The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

[nitrotg]

Originally posted by: dlxmax

Originally posted by: nitrotg
I was thinking about trading this board to a P5B Deluxe.. whould that be a stupid move? cant get it over 1500fsb so either i should wait and hope theres comes a better bios or just trade it in :/

I don't think it's the board that's the problem. Your Vcore is only at 1.325v! Many people here are running at 1.4v or more to achieve higher speeds.

I have tryed all the way up to 1.5v.. truest me.. i have tryed everything

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: nitrotg

Originally posted by: dlxmax

Originally posted by: nitrotg
I was thinking about trading this board to a P5B Deluxe.. whould that be a stupid move? cant get it over 1500fsb so either i should wait and hope theres comes a better bios or just trade it in :/

I don't think it's the board that's the problem. Your Vcore is only at 1.325v! Many people here are running at 1.4v or more to achieve higher speeds.

I have tryed all the way up to 1.5v.. truest me.. i have tryed everything

Have you tried 1700/800

 

[nitrotg]

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I have tryed all the way up to 1.5v.. truest me.. i have tryed everything[/quote]

Have you tried 1700/800[/quote]

I have tryed everything between 1500/800 to 1900/800 the cou is orthos stable all the way up to 1850 but as i sayed rams problems start with 1500 and get worse the higher i get up..

Have tryed every volt there is both on cpu/memory/NB.. no change at all..

Have disable all the tings in bios.. same.. have tryed using both the yellow and black slots..

and im sure its not the rams coz it did the same with my old Corsair 6400 set..

So u tell me whats left to try

 

[acivick]

nitrotg, have you tried just using one stick of ram at a time to see if that affects anything?

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: acivick
nitrotg, have you tried just using one stick of ram at a time to see if that affects anything?

Hey, acivick
Long time no see. How's everything going? Make any progress? Seems like all the original members have moved on or there tired of listening to me.

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: nitrotg

I have tryed all the way up to 1.5v.. truest me.. i have tryed everything[/quote]

Have you tried 1700/800[/quote]

I have tryed everything between 1500/800 to 1900/800 the cou is orthos stable all the way up to 1850 but as i sayed rams problems start with 1500 and get worse the higher i get up..

Have tryed every volt there is both on cpu/memory/NB.. no change at all..

Have disable all the tings in bios.. same.. have tryed using both the yellow and black slots..

and im sure its not the rams coz it did the same with my old Corsair 6400 set..

So u tell me whats left to try



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I say try a new board. RMA the board to Asus and get another

 

[acivick]

Originally posted by: Core2

Hey, acivick
Long time no see. How's everything going? Make any progress? Seems like all the original members have moved on or there tired of listening to me.

Haven't really been messing with things recently. I basically just went back down to stock for the time being. Just ordered a Rev 3.3 DS3 from ClubIT a few days ago to see if a different MB changes things as I really don't think this board likes my memory much.

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: acivick

Haven't really been messing with things recently. I basically just went back down to stock for the time being. Just ordered a Rev 3.3 DS3 from ClubIT a few days ago to see if a different MB changes things as I really don't think this board likes my memory much.

Nice! Let me know how you like it. You couldn't get a friend to let you try some different memory? Do you think thats whats holding you back? I would think if you set your ram to 800MHz and don't have any memtest errors that increasing the FSB should not cause issues with the memory. I could be wrong. Well good luck and keep me posted on that board. I didn't' even know they were released. I'll have to check it out.

Edit: With support for 1333FSB that E6600 should run smooth with that board. Any review boards up yet?

 

[GreyGeezer]

Just a quick THANK-YOU to Core2, Adder1971, and everyone else I have missed...

This board is a GEM.

