THE Asus P5E X38 Thread

[aznkorean]

can the P5E only handle up to DDR2 1066? I know in the user guide it says you can get it up to 1066, but at newegg it says the memory standard is 1200. That's why I bought DDR2 1200 RAM.....either that or I fail at overclocking. Anyone able to get 1200?

[brandon6199]

I'm really considering buying this board along with my new build What do you guys think? Can it push my Q6600 pretty far?

[ericeod]

Originally Posted by aznkorean

can the P5E only handle up to DDR2 1066? I know in the user guide it says you can get it up to 1066, but at newegg it says the memory standard is 1200. That's why I bought DDR2 1200 RAM.....either that or I fail at overclocking. Anyone able to get 1200?

The board can handle higher clocking ram. You just need to get the recommended settings from the manufacturer. It took me a while to dial in my DDR3 OCZ ram with my Maximus Extreme board. But once I was in the ball park, and learned the specific ram settings, I was able to tweak it a lot farther!

Do me a favor and post your bios settings for the ram.

Originally Posted by brandon6199

I'm really considering buying this board along with my new build What do you guys think? Can it push my Q6600 pretty far?

These boards are really nice for overclocking quads. The Gigabyte X38 boards are great too. I've seen some great ocerclocks with both.

[Moto101]

Hi Guys, too many pages to search this thread but anyhow :

I bought a P5E from a friend for +-$90 (R 750), he flashed it to Rampage Formula and thereafter his LAN and SupremeFXII sound card didn't work, he then flashed it back to P5E and it still didn't work.

I get the Sound to pick up in windows as High Definition Audio on High Definition Audio Bus but the drivers don't work, but the LAN doesn't pick up at all, even in the bios when I go to AI NET 2 it doesn't show the network cable length status, theres no values or anything.

Can anyone possibly help me solve my problem?

[ericeod]

Originally Posted by Moto101

Hi Guys, too many pages to search this thread but anyhow :

I bought a P5E from a friend for +-$90 (R 750), he flashed it to Rampage Formula and thereafter his LAN and SupremeFXII sound card didn't work, he then flashed it back to P5E and it still didn't work.

I get the Sound to pick up in windows as High Definition Audio on High Definition Audio Bus but the drivers don't work, but the LAN doesn't pick up at all, even in the bios when I go to AI NET 2 it doesn't show the network cable length status, theres no values or anything.

Can anyone possibly help me solve my problem?

Load setup defaults and reflash to the latest bios. See if that fixes anything for you. I flashed my P5E to the Rampage Formula bios and never had any of those issues. If it still doesnt work, you might have to RMA the board.

[Moto101]

RMA is not an option, I'm just wondering if I can get it fixed without having to go and get a PCI Soundcard and Gb Ethernet card. anyways, I got it for a bargain, it does 580FSB.

[ericeod]

Originally Posted by Moto101

RMA is not an option, I'm just wondering if I can get it fixed without having to go and get a PCI Soundcard and Gb Ethernet card. anyways, I got it for a bargain, it does 580FSB.

What about reflashing? And why isnt RMA an option?

[aznkorean]

Originally Posted by ericeod

The board can handle higher clocking ram. You just need to get the recommended settings from the manufacturer. It took me a while to dial in my DDR3 OCZ ram with my Maximus Extreme board. But once I was in the ball park, and learned the specific ram settings, I was able to tweak it a lot farther!

Do me a favor and post your bios settings for the ram.

I tried running the DDR2 1200 at 266, 333, and 400 strap. RAM timings at 5-5-5-18.

[ericeod]

Originally Posted by aznkorean

I tried running the DDR2 1200 at 266, 333, and 400 strap. RAM timings at 5-5-5-18.

what about these settings:

Dram frequency:
Dram Command Rate:
Dram Timing Control:
Pri. Information : 5-5-5-15-18-#-#-#
Sec. Information: #-#-#-#-#-#-#
Dram Static read control:
Ai clock twister:
Transaction booster:

[keithdabeef]

Hey Guys,


Has anyone tried the new Rampage bios 308 or the beta 401/403 ?