ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[dpawl31]

as stated above, try a cmos clearing. be sure to drain capacitors by hitting your power button a few times and have your battery out and psu unplugged.

if that doesn't do the trick get the latest bios.

sometimes the bios 'freezes' in a set config and needs a 'cleaning'.
kind of like running windows so long without a reboot

[Blue_Fire]

Originally Posted by No1Joker

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

i didn't have an os installed. no real use to overclock without an os. flashed to 1301 and am still having weird problems... i can changed bios settings 1 time. for example: i set all of my settings, then save them to profile 1 and apply them everything will work fine.
However if i have to go back in to change something and apply, i go back to default everything. So i have to load from the saved profile (but not hit f10), change what i want to change, then apply. If i do that every time it will apply.
Also cannot change my multiplier (up or down) whatsoever.

Side note: my chip has a crazy high VID holding at 3.6 easily though.

[No1Joker]

that is weird. its typical that you can't change the stuff you need for a proper overclock. I'm down to one idea and that your CMOS battery might need to be changed. possible it doesn't have enough in it to keep your settings. That doesn't explain the mulitplier bug though. (unless its causing random probs in BIOS). Can you actually change every other setting in bios? or is it just multiplier now.

[Blue_Fire]

oh i can change every setting as i please, and some of them apply. but most don't unless i load a profile Then change and apply settings.

[SlyFox]

Originally Posted by No1Joker

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.

I love the HR-05, although it was kind of a pain to install (It'd be easy if 2 people did it). I do have a fan running on the NB, I'll have to check which one when I get home (I believe it's a delta). Nothing on the SB.

[Zippit]

Does someone know how to set the 2nd PCI-e slot GFX card to be the main card?

[No1Joker]

Originally Posted by SlyFox

I love the HR-05, although it was kind of a pain to install (It'd be easy if 2 people did it). I do have a fan running on the NB, I'll have to check which one when I get home (I believe it's a delta). Nothing on the SB.

I'm going to get one HR-05 and put a 80mm panaflo on it. Hopefully it'll squeeze in next to the Xig Dark Knight?? One final question to anyone reading is the HR-09 U (Type 2) Mosfet coolers worth it for the money? Or should i just cut up the stock NB cooler into mini mosfet coolers? I just plan to put a bit of AC MX2 between them.

Originally Posted by Zippit

Does someone know how to set the 2nd PCI-e slot GFX card to be the main card?

Sorry didn't know you could change them round. Would be useful for a bit more room at the top of the board though.

[Blue_Fire]

my buffalo firestyx ddr2 800 (d9gmh) booted up with out any problems at 1066 5-5-5-15 2t

[Zippit]

Originally Posted by No1Joker

Sorry didn't know you could change them round. Would be useful for a bit more room at the top of the board though.

I'm getting a GTX280 but I still have a 8800GTS in the top one and I cant just move it into the second slot because of it being on water. So I want to use my GTX280 as my main when it comes here and keep my 8800 as a physics card and folding 24/7.

[eminded1]

that would be a good setup, i thinking aobut getting aohter 9800gtx. but i gota get a better powersupply to run 2 cards. Zippit is that that pic. Wow your a hotttie. ~