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pak

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I am having a hard time clocking my p5kc. Part of the problem is setting these new bios settings. Can all of you with any flavor of p5k's share your bios settings and cpu/memory choices.

--pak
 
Well my proc is pretty stable at 3.0. If I could get 3.2 (400x8) that would be great. I can boot and game at that speed, its just not 100% stable.

My main concern is my memory. I can not get my memory stable past 1:1. See my most in the memory section if you don't mind.

--pak
 
I am having a hard time clocking my p5kc. Part of the problem is setting these new bios settings. Can all of you with any flavor of p5k's share your bios settings and cpu/memory choices.

--pak

JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclocking: Manual
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
FSB Strap to Northbridge: 333
FSB Frequency: 400
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: 800MHz
DRAM Command Rate: 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency: 4
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 4
RAS# Precharge: 4
RAS# Activate to Precharge: 12
TWR: Auto
TRFC: Auto
TWTR: Auto
TRRD: Auto
TRTP: Auto
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled

Transaction Booster: Auto
Boost/Relax level Level:
Clock Over-Charging Mode: Auto

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Voltage: 1.4625
CPU Voltage Reference: 0.63x
CPU Voltage Damper: Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.80v
DRAM Voltage: 2.20v
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.50v
North Bridge Voltage: 1.70v
North Bridge Voltage Reference: 0.67x
South Bridge Voltage: 1.20v

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
PECI: Disabled
 
Asus P5K Premium

for 3.6GHz I was using this

JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclocking: Manual
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
FSB Strap to Northbridge: 333
FSB Frequency: 400
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: 800MHz
DRAM Command Rate: 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency: 4
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 4
RAS# Precharge: 4
RAS# Activate to Precharge: 12
TWR: Auto
TRFC: Auto
TWTR: Auto
TRRD: Auto
TRTP: Auto
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled

Transaction Booster: Auto
Boost/Relax level Level:
Clock Over-Charging Mode: Auto

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Voltage: 1.43..V
CPU Voltage Reference: Auto
CPU Voltage Damper: Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage: Auto
DRAM Voltage: 2.0v
FSB Termination Voltage: Auto
North Bridge Voltage: Auto
North Bridge Voltage Reference: Auto
South Bridge Voltage: Auto

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Control: Auto
C1E Suppport: Enabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Enabled
CPU TM Function: Enabled
Execute Disable Bit: Enabled
PECI: Enabled
Spead Step: Enabled


for 3.8GHz I currently use

JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclocking: Manual
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
FSB Strap to Northbridge: 333
FSB Frequency: 423
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: 846MHz
DRAM Command Rate: 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency: 4
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 4
RAS# Precharge: 4
RAS# Activate to Precharge: 12
TWR: Auto
TRFC: Auto
TWTR: Auto
TRRD: Auto
TRTP: Auto
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled

Transaction Booster: Auto
Boost/Relax level Level:
Clock Over-Charging Mode: Auto

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Voltage: 1.53..V
CPU Voltage Reference: Auto
CPU Voltage Damper: Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.7V
DRAM Voltage: 2.0v
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.4V
North Bridge Voltage: 1.55V
North Bridge Voltage Reference: Auto
South Bridge Voltage: Auto

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Control: Auto
C1E Suppport: Enabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Enabled
CPU TM Function: Enabled
Execute Disable Bit: Enabled
PECI: Enabled
Spead Step: Enabled
 
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P5K-Vanilla (603 BIOS)


Ram currently in the Yellow slots. Must try the Black slots.

