The ASUS P45 Owner's Club

[alexp999]

Welcome to the ASUS P45 Owner's Club, open to all those who own or want to talk about an ASUS Motherboard based on the Intel P45 Chipset. To join, title your post "Can I join" and include your board model and BIOS in the post, click here or see the second post for all the boards eligible for entry.

Member List

alexp999 - P5Q Deluxe - 2001

Kursah - P5Q Deluxe - 2001

kyle2020 - P5Q PRO -

aCid888* - P5Q PRO - m2002

DrPepper - P5Q Deluxe - 2001

JC316 - P5Q PRO - m1104

DarkEgo - P5Q PRO - m1613

tigger - P5Q-E - 1402

Ketxxx - P5Q PRO - m2002

MikaKoo - P5Q PRO - 2002

Dice - P5Q-E - m1901

MoonPig - P5Q-E - Arrived!

End0rphine - P5Q Deluxe - m2001

randomflip - P5Q PRO - 2002

CrAsHnBuRnXp - P5Q Deluxe - m1306

comsci - P5Q - m2002

NastHabits - P5Q PRO - 1404

pabloc74 - P5Q Deluxe - 1404

ace80 - P5Q3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP @n - 1901

toyo - P5Q - 2002

pantherx12 - P5Q3 - 0609

Ninkobwi - P5Q PRO - m1404

_jM - Maximus II Formula -

Inioch - P5Q PRO - m1406

Jamborhgini313 - P5Q SE - 0901

ldarthard - P5Q - 1306

Play3r - P5Q-E/WiFi-AP -

afw - Maximus II Formula -

Hysteria - P5Q PRO - m2002

Scrizz - P5Q-E - 2001

morpha - P5Q - 1306

BUCK NASTY - P5Q PRO - m1104

FreedomEclipse - P5Q PRO - 2002

beyond_amusia - P5Q SE PLUS - 2002

Mr.Amateur - P5Q PRO - m1613

etrigan420 - P5Q Deluxe - 2005
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Highest FSB (CPU-Z Validation Required)

Quad

505 FSB on Q9550 @ 4.04 GHz by _jM

500 FSB on Q9550 @ 4.25 GHz by DarkEgo

475 FSB on X3350 @ 3.80 GHz by CrAsHnBuRnXp

465 FSB on Q9450 @ 3.72 GHz by mlee49

456 FSB on Q6600 @ 4.10 GHz by Scrizz

450 FSB on Q6600 @ 4.05 GHz by kyle2020

445 FSB on Q6600 @ 4.00 GHz by alexp999

443 FSB on Q6600 @ 3.99 GHz by DrPepper

434 FSB on Q6600 @ 3.91 GHz by Play3r

400 FSB on Q6600 @ 3.60 GHz by Kursah


Dual

570 FSB on E8400 @ 3.42 GHz by aCid888*

550 FSB on E8500 @ 3.30 GHz by ace80

533 FSB on E8600 @ 3.20 GHz by MoonPig

500 FSB on E6750 @ 4.00 GHz by tigger

500 FSB on E8600 @ 4.50 GHz by Kursah

475 FSB on E8400 @ 4.04 GHz by Jamborhgini313


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Useful Links

4 GHz OC Guide (based on MIIF)

Ketxxx's Modded P5Q BIOSes

Ket's & Tigger's P45 OC thread

Realtek X-Fi Mod Driver

ASUS Support
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[alexp999]

Latest BIOS Links

Correct as of 13th May 2009

Board | Latest BIOS | Changes Maximus II Formula |

2104​

|Improve Memory compatibility
P5Q |

2102​

|Update Express Gate to v1.4.6.2
P5Q Deluxe |

2005​

|Multiple Fixes
P5Q Premium |

2001​

|Enhance the compatibility with certain memory
P5Q PRO |

2002​

|Update Express Gate to v1.4.4.1
P5Q PRO Turbo |

0210​

|Update Express Gate to v1.4.6.2
P5Q SE |

1002​

|Multiple Fixes
P5Q SE PLUS |

2002​

|Update Express Gate to v1.4.4.1
P5Q SE/R |

0906​

|Multiple Fixes
P5Q SE2 |

0501​

|Update ExpressGate to v1.4.6.2
P5Q Turbo |

0401​

|Update ExpressGate to v1.4.6.2
P5Q WS |

1605​

|Update some production Yorkfield CPUs support
P5Q3 |

0707​

|Enhance the compatibility with certain memory
P5Q3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP @n |

