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

I cannot see what you have done to get that to fit at all.
And is thus of no help what so ever i'm afraid.
I presume you mean you have filed the outer edges
of the 2 sides of the >H< like there?
And this is the one thing that put me off getting this board.
Hopefully someone will try what you've done and be able to show us more clearly.
Not trying to be rude just honest.
 
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geff_r said:
I cannot see what you have done to get that to fit at all.
And is thus of no help what so ever i'm afraid.
I presume you mean you have filed the outer edges
of the 2 sides of the >H< like there?
And this is the one thing that put me off getting this board.
Hopefully someone will try what you've done and be able to show us more clearly.
Not trying to be rude just honest.
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Hi Geff,

You are not being rude at all. I didn't go into much detail just wanted to show the Tuniq can be made to fit. It only takes 15mins to mod the bracket.

I have attached a picture below that shows the H bracket (the bracket that secures the heatsink in place).

http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1090im3.jpg

To fit the Tuniq the H bracket has to be in the position shown. Unfortunately there are 2 resistors/capacitors (whatever they are) that are slightly in the way of the bracket. The bracket needs to move approx another 2mm upwards. This means you need to file 2 notches out of the bracket to clear around the capacitors. It doesn't take much doing and the bracket still retains its strength.

Finally look at this picture showing the bracket in relation to the northbridge heatsink

http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1089rt4.jpg

The rounded bit clashes with the heatsink. The bracket needs to move 5mm to the right. All you need to do is file off the rounded bit. This is for K8 fastenening due to it being a universal bracket so it makes no difference if you file it off.

So basically thats all there is to it. A simple file of the top of the H bracket to clear the resistor thingies and file off the semicircle to clear the heatsink.

Hope this is clearer to you and helps anyone else thinking of purchasing this great combo.

Cheers

Deks

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Just to add if you look at the top picture and the resistor on the right. Yuo need to file out the simicircle to clear approx half way to the drilled hole to give you an idea of how much needs to be done.
 
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geff_r said:
I cannot see what you have done to get that to fit at all.
And is thus of no help what so ever i'm afraid.
I presume you mean you have filed the outer edges
of the 2 sides of the >H< like there?
And this is the one thing that put me off getting this board.
Hopefully someone will try what you've done and be able to show us more clearly.
Not trying to be rude just honest.
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My tuniq fit without any modification to the H bracket at all, its a snug fit with those capacitors, but its just gently resting on them, so nothing to worry about at all imho. As for the clash with the NB Heatsink, I honestly can't remember having a problem with that at all.
 
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EvilGrin said:
My tuniq fit without any modification to the H bracket at all, its a snug fit with those capacitors, but its just gently resting on them, so nothing to worry about at all imho. As for the clash with the NB Heatsink, I honestly can't remember having a problem with that at all.
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I wonder if there are slight changes in dimensions on the boards. AFAIR mine is rev 1.01 G or similar.

On mine the caps were about 2mm clashing. anf the heatsink was totally fouling the simi circle at the bottom

Deks
 
Deks said:
I wonder if there are slight changes in dimensions on the boards. AFAIR mine is rev 1.01 G or similar.

On mine the caps were about 2mm clashing. anf the heatsink was totally fouling the simi circle at the bottom

Deks
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I'll have a looksee what revision my board is tonight when i'm home from work. I'll also have a look through my build-photos just to see if i've got some photo evidence of the H-bar being fine with the nb heatsink! It really was a little bit of a squeeze with the capacitors at the top, but nothing to worry about at all.
 
Deks said:
I wonder if there are slight changes in dimensions on the boards. AFAIR mine is rev 1.01 G or similar.

On mine the caps were about 2mm clashing. anf the heatsink was totally fouling the simi circle at the bottom

Deks
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I have two boards - a Rev. D and a Rev. G The Rev. G has more components around the socket but it clocks better. Swings and roundabouts.
 
Just a quick question I am assuming that the asus doesn't come with the solid state caps etc? Where as the Abit Fatality does, would this then mean if and when abit sort out a decent bios the Fatality could in theory clock a little better due to less heat being produce cos of the better quality parts?
 
