ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[marin8n]

Originally Posted by dpawl31

Black... supposedly it is more stable... don't ask. lol.

I also heard you should use the black slots when using 2 sticks. Something to do with heat maybe since they are the furthest from the HS?

[dpawl31]

Nah I doubt it is that. Those guys on the ASUS forums are the ones that said use the black slots... said it solved all their issues, well most of them.

[gtboi604]

instead of upgrading to 0307, I found the latest beta firmware 0401 on some forum and upgraded to that, right now I havent noticed much difference in performance, maybe a few degrees cooler on the CPU is all...
man, really wish I could go beyond 250FSB on my chip, it wont let me, even with max volts on everything...
O well, right now running @ 3.5Ghz with a 1:1 divider orthos stable.
700Mhz increase is good enuf until i get myself a E6600.
good luck everyone!

[dpawl31]

You should drop your CPU voltage to 1.30000v, drop your NB to stock, set your memory to the correct voltage for it, manually enter your timings. You really have that value ram @ 500Mhz?

[gtboi604]

anything below 1.55Vcore isnt orthos stable...
chipset/ram is set to auto

the ram is running @ 250Mhz, 500Mhz ddr2.
so i downclocked it from 333Mhz, which is 667Mhz ddr2.
right now timings are 4-4-4-12 2T.

[dpawl31]

That doesn't make any sense! You have the same board and CPU, how can you not be stable with the same settings as me? Could it be your ram/my ram?
Why don't you try running your RAM @ 667 and your CPU @ 1.3v.
Gonna give you a crazy divider but I bet since your ram will be running @ stock speed, you will be stable enough to lower your vcore.

[gtboi604]

hmmm, i think ive tried that, but i guess ill give it a shot again...
how far have u reached yet with ur rig?
get to 4Ghz yet?
i dunno if thats possible with air, but thats my target...at least 3.8Ghz.
heh, thx for the pointers.
keep u posted.
D~

[dpawl31]

I had to revert to the old BIOS. I was getting failed boots... sometimes getting into XP and stalling @ the blue screen b4 user select, sometimes stalling on the asus graphic while posting... I even got to that, hit del and it said entering setup, and stalled.

Damn bios! They better get their #$%@ straight over there at Asus.
I am still @ 3.5Ghz, haven't tried anything yet. Maybe tomorrow I will. Problem is I am worried about failing boot because when I messed with memory, the "crash free bios" crashed and I had to reset cmos (battery + jumper) and my PC is in a bad area to have to do that...

It never did it while I messed with the FSB tho so maybe I'll be OK. Will try to reach 4Ghz tomorrow. 286 FSB is my goal. (4004Mhz) I may need a new intake fan if I want to reach 4Ghz tho. To get 1:1 with my ram and this processor, with my RAM @ full DDR2-800 I would have to have a FSB of 400, which would put me @ 5.6Ghz. NOT GONNA HAPPEN. lol

[hermit]

new bios up version: 0401, 2007/01/24 1.Reduce S3 resuming time. (whatever it is) 2.Change CopyRight year from 2006 to 2007.

[dpawl31]

Did you try it? Are those the only changes from 0307 because that one SUCKED! lol.
Thank god I didn't have issues like some others had, some guys had to call tech support b/c they couldnt even post and clearing cmos did nothing.
One guy has to wait for them to get chips in stock and send him a stock bios chip. OUCH.