ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[deltaepsylon]

Yeah, gauvenator filled in the other steps. I didn't really remember them ^_^
Hope it works out.

[gtz]

Originally Posted by deltaepsylon

Aw crap. I think the fact that the USB thing worked was just a coincidence; my P5N stalled again, except the USB thing won't work now
Help!

Ok I believe you are having a usb issue. You motherboard tries to find all usb devices wether they are connected or not. Next time it boots up, your next step is to disable usb 2.0. Going back to usb 1.1 (or something along those lines). That should resolve your stalling issues. If you leave your computer on long enough it will boot, mine booted after 15 minutes.

Only a few batch of P5N-E SLI have this problem, the reason I know becuase mine has the same problem.

Let me see if I can find the email that asus sent me (if I have not deleted it). Giving me suggestions to resolve this certian bug.

[deltaepsylon]

So I just leave it at the 'stuck' screen for like 15min?

Edit: The bios stopped doing that annoying thing with the freeze-at-ram-check, but then it started to randomly freeze elsewhere. I managed to get into the bios and disable USB2.0 controller though, and it now no longer freezes (knock on wood). So I just cant have USB 2.0 on my board?

[gtz]

Man I might have one more solution for you, so you could have usb 2.0 again. But it is risky and there is a chance that it wont even work. Out of all the bios I tried, BIOS 401 solved my stalling issues when I had usb 2.0 on (I have not tested bios 1301 so that might be a solution aswell), but I decided to live with not having usb 2.0 since bios 401 is a horrible overclocker.

But there is a chance going to bios 401 wont work for you, I tried to help another person with a similar problem on another forum and when he (I am assuming could be a girl) went to bios 401 did not solve a thing.

Try going to newer bios or older bios and see if one of them solves your issue. But make sure your computer is stable, keep using it for a while to make sure it stops freezing. I don't want you to boink your board.

Anyway I hope this might help.

PS: Where did you purchase your board, maybe that same place was the store selling the motherboards with the bug, since only a few are affected.

[deltaepsylon]

I can't go back to 401... my CPU isn't supported until the 7xx BIOS's.

I think my computer just freaks out when my RAM isnt at 1:1 DRAM:FSB Ratio. When the RAM is running at 666.7, its all fine, but if I try to set it up to 800mhz as its rated, it hates me. Maybe I have to bring up my FSB to 1600 to get it to work...

As for the problem that was at hand, its now fixed. Thanks!

[bymo003]

Hi, I've been trying to overclock my q6600 on my P5N-E SLI and have had so little success it's almost embarrassing. I have 2x1GB OCZ platinum 800mhz ram, an OCZ vendetta 2 CPU cooler, and a extreme spirit II cooler on the northbridge. If you have any suggestions or comments it would be greatly appreciated.

[rasa123]

Ok, I realized I couldn't flash my bios through my flashdrive because it has data on it that I can't backup on another computer so I decided to try to flash it by using a cd. I downloaded the Phoenix Award BIOS flash tool version 1.20 and bios version 608 and burned them both to disc, but my computer didn't act any different while going through the bios rom checksum error sequence. I'm sure I'm missing something simple in the flashing process....any ideas?

[nathris]

Originally Posted by bymo003

Hi, I've been trying to overclock my q6600 on my P5N-E SLI and have had so little success it's almost embarrassing. I have 2x1GB OCZ platinum 800mhz ram, an OCZ vendetta 2 CPU cooler, and a extreme spirit II cooler on the northbridge. If you have any suggestions or comments it would be greatly appreciated.

P5N-E only has 3 phase power, so that means its **** for overclocking quads. If you can get 3GHz with your Q6600 you deserve a medal.

[bymo003]

Thanks for the tip nathris. maybe I can pick up a cheap e6850 or something, any dual core recommendations?

[deltaepsylon]

Originally Posted by rasa123

Ok, I realized I couldn't flash my bios through my flashdrive because it has data on it that I can't backup on another computer so I decided to try to flash it by using a cd. I downloaded the Phoenix Award BIOS flash tool version 1.20 and bios version 608 and burned them both to disc, but my computer didn't act any different while going through the bios rom checksum error sequence. I'm sure I'm missing something simple in the flashing process....any ideas?

The disk needs to be made bootable... if its not, nothing'll happen.
You need to either back up the data thats on your flashdrive and do what Gauvenator said, or use the original P5N-E Sli CD-ROM to do a recovery.