The ASUS P45 Owner's Club

[Ketxxx]

Alex will add you in due time

 

[aCid888*]

Thought I'd post a couple of pictures of my blocks.

First is the Koolance VID-487 that was supposed to cool my 1GB 4870, but seeing as someone as UPS decided the card would look better in their case, it never got here so the block is wasted at the moment.

This is the Koolance CPU-345, just took it apart to clean it and I will be installing it sometime this week (I hope).

Both the above have BP compression fittings on them..I said they was 3/8" before but they are 1/2", my mistake.


More to come.....

 

[MoonPig]

Someone stole my 4870 too! The bastards!

Been traveling from Canada to the UK for 6 weeks... lol.

 

[kyle2020]

Thats looking amazing alex, the green just . . . works! Very nice indeed, and it looks amazing with the green highlighting all the components with the black backdrop . . . Im in love

Oh! and some new from my end!

Alex's fans arrived today (4xSharkoon 14cm 900RPM) and my gosh - they make 12cm fans look like 8cm ones. Installed two up top in the place of my XLF's* and one on the bottom intake of the 690 - well this screenshot says it all:

My GTX used to idle @ 40 - 50 degrees, im very impressed. And even at the full 900RPM, they are damn silent but shift a tonne of air. Yes, im a silence freak

*my 2 12cm Xigmatek XLF fans are up for sale now, £5 a piece. Let me know if you want one or both!

 

[alexp999]

Thats looking amazing alex, the green just . . . works! Very nice indeed, and it looks amazing with the green highlighting all the components with the black backdrop . . . Im in love

Oh! and some new from my end!

Alex's fans arrived today (4xSharkoon 14cm 900RPM) and my gosh - they make 12cm fans look like 8cm ones. Installed two up top in the place of my XLF's* and one on the bottom intake of the 690 - well this screenshot says it all:

http://i39.tinypic.com/es3pjd.jpg

My GTX used to idle @ 40 - 50 degrees, im very impressed. And even at the full 900RPM, they are damn silent but shift a tonne of air. Yes, im a silence freak

*my 2 12cm Xigmatek XLF fans are up for sale now, £5 a piece. Let me know if you want one or both!

Now your GTX idles the same temp as mine!

Why dont you use the XLF's in place of the front and rear 120's?

And I'm gonna load up Photoshop today and make us a nice logo.

 

[Ketxxx]

Anybody else notice theres more people using my mBIOS than the asus versions?

 

[comsci]

Can I join(Member's List)

Board: P5Q vanilla(m2002)
HD: VelociRaptor 300G x 2(RAID-0)
VD: Asus 9800GTX+
PW: 80% up 600W
RAM: DDR-2 1066 2G x 2

 

[alexp999]

Board: P5Q vanilla(m2002)
HD: VelociRaptor 300G x 2(RAID-0)
VD: Asus 9800GTX+
PW: 80% up 600W
RAM: DDR-2 1066 2G x 2

Welcome to TPU

Will add you now, and can you go here and fill out your system specs, ensuring the drop down to show system specs is set to yes.

Anybody else notice theres more people using my mBIOS than the asus versions?

Looks like you just got another one!

 

[Ketxxx]

See that Asus? My BIOSes are better than yours

 

[alexp999]

See that Asus? My BIOSes are better than yours

Arent your BIOSes all based of the P5Q Premium Bios tho?

They got at least one right. The rest is just marketing, so that not all the Asus P45 boards are equal.

 

[Ketxxx]

Not entirely, they have their limits. They do increase CPU and memory OCs 99% of the time tho and your guaranteed better dual and quad channel memory support. Theres a lot more CPU support too.

 

[alexp999]

So for example. What have you added on top of the standard P5Q deluxe 2001 bios? Cus I might be willing to give it a try if it yields a better OC.

 

[Ketxxx]

Going from memory this is what I remember people reporting, there may be more I'm forgetting.

Higher FSB
Better CPU clock (as in, less volts needed and/or better CPU speed)
Better memory OCs (some report a full 100MHz better memory OC)
Better memory support for dual and quad configurations
Memory Pull-ins fixed
More CPU support
Better stability

 

[kyle2020]

Really could do with a Vdroop fix - in bios my cpu voltage is set to 1.32, but it drops to 1.28 in windows

Still runs 100% stable though

 

[alexp999]

Really could do with a Vdroop fix - in bios my cpu voltage is set to 1.32, but it drops to 1.28 in windows

Still runs 100% stable though

Is that with LLC enabled?

Mine doesnt budge with it on, if anything it goes up slightly.

Going from memory this is what I remember people reporting, there may be more I'm forgetting.

Higher FSB
Better CPU clock (as in, less volts needed and/or better CPU speed)
Better memory OCs (some report a full 100MHz better memory OC)
Better memory support for dual and quad configurations
Memory Pull-ins fixed
More CPU support
Better stability

What have you actually modifed to do that though?

 

[kyle2020]

Load line calibration is on

 

[alexp999]

Load line calibration is on

And it still drops. Dunno then. Maybe I got lucky with this board.

What BIOS you using?

 

[Ketxxx]

Simply just swapped various chunks of code and added some.

 

[alexp999]

Simply just swapped various chunks of code and added some.

From the Premium or Maximus?

So is it basically the stock BIOS with all the good bits from the better boards?

 

[Ketxxx]

Sometimes Premium, other times Maximus. All any modded BIOS is is the original + improvements.

 

[alexp999]

I've just updated to your 2001 mBIOS.

I see you dont do the boot logo anymore. Will see if I can lower voltages on my CPU, for a start.

 

[Ketxxx]

Boot logo I included in the pack, just didn't change it in the BIOS as people kept whining about not being able to see it, so I included the logo for them to change themselves.

 

[alexp999]

Boot logo I included in the pack, just didn't change it in the BIOS as people kept whining about not being able to see it, so I included the logo for them to change themselves.

Fair enough, I disable it anyway.

It also appears that I now have more steps available to choose from for the CPU voltage, is that normal? Or did I just not notice before?

 

[alexp999]

Rather than dropping the CPU voltage I have decided to try for a better OC.

It booted at 4 GHz, but I couldnt get it passed the Windows logon screen.

Just stress testing 3.8 GHz now.

 

[mlee49]

Damn it Ketxxx I really should have flashed to your bios for my E. I kick myself for not at least trying it, guess its cause I'm so (1337)^-1

Anyways, looks like my membership will expire soon. I have a buyer lined up for the E and I will be sitting at a 939 system for a while. I must say that I've loved the P45 board and it's awesome power! Hopefully this forum will help new P45 owners overclock and get familiar with the BIOS as that is the heart of OC'ing.