ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[TriBeCa]

Damn, yeah I do hate you. My e6400 really loves to eat up the voltage. I got it stable last night at 3.4Ghz, even with 4 x 1 GB of RAM, which is more than the p5n-e was ever able to pull off, but I had to run 1.55vcore, just like I had it on the p5n-e. I'm testing it now at 1.5v, I'd like to stay within Intel's recommended voltages for the chip.

I tried 3.5GHz last night as well, but it wasn't stable at 1.55v. I might try again with higher voltage--I've kind of stopped caring about the life of the chip. If I can get to 3.6GHz at under 1.6v I may just rest there until the chip dies. Of course, that's assuming the mosfets on the board don't give out first. They've got a pretty hefty heatsink on them though, and they get a lot of airflow coming off my TRUE, so I'm hopeful they can manage it.

[rasa123]

Originally Posted by Blizzie

What BIOS are you using anyways? I know 0601 works with Ballistix. Have you tested your RAM sticks with memtest86 yet? They might be defective..

I'm not really sure which bios I'm using. Is there an easy way to tell? I went through by bios and tried to find it, but it never said which bios it was. Should I try to get a newer [or the newest] bios? I've heard of people using ez flash and others that use the asus updater. Which is the safest? I'm just about to do memtest86 on those sticks...

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by rasa123

I'm not really sure which bios I'm using. Is there an easy way to tell? I went through by bios and tried to find it, but it never said which bios it was. Should I try to get a newer [or the newest] bios? I've heard of people using ez flash and others that use the asus updater. Which is the safest? I'm just about to do memtest86 on those sticks...

CPU-Z ("Mainboard" tab) will tell you, or at post the post messages should tell what revision.

And you should avoid flashing the bios in windows.

[rasa123]

Originally Posted by Gauvenator

CPU-Z ("Mainboard" tab) will tell you, or at post the post messages should tell what revision.

And you should avoid flashing the bios in windows.

Ok, I looked at cpuz and I'm using 608. I'm guessing this bios is compatible with my ram because it is compatible with 601. The memtest86 boot disc won't work, so I'm not sure if the sticks are ok or not. If they were fried, windows xp wouldn't even run at all, would it? It will run for a few seconds, then freeze....

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by rasa123

Ok, I looked at cpuz and I'm using 608. I'm guessing this bios is compatible with my ram because it is compatible with 601. The memtest86 boot disc won't work, so I'm not sure if the sticks are ok or not. If they were fried, windows xp wouldn't even run at all, would it? It will run for a few seconds, then freeze....

Good, that's one of the best for OC'ing.

You sure you burned the cd correctly? You need to burn it as an image, not a data cd.

[rasa123]

Originally Posted by Gauvenator

Good, that's one of the best for OC'ing.

You sure you burned the cd correctly? You need to burn it as an image, not a data cd.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure. The disc has the iso image on it. My computer just won't boot off of it. I even tried to boot off of the disc in the boot menu, but it still didn't boot the program. Am I missing something or does this thing just not like me?

[TriBeCa]

Originally Posted by Gauvenator

CPU-Z ("Mainboard" tab) will tell you, or at post the post messages should tell what revision.

And you should avoid flashing the bios in windows.

Ironically, I did a lot of flashes from windows on my p5n-e. Then the one time I used EZFLASH the BIOS got corrupted and I had to RMA the board.

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by TriBeCa

Ironically, I did a lot of flashes from windows on my p5n-e. Then the one time I used EZFLASH the BIOS got corrupted and I had to RMA the board.

huh, that's weird. Usually you hear horror stories about windows lol.

I've done one flash from Windows and it scared me to death because the computer froze for like 30 seconds while it was flashing.

[Asce]

Originally Posted by TriBeCa

Damn, yeah I do hate you. My e6400 really loves to eat up the voltage. I got it stable last night at 3.4Ghz, even with 4 x 1 GB of RAM, which is more than the p5n-e was ever able to pull off, but I had to run 1.55vcore, just like I had it on the p5n-e. I'm testing it now at 1.5v, I'd like to stay within Intel's recommended voltages for the chip.

I tried 3.5GHz last night as well, but it wasn't stable at 1.55v. I might try again with higher voltage--I've kind of stopped caring about the life of the chip. If I can get to 3.6GHz at under 1.6v I may just rest there until the chip dies. Of course, that's assuming the mosfets on the board don't give out first. They've got a pretty hefty heatsink on them though, and they get a lot of airflow coming off my TRUE, so I'm hopeful they can manage it.

What stepping is yours? I got a B2 stepping and it does seem to like a diet. I had to run 1.45v on the P5N-e just to get 3.2ghz. Couldnt get it any lower and being stable.

[TriBeCa]

Originally Posted by Asce

What stepping is yours? I got a B2 stepping and it does seem to like a diet. I had to run 1.45v on the P5N-e just to get 3.2ghz. Couldnt get it any lower and being stable.

Yup, that sounds exactly like mine. On the p5n-e it was ~1.45v for 3.2GHz and 1.55v for 3.32GHz. B2 stepping as well.