**- Official Asus P5K Thread -**

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P5K Deluxe

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BIOS

PK53 Deluxe
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P5K-E

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P5K

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P5K SE

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General Links

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P5K3 Premium/WiFi-AP

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Blitz Extreme

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P5KC

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P5K WS

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P5K64 WS


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*work in progress*

I will be mainly focusing on the P5K Deluxe and the P5K3 Deluxe, these are the boards that are going to sell the most, have the larger user base and are more widely available, i will however add P5K and P5K-E info if requested.

P5K Deluxe

BIOS

 Version 0311
P5K Deluxe Release BIOS 0311
Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com.tw/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

New BIOS is much better than the one supplied with the board, memory command rate is now supported (T1 or T2), though it is hard to boot with T1 with tuned settings.

Memory divider bug has been removed, all dividers are now functional and as stable as each other.

Non functional memory sub menu has been fixed and can now be used to tune memory for compatibility or speed, speed resulting in a small boost in memory dependant apps.

Board now boots when voltage on FSB Termination and MCH voltage is increased, before the board would not boot or would become unstable.
Voltage regulation has become more stable and auto options set voltage slightly higher than stock bios auto voltage.

Cold restart problems have been solved, board no longer powers down on restart above certain FSB.

Cold CMOS clear function has been updated and no longer requires a cold start to clear a failed overclock.

POST hanging issue has been resolved, takes slightly longer to POST than original bios but no longer hangs if a setting is incorrect or a peripheral is not functioning correctly.

General overclock ability across the range of CPU's has been improved over stock bios, quads are seeing a slight improvement in max clock and max stable clock with dual core users seeing the same results but with smaller increases.

 IRQ has been tweaked.

OLD BIOS

 Version 0202
DELUXE Release BIOS 0202

First Release.
Pros:



  1. The CPU Voltage Damper in the BIOS greatly reduces the terrible vdroop problem Asus are well known for, with an x3210, with 1.4 set in the BIOS under load i get 1.38-9
  2. High memory clocking like P5B Deluxe/Commando with upto 2.55 volts on the vdimm line
  3. High Kentsfield quad core FSB - 480-500FSB is expected from this board and very good clocking quad cores or QX chips
  4. Recovers well from bad overclocks, no need to take out battery as often
  5. Area around cpu is clear of intrusions for large coolers and phase.
  6. Stock auto performance is very good and is around the same speed in terms of memory bandwidth/super pi as a tweaked p965.
  7. Great clocks across the board on all cores, expect higher clocks on a cpu if you think it had some speed left in it, my old pentium D gained 200mhz extra from using this board.
  8. Board is great at stock and will overclock well if you keep the chipset cool, p35 does not generate much heat but it likes to be kept cool
Cons:
  1. Lack of PS/2 mouse port - bad for kvm users and ps2 users (move on to usb tbh)
  2. No power/reset/clear cmos buttons
  3. Seems to suffer picky dividers see here
  4. Divider in picture above will not work no matter what ram used, voltage or any other setting even if the ram can go much higher than the value offered.
  5. Damm Heatpipes.....
P5K3 Deluxe

BIOS

Version 0413P5K3 Deluxe Release BIOS 0413
Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com.tw/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

 OLD BIOS
Version 0301
P5K3 DELUXE Release BIOS 0301

First Release.

P5K

BIOS

Version 0414
P5K BIOS update file (version 0414)
Fix the issue when replace the battery, cpu trapping frequency will show 1333.
 
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Triple channel ram :confused:

That's new to me, i even had a 680i, even the nvidia wasn't that smart with the memory!

*edit* Just read the manual for the first time, blimey that is smart :D
 
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No, it's still at one if you use forum defaults.

And that is a thread about cooling mod, this is for resources, updates and problems. Luckily it doesn't have any big problems as of now. :)

What are you after in this thread?
 
Red ones are master, black ones are slave, if you plug 2 drives in, one on red the other on black it will prioritise the one on the red connector.

The jmicron controls the IDE and the 2 esata connectors on the I/O panel, its for people who want to boot off raid or use raid on the external esata ports.

That was the old way of flashing it, when i flashed mine i just had the version number as my filename '0311.rom' in the root of the drive.

If you use raid you need to make a disk if you are using separate disks install or using 1 drive you don't need any drivers as the ports are emulated by the controller as standard ports.
 
Open your manual to page 2-28 if you don't think im right about slave/master :)

You can enable ahci in the bios, its in one of the sub menu's on the first tab.

*edit you have, good*
 
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Fair enough...I did read allright that NCQ does squat in a lot of situations.
Might be better off leaving it as IDE then.

I see the board has support for 1066mhz memory....So say I had some 8500 stuff and set the speed to 1066mhz in the bios, does it use a divider to keep it at 1066mhz while keeping the cpu fsb at 266mhz. My Intel Bad Axe2 used do that. You could set the memory to 800mhz but the cpu would still stay at stock until you overclocked the fsb.

Any recommended settings for nb, sb, cpu voltage etc..
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keep everything at auto apart from cpu voltage, memory settings & voltage

enable voltage damper

disable clock spectrum


Yes you can use various dividers to get above or below the fsb speed, what you state is what intel boards do.

Haha must be the beer. Factor of 10 out. Actual voltage under reads by -0.02. eg. If I request 1.40 I actually get 1.38 but a solid 1.38 that doesnt vary under load. Nil vdroop for me so far with asus probe.

I did the pencil mod of my P5N32 which gave me about 0.01-0.02 vdroop under load but the reqested voltage was spot on.

Very pleased so far seems rock solid.

Not sure I would swap any of the top end boards for one but anyone looking for a new board wouldn't go far wrong.

One thing I dont like is the sata layout. Its OK with my GTS 320 but anything bigger if your running 4 disks will be an issue. Pretty much blocks the first 2 connectors, not good. Not sure if the cables will fit with a GTX?
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I use all 6 ports with my quadro 4600 (same size as a gtx) and i have no problem with them. Make sure you use angled sata for the ones nearer the edge of the board as it makes it soooo much easier.
 
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Use the yellow slots.

Take the battery out and move the cmos reset jumper to short position, with the power supply unplugged, leave it for about a minute.
Plug psu back in, place jumper back in correct position and place battery back in, see what happens. :)
 
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How hot high is everyones' NB temperatures on the P5K Deluxe? Mine hits 46 degrees Celsius on a stock E6600 after it's been idling for a few minutes. It seems rather high, so i probably wont have much headroom to overclock my CPU much. What do you think, and what's the best way to lower these temperatures? I'm thinking of reseating it with AS ceramic and aim a small fan at it.
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My mainboard sensor actually gets hotter than the cpu! :D:eek:

42c idle and 52c load after 5 hours of prime with a 92mm zalman over the northbridge area.
 
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