The ASUS P45 Owner's Club

[Ketxxx]

P5Q3 BIOS 609m

Nothing special, just threw the memory and P6 table from the P5Q3 Deluxe in. Remember you use this at your own risk, I do NOT have a P5Q3 board to test this out on. Same rules apply as for the other P5Q BIOSes I mod, if your board doesn't POST after the flash, remove CMOS battery, power cord, and set CMOS jumper to "clear", leave for a few mins then power up.

 

[pantherx12]

Thanks ket will give it a whirl later.

 

[_jM]

Thanks JM, did not realise that because sometimes it comes up with a message " Your overclock has failed! press f1 to enter set up press f2 to load defaults and continue"
Will fiddle some more.

no problem man! You be surprised to see how many P45 owner that dont know what that is...

 

[4x4n]

Guys here's my P5Q-Pro cruncher set-up. Q6600, 2x2gb gskill, 2x 8800GT. After seeing this thread I might go and try and see if I can get some more out of it.

 

[Kursah]

Nice 4x4n! I wish I had that Q6600 lol, my 1.30vid runs 10C hotter than yours at 3.6ghz/1.41v! Still in the safe boundries for me, but my CPU temp reads about the same as yours in everst...which is odd. Nice results though, also nice PPD with the 8800GT's.

 

[pantherx12]

Ket, no difference but thanks for going through the hassle anyway.

_JM will you be assisting me with me E5200 fiddling again?

3.3 stable is meh compared to what some of you chaps get .

 

[kyle2020]

Nice 4x4n! I wish I had that Q6600 lol, my 1.30vid runs 10C hotter than yours at 3.6ghz/1.41v! Still in the safe boundries for me, but my CPU temp reads about the same as yours in everst...which is odd. Nice results though, also nice PPD with the 8800GT's.

I assumed my quad could only run 3.6 @ 1.38 / 1.408, but check my specs . . .

 

[Kursah]

I assumed my quad could only run 3.6 @ 1.38 / 1.408, but check my specs . . .

Yeah I noticed you had 1.32v for 3.6ghz...I didn't see how you verified it was stable though. I'm still used to needing to know it's prime stable to at least an extent, and 1.408v is what does it on my build. Is yours a 1.30vid? I thought it was lower then that?



Edit: I might have to start tuning again!

 

[kyle2020]

Yeah I noticed you had 1.32v for 3.6ghz...I didn't see how you verified it was stable though. I'm still used to needing to know it's prime stable to at least an extent, and 1.408v is what does it on my build. Is yours a 1.30vid? I thought it was lower then that?



Edit: I might have to start tuning again!

thats is wprime 32M and 1024M stable, game stable, furmark stable, '06 stable . . .

my VID is 1.26V

 

[Kursah]

Well see there ya go...1.26v Vid...I just don't think there's that much less I can get and keep stable at these Oc's on this chip...though now I am somewhat intrigued to try to hit 1.36-1.38v...it'd have to be folding stable though, which is running 24/7 on my quad...that might hinder it if there's errors and EUE's.

 

[4x4n]

Nice 4x4n! I wish I had that Q6600 lol, my 1.30vid runs 10C hotter than yours at 3.6ghz/1.41v! Still in the safe boundries for me, but my CPU temp reads about the same as yours in everst...which is odd. Nice results though, also nice PPD with the 8800GT's.

The tjmax must be wrong in everest. Go to preferences-hardware monitoring and you can set tjmax there. Opps, looks like I forgot the S, they are 8800GTS's.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Can you guys try and help me get my X3350 passed 3.8GHz? Seems no matter what setting i put it on, it freezes at the loading screen or if it gets passed that, it instantly BSOD's and reboots.

My settings:

Vcore 1.4
CPU GTL .63 and .67
CPU PLL 1.64
FSB Term 1.38
NB 1.5
NB GTL .63
SB 1.1
PCIE Sata volt 1.5
Timings are 5-5-5-15-45 with DRAM volts at 2.2v.

Im on air and cooling isnt an issue with me.

 

[Kursah]

Can you guys try and help me get my X3350 passed 3.8GHz? Seems no matter what setting i put it on, it freezes at the loading screen or if it gets passed that, it instantly BSOD's and reboots.

My settings:

Vcore 1.4
CPU GTL .63 and .67
CPU PLL 1.64
FSB Term 1.38
NB 1.5
NB GTL .63
SB 1.1
PCIE Sata volt 1.5
Timings are 5-5-5-15-45 with DRAM volts at 2.2v.

Im on air and cooling isnt an issue with me.

One thing I have found with stability on my board was keeping the NB and FSB term voltages very similar. What FSB speed are you at atm?

I leave the GTL's at auto anymore, I've never found extra clocks or stability from them, but then I've never OC'd a 45nm quad either, just 45nm duals.

Also do you have LLC enabled? What is the specific value you set in bios, what does it read in system monitoring where you modify fan speeds, etc? I though PLL was supposed to stay below 1.6v on 45nm's? Hell there are so many "rules" to 45nm chips that's part of the reason I went back to a 65nm quad that got the job done...though I am kind of wanting a 45nm quad now!

 

[kyle2020]

My bios settings, apart from FSB, multi, voltage and dram speed / voltage are all on auto

 

[Kursah]

The tjmax must be wrong in everest. Go to preferences-hardware monitoring and you can set tjmax there. Opps, looks like I forgot the S, they are 8800GTS's.

