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redknight333 · 24 Nov 2007 at 23:12

ok i've installed this motherboard the p5k-e wifi, and when i'm
playing audio some xvid files theres a random crackle, infact anything
really with audio the system is running fine otherwise.
My system is

p5k-e wifi
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB
Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair)
corsair 2*1gb 800mhz
Sapphire ati 2900 HD pro 1gb
Thermaltake 750w psu

anybody got some way of fixing this.

lay-z-boy · 24 Nov 2007 at 23:55

PinkFloyd said:
Any known issues with this board and using 4 sticks of ram?
My system is overclocked, but ram is on a divider so its running at stock pc6400 speeds.

No issues what so ever with 4x 1gig sticks.

fulcrumer · 25 Nov 2007 at 07:47

PinkFloyd said:
Any known issues with this board and using 4 sticks of ram?
My system is overclocked, but ram is on a divider so its running at stock pc6400 speeds.

No - unless you count the usual lower clock than with 2gb.

jk1001 · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:17

Hi there - I have a query on the latest BIOS for the ASUS P5K-E mobo that I'm hoping a few forum members can help with. I recently upgraded the BIOS on my mobo from v602 to v806, but then found overclocking much more difficult with the new BIOS - a higher voltage was requried to achieve the same FSB (340) and it was not Orthos stable. I double checked the BIOS settings and all were set as before the BIOS upgrade. All thoughts welcome.....

vocch · 26 Nov 2007 at 10:35

jk1001 said:
Hi there - I have a query on the latest BIOS for the ASUS P5K-E mobo that I'm hoping a few forum members can help with. I recently upgraded the BIOS on my mobo from v602 to v806, but then found overclocking much more difficult with the new BIOS - a higher voltage was requried to achieve the same FSB (340) and it was not Orthos stable. I double checked the BIOS settings and all were set as before the BIOS upgrade. All thoughts welcome.....

There is a vcore problem in new bios...it turns out to be lower than what you set it at....have a look here.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=165637&highlight=P5K-E+BIOS

jk1001 · 26 Nov 2007 at 14:13

vocch said:
There is a vcore problem in new bios...it turns out to be lower than what you set it at....have a look here.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=165637&highlight=P5K-E+BIOS

Thanks for the link - it explains a lot. I thought I was on to something when the temps went down - now I know why LOL! :rolleyes:

tsinc80697 · 27 Nov 2007 at 01:00

Does anyone know of any problems with Vista 64bit and audio drivers?I keep downloading them from the Asus website but they refuse to run on Vista Ultimate 64bit, anyone got a link that they know definitely contains working drivers?

jk1001 · 27 Nov 2007 at 10:18

tsinc80697 said:
Does anyone know of any problems with Vista 64bit and audio drivers?I keep downloading them from the Asus website but they refuse to run on Vista Ultimate 64bit, anyone got a link that they know definitely contains working drivers?

Don't know if it helps but my P5K-E WiFi works fine with Vista 64 and the latest audio driver download from the Asus support website.

jk1001 · 27 Nov 2007 at 10:21

mrk said:
I've not encountered any issue - I only got a BSOD when overclocking the ram too or making the timings tighter when oc'd but that's to be expected for 4 sticks of 5-5-5-12 6400 ram.

Hi - I have 2 x 1GB sticks of PC8500 DDR2 but I did notice that my P5K-E WiFi board didn't recognise it as PC8500 and reported it as PC6400, both with the 602 BIOS and the latest 806 BIOS. However, I have set the DRAM Frequency to 1088 (5:8 divider I think) in BIOS with Auto Voltage and it works fine. You could try setting the DRAM Frequency and timings manually in BIOS and see what you get.

tsinc80697 · 27 Nov 2007 at 11:42

jk1001 said:
Don't know if it helps but my P5K-E WiFi works fine with Vista 64 and the latest audio driver download from the Asus support website.

Any chance of a direect link to the ones you used as every exe I get just doesnt install!

jk1001 · 27 Nov 2007 at 14:36

tsinc80697 said:
Any chance of a direect link to the ones you used as every exe I get just doesnt install!

Unforunately the Asus website doesn't make it easy to supply a direct link and the drivers may vary depending on what derivative of the P5K you have. All the drivers should be on http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

redknight333 · 28 Nov 2007 at 22:24

How do u turn off wifi on the p5k-e wifi board i've turned it off in the bios and xp is still picking it up in device manager?

Wingz · 28 Nov 2007 at 22:30

redknight333 said:
How do u turn off wifi on the p5k-e wifi board i've turned it off in the bios and xp is still picking it up in device manager?

The new bios will have it enabled for some reason so the only thing you can do is disable it in Device Manager or flash back to 0602.

jk1001 · 29 Nov 2007 at 09:35

redknight333 said:
How do u turn off wifi on the p5k-e wifi board i've turned it off in the bios and xp is still picking it up in device manager?

This sounds strange - you could try turning of the "PnP OS" option in BIOS if it's turned on and see if that makes a difference, else just disable in Device Manager.

jk1001 · 29 Nov 2007 at 09:37

Hi Wingz - I have an unrelated question for you please. I note from your signature that you have 2GB Ballistix 8500 - just wondering how high you've managed to push this in terms of frequency and voltage?

.Lethal · 29 Nov 2007 at 11:06

Hi all.

I apoligise in advance as I am in work and dont have time right now to trawl through 20 pages.

My question is I have noticed the P5K Premium is on offer this week and I am very tempted to buy in the next hour along with the Q6600 that is also on offer this week.

I bought 4GB of RAM a few days from OcUK that was on offer last week (Corsair 2GB pack x2 C4 RAM).

Would all of this go well together? Some motherboards seem to be giving RAM low scoring on the vista thing (when I know some give 5.9 for my particular ram, some give low 5.3 and I wonder is that due to a poor motherboard etc).

I would really appreciate some feedback on this board (if it is terrible PLEASE SAY!!).

If I have missed something important in this thread (which I assume I have) could you please direct me to it if you have time?

I know I should do this myself but if I leave it until end of the day it won't be delivered tomorrow and the P5K Premium has 8 boards left at present in stock.

Wingz · 29 Nov 2007 at 12:16

jk1001 said:
Hi Wingz - I have an unrelated question for you please. I note from your signature that you have 2GB Ballistix 8500 - just wondering how high you've managed to push this in terms of frequency and voltage?

I've not really check to see how high I can push them or mess with the timings but I did have them running at 500Mhz @ 4-4-4-12 with 2.25v but now running them at 600Mhz @ 5-5-5-15 with 2.15v.

tsinc80697 · 29 Nov 2007 at 17:38

Still got no sound, tried every driver on the Asus website that I can find :/

Does anyone know if a Fuzion block will fit on the motherboard ok ?

redknight333 · 29 Nov 2007 at 19:58

jk1001 said:
This sounds strange - you could try turning of the "PnP OS" option in BIOS if it's turned on and see if that makes a difference, else just disable in Device Manager.

i'm sure i left off PnP in the bios because i'm running xp so it can't be that

jk1001 · 30 Nov 2007 at 12:37

Wingz said:
I've not really check to see how high I can push them or mess with the timings but I did have them running at 500Mhz @ 4-4-4-12 with 2.25v but now running them at 600Mhz @ 5-5-5-15 with 2.15v.

Thanks for the quick response. 600MHz - I didn't think they'd got that far. I'll have to experiment some more.....

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