ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread - Page 960

Well I have had zero luck getting my SSD to play nice with nForce on this board. Tried different cables, ports, drivers, bios versions.... but the SSD is still incorrectly running as a SATA 1 device. My next attempt will be to use the e-sata port with the jmicron controller. Before I go out to buy an e-sata->sata cable, does anyone know if this port is bootable or not?

Hi,

I'm new to this forum, but have recently discovered dpawl's excellent thread. Along with another couple of guides (Tribeca + Diddler1979)

I've had a steady OC on my system. Although the system is quite dated now, it still plays most games how i'd like them.(

Specs:
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (64bit)
Q6600 (GO, 1.3v Stock) @3ghz
Asus P5NE-sli 650i (currently unlinked, FSB 1333, 667 1:1 Ratio)
4gb Crucial Ballistic (2 x 2gb) PC6400
500gb WD HD
Zotac gtx560ti
550w CWT PSU (with 2 x 12v, rails each with 22amps I think!)
Cooler Master Heatsink fan - Looks like a hyper212, but not sure, definatley a cooler master) Cant get at it for a proper look.


I've been having some stability issues lately, particularly when trying to push beyond 3ghz. I'm running bios 0608 at the moment, but have tried them all (0608 seems to be the only one to get my quad to a decent 3ghz)

Memtest has run for 6 hours and didn't show any errors. Timing for ram is set to 4-4-4-12-24(trc) @ 2.013 v.
Vcore is 1.325 at the moment, vcore offset +100mv.

The memory seems to be perfectly stable. I can game for hours without any issues (BF3 right now, which can push the system a little),
Core temp has my idle temps at high 20's to low 30's. Under load it is mid to high 40's, low 50's. (centigrade).

As mentioned wanted to push my G0 a little bit further, but have had no success. Even a smidge past 3 ghz, and running prime95 crashes. It doesn't BSOD or restart, just the program itself stops! Not sure why, and am beginning to wonder if system is fully stable.

I would love it if anyone had any input, as getting a new system is simply not an option now. I'm happy it still serves me well, and would be more happy if I could get more out of it. Could it be the psu? After 4 years I know they can degrade in the amount of power they can supply. Saying that, I've only recently gotten the 560ti (before was a 260 core 216) and have reduced overall power requirements by 40 watts +(560ti max draw 170w versus 200w + for the gtx260). So wasn't expecting a potential issue with the psu!

Well, thank you for reading/listening. Hope someone may actually see this post, as the last one here was quite some time before this.

Have a nice day.

K
Edited by keih12 - 12/6/12 at 8:38am

Hi, and welcome!

You're pretty much at the max this board can handle. Many others have posted in here and mostly the board peaks @ 3GHz. It's not very quad OC friendly at all. It's a beast with dual cores though!

My own rig cannot OC at all and I get stability issues even at 2.5GHz... tried all the "golden BIOS", pencil mod etc. Just cannot get it 100% stable over stock... currently I just run it with everything on auto. It's not the fastest, but I haven't had any hiccups running stock and that keeps me happy.

Good work getting it to 3GHz though. It's a feat on this board.


Most of the guys have moved on to other boards or even new rigs. If any of them stop by, I'm sure they'll tell you the same.


Hope you stick around, OCN is full of knowledge.

Hi Christiaan,

Firstly thank you for your response. Wasn't sure if anyone would want to help given the age of my system, and the date of the last post.

Yes, I had a good read of many, many, many posts last night. Very informative.

Seems like this board does max out with quads at 3ghz. Indeed, I'm quite pleased to have achieved that, and will have to remain happy until I can afford a new rig!! haha

The 0608 bios has definitely been a help, and was easy enough to get the 3 ghz with. I suppose given the age of my system, it is to be expected to degrade over time, so perhaps it really is time to save up those pennies and try get a new i5 system (even that's kinda dated now! ).

That's a pity though about your own system, and lack of OC for you. But as we've both pointed out our p5ne's are serving us well, and we are happy!

Thanks again for you input.

Hope you have a good day.

Hi, what is your problem with ssd? I`ve bought Sata-III PCI-e x1 controller, and my ssd works fine! But every time i start my computer, i should press F8 and select it from other devices, changing boot priorities in BIOS does not help.

Does anybody OC`ed Intel Pentium E5300 at this mobo? What results can I reach with it`s 800 MHz system bus? I am currently @3.4 Ghz, no voltage modifications.

I can't comment on the E5300, but I originally had a E2140 (1.6GHz) which also had a 800 bus I believe. Got that one up to 1460 bus (2.92GHz) From what I've read, 2000 FSB is possible with dual cores on this board. Depends on your chip. I ran around 1.3v and the NB was on the 1.5xxxv setting.

Ive run an E5300 on one such board and the processors will typically make it to about 350mhz bclock before it wont go further. If you have a good chip, 4ghz is easily reachable with an E5300 on this board.

If you have a great chip you can push higher. Before i degraded my second E5300 via extreme intel burn test session, it could do 4ghz on 1.39v, which is impressive considering its a low end part. If i hadn't messed it up im pretty sure i could have clocked it up to 4.2-4.3 1.45v

Your results will vary, but good luck and have fun with the overclock

Hi! new to this page, p5n-e sli is a great motherboard. but I need the drivercd for the motherboard. tried to push my e6600 up to 4ghz (it was stable at 3.8+@air) 4ghz and it was mad at me, bluescreen and now corrupt BIOS.

Best regards
Viktor

You should be able to grab all the tools that's on the CD from the Asus website.

All downloads for mobo