The ASUS P45 Owner's Club

[Scrizz]

I have got a s1283 xiggy on mine,and even with a 38mm fan on it,its still got a inch twixt cooler and ram.

just like me i got the 38mm beast on there
i love my P5Q-E

 

[ace80]

Back here again, got my P5Q3 again, this time with a xeon 3220, only got it to 3.5 so far but it can do more.

Welcome back, good to see someone else with a P5Q3.
How you finding it? Had any funky issues?

 

[pantherx12]

I've had all sorts of funky issues with this board!

The biggest one being I thought I had cracked 5ghz, but no, with this board rather then failing to boot, set its multi to 6 by its self *face palm*

Also after I save settings to the bios sometimes it likes to lock up and I have to switch it off. via the mains.

Sometimes it doesn't automatically realise the over clock failed so won't even get into bios, but I learnt a quick way to clear the cmos without removing the battery.

Unplug computer from mains, press power button to insta-drain the power and thus wipe the cmos to default.

Other then that its a pretty sweet board!

Can nearly crack 500fsb which I don't think is bad for a P45 at all, especially not a top end one.

 

[Grnfinger]

ooo I wanna play

 

[pantherx12]

Nicely done, I didn't realise water cooling was so effective.

 

[ace80]

I've had all sorts of funky issues with this board!

The biggest one being I thought I had cracked 5ghz, but no, with this board rather then failing to boot, set its multi to 6 by its self *face palm*

Also after I save settings to the bios sometimes it likes to lock up and I have to switch it off. via the mains.

Sometimes it doesn't automatically realise the over clock failed so won't even get into bios, but I learnt a quick way to clear the cmos without removing the battery.

Unplug computer from mains, press power button to insta-drain the power and thus wipe the cmos to default.

Other then that its a pretty sweet board!

Can nearly crack 500fsb which I don't think is bad for a P45 at all, especially not a top end one.

Thought so, pretty much all you said happens to me. Glad you found your way round them. 99% of my problems are usually cleared by just unplugging from mains.
My biggest pain is sometimes when it won't boot due to ocing, i have to remove 1 stick of ram then its fine.
500fsb is easily done on a duo even on all auto settings, i couldn't say for quads though. You'll get there!

 

[pantherx12]

Its a shame that the board is purely supported by Asus.

As I said, other then its quirks its nice!

Other then a fan header decided to burn its self out as well : /

Glad in a way that someone else has the same problems, I thought I had epic bad luck.


Here's another P5Q3 quirk, atleast with my own.

Not enough volts for your OC? No problem! P5Q3 will just disable some cores.

1.40645 volts gets me a dual core, 1.41 volts gets me a tri core.

 

[Dice]

Im out, went P55. see you around peeps.

 

[ace80]

Hey Panther, i was viewing some of the other threads and noticed your p5q3 died. What happened?
Its true its poorly supported by asus. Just been on their website and compared yours to my deluxe and there's plenty more updates for mine, hell their still releasing updates.

 

[johnspack]

Just bought and paid for a p5q deluxe. Think I'll have a few questions.. like gtl settings for nb and cpu now that I have those...

 

[BababooeyHTJ]

Just bought and paid for a p5q deluxe. Think I'll have a few questions.. like gtl settings for nb and cpu now that I have those...

I allways refer people to the XS GTL thread stickied in the intel section. There is some really good info there that helped me out a lot. It's not really a cut and dry answer. Your optimum values will change based on VCC, VTT, FSB, vNB, etc. They can be a pain to set but helped my drop my VCC and I wouldn't have gotten my board stable without nbGTL settings with 8GB or ram.

 

[johnspack]

One final question... is it possible to get an co e8400 24/7 stable at 4ghz on this deluxe mobo, or would I be beating my head against the wall? Edit: on air....

 

[BababooeyHTJ]

One final question... is it possible to get an co e8400 24/7 stable at 4ghz on this deluxe mobo, or would I be beating my head against the wall? Edit: on air....

Easily, no doubt about it. I ran 425x9 on my 780i and my C0 wasn't the best clocker in the world. A small bump in VCC and my deluxe was running 445x9 stable and could do more but that chip really liked the volts.

 

[Delta6326]

Hello i have a P5Q pro and i love it im about to try and OC my Q6600 any ides on what i should try and set my Voltage and FSB to for trying to get a 3.2ghz? check system specs for more

 

[BababooeyHTJ]

Hello i have a P5Q pro and i love it im about to try and OC my Q6600 any ides on what i should try and set my Voltage and FSB to for trying to get a 3.2ghz? check system specs for more

It's going to vary with every chip. You'll just need to do some tweeking and find out what yours likes.

