The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

[Skajohyros]

OK ! during 2 hrs of orthos my core temps ranged from 62-72 degrees. can anyone tell me what's considered normal.

IDLE TEMPS
CPU :34
MB :38
CORES : 42

LOAD TEMPS
CPU:43-45
MB:38-39
CORES:62-72

if I'm running hot,please let me know

thanks

 

[NineInchNick]

CoreTemp does NOT work well with this motherboard. The only software that may show you decent temps is TAT (Intel Thermal Analysis Tool) but it works, from what i've heard, on Vista only - so no chance for me to try it out right now.

Orthos is stable at 1,52something V.... wouldn't want to run that on my cpu-box heatsink right now either. Especially since I can only guess what the CPU Temp actually is. The only thing that works for me is the finger-on-the-heatsink method. The stock hs seems to be running cool, no mather what the voltage. The NB heatsink is another thing though... :/

 

[NineInchNick]

CoreTemp does NOT work well with this motherboard. The only software that may show you decent temps is TAT (Intel Thermal Analysis Tool) but it works, from what i've heard, on Vista only - so no chance for me to try it out right now.

Orthos is stable at 1,52something V.... wouldn't want to run that on my cpu-box heatsink right now either. Especially since I can only guess what the CPU Temp actually is. The only thing that works for me is the finger-on-the-heatsink method. The stock hs seems to be running cool, no mather what the voltage. The NB heatsink is another thing though... :/

EDIT: Oops double post. Sorry.

 

[Tuvoc]

I'm not sure why you say Core Temp doesn't work well on this board. Seems to work perfectly

Intel's TAT is the one that will NOT run on this board, I'm told it only runs on Intel chipsets, although I haven't tried it

 

[Skajohyros]

so, am I frying my CPU or not?(if it really reaches 72)

 

[Skajohyros]

i'm using SpeedFan 4.32, any ideas why i don't have FANx Divisor.

 

[Tuvoc]

Originally posted by: Skajohyros
so, am I frying my CPU or not?(if it really reaches 72)

I don't believe so, no. If the CPU isn't throttling, then it is operating within Intel specs
Try RMClock, it will show if the CPU is throttling or not
http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmclock.shtml

 

[NineInchNick]

Originally posted by: Tuvoc
I'm not sure why you say Core Temp doesn't work well on this board. Seems to work perfectly

Intel's TAT is the one that will NOT run on this board, I'm told it only runs on Intel chipsets, although I haven't tried it

TAT works, but only under Vista. CoreTemp gets me from 35 degrees in idle to 75 (orthos) in like 5 seconds - too fast for my taste. Just to make sure i 'felt up' the cpu heatsink throughly after a while of stress-testing and it was cool to the touch. I guess we'll never be sure, unless someone posts results from an external temperature monitoring tool (hardcano anyone?)

I don't believe so, no. If the CPU isn't throttling, then it is operating within Intel specs

Before that, make sure to enable Thermal throttling in BIOS.

 

[Derik75]

I just updated to BIOS 0505 and now my OC options (FSB settings) are grayed help. Help please!

 

[NineInchNick]

Originally posted by: Derik75
I just updated to BIOS 0505 and now my OC options (FSB settings) are grayed help. Help please!

1. Whaaat?
2. do a full scale CMOS discharge.
(if it doesn't help)
3. re-flash old bios

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: darkshippo
I've used the new CoreTemp and it gives me temperatures LOAD with Orthos both cores at 70C.

What is your CPU temp? I have two other computers that can run Intel's TAT and the difference between core temps and CPU temp is never more than 5 - 9 degrees Celsius at load or idle. Both are running Core2 processors E6300 and E6400. All these programs claim they can report core temps accurately. Their getting close. The only one that can is TAT and it doesn't run with Nvidia's chipset.

http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tat1cg6.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tat2na3.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tat3xv4.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tat4sz8.jpg

 

[Derik75]

I tried resetting the CMOS (Taking out the battery, placing the jumpers over 2 and 3, then replacing on 1 and 2 and reinserting the battery) but I dont think it is resetting. When my computer starts up it stays at the BIOS screen and I am unable to press del to enter it. I am unable to do anything but stare at this bios screen.
Please help.

 

[NineInchNick]

You can risk a flash in windows, using the bios update software. I've read, that some people had problems flashing that way, but I personally did it twice on two different systems (both equipped with the P5N-E SLI) and it worked just fine. During flashing, the system will seem to have stalled for around 30 seconds, but after that pause it just goes on flashing, and everything works OK.

 

[Derik75]

And how do I do that?

I am unable to get past the Asus P5N-E startup screen.

