*** Unofficial ASUS P6T / Deluxe / v2 Thread ***

[harbin]

Originally posted by: Byte
Did they remove the 775 heatsink support from the v2 of the Deluxe?

There is only one set of holes on V2, so I guess they did remove 775HSF support on V2.

 

[PUN]

received i7 920 + P6T + CM V8.
Took 3 hrs to install (mostly cable management) and boom!!! no boot.
tried diff vidcard, diff ram but no luck. fans, lights, vid fan, hd, dvdrw all power up but no display. 8 pin + 24pin both plugged, etc...had to RMA the board....sux

I'm real excited as I have the 3843A batch (same as Chizow). Newegg was nice enough to refund my doa p6t (upon receival) and I had to buy another p6t. Newegg always ships the stuff the next day (warehouse near me) so I'll post some results on monday!

 

[PUN]

Update: my previous board was fine...it was my DVI port on my 24" that failed, resulting in no post.

Just did XMP,
Multiplier 21X
BClk 175
Vcore 1.265 (showing 1.312v under CPUID)
Everything else auto

Running nice so far...will o/c higher as I finish installing updates on my vista 64

UPDATE: Running stable @ 3.9ghz 1.27v (under bios, reported 1.31v under cpuz)
Running it with Crucial 1333 DDR3 4x2GB ($80shipped for 8GB from newegg)

 

[iCyborg]

Originally posted by: harbin
Why asus hasn't update BIOS on V2? I want the sleep mode fixed!

They haven't? V1 got 1403 version, I normally don't upgrade BIOS, but this sleep thing made me, it really is annoying.
Anyway, the info for the BIOS update says it only happens when bclk is over 170MHz, so if you can live with that, it's worth a try...

 

[harbin]

Originally posted by: iCyborg

Originally posted by: harbin
Why asus hasn't update BIOS on V2? I want the sleep mode fixed!

They haven't? V1 got 1403 version, I normally don't upgrade BIOS, but this sleep thing made me, it really is annoying.
Anyway, the info for the BIOS update says it only happens when bclk is over 170MHz, so if you can live with that, it's worth a try...

i flashed V1 1403 BIOS to V2 last week. I am able to select 21x after the flashing. But sleep mode is still not working when Bclk>=200Mhz, didn't try <200.

 

[PUN]

21x and sleep mode works on p6t...but bclk is at 190

All this is being powered from your PSU you had sold me

 

[harbin]

Originally posted by: PUN
21x and sleep mode works on p6t...but bclk is at 190

All this is being powered from your PSU you had sold me

Are you suggestting it's a PSU problem on V2 I am running now?

Glad the PSU is working good for you.

 

[PUN]

Originally posted by: harbin

Originally posted by: PUN
21x and sleep mode works on p6t...but bclk is at 190

All this is being powered from your PSU you had sold me

Are you suggestting it's a PSU problem on V2 I am running now?

Glad the PSU is working good for you.

what happens when you enter a sleep mode? does it not wake up? is the display off but does the system restores (hear/see the comp lights/fans)? I am sure you had not changed the bios setting S3 with vid post.

Try changing your PSU or connect separate (if modular) or different 6pin cable to your vidcard.

 

[iCyborg]

It can't be PSU, and the BIOS update confirms it's a MB issue. I torture tested with prime and occt for hours, gaming and everything works with no problems, so waking up from sleep shouldn't be because PSU has issues.
And in my case, after restart I could ALWAYS wake up from sleep the first time, but if I go to sleep twice without restarting, it would NEVER wake up the second time. The LED lights in the PC go on, but there's no video signal. And it's not just video, USB ports don't power on either. I had also suspected that Vista's sleep had some issues with this MB, but since after applying that BIOS update it works fine now, it's clearly MB's fault.