I'm running->
Asus P5n-E SLI (Bios 0202)
Xeon 3060 (L631B115)@3401 379*9 Tuniq 120/Microcool North Pole XE NB cooler/Evercool VC-RE mounted on the SB
2GB G.Skill (F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK) PC2 6400C4 4-4-4-12 2T AUTO
1*74GB Raptor
2*200GB 7200.9 Seagate Sata ll
Pioneer 111D writer
Lite-On 20a1p-186 writer
EVGA 7800GS/22" Mitsubishi CRT
Hercules Game Theater XP sound card/Klipsch 4.1 speakers
Sunbeam NUUO 550ps
Cooler Master Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP ATX Case
Vcore - 1.36875
Vdimm - 1.92
NB - 1.563

I decided to retire my trusted, but old DFI NF3 Ultra 250GB/A64 3000+ when I could not play a dvd, work in Excel and print at the same time. My Abit AT8-32X/Opty170 has no problems with these tasks...
I started reading up on the new Intel chips. And boards. Till my head hurt.
A major factor in my choice of the 650i chipset was finding 2 PATA and an LPT! I wanted my writers on separate IDE, and my printer is only LPT.

A few posts at , xtremesystems, and AnandTech's review sealed the deal for me. I treated this thread as my roadmap, and ALL the people who posted were my guides.

I am very pleased with my system.

Superpi 1.5xs(1M)
Xeon3060@ 3400 - 15.406
Opteron170@ 2650 - 32.344

Again EVERYONE, thank-you!

 

[dlfcobra]

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Originally posted by: dlxmax

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Originally posted by: nitrotg
I was thinking about trading this board to a P5B Deluxe.. whould that be a stupid move? cant get it over 1500fsb so either i should wait and hope theres comes a better bios or just trade it in :/
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I don't think it's the board that's the problem. Your Vcore is only at 1.325v! Many people here are running at 1.4v or more to achieve higher speeds.



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I have tryed all the way up to 1.5v.. truest me.. i have tryed everything


hey, nitrotg try 1800fsb with vcore auto and nb auto just set your ram and maybe even try looser timings? i've got C4 rated ram but i can't get stable at C4 so i have it at 5-5-5-15@1000 instead of 800 and that did the trick for me, before i was unable to get past 1400 FSB i couldn't even get 1700FSB stable but 1800 works..

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: GreyGeezer
Just a quick THANK-YOU to Core2, Adder1971, and everyone else I have missed...

This board is a GEM.

I'm running->
Asus P5n-E SLI (Bios 0202)
Xeon 3060 (L631B115)@3401 379*9 Tuniq 120/Microcool North Pole XE NB cooler/Evercool VC-RE mounted on theSB
2GB G.Skill (F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK) PC2 6400C4 4-4-4-12 2T AUTO
1*74GB Raptor
2*200GB 7200.9 Seagate Sata ll
Pioneer 111D writer
Lite-On 20a1p-186 writer
EVGA 7800GS
Sunbeam NUUO 550ps
Cooler Master Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP ATX Case
Vcore - 1.36875
Vdimm - 1.92
NB - 1.563

I decided to retire my trusted, but old DFI NF3 Ultra 250GB/A64 3000+ when I could not play a dvd, work in Excel and print at the same time. My Abit AT8-32X/Opty170 has no problems with these tasks...
I started reading up on the new Intel chips. And boards. Till my head hurt.
A major factor in my choice of the 650i chipset was finding 2 PATA and an LPT! I wanted my writers on separate IDE, and my printer is only LPT.

A few posts at , xtremesystems, and AnandTech's review sealed the deal for me. I treated this thread as my roadmap, and ALL the people who posted were my guides.

I am very pleased with my system. Superpi 1.5xs(1M) Xeon3060@ 3400 - 15.406 Opteron170@ 2650 - 32.344

Again EVERYONE, thank-you!

Welcome GreyGeezer
Glad we could help. I'm starting to like those Xeon's. Nice Job. Everything looks great with that OC you have. Keep up the good work. Nice, Very Nice

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: dlfcobra
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hey, nitrotg try 1800fsb with vcore auto and nb auto just set your ram and maybe even try looser timings? i've got C4 rated ram but i can't get stable at C4 so i have it at 5-5-5-15@1000 instead of 800 and that did the trick for me, before i was unable to get past 1400 FSB i couldn't even get 1700FSB stable but 1800 works..

Did you try and lower you ram voltage to 1.92 - 2.08?

 

[Core2]

Sorry double post.