2004​

|Enhance the compatibility with certain memory
P5QC |

2103​

|Enhance the compatibility with certain memory
P5Q-E |

2101​

|Update ExpressGate to V1.4.6.2
P5Q-E/WiFi-AP |

2001​

|Fix system may get unstable under the "power saving mode" of EPU. It only happens to certain CPUs

Afudos BIOS update tool V2.36

Windows 7 Chipset Beta Drivers

Windows 7 ADI AD2000B SoundMAX BlackHawk (or Supreme FX) Beta Driver

Windows 7 VIA Audio Beta Driver

(More Windows 7 Drivers and Utilities on Support pages for P5Q-E, P5Q PRO TURBO and P5Q SE PLUS)

 

[Kursah]

Great board, I've played with the Deluxe, Pro and E series, I own the Deluxe. I've used it up to 500FSB for 24/7 clocks on an e8600 at 4.5ghz, e8500 @ 4.0ghz, and now am currently running 400FSB with a q6600 @ 3.6ghz. I'm using the 1702 Asus official bios, not a modded bios as I found no benefits in my applications to ever heed any extra performance, stability or oc-ability from them, just my experience though. Very easy to find stability and good clocks on these boards, I like the 2 bios chips for sure, and have had a hard crash where the backup actually saved my a$$, plus it was cool to see it in action. Though it only uses the 0506 bios, so I had to reflash to 1201 or whatever was back when that happened. Other then that, this board's been running solid.

 

[alexp999]

You not on the 2000 bios?

Asus finally fixed the CPU diode problems in 1805, so I can finally turn PWM fan control back on now!

Would you like to join Kursah?

 

[Kursah]

Sure sign me up. Lol I haven't checked for a newer bios than 1702 for about 2 months now...hell I didn't even need to update from the 1306 I was running beyond that (the 1402's sucked for high fsb stability for me).

What CPU diode problems were you having? I'm kind of interested in that...really I haven't noticed any issues, but maybe there's an issue I didn't notice!

 

[mlee49]

Can I join?

I've got the P5Q-E! I love this baby, runs crazy high FSB and is an overclocker's dream.

I've got a 9450 at 400 FSB for my 24/7 overclock, on stock voltages. I can run some benchies or post screen shots of it as high as 3.8 at 1.45V.

Any specific requirements for membership(other than ownership)? Maybe a couple of challenges? Best FSB maybe?

 

[alexp999]

The main CPU temp (not the core temps), would randomly jump up about 20*C, for no apparent reason, I bugged Asus for ages, and in the end they just said it was now with the engineers and they were working on it. There must have been have a dozen bios updates since then, and I have tried them all, and they all do the same thing, but with 1805 it seems to be fixed!
It meant that cus my cpu fan speed was controlled by the mobo (to quieten it up when idle), if the temp decided to randomly increase, all the fans would spin up too!

Since then I have invested in fans that sound fine on 100%, and have modded some cabling to allow me to switch them off if I leave the PC on overnight.
And I was running the CPU fan off a Zalman fanmate, now though, I will get it set back up as a proper PWM fan again!

As for BIOSes, I thought it might be useful to list all the current BIOS versions, in the reserved slot, and any other info about each board.

I've got the P5Q-E! I love this baby, runs crazy high FSB and is an overclocker's dream.

I've got a 9450 at 400 FSB for my 24/7 overclock, on stock voltages. I can run some benchies or post screen shots of it as high as 3.8 at 1.45V.

Any specific requirements for membership(other than ownership)? Maybe a couple of challenges? Best FSB maybe?

No challenges, that would be unfair to people who dont OC, lol. Be good to see some high clocks and FSB's tho, got a section in the first post for it!

 

[kyle2020]

Can I join?

I have a P5Q Pro arriving tuesday, upgrading from my P5K Premium - pictures will be shown!

