ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[No1Joker]

Originally Posted by SlyFox

I currently have the Zalman 9700 and Thermalright HR-05 SLI on the NB. I also just received my OCZ Vendetta 2 so that'll be going on very soon. (The 9700 is far too loud with out a fan controller)

What do you think of the HR-05 SLI? do you run it with a fan (if yes which one!)

Also have you got anything on the SB, or is that only necessary when you're running two GPU in SLI? couldn't quite work that out.

I'm looking at a NB cooler and yours seems the best by far. Waiting for Jason to finish his TRUE, Noc, DK compare before buying a CPU cooler.

[NoGuru]

Thanks Nojoker +rep I'll soon see if those work. Also UPS just arrived and gave me the Extreme spirit 2 for my n bridge and the Iceberq for m s bridge so I will let you know how they work out.

[mcogan10]

Hey, I'm having a little bit of trouble overclocking my e6400 beyond 3.2ghz on this board. I have tried running 3.4ghz on 1.425v and 1.56v on the NB with no luck...I failed at 16 seconds on orthos. Just wondering if this might just be an "FSB hole" or if there's some setting I missed. Thanks.

[Blue_Fire]

Hey guys, my board will not let me unlock the fsb. If i choose anything but auto (linked, unlinked) and reboot, it doesn't take. Even if i leave it stock it will not allow me to unlock it.

[No1Joker]

Originally Posted by Blue_Fire

Hey guys, my board will not let me unlock the fsb. If i choose anything but auto (linked, unlinked) and reboot, it doesn't take. Even if i leave it stock it will not allow me to unlock it.

My first thoughts would be to check which BIOS your using? latest 1301 from Asus HERE i didn't have any problems.

Might need to change OS in the drop down.

[dpawl31]

Originally Posted by Blue_Fire

Hey guys, my board will not let me unlock the fsb. If i choose anything but auto (linked, unlinked) and reboot, it doesn't take. Even if i leave it stock it will not allow me to unlock it.

Under JumperFree Config, AI Tuning should be set to MANUAL.

Is that the case?
Otherwise it will probably let you LOOK at the FSB values etc, but not edit until you are in full manual.

[Blue_Fire]

lol this is by no means my first asus board.... i have set all of my voltages to what i want them to be, but i cannot changes my fsb or memory speeds. it allows me to pick linked or unlinked, and it allows me to changed them, but every time i reboot they are not saved. All of my other settings save just fine except fsb/ram. bios v1201

[No1Joker]

Originally Posted by Blue_Fire

lol this is by no means my first asus board.... i have set all of my voltages to what i want them to be, but i cannot changes my fsb or memory speeds. it allows me to pick linked or unlinked, and it allows me to changed them, but every time i reboot they are not saved. All of my other settings save just fine except fsb/ram. bios v1201

I had a small issue with my BIOS where i couldn't use my keyboard to navigate the menus, i cleared the CMOS. flashed BIOS and is been perfect. It even cured a freezing problem i had before i started Overclocking. Just a thought (and probably something you've already tried )

[Blue_Fire]

hmm well i can go ahead and clear cmos, boot and flash to 1301. That is as soon as i find my vista cd.

[No1Joker]

Originally Posted by Blue_Fire

hmm well i can go ahead and clear cmos, boot and flash to 1301. That is as soon as i find my vista cd.

I've missed something here, why do you need the vista cd? i'm on xp so don't have any experience with vista. the cmos, boot and flash doesn't need vista cd. In fact the cmos doesn't really need to be followed by a bios flash. It just covers all bases. You'll still be on 1201