Most of the caps on the P5N-E SLi are solid, but not all. The solid capacitor fetish started about 2 years ago when Abit and a couple of other suppliers put out boards using a bad batch of otherwise perfectly good Taiwanese capacitors. DFI, who were using solid Japanese capacitors, had no problems and made great play of this in their advertising. It's pretty normal now to see the phrase 'Japanese Solid Capacitors' as obviously solid capacitors made anywhere else wouldn't be as good, would they? :rolleyes:
 
Right well checked my rig last night and its a 1.01G revision that I have, the tuniq is bending the capacitors slightly, no more than 2-3 degrees though, I'm sure its nothing to worry about. The clearance of the rounded 'pad-eye' on the H-frame with the NB heatsink is at least 5mm if not more, so absolutely no worries there. I'll hunt around for my digi camera and take a pic for you guys if needed.
 
EvilGrin said:
Right well checked my rig last night and its a 1.01G revision that I have, the tuniq is bending the capacitors slightly, no more than 2-3 degrees though, I'm sure its nothing to worry about. The clearance of the rounded 'pad-eye' on the H-frame with the NB heatsink is at least 5mm if not more, so absolutely no worries there. I'll hunt around for my digi camera and take a pic for you guys if needed.
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Hi m8,

Yes the resistors were tilted at around 3 degrees on mine. I still had to file the H bracket so that it wasnt pushing on them trying to angle them more. Its interesting about your northbridge not fouling as I had to totally file off the rounded bit at the bottom middle of the H bracket.

Anyway all was straight forward and simply done (even for me!)

Deks
 
WJA96 said:
Most of the caps on the P5N-E SLi are solid, but not all. The solid capacitor fetish started about 2 years ago when Abit and a couple of other suppliers put out boards using a bad batch of otherwise perfectly good Taiwanese capacitors. DFI, who were using solid Japanese capacitors, had no problems and made great play of this in their advertising. It's pretty normal now to see the phrase 'Japanese Solid Capacitors' as obviously solid capacitors made anywhere else wouldn't be as good, would they? :rolleyes:
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yeah a while back to cut costs there were a few manufactures which used Taiwanese capacitors in there motherboards, and as a result failed due to the electrolytic capacitors being made with a crappy water-based electrolyte. Just within days or a few months these capacitors built up hydrogen gas and blow the rubber bung out the top, leaking electrolyte and causing havoc.

this issue had nothing to do with the type of capacitor used (solid electrolyte or lytic) just poor quality badly constructed caps. in general jap caps are better, most being panasonic, rubycon, sanyo oscon's, Nichicon, ELNA Cerafine and a few others. either way most modern enthusiast mb's will have good quality caps.

just as wja96 says, its a pure senseless fetish
 
New Bios

Apparently the new 0505 bios is out according to someone on the Asus support forum. ( There is a link to an FTP)
I cannot find it on the website though but here are the changes.

1. Add C1E function support for Conroe-L A-1 stepping CPU .
2. Support new CPU, please refer to our website.
3. Support FSB 1333 CPU .
4. Fix CPR might fail when overclock too much.
 
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HugeChopper said:
Apparently the new 0505 bios is out according to someone on the Asus support forum. ( There is a link to an FTP)
I cannot find it on the website though but here are the changes.

1. Add C1E function support for Conroe-L A-1 stepping CPU .
2. Support new CPU, please refer to our website.
3. Support FSB 1333 CPU .
4. Fix CPR might fail when overclock too much.
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Very interesting, thank you :D
 
Any guinea pigs volunteering to try it and report back?

guinea_pig_14.jpg
 
WJA96 said:
Well, since you're asking so nicely.... :D
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Cmon, got it loaded yet :D
Ive downloaded it but wont be back with my PC till Sunday and then ive got my 8800gtx to hook up to the water loop and instal, maybe after that.
 
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Seems innocent enough. Anyone want anything tested? It seems absolutely identical to 0401, but my overclock is still there and it seems just as stable.
 
Still not a lot more overclock available - 3.6GHz is still out of reach, but that could be this CPU. The guy I got it from claimed he couldn't get it stable over 3.2GHz, so I think I should be happy with 3.4GHz.

It's windows stable at 3.54GHz now, but not Orthos stable (7-8 minutes).

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=178120

Actually - I just spotted the RAM timing - maybe I should relax that a touch :rolleyes:
 
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