P5K Deluxe Wifi AP Thread.

[Clunk]

Nice 24/7 - Its better than mine

No idea on the raid thing, sticking to my single noisy raptor, seems a safer bet

[dangel]

I've got intel RAID enabled (and in use) with jmicron enabled too. I didn't disable the jmicron controller and just used the 311 bios.

My northbridge is 47-48C at idle at stock speeds (not overclocked yet) which is a bit high IMHO. Reseating the pipe will be a complete pain in the bum now it's built and all the watercooling is in place. Why can't asus fit them properly? Asus boards always seem to run too hot.

Still it's stable as hell.. Is it worth me putting water block(s) on the chipset then? I'll be aiming for 3.4 max probably..

[Clunk]

Its an ongoing thing with Asus and crap heatpipes, although, I was quite impressed with the ones on the P5K that they actually sat flat (mostly).

If you are worried, you could always go the Zalman Passive + set of ramsinks route, which work perfectly.

While we are on about those...I ditched the big heatsink on the SB as it was getting in the way, and replaced it with.........3 x ramsinks, and it works just as well, which is quite surprising.

[dangel]

My last asus board ran hot - 44C odd - with the nforce4 chipset. Probably down to the same thing - bad fitting/crap tape on the pipe. Will the pipe come off without removing the whole motherboard from the case? If so i might be tempted to try it with some AS5 instead of the tape to see if it has a dramatic effect..

[Supershanks]

It just seems pretty stupid that you end up with an either OR, unless i guess you just put everything on ide which is not much use.

Still i'll manage fine with the onboard & the tx2.
Raid speed took a boost ytesterday Best to Rebuild Array

Memory temps at 2.3v is pretty good 32C Idle 38~39C Load. That's with a 120mm side panel intake + the Corsair Dominator cooler.

[dangel]

It just seems pretty stupid that you end up with an either OR, unless i guess you just put everything on ide which is not much use.

I don't think I have though - i see both the intel RAID bios and jmicron one come up during boot so i'm assuming the jmicron is still enabled?!

[Supershanks]

Thanks for the feedback dangel.
Have had another play.
I get an error message after the promise tx2 & jmicron have initiakised & detected:-

Not Enough Space to copy PCI Option Rom

it ends with some miore gobaldygook.
It flashes by very quick & the pause button isn't working this far into the post. I think this is the process where devices are scanned & each sub component (drive) is allocated. Need to checkup

Only thing i can think is:-
a) the promise tx2 is causing it.
b) the fact that i'm using all 6 ports.

[Supershanks]

Answer is:-

a) the promise tx2 is causing it.

This card really is Sh**e
It will handle sata optics but then screws up the bios boot order suvbsequently. Support is almost at asus levels,

But any way with it disconnected all is good as you said

see both the intel RAID bios and jmicron

[Clunk]

I sense a trip to see norris looming

[Supershanks]

I sense a trip to see norris looming

Could well be. am trying to find a bit more about the reason/error

fit for purpose has become a hackneyed phrase but it might be the case here.

[Supershanks]

Insufficient memory to Shadow PCI ROM sounds like

Not enough space to copy pci option rom

The display of this POST error message is a result of certain adapters and/or adapter option ROM utilities requesting an exorbitant amount of option ROM space that depletes all space available for other installed PCI adapters and on-board components

Oh nice one Promise

Edit:
No enough Space to copy PCI Option ROM [05:02:01] error??? is exactly the same message as i get. reasons are as described above.

[Clunk]

Pics all mended now, sorry for the delay

Edit: nearly.

[Clunk]

Pics fixed

[5aboy]

hey up clunk mate, just wondering if you had any pics of your setup - i finally ordered my bfg 8800gtx, and it ought to arrive on friday; i need all of the sata ports though, and have a variety of 90 degree cables to hand; was hoping you could up some pics so i could see exactly how tight its going to be, and if i need to order some different cables (or even a pci-e raid sata2 card).

thanks in advance mate,

[Clunk]

I have a worklog thread going in the modding section. I'm just finishing off building it, but unfortunately, my photobucket account has used all its monthly bandwidth.



Theres loads of pics at the start of this thread of how it was.

[badass]

I have a worklog thread going in the modding section. I'm just finishing off building it, but unfortunately, my photobucket account has used all its monthly bandwidth.

What sort of monthly bandwidth do you use?
I can host some pics for you if you want, but not if its lots of gigabytes per month.