ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[teabag]

Originally Posted by marsey99

you wont stay stable with much more than 1.4vcore on stock air unless you live in finland and your pc is in your garden.

More? I want it stable with less than 1.4 if thats possible. What do you mean with that? Isn't air enough to cool it? it was under 60°c. And I live in sweden.

Originally Posted by marsey99

depends tbh, not all chips overclock the same, batch number is the best way to get an idea of how yours should perform as others from the same # will be your best indication of how yours might do.

And where is that number? Printed on the cpu? :/

any ideas about why it doesnt want to boot with 1333mhz fsb?

[Grizzly Adams]

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[Armalite]

Hi guys,

Can someone please tell me on the P5NE-SLi , which way I have to pull\push the little clip on right hand side of the PCI-E (GPU) slot, so that I can remove the Graphics Card. I've tried pulling\pushing in all directions, but without much pressure in fear that I'll snap it. Do I push it down towards the bottom of the MB? and does it require quite a lot of pressure to get it to budge?


Help is kindly appreciated =)

[marsey99]

iirc armalite you need to push it up towards the cpu socket slighlty so it frees the g card.

teabag

lolz

sweeden, i envy you and your cold air :P

1.4vcore is about as much as the stock intel blower can deal with, with your lower than most ambient you should be able to cope with a bit more but not alot.

batch munber is printed on the ihs of the cpu and on the label on the box.



bottom line on cpu



1 line up on bottom left of pic

edit

what volts do you have the nb set to? you may need 1.39v or more tbh.

[derelict360]

Trying to OC to 3.0

Originally Posted by Awesome

Most likely your voltages are set too low. My voltage is set at 1.49 or 1.5 I can't remember. Try 1.4 and see if it'll post. As long as you have good CPU cooling you won't fry it with high voltages unless you go to extremes (1.6v+).

K, Updated my sig,

I've tried core voltage all the way up to 1.5 now but no joy. I have acutally been able to get in to Windows and even into Hellgate but it locks up after a few minutes at most.

Im using unlinked clocking and I have my ram set to 1066 since this is what it says it can do. Do I need to lower this?

If I lower my RAM clock is it worth the 3.0 I could possibly get from my processor?

[derelict360]

I'm also willing to shoot for 2.8... what is the FSB for this?

[marsey99]

derelict, you need to put your system in your user cp section so it is easier to read.

first up this board does not like quads, most get 3ghz max and only a few make it past 3.2ghz.

you want to drop your ram speed, i could not keep mine 24/7 stable @ much more than ddr1000.

your right to try unlinked as it does seem to make it more stable but you should set your ram manually to 1:1 to give you the most stability whilst you are testing.


most people found that bios version 0608 is the best for quads too.

[derelict360]

I'm at work right now so I put the info that I have in the CP.

Where is the option to set the RAM to 1:1? Do you know the FSB for 2.8? What should I use as a starting point for the RAM clock?

[derelict360]

Just found this guide -

http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/...ml#post3489821

Looks like a Saturday project...

[Armalite]

Originally Posted by marsey99

iirc armalite you need to push it up towards the cpu socket slightly so it frees the g card.

Cheers mate. Can someone please confirm this? I just tried to push it up towards the top of the MB (towards the CPU socket) but there's a little metal cylinder (capacitor?) that is about 1-2cm above it and it seems to get in the way, I can negotiate the clip around it though if that's how hard I have to push it? Does the Clip come loose, or do I have to hold it up with one hand and pull the card out with the other at the same time? It doesn't seem to move at all, just bends like its about to snap if I push any harder, do I just need to stop being a girl and give it a good push?

sorry about this noob question, but thanks again for any help