Question for Asus P5Q Deluxe users

The 2gb problem solves some peoples Vista installation problems, so certainly try reinstalling with just 2gb. If that works then put the other 2gb in after installing SP1, or after installing this hotfix.

If that doesn't work then you may download the Intel RAID drivers and load them at installation to see if that helps.
 
just picked up a p5q-pro, its installed and booted first time without a hitch, the deluxe is on its way back tomorrow for either a) replacement which i hope to sell for a profit lol or b) more likely a refund.

Anyway im happy now its working and if im honest, i think it has a nicer layout, has more usb headers, and the sata ports are placed better, just installing vista and will hopefully report back later :)
 
Cob said:
Good stuff :)
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quite chuffed got it locallyfor the same price i could find at the cheapest online retailer i know of, but without any postage costs :) all i can say is im chuffed i still got my msi wind clone ;)


so now ill have to start a thread "Question for Asus P5Q-Pro users" :)
 
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Diss - if you cannot get windows to install at all with AHCI enabled, you can set the drive to IDE mode, then enable the AHCI drivers in the registry and it should work upon reboot. This is what i did as i foolishly forgot to set AHCI in the first place (!).

I must admit that the sata headers on the dlx are not in the most friendly of locations - you would think that ASUS would arrange them in a more friendly manner when you consider the price. Sata complaints aside, enjoy the new p5q, and i hope you have better luck with this one.
 
The Deluxe had to have odd SATA headers to avoid losing them when running a card in the lower x16 slots.

But I do agree that they are a PITA.
 
ChrissyT88 said:
Diss - if you cannot get windows to install at all with AHCI enabled, you can set the drive to IDE mode, then enable the AHCI drivers in the registry and it should work upon reboot. This is what i did as i foolishly forgot to set AHCI in the first place (!).

I must admit that the sata headers on the dlx are not in the most friendly of locations - you would think that ASUS would arrange them in a more friendly manner when you consider the price. Sata complaints aside, enjoy the new p5q, and i hope you have better luck with this one.
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i have this Friday off - so will try the 2gig ram solution (though will need a lot more specific instructions re the registry bit)

i expect i'll be posting again tomorrow :)

Diss
 
qwerty321 said:
Sure can.
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how exactly do you do this?

can you use the alt F2 thingy on boot up?? (though the BIOS instructions on the ASUS site only refers to using this with a floppy)

or do you have to make a bootable USB stick with the rom on it?

i have no operating system running at the moment so i have to flash at boot (and the rom is too big to fit on a floppy)

thanks

Diss
 
ChrissyT88 said:
Diss - if you cannot get windows to install at all with AHCI enabled, you can set the drive to IDE mode, then enable the AHCI drivers in the registry and it should work upon reboot. This is what i did as i foolishly forgot to set AHCI in the first place (!).
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Ok - finally got vista installed by setting AHCI back to IDE as suggested

what exactly do i need to do to set it back to AHCI?

many thanks

Diss
 
I actually googled it at the time - essentially you need to turn off the IDE drivers in windows and enable the default windows AHCI drivers to stop it blue screening. I did this using a registry edit, and as far as i am aware, this is the only way to do this.

I cannot remember the exact link i followed (this was a good few weeks ago now). Googling however, gives this link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976/en-us (thinking about it, this looks familiar).

This 'should' mean that upon boot up windows will install its AHCI drivers and everything should work fine (no blue screens etc). There is obviously some risk associated with registry edits (i take no responsibility if anything goes wrong! :p), and this is acknowledged in that microsoft article, but worst comes to the worst it means a new vista install. When i did it, some of drivers installed upon loading vista, but it did blue screen - i see no reason in particular why it should, but it did. Booting up again resulted in a complete install of the drivers and everything has been fine since with no problems. As i said, it shouldnt blue screen - i was slightly unhappy when it did, but to be honest, did not want to go through the whole gump of installing windows/transferring lots of files etc, so i left it and it seems to be going strong.
 
You could try plugging the boot disk into the other non ICH10 controller, set this other controller to run in IDE mode and make sure it boots. Then restart, back into the BIOS, set the ICH10 to AHCI mode and boot, it should then ask for the drivers, so install the drivers then shutdown and move the boot disk back onto the ICH10 controller and it should boot.

The above is what I did for my P965 DS3P and it worked with no probs.

EDIT: I've got the P5Q-Deluxe on order so may well be posting for advice on it soon :D
 
There is a massive thread on the p5q on xtreme systems - theres loads of info on there (not this though i dont think...), particularly with regards to overclocking etc, but Cob is definitely the OCuK resident p5q expert! Theres also quite a lot of info on the p5q-e review thread, which kinda got hijacked!
 
Worked very well in the end - no blue screens
4 gig is now back in and also working

thanks all

Diss

Of course the vista reinstall broke my dual boot - but thats another story, check out the Linux forum :)
 
I did, and it looks like you fixed it. As a rule of thumb in the future i would advise you put windows on first, then linux, as in my experience (and im a bit clueless when it comes to linux), GRUB sets itself up nicely and all is well...
 
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