ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[Asce]

Originally Posted by manny123

Thanks for confirming that because I read about something like this with the AF7 Pro so wanted to be sure. Looks like I'll be going with the Zalman.

edit - missed that on the first page

Its not hard in a thread to is nearly 800 pages long

[manny123]

Originally Posted by Asce

Its not hard in a thread to is nearly 800 pages long

lol yeah I've actually read that page a lot of times but I didn't before I asked my question and at that time I forgot about it. My bad indeed.

[steffche]

Hi,

An online store is selling the P5N-E Sli motheroard but has stated it is an OEM version.

I'd like to know what is the difference? Has anyone seen an OEM version of this board before?

Cheers,

Steve.

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by steffche

Hi,

An online store is selling the P5N-E Sli motheroard but has stated it is an OEM version.

I'd like to know what is the difference? Has anyone seen an OEM version of this board before?

Cheers,

Steve.

oem usually means it is just the mobo and nothing else. Meaning no cables, guides, discs, etc.

[steffche]

The thing is that the advertisment mentions that there is no parallel port, no floppy connector and no e-sata.

Thats fine, I dont really need those anyway, but it concerns me which BIOS is loaded, and will the extra overclocking options be available in the BIOS and will I be able to update by downloading the normal BIOS updates from ASUS?

I called up and asked the guy, but he didn't know much about overclocking!

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by steffche

The thing is that the advertisment mentions that there is no parallel port, no floppy connector and no e-sata.

Thats fine, I dont really need those anyway, but it concerns me which BIOS is loaded, and will the extra overclocking options be available in the BIOS and will I be able to update by downloading the normal BIOS updates from ASUS?

I called up and asked the guy, but he didn't know much about overclocking!

I imagine it would have the same bios as retail boards. If it doesn't you could flash it.

[Timoty]

Well this will be my last ditch effort. I have the P5N-e Sli mobo with the following hardware:

Coolermaster 690 Case
Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler
E6750
2 X 8800 GT
2 X Seagate 250 GB Sata 3 in Raid 0
2 X 2 Patriot 1066 Memory (PVS24G8500ELKR2 - Patriot Extreme Performance Viper Series DDR2 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-8500)
Vista Ultimate 64 bit

Bottom line is this. I have RMA'd two sets of memory. I have tried everything I can think of to get this memory running stable at 1066. The best I can do is this.

The system hangs on every first attempt. After I reboot it will load and run orthos for over an hour flawlessly. If it goes into Standby for more than 5 minutes I have to reboot it. If I bring it out of standby still warm there is no problem.

If no one has any ideas can you suggest a good sli board that will definitely handle 1066 memory and possibly even overclock it a little.

Thanks

[Timoty]

BTW, I have tried setting the memory voltage, the northbridge voltage, the timings in every conceivable formula without luck. If someone out there knows the perfect formula for success I would be indebted to you.

[Gauvenator]

Unfortunately this board can't seem to run memory above 1000mhz. I would look at the 750i's, and make a thread asking if people are able to run their memory at 1066 with them.

[Asce]

Still dont think the 750i's can do 1066mhz RAM due it being a 650i underneath it.