  • AI Overclocking: Manual
  • CPU Ratio Control: Manual
  • Ratio CMOS Setting: 7
  • FSB Strap to Northbridge: 333
  • FSB Frequency: 485
  • PCI-E Frequency: 100
  • DRAM Frequency: Whatever 1:1 is.
  • DRAM Command Rate: 2T
  • DRAM Timing Control: Manual
  • CAS# Latency: 4
  • RAS# to CAS# Delay: 4
  • RAS# Precharge: 4
  • RAS# Activate to Precharge: 4 :santa:
  • TWR: Auto
  • TRFC: Auto
  • TWTR: Auto
  • TRRD: Auto
  • TRTP: Auto
  • DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
  • Transaction Booster: AUTO
  • Boost/Relax level Level:
  • Clock Over-Charging Mode: Auto
  • CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
  • PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
  • CPU Voltage: 1.470
  • CPU Voltage Reference: 0.63x
  • CPU Voltage Damper: Enabled
  • CPU PLL Voltage: 1.70v (max on this board)
  • DRAM Voltage: 2.30v
  • FSB Termination Voltage: 1.50v
  • North Bridge Voltage: 1.70v
  • North Bridge Voltage Reference: 0.67x
  • South Bridge Voltage: This option is missing from the P5K-Vanilla BIOS
  • Advance CPU Settings
  • CPU Ratio Control: Manual
  • - Ratio CMOS Setting: 7
  • C1E Suppport: Disabled
  • Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
  • Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
  • CPU TM Function: Disabled
  • Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
  • PECI: This option is not there in the P5K Vanilla
 
Super Nade, are you also using water? It seems I can't get things stable at/above 3.6, regardless of voltage settings, but I'm on air. :(
 
Well my proc is pretty stable at 3.0. If I could get 3.2 (400x8) that would be great. I can boot and game at that speed, its just not 100% stable.

My main concern is my memory. I can not get my memory stable past 1:1. See my most in the memory section if you don't mind.

--pak

What do you mean "past"? 1:1 is the ratio you want to achieve. Anything else is "not as good."
 
What do you mean "past"? 1:1 is the ratio you want to achieve. Anything else is "not as good."

Maverick, with greater than 1:1 you get slight improved performance but it is so small that it is not worth bothering if your RAM needs so much more voltage to run it. I have tested this with superpi for number crunching in my old 650i with unlocked memory and the gains were very minimal. So if you memory can do better than 1:1 go for it, if not it doesn't matter much either. The reason people always recommend 1:1 when overclocking is because it puts the minimum stress on the memory so you can focus on overclocking your cpu without worrying that your memory may be unstable. There was a very good article by some brits testing a whole bunch of memory settings but I cannot find it anymore.
 
What do you mean "past"? 1:1 is the ratio you want to achieve. Anything else is "not as good."


Well I recently found out my problems were from a buggy bios. It seems that certain adjustments makes my mobo un stable. So the recomondation by others on the asus forums was just to leave the setting on auto and adj. the divider as necessary. I also recently found out that leaving my memory at 1:1 with tighter timings yields me better results. At least in 06.

Anyway there seems to be a few posts on what to put the settings to on these asus boards because there are a handful of options that are new to a lot of us. I thought if people would share their settings, it would help some out.

I'd put mine up, but most of it is on auto anyway.

--pak
 
Settings at 3.5ghz: 1.425v vCore, 1.7v NB, 1.8v PLL, 1.6 FSB termination. Using OCCT, the system is cpu stable, ram stable and cpu+ram stable. Orthos crashes within 5 min. I dropped the multi to 7, and ran the fsb at 470 with minimal volts and running orthos blend overnight no problem. Getting to the end of my rope..
 
pak, if you are juicing up those sticks, I'd recommend lowering tRAS to 6. Setting it to 8 in my case makes it Orthos unstable.
 
pak, if you are juicing up those sticks, I'd recommend lowering tRAS to 6. Setting it to 8 in my case makes it Orthos unstable.

Well my current setup seems to be 100% stable ATM in everything. If you mean by juicing, +voltage, I have mine at 2.2. I did give it a shot at 6, lost 14pts on 06 :X

--pak
 
Settings at 3.5ghz: 1.425v vCore, 1.7v NB, 1.8v PLL, 1.6 FSB termination. Using OCCT, the system is cpu stable, ram stable and cpu+ram stable. Orthos crashes within 5 min. I dropped the multi to 7, and ran the fsb at 470 with minimal volts and running orthos blend overnight no problem. Getting to the end of my rope..

You may need more VCore. What do you get with 1.45V? Did you do the droop pencil mod?
 
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