The ASUS P45 Owner's Club

[Kursah]

Trial and error, trial and error. Like I've already said if your not OCing the mBIOSes will give you better compatibility for dual and quad channel memory configurations. I also pointed out 2001s was the first shot at a super BIOS

Seriously though, whats happen to TPU? Knowledge seems to of... deteriorated since I've been gone. Its like people here don't even know how to hotflash anymore Honestly, if you don't know how to recover from BIOS testing, do NOT volunteer for it in the first place, or at least scrub up on HOW to hotflash.

I totally agree knowing how to hotflash is a must if your board has removable bios chips, fortunately for this board having 2 is a plus! I'm impressed with the crashfree thus far with my one experience with it...worked like a charm, no need for hotflashing...which is kind of sketchy in the first place imo...after the first time or two it's not a big deal. On this board though it shouldn't be necessary, though alex has proved it can be in some situations.

But ket I am OC-ing....it's just my level of OC doesn't need anything too custom or crazy, my nb/sb/fsb voltages are all low, really the only thing I had to raise was CPU voltage. But I'm only running 400FSB, which is nothing on this board...less than nothing...but hell it nets me 3.6ghz easy enough! Memory compatability doesn't much matter...my ram has been stable at it's 1066 clocks, relaxed timings and 2.0v...I decided oc-ing/tuner ram just isn't worth the cost or bandwidth as it has no affect on gaming...which is priority #1 for this rig!

I'll wait and see how your Super Bios materializes, I have no doubts you'll create another bios mod that is highly successful, it's people like you that help keep the modding and oc-ing community going. That stuff just isn't for some people, but if it's released I may give it a go...might even try to push my Q a tad further with it. I should see what 3.8ghz needs...

BTW, it is nice to see you back over this way Ket!

 

[Ketxxx]

When I'm not tired (unlike now, its almost 4am..) I may write up a bunch of guides to help increase knowledge again here. Wish I knew what happen for things to get to the stage of people not knowing how to hotflash, thats basic stuff Oh and don't worry, I plan to stick around real life is mostly what peeled me away.

 

[Kursah]

That's cool Ket. There are definately priorities to life, I'm actually engaged and getting married this fall, so pretty excited for that...probably the biggest thing I have going in real life, but hey I'm happy! But it's good to have your presence back on TPU, definately wasn't the same without ya!

 

[alexp999]

Just cus I didnt know hotflash doesnt mean everyone doesnt, lol.

And I volunteered, becuase as far as I was concerned, the backup BIOS would have kicked in if it didnt work. But it decided not to, lol.

Doesnt matter I got it fixed in the end, and I was actually getting the hang if it. Its quite simple really, just the initial panic of doing something you dont know and thinking you have f*cked up.

I'd do it again

 

[red268]

http://img.techpowerup.org/090402/SS013-20090403.jpg
And the obligutory cup of tea shot

Does anyone know why the pics don't just show up, when i preview post they're there but when i submit they change to a link. I'm using tpu capture.

Yeah!! Tea Power Up!!

Also, I had that problem with the pictures too. They were in IMG tags, then they changed to a link, but when I edited the post, they were fine. Not to worry!

 

[Ketxxx]

That's cool Ket. There are definately priorities to life, I'm actually engaged and getting married this fall, so pretty excited for that...probably the biggest thing I have going in real life, but hey I'm happy! But it's good to have your presence back on TPU, definately wasn't the same without ya!

What size ball an chain would you like to be fitted with? During my travels in real life I saw lots of naked boobies and life has been good in general It would be perfect If I could figure out why my OC is unstable

 

[Ketxxx]

No new post yet? for shame i45ers, FOR SHAME!

 

[aCid888*]

Not had any time to test higher FSB speeds yet as I've been busy.

I think I'm going to get my loop running sometime this weekend so I'll get around to it then I expect.

