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Now I have a working system again! Took out the P5Q-EM bios chip and popped it in my P5E-VM bios socket and did a hotflash. I hope I won't have to do this again :)

There must have been something wrong with the bios file I tried to flash with because now my board won't boot. Cleared CMOS, removed the battery, memory etc it's completely dead and to top things off "Asus Crash free bios" does not work :/. Time for RMA...

A newer bios is out 0302. Will try it later today...

With the current bios 0202 it's too early to tell how well the P5Q-EM will overclock since there are quite a lot of things that needs to be improved. Changing the multipler or anything past the standard values ie FSB etc will cause the system to not boot. Maybe it's because lack of support...

The current bios of the P5Q-EM seems to have some problems with my QX9650. When I change vcore to something else than AUTO my system doesn't boot. Temp shows up wrong in bios etc. Even at stock speeds my system isn't 100% stable. I hope they release a more comåatible bios soon ;(.

Just unpacked it and decided to share some pics. Nothing we haven't seen before. Vdroop or Vcore mod, we'll soon find out :)

My board got shipped today and I will hopefully get it by tomorrow. :)

Asus showed of their latest G45 M-ATX at Computex 2008. Found an image of the board over at Anandtech. Would be interesting to know some details, if any of this board ;)

It's been a while since I last posted in this thread... The last time I reported about my replacement CPU QX9650 that I eventually had to RMA because it had problem with temperature readings, some cores didn't change during idle/load... anyway got a new replacement today and it's a newer batch...

No since I live in Sweden, a part of EU, there's no customs and shipping costs isn't much within the union :)

I promised some pictures... Had to cut in the HD cage to accommodate my GFX block.

Ok either my MB is screwed or my CPU.... I've disabled speedstep and c1e and tcm or whatever it's called and my CPU still throttles.... I'll try with my new p5e tomorrow to see if it does the same, otherwise I'll RMA my L740 cpu :mad:

Tremeloes, you influenced me to change some parts of my W/C setup :)... I now use the same radiator and tubing as you do, ie MagiCool SLIM DUAL 240 Radiator and Tygon R4300... but with a few different parts... Blocks: CPU - EK Water Blocks EK-Supreme Acetal universal NB - Swiftech MCW30...

I've own both the V300B and V350B and while they have their disadvantages the V350 requires next to no mods to fit your high performance GFX cards and air CPU coolers... Btw the V350 can fit a 120mm dual rad in the front without it taking too much space...

I had a QX9650 v39 that I had to RMA after 2 weeks and today I got a v40, Batch L740B120. I can boot at 4.8 Ghz at 1.8v but it seems slow at whatever speed I choose. When comparing my former v39 vs v40 at 4.55 Ghz .. v39 gave me better results in bench apps... Anyway I've ordered a new P5E...

Ok here's the new Vcore mod I promised to post... As usual be very careful when you do this kind of things or you could easily fry your CPU or something else :). When you start trimming your VR pot start at the lovest value because this mod can feed your CPU with 1.8v and over... Here it is:

I have a new Vcore mod for you guys that's way better than the old one and it even lets you raise the voltage up to 1.8 and over... the old one only got to about 1.7 and could cause some coils to give a buzzing sound... This new one works perfectly and doesn't cause any buzzing and are good...

Just get one of those 90 degree bent Sata cables... that should take care of it.. BTW, there is even one that came with the P5E....

These pumps are very quiet... http://www.petrastechshop.com/ddb12inpu.html Description: This very small and incredibly quiet pump is ideal for those seeking silence. While best pared with low-restriction cooling loops or CPU-only cooling systems, put two of these little guys in series...

No I'm running them in series... :)

I'm now running a total of 3 pumps in my Reserator XT and I've also replaced the quick couplings with some high-flow barbs... I've also using 2 Black Ice radiators GTX 240 and 120 externally. Pictures: The two extra pumps mounted in the back Exhaust fan mounted outside the case.

Yep, first CPU that did cost me a fortune but worth every penny :).... BTW, just changed cooling fluid in my W/C system... not gone over 4.6 yet...

Just put a QX9650 into my P5E-VM HDMI and I'm getting good OC results. Only running at 10x450 atm but will soon go higher... only changed Vcore and Vdimm in bios.. everything else is @ stock. CPU Batch: L739A769

Posted pics of my W/C setup in the PC-V350 thread. Not included are V-mod + V-drop pics since I've posted them before in this tread :eek:. Check it out if you like :p

Been getting some PM's requesting me to post some pics of my water cooling setup. So here it is, sorry for the bad quality of the pictures ATM I only have a cellphone camera :( It consists of the following: Zalman Resorator XT with dual pumps (one extra D-Tek dB-1 Compact) and a Black Ice...

Nope no restart bug.... but I have problem with memory... all my 4 sticks of ram have to be set in a certain order on the board.. if not they will not work... I thought my memory died 2 weeks ago after a little OC atempt... my ram only worked with 1 stick at a time but not together...

Had this case since Monday and I love it though the cooling could have been better. The PSU and HD bay fans can't exhaust enough hot air out of the case provided by the two 120 mm intake fans. Even though I'm using water cooling with a CPU and NB - block with external pump and radiators the...

How did the Kingston PC9600 perform at 1200MHz at their recommended voltage? Also I see you changed your ram to ADATA, why? :)

No you don't have to cut those braces... with a gentle push you can get them loose. Anyway that's what I did... I also bended the heath-pipes down a little to fit the 120 mm fan (reversed) on top of the hsf sucking hot air directly through the PSU fan... worked pretty well and got good temps...

Yes that's the resistor to pencil if you want to fix droop.

Today I managed to get a stable 4.15 GHz out of my Q6600 (Lapped). (9x462FSB and DDR2@1188MHz) This was with my new W-C setup, Zalman Reserator XT, CPU and NB-block. V-Core at 1.7, ram 2.34 etc... with my v-core mod I can a max of 1.75 but I'll wait till I get a second radiator to add to the...

Yeah I noticed that also... 1.6v or 1.7v in bios gives real 1.58v with vdroop mod...1.48 without... This is with the 302 bios... seems to be the same problem as 202... Anyway I can run a stable 4.1 GHz with 1.64v or 4.2 with a little vcore bump but for now I've settled for 4Ghz. Need better...

Sure go ahead! :)

The DO is not anything like the G35 or G33 (P5K-VM) in terms of OC... Read my experiences about it here

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Haven't tried the IGP since I have a dedicated GFX-card.... Though it should work OK in Vista and once Intel releases their DX 10 drivers it might be even better. But I don't know for sure about Vista compatibility since I run Mac OS 10.5 on this board and it's almost perfect as for the...

Sure I'll post it tomorrow...

I now have a vcore mod for you guys! Together with my vdroop mod you can eliminate any droop whatsoever. For now I've settled at getting the "real" vcore close to the 1.7v setting in bios... I now get stable speeds over 4.0+ GHz! What's strange though is that the board gives "Cpu...

That's only for default voltage the CPU reports to the MB.. it helps on MBs that doesn't offer vcore adjustments but on my board I have that possibility already. I would still be stuck at about 1.6 volts as I am now with the vdroop mod.