ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[JCushing]

nothing bad happened with 505, my system ran fine with it i tested before and after and i would still say its no more or less stable and my OC results were somewhat poorer with it and i was no longer able to change the cpu multiplier on my chip. 505 is no longer avalible on asus's website and people on the asus support forums are also complaining about 505. im not sure what your getting at in your post kopi, but if your doubting me for saying you shouldnt use 505 my all means use it if you want but it seemed to do more harm then good for me.

[rsfkevski]

A friend of mine had the same issues with the 0505 Bios, so I reverted back to 0401 for him.

[Ravin]

Ok.... Stock timings with 1T are officially stable on my rig.


RAID users check this thread:

http://www.overclock.net/intel-mothe...-e-raid-4.html

[Kopi]

Originally Posted by JCushing

nothing bad happened with 505, my system ran fine with it i tested before and after and i would still say its no more or less stable and my OC results were somewhat poorer with it and i was no longer able to change the cpu multiplier on my chip. 505 is no longer avalible on asus's website and people on the asus support forums are also complaining about 505. im not sure what your getting at in your post kopi, but if your doubting me for saying you shouldnt use 505 my all means use it if you want but it seemed to do more harm then good for me.

no no you misread, i was just hoping for an second opinion of Dpawl since he monitors this thread thoroughly.

I'll stick with what i have

[dpawl31]

Originally Posted by TriBeCa

Ahhhh, I've been gone too long...where to start?

My RAM is on stock timings except at 1T, no problem at all.

Asce, that's my system! Let me know if you run into trouble, and umm...don't buy OCZ Platinum RAM :P

Also, for those of you who can't get stable at clocks you're trying to reach (e.g. dpawl) but have low-ish NB voltage...I had to go to 1.75 NB voltage to get stable at 400 MHz FSB. Don't ask me why, but it worked...orthos went from erroring in under 10 minutes to taking 3-5.5 hours (which I fixed with more vcore).

I tried highest vcore, NB, and got nowhere. Keep in mind, when referring to me and my NB voltage- I am only @ 265FSB due to my 14 multi. So I should be fine @ stock. I tried highest though, and nothing at all

[dpawl31]

Originally Posted by JCushing

i wouldnt bother with 505, its a bandaid bios for vista users it seems. does more negative than positive for the rest of us.

I have had no issues with it, but maybe if I revert to 04 I could get a higher OC?
We'll see.

[dpawl31]

Originally Posted by TriBeCa

use the asus windows bios utility, whatever it's called. there's an option in there put in a new image. just make sure you convert it to 16 colors first ;p

It's called Asus Update. Works great.
And yes, convert it to 16 colors, because otherwise it will convert it for you, and it does NOT do such a pretty job

[dpawl31]

Originally Posted by Kopi

I've been advised against the 0505 by jcushing. I know that the one who knows most, if not all about this board is Dpawl lol. For now, i dont see anything wrong. I found out my OC of 3.2 wasn't stable at 1.3v...so unless i try higher (like stock ) I put it back to 3ghz for now. I'm ordering my LGA bracket tomorrow, so XP-90 should be round soon!

Yeah, seems too much hype about the 0505... forget it
I have had no issues, but, whatever
I am going to try 04 series bios and try my 4Ghz again. GOD I WANT IT SO BAD.



Edit- I definately am not sure about me being the "know it all P5N-E guy".
Don't confuse "lots of input" with "lots of knowledge"

[dpawl31]

Originally Posted by USlatin

It seems 650i and 680i boards are the same when it comes to their components wich are involved in the overclocking of a CPU and RAM, correct?

If so can I follow the instructions and suggestions here for 650i users as if I had a 650i when overclocking my 680?

Do you have the P5N32-E SLI?
If so, yeah everything should be very similar. If anything is different, most likely it will just be you have some EXTRA options, for example I believe that has a southbridge voltage adjustment, and things like that.

Otherwise, yes, you can probably follow most of this thread for that board.
Just don't blame me for burning out your chip, lol

[Kopi]

haha we all have plenty to learn, but i know you've read most if not all of the posts in this thread, you've seen most if not all the problems/fixes brought up so far