My FlexII's don't like to go any higher then 1252mhz 5-5-5-15 @ 2.2v and that's fine, I have some Mushkins that do close to 1300mhz 5-5-5-15 @ 2.4v so they will be making a return too.
The FlexII's don't allow me to use my OCZ RAM cooler, and I like to keep my memory cool and with me going water I'm very paranoid about my RAM temp's so I think I'll give my girlfriend the 4GB kit and stick with the Mushkins as they clock higher.

Some pictures of the rig to come soon...


I should of put at least one 'ma' in there for Ket...you made me laugh in the other thread.

 

[Ketxxx]

I just can't stand wiggers/chavs

 

[aCid888*]

Ket Chav

 

[Ketxxx]

If I had £1 for every time I wanted to do that to a wigger or chav I would be VERY rich right now

 

[aCid888*]

If we got paid for that I think we'd both be rich now lol

Thinking about upgrading my BIOS.....wondering if I'd see any improved FSB speeds as my board has done 550fsb a few times but I can't seem to get it there again (I forgot to save the settings in the OC profile and I've forgot them!) and all I can go to now is 530 as I have it saved in my Profiles along with my 24/7 4GHz settings.

Any solid idea if a new BIOS will give better FSB results?

 

[Ketxxx]

99.99% of people on XS reported higher FSBs with my mBIOSes, so based on that I'd say your chances are better than average

 

[aCid888*]

I need m0ar p0woarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr from my board for my endless pursuit of higher benchmarks.....higher stable FSB will help a lot as my GTX+ is flat out at its current clocks (see SysSpecs for more info)

I may try your BIOS later this weekend and see if I can get some more from this rig.

Current BIOS:

 

[kyle2020]

Check out my [FS] thread please

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=90049

In return, I will disclose pictures of my quad @ 3.2 on low low voltage.

 

[aCid888*]

Free one for you in the FS thread.

 

[aCid888*]

Currently testing 4.25GHz (500x8.5) @ 1.40vCore for 24/7 settings...if that fails or I get bored I'll give 530x8 or 550x7.5...I will get decent FSB/Core clocks before I'm done!

 

[kyle2020]

hmm . . . how low can I go?

Thats wprime and game stable. I want 1.3V dead on though!

 

[aCid888*]

Get rid of that damn Q6600 and join the rest of us sane P5Q owners and get some 45nm E8xxx action! You'll get some tool on iDiotBay to buy it off you for some ridiculously inflated price and then you can buy something else.

Maybe even a low end 45nm Quad? (Q9400/9550)






Good volts there and that does appear to be about what the VID is on your Q6600....stock volts for nice clocks, cant beat it.

 

[kyle2020]

Get rid of that damn Q6600 and join the rest of us sane P5Q owners and get some 45nm E8xxx action! You'll get some tool on iDiotBay to buy it off you for some ridiculously inflated price and then you can buy something else.

Maybe even a low end 45nm Quad? (Q9400/9550)






Good volts there and that does appear to be about what the VID is on your Q6600....stock volts for nice clocks, cant beat it.

Hey, she can go lowerer:

I honestly considered getting rid of this at one point and getting an 8400, but theres no point now, not seeing as i7 is calling us all out, and that will be my next upgrade.

 

[aCid888*]

Pick up someones S775 Quad off the bay on the cheap and you can potentially upgrade for free......no need to go i7 yet.

Still didnt tell me what CoD4 version you play and where are you from in Notts?

 

[kyle2020]

Pick up someones S775 Quad off the bay on the cheap and you can potentially upgrade for free......no need to go i7 yet.

Still didnt tell me what CoD4 version you play and where are you from in Notts?

S775? what?

Im running what ever version it is when you install the game, and I live just outside of sutton

Guess what? Under 1.3V and an increase on my wprime score from last time

 

[pabloc74]

p5q deluxe tested on a q9550, i want to join!

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=475086

 

[aCid888*]

Socket 775? lol

Get me on xfire if you have it (aciddance) and we will play some CoD4 how it should be played.
Alfreton.

Nice OC there Pab.

 

[kyle2020]

Why would I get a quad when I already have one?

And tattys selling his soon, I might start saving . . .