 

[Kursah]

Ahh gotcha, hell I rarely use the PWM functions for CPU fans anymore...reason being is the coolers I've used the AC F7P and Xig S1283 were damn quiet or very tolerable at 100%, leading no reason to mess with it. Though now I'm using the Scythe Ultra Kaze 3k fan on my Xig, I hooked that up to a spare Zalman FanMate 2 I had lying around, run it about 1.8k atm, usually around 2.1k, I hook up the yellow lead to the CPU fan header just to read rpm's anymore.

I will check out the newer bioses though, see what happens and changes.

 

[aCid888*]

P5Q Pro here.....500fsb 24/7, 530fsb for benchies and 550fsb for max clock runs all done with very little tweaking.

It's a great board, shame my P45 DFI DK didnt live up to expectations, error code 88 killed my dreams with that board.

 

[alexp999]

Just messing around with the layout a bit.

Is post 2 useful?

I.e worth me finishing?

 

[DrPepper]

Can I join P5Q Deluxe

 

[JC316]

Can I join? Asus P5q-pro with Ketxxx 1104 bios.

 

[alexp999]

Added the BIOS version into members list,

And made it so you can download you latest Bios from the table in post 2!

 

[kyle2020]

table 2 is very good.

 

[alexp999]

table 2 is very good.

Just finished it, you should see the amount of VBB code thats gone into it!

Hopefully it will help everyone tho.

If anyone thinks of anymore stuff they'd like added/changed to the first two posts, let me know.


I hope everyone is ready to help me tighten down my OC tomorrow.

I have so far got:

Q6600 @ 3.6GHz, 400 x 9, 1.4625v, Load Line Calibration Enabled
DDR2 1000 Mhz, 5-5-5-15, 2.1v, All Precharge to Activate: 4, TRFC: 45, Performance Level: 7
Everything else is on Auto.

But I wanted to get tighter timings and lower voltages if possible, oh and try and get some stuff off auto if needed.

 

[DrPepper]

My bios is 2001

 

[kyle2020]

Do you really need such high voltage for 3.6? Surely with a VID of 1.3 you should get that with 1.4V or so?

 

[alexp999]

Do you really need such high voltage for 3.6? Surely with a VID of 1.3 you should get that with 1.4V or so?

It needs 1.35v for 3.2GHz stable (tho I never actually tried lower)

And the only way I could get it stable was 1.4625v, 1.45v failed in OCCT.

Thats why I'm hoping with a little bit of help, adjusting some other voltages and frequencies, gtlrefs etc, I might be able to reduce the vcore.

But past vcore, vram, FSB and multi, I have no idea what I'm doing

I've got the P5Q-E! I love this baby, runs crazy high FSB and is an overclocker's dream.

I've got a 9450 at 400 FSB for my 24/7 overclock, on stock voltages. I can run some benchies or post screen shots of it as high as 3.8 at 1.45V.

Any specific requirements for membership(other than ownership)? Maybe a couple of challenges? Best FSB maybe?

Just noticed your sig, I guess you wont be in the club for long

 

[DarkEgo]

Can I join?

Asus P5Q pro
Ketxxx's modded bios

I can go higher, that is just my 24/7clocks.

 

[alexp999]

Asus P5Q pro
Ketxxx's modded bios
http://img.techpowerup.org/090328/Capture006693.jpg
I can go higher, that is just my 24/7clocks.

Added, and the first with a CPU-Z pic so I can add you to the FSB list.

Thats a nice OC, will be good to see 4 GHz!

I want to at least try get there on mine.

 

[DrPepper]

1mhz more on the fsb would get me that magic 4ghz. On air I should have tweaked the other voltages etc but I had no idea what they do.

 

[red268]

Oh man, you guys just aren't going to let me save my money are you?!
Now I'm really going to have to buy that P5Q .... Just wondering about Pro or E now.

 

[alexp999]

1.6v

Is that with load line calibration enabled or...? And what is the VID of that chip?

And is it stable or just enough to load CPU-Z?

I want to try and get one set of benches done on 4 GHz.

 

[alexp999]

Oh man, you guys just aren't going to let me save my money are you?!
Now I'm really going to have to buy that P5Q .... Just wondering about Pro or E now.

Definetly the Pro.

E apparently has a few issues.

Board layout, OCability etc.

Plus the Pro is cheaper!