 

[johnspack]

Darn NCIX, have to wait another day for my deluxe? This is killing me... Plus my old athon mobo is bad sick now, can barely stay online, here asus mobo, mobo! My ascents are sceaming for a real mobo!
Edit: they just shipped today, Tuesday! Now I have to wait for Canada post, gawd help me....

 

[pantherx12]

Hey Panther, i was viewing some of the other threads and noticed your p5q3 died. What happened?
Its true its poorly supported by asus. Just been on their website and compared yours to my deluxe and there's plenty more updates for mine, hell their still releasing updates.

Hey, well actually it was my fault, when I was taking the true back plate off it go stuck, so I had to lever it off, but doing so scratched the board, and thus buggered up the electrical lanes

Got a new one back from RMA now though

Initially I thought it wasn't as good as my last, but no core locking problems!

hell even the bios options work correctly, when I apply an over clock it actually resets and works! and if the over clock is to much it will reset too AMAZING


I have a question though, there is an area of Mofsets on the board, without a heatsink, I decided to put a heatsink on these, you know on the off chance it might improve overclocking, but the thing is they don't get hot AT all, what they hell are they for?


Also anyone familiar with q6600 or xeon 3220?

I'm needing much more volts then I should for 3.5 ghz (1.45 in bios) Is there any other voltages or settings I should fiddle with?

I've put the NB voltage up to 1.44, other then that most things are on auto.

 

[MoonPig]

best off asking Kyle, his Q6600 is golden, so it should clock similar to yours.

 

[pantherx12]

He's never around when I need him

The cheek!

 

[Grnfinger]

Hey, well actually it was my fault, when I was taking the true back plate off it go stuck, so I had to lever it off, but doing so scratched the board, and thus buggered up the electrical lanes

Got a new one back from RMA now though

Initially I thought it wasn't as good as my last, but no core locking problems!

hell even the bios options work correctly, when I apply an over clock it actually resets and works! and if the over clock is to much it will reset too AMAZING


I have a question though, there is an area of Mofsets on the board, without a heatsink, I decided to put a heatsink on these, you know on the off chance it might improve overclocking, but the thing is they don't get hot AT all, what they hell are they for?


Also anyone familiar with q6600 or xeon 3220?

I'm needing much more volts then I should for 3.5 ghz (1.45 in bios) Is there any other voltages or settings I should fiddle with?

I've put the NB voltage up to 1.44, other then that most things are on auto.

CPU PLL and FSBT will lower vcore, proper GTL settings will also help but this is usually for high FSB
Still have my Q6600 tucked away it was to good to sell once I was done with it.

 

[pantherx12]

Could you recommend some settings I could try ?


like what to set CPU PLL etc.

 

[Grnfinger]

Could you recommend some settings I could try ?


like what to set CPU PLL etc.

sure I'll hunt up my templates and post them
my runs were done on a X38 board but you should be able to adapt the setting easily

 

[pantherx12]

Thanks will really help me out!
If I can get 3.6ghz at 1.45 volts I'll be happy.

 

[Grnfinger]

Hope it helps

Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : Auto
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 425
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1133
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 3
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 42
Write Recovery Time : 6
Read to Precharge Time : 3

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 8
Write to Read Delay (S) : 3
Write to Read Delay (D) : 5
Read to Read Delay (S) : 4
Read to Read Delay (D) : 6
Write to Write Delay (S) : 4
Write to Write Delay (D) : 6






CPU Voltage :
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.60 ( my board overvolted so it was 1.71 real)
North Bridge Voltage : 1.51v
DRAM Voltage : 2.10
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.40
South Bridge Voltage : 1.050
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : 0.63x
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.67x
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : DDR2-REFF
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : DDR2-REFF
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2-REFF
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5v

NB LED Selection : NB Volt
SB LED Selection : SB Volt
CPU LED Selection : CPU VOlt
Voltiminder LED : Enable

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

Advanced CPU Configuration
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
C1E Suppport : Disabled
CPU TM Function : Disabled
Vanderpool Technology : Disabled
Execute Disable Bit : Enabled
Max CPUID Value Limit : Disabled

 

[pantherx12]

Cheers, hopefully it helps!

Will give it a try when I'm back from the post office


Edit: no joy : [ think the CPU is past its prime.