Hmm, I would've figured a little more out of them then...my G/F's 9600GT is getting 4K PPD atm pretty solid. Though it's vmodded and oc'd, see sys specs. I usually use Real Temp for core temps though, which reads the same as Everest and Core Temp for my cores...I'll leave it as I'm not worried about breaching 59-60c atm. TBH I watch the Distance to TJMax more closely than I do the reported temps from any program...which generally is around 40-45 under folding/stress, and 45-55 while gaming.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

One thing I have found with stability on my board was keeping the NB and FSB term voltages very similar. What FSB speed are you at atm?

I leave the GTL's at auto anymore, I've never found extra clocks or stability from them, but then I've never OC'd a 45nm quad either, just 45nm duals.

Also do you have LLC enabled? What is the specific value you set in bios, what does it read in system monitoring where you modify fan speeds, etc? I though PLL was supposed to stay below 1.6v on 45nm's? Hell there are so many "rules" to 45nm chips that's part of the reason I went back to a 65nm quad that got the job done...though I am kind of wanting a 45nm quad now!

I had fit help me out when i got this board sometime last year. These are basically his settings.

FSB is at 475 with a default multi. I have on idea if LLC is enabled or not. Dont recall it in BIOS.

What do you want to know specifically about fan speeds? I have no fan on my CPU. Wont fit cause it hits the NB. Still get ~30*C idle. Sometimes lower. Ive hit 19*C before.

 

[4x4n]

Can you guys try and help me get my X3350 passed 3.8GHz? Seems no matter what setting i put it on, it freezes at the loading screen or if it gets passed that, it instantly BSOD's and reboots.

My settings:

Vcore 1.4
CPU GTL .63 and .67
CPU PLL 1.64
FSB Term 1.38
NB 1.5
NB GTL .63
SB 1.1
PCIE Sata volt 1.5
Timings are 5-5-5-15-45 with DRAM volts at 2.2v.

Im on air and cooling isnt an issue with me.

Your trying to get 475 fsb with a quad, not that easy to do, plus you might be at the limit of your cpu. Have you tried 7x475 to rule out that it's fsb issue? Also, at 1.5 on the nb, you should have a fan on it.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Your trying to get 475 fsb with a quad, not that easy to do, plus you might be at the limit of you cpu. Have you tried 7x475 to rule out that it's fsb issue? Also, at 1.5 on the nb, you should have a fan on it.

I have it 24/7 stable at 475 fsb. So mission accomplished there.

I think i have tried lowering the multi and going higher on the FSB but I cant recall 100%.

 

[Kursah]

I had fit help me out when i got this board sometime last year. These are basically his settings.

FSB is at 475 with a default multi. I have on idea if LLC is enabled or not. Dont recall it in BIOS.

What do you want to know specifically about fan speeds? I have no fan on my CPU. Wont fit cause it hits the NB. Still get ~30*C idle. Sometimes lower. Ive hit 19*C before.

Load Line Calibration is near the bottom with a few settings for Spread Spectrum iirc. I enable it just to have a more solid voltage output for the CPU, that also means no voltage drop when in idle mode, as I leave on all the power saving goodies, that pretty much negates saving much for power when my Q is idling with 1.4v!

Fits is a good help, but I did notice he had to use different settings than I did because his Deluxe was the P5Q3 DDR3 version...you and I though have the same board...unfortunate I don't have the same chip as you though...

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Load Line Calibration is near the bottom with a few settings for Spread Spectrum iirc. I enable it just to have a more solid voltage output for the CPU, that also means no voltage drop when in idle mode, as I leave on all the power saving goodies, that pretty much negates saving much for power when my Q is idling with 1.4v!

Fits is a good help, but I did notice he had to use different settings than I did because his Deluxe was the P5Q3 DDR3 version...you and I though have the same board...unfortunate I don't have the same chip as you though...

Oh that. I know what your talking about now. I believe i hvae it disabled. Not 100% on that though.

The only thing that differed between the boards though was the use of DDR3.

Go buy my chip really quick so we can test.

 

[Kursah]

Oh that. I know what your talking about now. I believe i hvae it disabled. Not 100% on that though.

The only thing that differed between the boards though was the use of DDR3.

Go buy my chip really quick so we can test.

True that's the only difference, but when finding stability on similar FSB's during our e8600 oc's I had to use different voltages and settings than him for the same speeds. Though that could be narrowed down to the chips themselves, we actually had e8600's from the same batch with the same vid at one point in time. But the bioses are different to an extent of memory support, and I'm sure there's some tweaking in the NB..I know the P45's support DDR3 natively, but I have a feeling there's a little more difference than memory support and slots...great boards none-the-less though!

If i had money I would snag a good clocking 45nm quad, I think I'll wait for a good deal on a q9650 though...might be a while, but it'll happen! I prefer to have LLC on anymore, keeps voltages stable and closer to the value set in bios, which is how I like it when I oc.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I could give it a go but I dont think it will really make any difference in me gaining another 100-200Mhz of an OC.

Not sure how stable it is but uh...

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=541359

 

[alexp999]

thats is wprime 32M and 1024M stable, game stable, furmark stable, '06 stable . . .

my VID is 1.26V

Are you OCCT stable? Its the only prog I have found to accurately stress test all 4 cores on a quad.

 

[_jM]

Are you OCCT stable? Its the only prog I have found to accurately stress test all 4 cores on a quad.

Prime95 does well for me also....

 

[alexp999]

I found Prime only ever tested two cores for me, and running two iterations never loaded it like OCCT did.

Sucks that my Q6600 needs so much voltage. Mind you temps are still really good. I guess not all early G0s are good.