P5N32-E SLI Plus - Voltages

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Hi guys. I just upgraded from my FX55 to a duo.
My new specs are:
Tagan 580W - also tried Enermax 850W
E6600 with Artic Freezer 7 pro
P5N32-E SLI Plus
2 GB Corsair Dominators CL4 - tried another pair of same with same results
8800GTS 640mb XFX specs here - have tried the 8800 gtx and get same problems
With windows xp pro on my samsung spinpoint 80GB sata.

I first has a clean install on a new hard drive but was getting random crashes and errors while installing the drivers, so I reverted back to my old copy of windows which was configured for my AMD 939.
I then removed the old audio and gfx drivers (left old chipset drivers in case) and installed the new drivers on that OS. I had a much more stable time with only the odd crash in normal use (though it would reboot 5minutes into a game of Supreme commander everytime.) As I am writing this out. This OS (the old one) just BSoD. --- was about to say was now stable before that.

Anyway I've been running nvidia's monitor tool which shows me my components voltages and it is showing red (bad) for all my voltages. I have looked around on the net and set them on the BIOS to what I believed was right, but it never helped so I have put them all back to auto except the ram which is 2.1V


These are what nvidia monitor state my voltages are:
CPU: 1.2750 V
Memory: 2.1000 V
FSB: 1.2000 V
HT(SPP-MCP) 1.2000 V
nForce: 1.5000 V

Bus speeds:
CPU core: 2403Mhz
FSB: 1068Mhz
Memory: 801Mhz
Spp PCI-E and MCP PCI-E: 2500Mhz
GPU core (3D): 550Mhz
GPU memory: 900MHz

Has anyone had any other problems with this board, know what is wrong or have any suggestions? All I want right now is a stable computer which I can use for more than 30minutes without a crash.
Thanks
 
Well i do have that board but i got crucial RAM as recommended by someone with your RAM who had issues with voltage etc.
When i first set this up i stuck 2gigs of RAM in the voltage was far to low, lots of blue screens etc, so i turned it up from under 2 to about 2.2 which worked fine.
Fine until i went to stick my other 2gigs of RAM in which causes it not to post, so i turned down the voltage....way down its currently running at 1.9 ish all fine so far *touch wood* timings 5,5,5,18 going to put it back down to 4,4,4,12 tomorrow see what happens.

So in all, set it the correct voltage for the RAM, then slowly work your way down in voltage and see what happens, 2gig was stable at a high voltage 4gig stable at a low.

Don't quote me on all that, this is my first build so its all a bit press and hope really.
 
thanks, will see if it works, Im just running a fresh install of windows now. its only crashed 2x in last hours.....
I've tried running 4x 1GB of dominators and 2x 1GB of dominators. I've always had them set to 4-4-4-12 which is their timings so I might set them to CL5 and see how they do.
Thanks for post glad to hear I'm not all alone
 
Yeah its quite a common problem if you check the Asus boards you might find some more help.
I think its less to do with the timings more to do with the voltage, 680i is fussy with that by the sounds of things, just turn it down progressively until you boot (lol) or you run smooth.
Good luck, prepare to be frustrated!
 
I've not got a stable OS installed, but I can't boot without the use of windows CD being in my drive on boot. may this be to do with having too many versions of the same OS installed on the computer? I've had many problems before, but never this.
 
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correction not stable. left the room for 2 minutes come back to find it has rebooted....
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Well like i said the 680i mobos and more so this one i think are very picky with there voltages, so slowly turn the voltage down if you haven't already until you reach a stable point try setting it on auto perhaps.
 
spent 6 hours trying, currently running ram at Cl5. still got a BSoD and a memory dump from nvata.sys this morning, but I read something somewhere about nvidias sata drivers having issues and causing crashes, so have removed them to see how it goes.
 
Guardsmon said:
spent 6 hours trying, currently running ram at Cl5. still got a BSoD and a memory dump from nvata.sys this morning, but I read something somewhere about nvidias sata drivers having issues and causing crashes, so have removed them to see how it goes.
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Cl5 that's timings right?
I was talking about voltages like 2.1v, 1.9v etc i think voltages are more an issue with these boards than timings.
 
The overall problem with the Asus Motherboards "full stop" is their badly skewed Bioses. The Bios on the Motherboards from the P5N32 Sli upwards has been bad bios sensors. The Bios itself is also in question. I have a P5N32 reading the MB temp as the CPU temp and Vice-versa. I have a P5N32 which sets its own clock speed when it feels like it for the CPU. And I have Updated the bios time after time.
Most of the Ram and Cpu issues have been solved by Bios updates but the others are always a clash. I know next time I won't be purchasing ASUS. They are becoming less and less reliable. Especially with the Nvidia chipset on intel Processors.
The most compatible ram has to be Crucial or OCZ. Some Samsung modules won't even post on an ASUS Core2Duo board.
Ram timings do not make the slightest bit of difference so I always leave them on AUTO. they usually drop a notch to cohabbit with each other anyway. Asus give you all these MB tweaks and monitors but all makes little difference if you can't do a thing with it.
 
ok cool thanks, well im currently running at 2.1V which is recommended Voltage for corsair, u think i increase or decrease? and any other ideas as to what voltages I should be playing with as nvidia monitor still says all my voltages are wrong.
Can anyone post a preview of theirs that I can get an idea from? Thanks for help guys
 
O and 1 more thing. if Im still having these problems late this week im thinking of get a new board. Any ideas? don't really want to spend much over £120 but will if makes all the difference.
I've got a dell 2407 and creative S750 surround that I would like to make use of on a stable computer (which right now i can't and the sound isn't great on this board either)
Thanks
 
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I think from 2.1 you would go down if anything, going higher i dont think will do the RAM any good but then again i could be wrong, trying going down.
 
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