** The Official ASUS P5N-E SLI & Ultra 650i Thread **

If your sure the bios flash borked it then theres only one thing left im afraid, rma :( It seems to be coming more and more frequent nowadays yet flashing a manufacturers mobo with a manufacturers bios should be easy and reliable.
 
Ive had bad flashes in the past so Ive not touched this one since I couldnt replace the bios like last time.

Ive hooked up 8 hard drives to transfer stuff/backup so all my fans are off apart from 1 on hsf and 2 in the psu.

Resulting temps at 1.7v Nb is about 55c on the NB with the side of the case off, lying horizontally. The MB temp reads 48c just copying files, nothing strenuous.
The cpu temp is a cooking 56c idle and 60c load, normal..

Its still not giving any instability at 3.5ghz even though orthos is at best 30 mins stable only. Played games, encoded, compressed, etc. I could probably run my machine without fans most of the time I guess :)
 
Well, on the positive front;

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I think I've got this pretty well fine-tuned now 1.325V+100mV, 1.293V on the Northbridge and my RAM is on AUTO. It's running F@H 24/7 and I think I'm about ready for the next challenge. :rolleyes:
 
WJA96 said:
Well, on the positive front;


I think I've got this pretty well fine-tuned now 1.325V+100mV, 1.293V on the Northbridge and my RAM is on AUTO. It's running F@H 24/7 and I think I'm about ready for the next challenge. :rolleyes:
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Thats impressive, mine needs more NB volts and CPU volts for that clock.
 
HugeChopper said:
Trying that now.

Don't failed bios updates result in no screen at all or even no boot.

Will let you know in 15 mins ( Fingers crossed )
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I have always usd the Asus Windows based software and never had a problem.
My hardware in sig is rock solid (Vcore 1.4V+1/NB 1.7V) but yes this mobo has some FSB/Voltage gaps.
 
Okay, so I just lapped my CPU, only problem is my 2 sticks of OCZ's give me a long beep unable to boot now. *shudders*

I tried both sticks by themselves and both boot and are stable in Windows just fine.

I add the other stick in though and in the black channels I was previously running stable and I get one long continuous beep and in the yellow channels I boot with no beep error at all. This is of course, a memory issue.

Furthermore, DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2 are unable to boot with one stick, yet DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2 boot and function stable in Windows.

I've resat CMOS and battery, tried running at really slack times, changed the vDIMM to compensate, tried 0202, 0307 and 0401 BIOS's, but nothing.

Any ideas what has caused this as I'd really like the added bandwidth back. Do you think perhaps I damaged the board on taking it out, as I'm always careful with what i'm doing, not touching transistors or anything else bar the motherboard tray for that matter.
 
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Did some more research on a few other forums including the Asus one and it seems that one or two people are mentioning if Channel A doesn't work, I should RMA it.

They don't go onto mention how this problem comes about though.
 
Hi All,

I'm not sure if its already been mentioned but I can confirm the Tuniq Tower can be fitted with the air flow to the back of the case altho a little bit of filing is required on the H bracket to clear the 2 top resistors and the semi curved bit to clear the heatsink. Pictures below

A5N-E fitted with Tuniq Tower (Picture taken before PC was finished)
http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1098jq0.jpg


close-up of Tuniq Tower fitted in place. Notice the H brackets modified to fit round resistors
http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1096oc6.jpg


Hope this info will be of help to anyone considering the A5N-E and Tuniq

Deks
 
Yes it's Akasa Eclipse in an early part of the build. I have to say its a lovely case to work on. Only downside is the side panel vibrates as its a poor fit.

Ive contacted Akasa Uk and they insist that if I want the side piece swapping I have to pay postage costs to send it back. I have sent an AVI showing how bad it is. The guy was quite rude before he saw the AVI showing the problem he practically called me a liar.

Anyway they won't send me out a side panel FOC unless I pay to send the faulty one back. Its a shame it waill cost more to send back than the panel is worth!!

Whatever happened to good customer service

On a positive note I'm well impressed with my new rig. Overall the case is nice and the Asus so far is rock solid. I have yet to try the overclocking.

I can say the temps seem fine at 45 deg c Core 1 and 47 deg core 2 under load. (orthos beta)

Anyone know why one core runs hotter than the other?


Deks
 
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