 

[dlfcobra]

Originally posted by: Core2

Originally posted by: dlfcobra
quote:

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hey, nitrotg try 1800fsb with vcore auto and nb auto just set your ram and maybe even try looser timings? i've got C4 rated ram but i can't get stable at C4 so i have it at 5-5-5-15@1000 instead of 800 and that did the trick for me, before i was unable to get past 1400 FSB i couldn't even get 1700FSB stable but 1800 works..

Did you try and lower you ram voltage to 1.92 - 2.08?

wouldn't boot!!! so i just said f@#$ it and am going to run it at 5-5-5-15@1000 for the time being, it's only 800MHz ram so i figure that normally its 4-4-4-12@800 so 5-5-5-15@1000 can't be much slower?? 3dmard scored it slightly lower... not much maybe 5-10 points

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: dlfcobra

Originally posted by: Core2

Originally posted by: dlfcobra
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hey, nitrotg try 1800fsb with vcore auto and nb auto just set your ram and maybe even try looser timings? i've got C4 rated ram but i can't get stable at C4 so i have it at 5-5-5-15@1000 instead of 800 and that did the trick for me, before i was unable to get past 1400 FSB i couldn't even get 1700FSB stable but 1800 works..

Did you try and lower you ram voltage to 1.92 - 2.08?

wouldn't boot!!! so i just said f@#$ it and am going to run it at 5-5-5-15@1000 for the time being, it's only 800MHz ram so i figure that normally its 4-4-4-12@800 so 5-5-5-15@1000 can't be much slower?? 3dmard scored it slightly lower... not much maybe 5-10 points

Ok, Ok Don't get upset. Calm down it's only a computer. I thought your were going to take a poke at me.

 

[Core2]

Check this link out for some good ram and OC. Also note the new x6850 chip

http://vic.expreview.com/index.php

 

[D3xx]

Have there been any other i650 based boards released recently that are better than the p5n-e?

 

[dlxmax]

Originally posted by: D3xx
Have there been any other i650 based boards released recently that are better than the p5n-e?

MSI has a couple out now, and more are coming. But whether they are better or not remains to be seen. Inital reviews of those MSI boards stated that they lacked some overclocking tools in the bios.

 

[dlfcobra]

Originally posted by: Core2

Originally posted by: dlfcobra

Originally posted by: Core2

Originally posted by: dlfcobra
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hey, nitrotg try 1800fsb with vcore auto and nb auto just set your ram and maybe even try looser timings? i've got C4 rated ram but i can't get stable at C4 so i have it at 5-5-5-15@1000 instead of 800 and that did the trick for me, before i was unable to get past 1400 FSB i couldn't even get 1700FSB stable but 1800 works..

Did you try and lower you ram voltage to 1.92 - 2.08?

wouldn't boot!!! so i just said f@#$ it and am going to run it at 5-5-5-15@1000 for the time being, it's only 800MHz ram so i figure that normally its 4-4-4-12@800 so 5-5-5-15@1000 can't be much slower?? 3dmard scored it slightly lower... not much maybe 5-10 points

Ok, Ok Don't get upset. Calm down it's only a computer. I thought your were going to take a poke at me.

lol i'm not upset....lol just wondering why the hell it'll let me overclock the ram to 1000 but at looser timings.. it's werid but it's rock solid at those settings..

 

[darkshippo]

Does anyone have a compatibility issue with OCZ Gold XTC PC6400 on P5N-E SLI??

 

[Core2]

I'll tell ya if the Freezer7 Pro stays at its price or goes higher. I'm getting this baby next time. Check this thing out.

Ultra ChillTEC CPU Cooler

Now thats a serious cooler

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: D3xx
Have there been any other i650 based boards released recently that are better than the p5n-e?

I have been following this one and it looks promising. More of a upgraded P5N-E SLI or a downgraded Striker.

ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus Forum

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: darkshippo
Does anyone have a compatibility issue with OCZ Gold XTC PC6400 on P5N-E SLI??

Why? Are you having problems? I'm sure someone has them and can comment.

 

[jkcheng122]

some updates on my system. while system was overall stable and would boot at 4-4-4-12-1T with trc at 11, i would occasionally get memory address errors playing WoW. i relaxed timings to 5-5-5-15 and havent had any issues since.

 

[Core2]

Is that 5-5-5-15 1T 11tRC