 

[PUN]

Originally posted by: iCyborg
It can't be PSU, and the BIOS update confirms it's a MB issue. I torture tested with prime and occt for hours, gaming and everything works with no problems, so waking up from sleep shouldn't be because PSU has issues.
And in my case, after restart I could ALWAYS wake up from sleep the first time, but if I go to sleep twice without restarting, it would NEVER wake up the second time. The LED lights in the PC go on, but there's no video signal. And it's not just video, USB ports don't power on either. I had also suspected that Vista's sleep had some issues with this MB, but since after applying that BIOS update it works fine now, it's clearly MB's fault.

but harbin still has problem even after the updated bios.
if just video not waking up, i'd try diff 6pin. If all, then psu.

 

[tomt4535]

Does anyone know of some good aftermarket VGA cooling that will fit in the top 2 PCIe slots on the P6T vanilla? I have 2 8800GTs in SLI and they get HOT so I want some better cooling. All the good coolers Ive looked at are too big to fit in the slots. Ive heard the Thermaltake duorb might work, but Im unsure.

 

[iCyborg]

Originally posted by: PUN
but harbin still has problem even after the updated bios.
if just video not waking up, i'd try diff 6pin. If all, then psu.

yeah, but he used V1 bios to update his V2 board, perhaps there's a reason why there are different versions for V1/V2 on ASUS website. also, using a fairly high bclk doesn't help either.

 

[RMB]

I just put my system together last night and have been working a few things out. Perhaps, someone can help.

My goods: Asus p6t deluxe v2, 3x 640 WD black, Radeon 4830, 12gb OCZ cas 7, 3 ware raid 9650se 4 port, 4x 1TB WD black. Vista 64 ultimate.

I wanted to put one 640gb drive as the OS with the other two as a Raid 0 but I don't think the chipset will allow that separation. One OS and a scratch drive should suffice. Maybe I'll throw OSX on the spare to play with.

Anyway, what I am pondering now is the Raid card. I have it on the PCIE x 4 slot and I wondering if I should move it over to the other PCIE x 16 slot. It's my understanding that a solo vid card in the blue x16 slot is best for graphics performance. And if I move the raid card over that might downgrade the x16 bandwidth. So, I might be best to leave the Raid card in the x4. I'm not gaming, so video performance could be sacrificed a little I suppose. I'd hate to bottleneck the Raid 5 array performance with it in the x4 slot over an x8 or x16 though. What I am not sure of where the bottleneck on the card is. I suspect the x4 has more bandwidth than the raid 5 array can generate. But, I am not certain that is true.

Any advice is apprecaited.

 

[RMB]

A little more digging reveals that the card should be good in the Pcie x4 slot. I'll leave it there for now and test it out.

 

[RMB]

And the actual results are the same. The 3ware card will not boot the 3ware bios in either slot. I keep getting a "PMM insufficient Ram" conflict. It appears this is a bios issue that other Asus boards have had and resolved through a bios update. I'll try an earlier bios to see if I can work around it. I don't expect it to work, but, I'll try and turn off the second gigabit controller and maybe the firewire controller too. That might free up some space in the bios for the PMM maybe.

On the other issue, I was able to get the onboard RAID working with two drives in Raid 0 and one non raid drive for the OS. I made the mistake of keeping things simple and installing Vista 64 with the drives/bios in IDE mode; then flipping it over later. No go with that idea. I found a very helpful post in the Asus forums that spells out the routine nicely.

I'm a little behind the 8 ball with this build and Vista64 but I'll catch up.

 

[PUN]

shouldn't you set your Raid0 as your OS drive and one drive as storage?
Set RAID for those two, and IDE for the storage one.

 

[RMB]

I have the OS on its own 640gb disc. The raid 0 on the ICH10R is for scratching video and temporary work. The Raid 5 (3ware) array that I have been working on is for storage. I might change the OS and Raid 0 options in the future. But, that is how it is at this time.

Anyway, I did get the build to finally load the 3ware bios last night. Except, I have no idea what I did that fixed it. It just worked all of a sudden. I tried the things I mentioned above. While it was posting with the 0102 bios loaded it let me in to the 3ware bios. I cheered. Except, none of the drives were showing up. I looked around a bit in there and exited with high hopes. The next words to show on the post screen were "the 3ware bios failed to load". s%$#. In the bios I had to reset the storage settings for the onboard raid and turn off the stuff I wanted off, plus the new stuff I wanted to test. Upon the next post, the 3ware would not let me in to the bios again. Why the fluke? I was also getting a warning that I needed to update the bios for full cpu functionality. So, this bios would not be a permanent fix had it worked. I booted up the system and flashed the bios back to 0302; with expectations of waiting for a solutions from Asus.

