ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[willmarth2]

Originally Posted by eminded1

pc probe report wrong information. that is a know issue all around for these boards, if u still idle at 52c theres a problem, reseat with as5 or lapp the proc and heatsink, anyway everest is the best program ithink for these boards, accuate readings. better then cpuid and speedfan,
Look up everest
and 52cidle is Hot.

I downloaded Everest and could not find the temperature at all.

[Galcobar]

After ensuring my existing CPU overclock was still stable post-pencil Vmodding I decided to try overclocking my RAM.

It seems penciling the motherboard made it possible to set a stable RAM overclock at 2.178V (from 800 to 900 MHz at the same 4-4-4-12). Previously I couldn't get a stable RAM overclock at all.

My one concern is if the Vmod means I'm actually running higher voltages through my memory than BIOS indicates; the only reassurance I have that this isn't happening is my system's refusal to boot when I fed it more than 2.3 Vdimm in prior overclock attempts.

[Ravin]

Originally Posted by eminded1

pc probe report wrong information.

I'd like to clarify that your statment is for CPU temp only. PCProbeII reports NB/SB temps and ALL Voltages correctly- at least on the P5NE-SLI and Maximus Formula/P5E/Rampage Formula.

Edit: Voltage info confirmed by Fluke DMM. NB/SB temps confirmed by everest & OCCT

[eminded1]

Alls i can say is that if u have a e5200 and the new bios for this board 1402, it is stable,r at a higher FSB, less stable ram tho, but i can live with that, auclly running ram at 900mhz 5,4,4,12, 2t, 2.1vram,

[mavizaman]

This is my old cpu o.c. with p5n-e
3.8ghz
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=405184

[eminded1]

just for the record, the new bios updates to 1402 beta bios does work well with the e5200, i can get past 1200fsb now, so if anyone has bios crashing after 1200fsb try the 1402, also, if i buy pc2-8500ram? will it be able to run at 1066?

[Scudd]

anyone had any luck installing Windows 7 RC1 on the P5n-e Sli, i tried removing all my overclocks, removed all peripherals except my keyboard and mouse but the installation hangs on expanding files.

I think its down to the sata drivers, anyone else tried win7?

[El_Beautor]

I've been running Windows 7 Beta since January. I haven't installed the RC yet, but its planned for next weekish. Maybe you got a corrupt download, or you had a problem when you burned it to a DVD. Try downloading it again, and make sure you use a slow setting when you burn the DVD. I had to redo my Beta DVD at a slower speed because the first one burned at a full speed wouldn't install correctly.

[Scudd]

I've tried serval copies of 32 and 64 bit, during the install it hangs on expanding files then when i reboot my first drive is missing until i shut down properly, i have had one sucessful install of the 64bit version using nvidia sata drivers but it kept crashing at random times, i have had probs with the nvidia sata drivers in Vista too. Which sata drivers do u use?

[Ravin]

Originally Posted by Scudd

I've tried serval copies of 32 and 64 bit, during the install it hangs on expanding files then when i reboot my first drive is missing until i shut down properly, i have had one sucessful install of the 64bit version using nvidia sata drivers but it kept crashing at random times, i have had probs with the nvidia sata drivers in Vista too. Which sata drivers do u use?

You're not trying to install overclocked are you?