasonable temps, as I say if it goes over 55c at any point drop the clock down.

[DonNiger]

Originally Posted by The Pook

SB = very very very very warm.
vRAM mosfet = It's warm-ish. Not much more above room temp. (Wasn't before.)
vCore mosfet = Warm.
+100mv mosfet = Room temp. I did it just because I had extra ram sinks.

Is is during the strss test or in idle. If in test, it seems unnecessary unless you have extra fan blowing for those. How many extra mhz came after the installation.

[Christiaan]

Originally Posted by crazydj

Why the 0404 BIOS? Does anything below it have severe problems?

The 0202 BIOS it came with has severe memory issues. 0404 (I think it was) fixed that, above 0404 does nothing significant. I believe guys on 0602 have problems with their CPUs multiplier. I'm on 0602 since my CPU is multiplier locked anyway.


Correct me if I'm wrong on the 0404, it might be 0402. But you get the general idea.

Also, the new one, 0604 I believe, issues with that as well. So stay clear.

[dpawl31]

Yes 04xx series is the most proven I'd say.
05xx and 06xx are problematic for C2D guys due to the multi being locked.
Not much different than 04xx except I believe adds support for e6x20?

[The Pook]

Originally Posted by DonNiger

Is is during the strss test or in idle. If in test, it seems unnecessary unless you have extra fan blowing for those. How many extra mhz came after the installation.

Nope. All idle.
SB burns by itself. When I can find one I'm gunna jack the SB HS off a dead motherboard.

Either way, with the SAME settings, I can get 1900FSB and the only thing changed are adding RAM sinks to the MOSFET and SB. (SB has little to do with it. Still hot.)

[GunZ]

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum.

I've read through the thread looking for an answer to my problem ("Enjoy reading for hours, because it's going to take that long").

I built my system in February.

C2D 2.4 @ 3.2 vcore 1.375 +100mv Idle 40c Load 50c
NB 1.393 37c (Antec Spot Cool over it)
vdimm 2.178 1Gb x 2 Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 1000
BIOS 0401

I'm having trouble with the memory. The first kit gave me errors in memtest after about a month and I RMA back to Newegg. This kit lasted about two months and now I'm getting errors in memtest and lockups in games again. Do any of you think I might have gotten a bad batch of memory, or is it possible the dimm slots are overvolting the memory? I realize this memory is not on the approved list.

I ran the first kit unlinked: 1000mhz 5-5-5-15.
I ran the second kit linked: 948mhz 5-5-5-15 (1423, 3:2)
I'm now running it unlinked: 800mhz 5-5-5-15

I will RMA to Crucial soon. Any suggestions?

[Nonchalant]

Ive got one of these boards on order.

[Christiaan]

Originally Posted by GunZ

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum.

I've read through the thread looking for an answer to my problem ("Enjoy reading for hours, because it's going to take that long").

I built my system in February.

C2D 2.4 @ 3.2 vcore 1.375 +100mv Idle 40c Load 50c
NB 1.393 37c (Antec Spot Cool over it)
vdimm 2.178 1Gb x 2 Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 1000
BIOS 0401

I'm having trouble with the memory. The first kit gave me errors in memtest after about a month and I RMA back to Newegg. This kit lasted about two months and now I'm getting errors in memtest and lockups in games again. Do any of you think I might have gotten a bad batch of memory, or is it possible the dimm slots are overvolting the memory? I realize this memory is not on the approved list.

I ran the first kit unlinked: 1000mhz 5-5-5-15.
I ran the second kit linked: 948mhz 5-5-5-15 (1423, 3:2)
I'm now running it unlinked: 800mhz 5-5-5-15

I will RMA to Crucial soon. Any suggestions?

I'm just throwing a suggestion at you here, but are you on auto timings or did you manually enter them? If it's on auto, try manually entering them. Also try auto voltage.

[GunZ]

Originally Posted by Christiaan

I'm just throwing a suggestion at you here, but are you on auto timings or did you manually enter them? If it's on auto, try manually entering them. Also try auto voltage.

I entered them manually. I've already tried it on auto, timings and voltage. I also tried clearing the BIOS (removed the battery), but to no avail.

[The Pook]

1T or 2T?
This board seems to hate certain RAM running past 800 or so with 1T. Knock it back up to 2T.