During the process of resetting the new new bios I tried to alt-3 in to the 3ware again (just for kicks I guess). I be danged if it didn't let me in again. Same problem as before though, no drives showing on the controller. Weird. I double checked the connections and there it was. Loose at the board. I snapped it in. Bingo. We got drives.

I did what I needed to do in there and exited. The next screen message was very nice to see. "The 3ware bios is successfully loaded".

The array initialized last night, I assigned and formatted it this morning, and now I have a 2.7GB Raid 5 array to test before use.

Sweet. So, it works but I don't know why! lol

 

[2March]

Another P6T calling in.

Been running for a while with a stock cooler but the pushpin mechanisme gave up on me so I went to a Hyper Z600. It looks like a good cooler. Running it without fans at the moment at 3.6 GHz. Going to get a 120mm soon. I was thinking about getting a Noctua 12P but noticed that in tests it wasn't doing too good. Besides I have to pay an extra 15 euro's package and delivery while Z600 was available here in my home city. So it will have to do for now.

Still running the original BIOS cause I haven't been able to push the system to the max yet without appropriate cooling. Will see how far it will go now. I'm not going to flash unless I have to. The board itself is doing OK. I really dislike the whole Express gate stuff but have it disabled now. Hyperthreading is still sending my temps through the roof so I'm doing without it at the moment.

Vcore is 1.18-1.19 at the moment. Real Temp is 70 degrees full load

One thing I noticed: since not many are using the normal downdraft fans anymore, what are we going to do about the clock (or power regulator?) coolers? I have two special fans from ASUS but no way they are going to fit with this cooler and I doubt other coolers are leaving more space. I have no way to check their temps so I will have to see what happens. Did anyone run into trouble with this yet or figured out an alterative way to cool them?

 

[PUN]

update your firmware even if u don't need them. If you decide to upgrade your CPU in the future with D0 stepping, it won't work with the current bios.

 

[RMB]

And, for what it is worth, I can't get back in to the 3ware bios. It still loads, but I can't get in to change anything without flashing back to the first bios I imagine. I wanted to rebuild the array with a different block size for testing. I'll leave it as is for now and wait for a bios update from Asus. No response from them as they are probably working on it.

Also, the array does not initialize in a Windows 7 environment. I dual booted the RC yesterday. I can't install the control software in any compatibility mode either. No surprise there.

 

[Tweakin]

Originally posted by: 2March
Another P6T calling in.

Been running for a while with a stock cooler but the pushpin mechanisme gave up on me so I went to a Hyper Z600. It looks like a good cooler. Running it without fans at the moment at 3.6 GHz. Going to get a 120mm soon. I was thinking about getting a Noctua 12P but noticed that in tests it wasn't doing too good. Besides I have to pay an extra 15 euro's package and delivery while Z600 was available here in my home city. So it will have to do for now.

Still running the original BIOS cause I haven't been able to push the system to the max yet without appropriate cooling. Will see how far it will go now. I'm not going to flash unless I have to. The board itself is doing OK. I really dislike the whole Express gate stuff but have it disabled now. Hyperthreading is still sending my temps through the roof so I'm doing without it at the moment.

Vcore is 1.18-1.19 at the moment. Real Temp is 70 degrees full load

One thing I noticed: since not many are using the normal downdraft fans anymore, what are we going to do about the clock (or power regulator?) coolers? I have two special fans from ASUS but no way they are going to fit with this cooler and I doubt other coolers are leaving more space. I have no way to check their temps so I will have to see what happens. Did anyone run into trouble with this yet or figured out an alterative way to cool them?

That is a real issue on the new i7 boards...and as you read through the forums you will see more and more jumping on Water Cooling. I removed my entire heat pipe assy and cleaned and reapplied all the paste along with new thermal pads for the MOSFETS and VR's...Load temps are better, but if I game or crunch for any length of time...you can't touch those sinks...

