ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[arek23]

Originally Posted by hanwik

I got the solution to go back from 803 to any previous version:

awdflash 0608 /sn /py /f

Thanks, I'll try that when I'm back from work. It's also worth trying older bioses - if 703 was faster than 803, why 603 shouldn't be better than 703

[davidisflash]

I CAN BOOT 1600 FSB, 1:1 WITH 608 BIOS!!! This is awesome! Everyone, get this BIOS...nothing newer, nothing older. It's tempting to get 701 as it says improved Mem compatibility. This may affect some users, but in my case, my overclock is WAY better.

Testing for stability now

[davidisflash]

Can you guys help me get stable at 1600 FSB, 1:1? Once I start Orthos, it always fails after like 3-4 seconds...either it just stops or the system restarts.

I've tried Vcore 1.55, I've tried Vcore at 1.45 + 100mV, I've tried NB voltage at both 1.3x and 1.5x. Mem is at rated settings. I've tried relaxing timings to 5-5-5-15.

Can anyone figure out other reasons why this is an issue? It can't be temps...the test doesn't even have enough time to heat up my parts! 4 seconds of testing followed by a failure is rather quick.

Thanks.

[marsey99]

i get massive vdroop once i go above 1.5v and im sure thats your problem too, its due tothere being no cooling on the volt regs on this board. i read in an earlier post that someone else has seen the holes for mounting a heatsink of some kind over them behind the cpu socket but he like i was also unable to find one that would fit.

i think that is what is crashing you at 3.6ghz.

[RaiDer]

Hey dudes will this board support the new Quad Core Yorkfield CPU's, last I knew it was supposed to then I heard alot of rumours.

So I'm asking, will this mobo support the Q9450, cause I'm going to pre-order one this weekend. Come hell or high water.

[sherpa_man]

Originally Posted by efrie

Alright I have mine running very stable at 3.2Ghz now:

0803 Bios
1600Mhz FSB
800Mhz Memory
I have the FSB/Memory Linked and set to sync so they're running at 1:1 and it's perfectly stable, I also have my timings set at 4-4-4-12 2T.

Arctic Freezer Pro 7 and factory NB heatsink.

I left the voltages to auto and they seem to be alright.

would you be able to help me with the same setup to clock it to that ?

[Procol]

Hello at the momment i got 2gb ram in my pc but i would like to have 3gb.
And my problem is i cant get 3gb working stable on my pc,my pc start getting errors after a few hours gaming.
I would be really pleased if somebody could list up a few things i could try to do to get it working.
And btw im using transcend ram that i supported in the manual.

Thx for help

[Perry]

As a rule I don't think I'll ever run any more than 2 sticks of memory at any given time because people seem to be reporting problems with just about any mobo, especially this one. It's picky enough with memory as it is.

What type of errors are you getting? Errors in MemTest, BSOD's, etc.

Try the extra stick in the other slot and see what happens.

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by Procol

Hello at the momment i got 2gb ram in my pc but i would like to have 3gb.
And my problem is i cant get 3gb working stable on my pc,my pc start getting errors after a few hours gaming.
I would be really pleased if somebody could list up a few things i could try to do to get it working.
And btw im using transcend ram that i supported in the manual.

Thx for help

Make sure you run memtest for a while, probably overnight would be fine.

[davidisflash]

Originally Posted by marsey99

i get massive vdroop once i go above 1.5v and im sure thats your problem too, its due tothere being no cooling on the volt regs on this board. i read in an earlier post that someone else has seen the holes for mounting a heatsink of some kind over them behind the cpu socket but he like i was also unable to find one that would fit.

i think that is what is crashing you at 3.6ghz.

Thanks dude. Can you or someone clarify where these are located? I have an 80mm fan I could just suspend in air to blow over it. Can you guys maybe provide a screenshot?

Thanks again

What's Vdroop? Too much Vfluctuation?