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: Derik75
I tried resetting the CMOS (Taking out the battery, placing the jumpers over 2 and 3, then replacing on 1 and 2 and reinserting the battery) but I dont think it is resetting. When my computer starts up it stays at the BIOS screen and I am unable to press del to enter it. I am unable to do anything but stare at this bios screen.
Please help.

Were you OC when you flashed the bios? What was the state of the computer when you flashed it ( FSB )? You can try a long reset say 10 -20 min with the computer unplugged, pins jumped, battery out. Try one stick of ram in different slots. If that doesn't do it, leave it unplugged all night with with the battery out and the pins jumped

 

[Derik75]

It was OC'd when I flashed it. I was able to get into the BIOS once and I flashed from 0505 to 0401 and same thing happened. I wanted to flash down to 0202 but it wouldn't let me. That was the only BIOS that was stable for me so I am trying to get back to it.

When I am able to enter the BIOS from CMOS clearing I just exit out and it restarts into the same loop where it get stucks at the BIOS screen and I am unable to press del.

 

[Derik75]

I could only come across one thread that had any similarities to my problem. What do you think it is? What causes the opening screen to not let me use the keyboard to enter the BIOS?

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: Derik75
It was OC'd when I flashed it. I was able to get into the BIOS once and I flashed from 0505 to 0401 and same thing happened. I wanted to flash down to 0202 but it wouldn't let me. That was the only BIOS that was stable for me so I am trying to get back to it.

When I am able to enter the BIOS from CMOS clearing I just exit out and it restarts into the same loop where it get stucks at the BIOS screen and I am unable to press del.

You have to use the awdflash utility to flash a downgraded ROM file. Instruction's are in the manual

 

[GreyGeezer]

Curiosity got the best of me... I flashed to 401. I should have stayed with 202. My temperatures are higher with the new bios. Before I had ~40C at idle/3.4Ghz, now I had ~46c idle. And was pushing over 60C in Orthos. Too rich for my blood, so I backed off my overclock to 3.2Ghz, and lowered my Vcore to 3.625 .

Doesn't seem like much, but lowered my idle to 41/42C and load to ~56C. Orthos, 3DMark 06 stable for 8 hours. Lost 0.80 seconds in Super Pi 1M...

 

[CikaNovo]

Originally posted by: NineInchNick

I don't believe so, no. If the CPU isn't throttling, then it is operating within Intel specs

Before that, make sure to enable Thermal throttling in BIOS.

How do you enable Thermal throttling,is it Internal Thermal Control option in BIOS?It is disabled by default,but I have it on auto.That's it,right?

Tuvoc,how do I enable throttling monitoring in RMClock?One more thing,can't you push your 4x1GB any higher than 711 mhz?

 

[Tuvoc]

Originally posted by: CikaNovo

How do you enable Thermal throttling,is it Internal Thermal Control option in BIOS?It is disabled by default,but I have it on auto.That's it,right?

Tuvoc,how do I enable throttling monitoring in RMClock?One more thing,can't you push your 4x1GB any higher than 711 mhz?

Throttling has to be enabled in the BIOS, I can't remember the exact name but what you say sounds right. It is definitely disabled by default (WHY ?) and you set it to auto. I've only used RMClock to see if throttling is happening, not turn it on or off - although I think it does that too

RAM - this board has horrible problems with 4 x 1GB sticks, and no it won't run 800. It just doesn't boot. BIOS upgrades are a pain, because clearing CMOS sets it to 800, and I always have to remove a RAM stick to get it to boot before I can change settings, then put it back in. But 711 works perfectly, and the speed difference would be minimal

 

[imported_Zip]

has anyone had any problems with 2gb of ram as 4*512mb sticks? i already have 1gb in 2 512's and wondering whether the 512's suffer the same as the 4*1gb's

 

[Tuvoc]

Originally posted by: Zip
has anyone had any problems with 2gb of ram as 4*512mb sticks? i already have 1gb in 2 512's and wondering whether the 512's suffer the same as the 4*1gb's

I think 4 x 512 is fine, I'm pretty sure Core2 runs that configuration
The brand of RAM and the RAM chips themselves are critical for this board in terms of compatibility, so no guarantees....

 

[CikaNovo]

Tuvoc,what version of RMClock you use,i've downloaded the one from the link you posted,and that is CPU Rightmark Lite.I can't see option for throttling monitoring?As for the RAM you're completely right,800 MHZ compared to 711 MHZ makes no difference at all.

EDIT:I've found the right one,it's RightMark CPU Clock/Power Utility version 2.2,and unfortunately it told me that my CPU is throttling at 3.2 ghz!

 

[imported_Zip]

its going to be exactly the same as whats already in there. seems to be 100% compatable so far