I think we all feel the pain!

 

[PUN]

Originally posted by: Tweakin

Originally posted by: 2March
Another P6T calling in.

Been running for a while with a stock cooler but the pushpin mechanisme gave up on me so I went to a Hyper Z600. It looks like a good cooler. Running it without fans at the moment at 3.6 GHz. Going to get a 120mm soon. I was thinking about getting a Noctua 12P but noticed that in tests it wasn't doing too good. Besides I have to pay an extra 15 euro's package and delivery while Z600 was available here in my home city. So it will have to do for now.

Still running the original BIOS cause I haven't been able to push the system to the max yet without appropriate cooling. Will see how far it will go now. I'm not going to flash unless I have to. The board itself is doing OK. I really dislike the whole Express gate stuff but have it disabled now. Hyperthreading is still sending my temps through the roof so I'm doing without it at the moment.

Vcore is 1.18-1.19 at the moment. Real Temp is 70 degrees full load

One thing I noticed: since not many are using the normal downdraft fans anymore, what are we going to do about the clock (or power regulator?) coolers? I have two special fans from ASUS but no way they are going to fit with this cooler and I doubt other coolers are leaving more space. I have no way to check their temps so I will have to see what happens. Did anyone run into trouble with this yet or figured out an alterative way to cool them?

That is a real issue on the new i7 boards...and as you read through the forums you will see more and more jumping on Water Cooling. I removed my entire heat pipe assy and cleaned and reapplied all the paste along with new thermal pads for the MOSFETS and VR's...Load temps are better, but if I game or crunch for any length of time...you can't touch those sinks...

I think we all feel the pain!

Right after running prime, i touched the mosfet and almost burnt my finger!!! These things get really hot.

 

[plethora87]

Hello,

I'm looking at getting a P6T and Radeon HD 4770. I need to utilize both legacy PCI slots though. Just want to make sure I'll be able to use the 4770 in, say, slot 2 so that the legacy PCI slots are available?

 

[PUN]

yeah
if it doesnt fit, just move the vid card to different slot.

 

[2March]

Originally posted by: PUN

Originally posted by: Tweakin

Originally posted by: 2March
Another P6T calling in.

Been running for a while with a stock cooler but the pushpin mechanisme gave up on me so I went to a Hyper Z600. It looks like a good cooler. Running it without fans at the moment at 3.6 GHz. Going to get a 120mm soon. I was thinking about getting a Noctua 12P but noticed that in tests it wasn't doing too good. Besides I have to pay an extra 15 euro's package and delivery while Z600 was available here in my home city. So it will have to do for now.

Still running the original BIOS cause I haven't been able to push the system to the max yet without appropriate cooling. Will see how far it will go now. I'm not going to flash unless I have to. The board itself is doing OK. I really dislike the whole Express gate stuff but have it disabled now. Hyperthreading is still sending my temps through the roof so I'm doing without it at the moment.

Vcore is 1.18-1.19 at the moment. Real Temp is 70 degrees full load

One thing I noticed: since not many are using the normal downdraft fans anymore, what are we going to do about the clock (or power regulator?) coolers? I have two special fans from ASUS but no way they are going to fit with this cooler and I doubt other coolers are leaving more space. I have no way to check their temps so I will have to see what happens. Did anyone run into trouble with this yet or figured out an alterative way to cool them?

That is a real issue on the new i7 boards...and as you read through the forums you will see more and more jumping on Water Cooling. I removed my entire heat pipe assy and cleaned and reapplied all the paste along with new thermal pads for the MOSFETS and VR's...Load temps are better, but if I game or crunch for any length of time...you can't touch those sinks...

I think we all feel the pain!

Right after running prime, i touched the mosfet and almost burnt my finger!!! These things get really hot.

Good to get some input on this problem. I was rather worried about it.

I'm going to visit my local electronics shop because last time I was there I noticed they had some pritty wierd looking cooler solutions. There may be something there that fits. I don't think it needs to be that powerfull considering the airflow wasn't really that great there anyway with the stock cooler.