Asus P5Q Series Owners Thread

[low strife]

Originally Posted by go4life

anyone else having trouble running 1200mhz ram on the P5Q-E/Deluxe?
My ram is actually official supported, but I cant get it stable at 1200mhz:/ what the hell is wrong?

Whats the RAM stock speed? Is it 800 or 1066?

I doubt it'll run 555-18 timings at 1200 though.

[philbrown23]

the modded bios have much better ram timings and ram compatability also has more cpu compatability, i get a tad better oc because my ram runs normally with out the modded bios my ram runs 800mhz@ 5-5-5-18 with it runs 800mhz@ 4-4-4-12

[Hoodcom]

On my P5Q Pro motherboard, with my Intel core 2 Duo E7400, currently the FSB is set to 344, core voltage is 1.320 and a successful stable overclock at 3.62GHz

Picture:


My question is, would I need to worry about changing the NB voltage myself? Are there any thing I should change that would help me overclock my processor higher with stability, and maybe with little less voltage if possible?

My BIOS version is 1306. I haven't upgraded it yet, but I am not sure if anything newer would improve or worsen anything, but I do want improvement. I am very happy with my successful overclock, but I am wanting more for 24/7 use.

I am just wondering if there are ways to make things better.

All help and information are greatly appreciated.

*EDIT*

I updated my BIOS to 1501. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=200109

I decided to try it out, in hopes for it to help out.

[go4life]

Originally Posted by low strife

Whats the RAM stock speed? Is it 800 or 1066?

I doubt it'll run 555-18 timings at 1200 though.

seriously, they are 1200mhz 5-5-5-15..

this is copied from kingston`s site:
KHX9600D2K2/2G2GB kit DDR2 1200Mhz Non-ECC CL5
(kit of 2 - 1GB) 5-5-5-15 2.3-2.35V(Datasheet) BUY

see for yourself: http://www.kingston.com/hyperx/products/khx_ddr2.asp

[Lukeatluke]

I can't get more than 1122Mhz out of mine with original bios 1406.Then u changed to mBios 1406 and i could get them to 1166Mhz but i still think they could go higher.I boot fine with 1200 but sudenly just freezes or does not want to load anymore...

[usapatriot]

Originally Posted by Hoodcom

On my P5Q Pro motherboard, with my Intel core 2 Duo E7400, currently the FSB is set to 344, core voltage is 1.320 and a successful stable overclock at 3.62GHz

Picture:


My question is, would I need to worry about changing the NB voltage myself? Are there any thing I should change that would help me overclock my processor higher with stability, and maybe with little less voltage if possible?

My BIOS version is 1306. I haven't upgraded it yet, but I am not sure if anything newer would improve or worsen anything, but I do want improvement. I am very happy with my successful overclock, but I am wanting more for 24/7 use.

I am just wondering if there are ways to make things better.

All help and information are greatly appreciated.

*EDIT*

I updated my BIOS to 1501. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=200109

I decided to try it out, in hopes for it to help out.

I would try to keep the NB voltage below 1.35, but yeah, that's one annoyance which I ran into while overclocking, I've yet to find a spec sheet with specific set voltage limits for all the voltages in the BIOS and the P45 chipset with a 45NM CPU.

[darklink]

When I checked intel's website I found the thermal specs for the P45 chipset and they show a max voltage at 1.21. I was able to hit 450FSB at 1.2v on the NB but I wanted to lower my tRD and for that I had to go up to 1.34v. To be safe temperature wise I just put 2 40mm fans on the NB heatsink.

Here's a link to intel's datasheets for the P45:
http://www.intel.com/Products/Deskto...ldocuments.htm

Also found this on the ICH10 family but not really that helpful (no voltage specs):
http://www.intel.com/assets/pdf/specupdate/319974.pdf

EDIT: for anyone having memory issues, what do you have AI Clock Twister set to? If set to strong or stronger, you might want to consider setting it to moderate or light. Also, you might want to set all mem timings manually (1st, 2nd and 3rd rows). I haven't tried for over 1100 but at 1081 I have my HZ's manually set to:

5-4-4-12-3-45-6-3
8-3-5-4-6-4-6
14-5-1-5-5

When 2nd and 3rd rows were set to auto I had issues. Once I manually set them I was even able to reduce my voltage to only 2.16 on my ram from upwards around 2.3v.

[rock3ralex]

Alright I can join the club. I just ordered the Asus P5Q and another Radeon 4850 for crossfire. Should be eyecandy and crazy FPS in Crysis and COD4 on my beautiful 24" Dell.

[darklink]

Welcome to OCN and congrats on picking up a P5Q. Rep +

EDIT: one thing to keep in mind tho is that the crossfire will run at 8x/8x and not 16x/16x like on an intel X series board. This will really only be a limiting factor at higher resolutions.

[Merdan]

Hi everybody,

I would really appreciate anybody's help to overclock my CPU. What I really need is that someone advise me how to change bios settings (what to enable or disable) step by step to get it overclocked for best performance.

Here what i got:

E7300
P5QL PRO
2x1Gb Patriot 800 RAM
power supply 400w
build in cooler
OS: XP sp3

here what i see in bios:

CPU Ration setting - auto
C1E support - enable
Max CPUID value limit - disable
CPUTM function - enable
Execute –disable bit capability - enable
Intel speedstep tech - enable
Intel C-state tech - enable

Ai overclock - auto
FSB frequency - auto
FSB strap to northbridge - auto
DRAM timing control - auto
DRAM Static read control- auto
DRAM read training - auto
Mem. OC changer - auto
Ai clock twister - auto
CPU voltage- auto
FSB termination voltage- auto
Memory voltage- auto
Northbridge voltage- auto
Southbridge voltage- auto
Load line calibration - auto
Cpu GTL reference - auto
Cpu spread spectrum- auto
PCIE spread spectrum- auto
Cpu clock skew- auto
Nb clock skew - auto
Cpu margin enhancement - optimized

best regards,