ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[krambo]

Hi,

for some reason i couldnt tighten my timings anything past 5 with my RAM in the yellow slots on the MOBO, I put the RAM in the black slots and iv tightened them right up!

BLACK SLOTS - NOT YELLOW

[Wizzy]

Someone over at OcUK managed to get a Yorkfield Q9450 fully working on the Asus P5N-E SLI!

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...668494&page=98

[ACHILEE5]

Hi, thinking of getting a P5N-E SLI
Main reson is i can get cheap local and my board at the mo is only 667, and i have 800 ram. Plus, thinking i should sli a second 8800
Is there any reson not to, with my E8500
Thanks
gary

[not quite there yet]

Hi guys
Im running completely stable at 3.0ghz on my P5 E SLI, with a Q6600.
2 questions, im looking to upgrade my crap ram and notice that the QVL does not say that DDR 1066 memory is acceptable. Is this the case? Must i go for DDR2 800??
i think im going for crucial ballistix tracer (because i really want the l.e.d's!)
what do you think?
Also, im struggling with 3d mark 06. Ive 2x 8500GTs in SLI and my score is only around 6000.
Is it my GPUs or my crappy ram? or maybe my slow OS (windows xp home)?
any suggestions?
thanks

[willmarth2]

ddr2 at 496 MHZ. I think I did it guys. I haven't run orthos yet. Wow! That is E8400 speed.

[willmarth2]

I stopped at 3 Mhz. Let me know if you see something wrong. http://s243.photobucket.com/albums/f...screenshot.jpg

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by not quite there yet

Hi guys
Im running completely stable at 3.0ghz on my P5 E SLI, with a Q6600.
2 questions, im looking to upgrade my crap ram and notice that the QVL does not say that DDR 1066 memory is acceptable. Is this the case? Must i go for DDR2 800??
i think im going for crucial ballistix tracer (because i really want the l.e.d's!)
what do you think?
Also, im struggling with 3d mark 06. Ive 2x 8500GTs in SLI and my score is only around 6000.
Is it my GPUs or my crappy ram? or maybe my slow OS (windows xp home)?
any suggestions?
thanks

I'd say it's the gpu's.

Originally Posted by willmarth2

I stopped at 3 Mhz. Let me know if you see something wrong. http://s243.photobucket.com/albums/f...screenshot.jpg

Looking good. Just make sure you pci-e frequency is at 100.

[deltaepsylon]

Uh-oh...
Last night, as I was using my computer, it completel froze. I couldn't move the mouse, CtrlAltDel didn't work, etc., etc., so I hit the 'reset' button. Since I've been having sporadic freezes and the like, I figured perhaps the RAM voltage wasn't enough (my old P5N didn't work at 800MHz, but this one did, for some reason). I upped the voltage in the BIOS to the next option up (1.92v I think it was, it was on AUTO before), hit F10 to save and exit, and waited for the BIOS to post. Except it didn't post. As soon the BIOS image comes up, the comp freezes. If I rapidly spam Tab before the logo pops up, it'll show the post message. It spits out:

Pheonix - AwardBIOS blah blah

Asus P5N-E SLI ACIP BIOS REVISION 1101

Main Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU 3.00GHz
Memory Testing: 2096128K OK(Installed Memory 2097152K)

And then it freezes up.
I've tried removing the battery, unplugging the comp and removing the battery, doing the CLRTC thing... no go.
Is my RAM maybe fried? It should be able to take 1.92v (its manufacturer specification is 1.8v, but I've given it 1.92v before).

Oh, and I noticed that in the BIOS, where It says main Processor, I think it used to say QX6850, but it no longer does...

Help!
edit: should I post this in the main intel-mobo section too? I dont wanna get killed for posting it twice...

[gtz]

My p5n-e sli sometimes stalls at the boot up screen, and like you it stops at the ram. Whenever this happens I have to unplug all my usb devices including the card reader. Maybe this is what is happenning to you.

[deltaepsylon]

Hmm... I'll try that and post back any results.

edit: AWSOME, it worked!
I got into BIOS now, so I'm reset all settings, etc.

+rep