ASUS P6T Deluxe (x58/ ICH10R)

[chuckbam]

Hey sorry about the long response time our testing dept is looking into the issue and we will have some answers probably around next some time, these things can be kinda slow sometimes ill keep you posted, if I don’t get back to you by next Tuesday please send me an email to remind me.





DwayneC

Asus tech support

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Dear Dwaine, Happy New Year.

I am following up to see if you sent in this report. But, I am sure they know about it. I am on the web and every P6T -D has this problem. Some just don't notice it. In device manager, you need to expand to see the problem. A new bios came out and it did not fix it. I would like to find a way to change the device memory range so the driver will load. I think I need this.



342d X58 I/O Hub I/OxAPIC Interrupt Controller

[jvidia]

Hello mates. Hello chuckbam

Long time no see. I've been away form ABXZone for 3 years or so !

Back to topic...... anyone knows when the P6T Deluxe V2 will hit the stores?

And any info about the diferences to the actual P6T Deluxe beside the SAS Marvel chip ?

[chuckbam]

Originally Posted by chuckbam

The P6T Vanilla is now available. Still has the ICH10R

"change from the 16+2 phase setup to an 8+2 setup"

JMicron JMB363 PATA and SATA controller
JMicron JMB322 (Drive Xpert technology)


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Hi jvidia,
This is an older post tucked back there. It has a 8+2 phase power setup. I think the board looks good since they gave it ICH10R. With 6 ICH10R connectors, you only need the JMicron for IDE.

P6T-D-R2 ??

[jvidia]

Yes. In the end of the month P6T Deluxe V2 will hit the stores.

It's already in the Asus site ( ASUSTeK Computer Inc. )

[chuckbam]

Originally Posted by jvidia

Yes. In the end of the month P6T Deluxe V2 will hit the stores.

It's already in the Asus site ( ASUSTeK Computer Inc. )

wow, I just looked. What are the changes? I don't see any. They sould have added IEEE 1394B

All I see is No SAS, May be a lower price ed.

[chuckbam]

Thats looks like it. The Rev.2 has no SAS. With the new SATA drives much faster, the expenses of SAS drives, SDD around the way and you can only run the SAS in win mode if the ICH10R is RAID enabled, the SAS was a bad idea IMO. Maybe ASUS got the chip on the cheap. I was looking into SAS over a year ago and the cards were to expensive for me (not the drives). I keep the SAS controller disabled.

I see that both boards now support 24GB of mem.

There is a new Intel Matrix Storage Manager that came out a few day ago.

I just changed all my fans. I get 31C at idle at a vCore of 1.23 ~1.25 (PM)
http://chuckbam.com/i7_P6T-D/Therl011609-2.PNG

[johnrr6]

Originally Posted by chuckbam

.......I keep the SAS controller disabled.

I see that both boards now support 24GB of mem.

There is a new Intel Matrix Storage Manager that came out a few day ago.

I just changed all my fans. I get 31C at idle at a vCore of 1.23 ~1.25 (PM)
http://chuckbam.com/i7_P6T-D/Therl011609-2.PNG

31 C----wow Chuck----that is excellent!!!

I have a Lian Li A05B case that is BTX design and draws air from the back of the case----and expels it out the front----and the air flow is not that great so the lowest I get is around 44C using the Asus tools-----I haven't measured with CoreTemp or another software tool

My voltage is a tad higher as well....

Looks like you got a very good 920

24 Gigs!!!----And I just put in 12!!......something to shoot for I guess!!!!

I don't use the SAS either and while I have left it enabled------I have to ask myself why???

[chuckbam]

Originally Posted by johnrr6

31 C----wow Chuck----that is excellent!!!

I have a Lian Li A05B case that is BTX design and draws air from the back of the case----and expels it out the front----and the air flow is not that great so the lowest I get is around 44C using the Asus tools-----I haven't measured with CoreTemp or another software tool

My voltage is a tad higher as well....

Looks like you got a very good 920

24 Gigs!!!----And I just put in 12!!......something to shoot for I guess!!!!

I don't use the SAS either and while I have left it enabled------I have to ask myself why???

I don't think I will need more than 12 GB for a good while. I also don't think I will need a 16 thread CPU anytime soon. I have been reading about the LGA 1366 for over a year. I jumped on both the P965 and the Q6600 and stuck with them for a long time. I am very happy with my current setup. After the next AMD/ATI driver comes out, I plan to go for a long uptime try. I cleared almost all the errors out of MS event viewer. Only have a few BS ones I will keep.

I needed to move the HDs off the bottom. To tight with the lower vid card. My SATA DVD was bad and un-plugged. I replaced with a E-IDE DVD. I like it off the ICH10R. I am not a big fan of DVD anyway. Just need to use the boot utilities and make an iso now and then. So, I decided to go in and make my changes now.

I am using Everest and HWMonitor. I had PC Probe and it was the same. I loaded and then restored. That thing loads a TSR or two and writes all over your regestry. I don't like it.

Have you ever looked at this Process Explorer?

44C is not bad. I went back to bios 1003. You have in your sig 1101, there is a 1102.

I don't think I have a special CPU. I think the memory is compatible. As long as I don't push it to hard.

[johnrr6]

My BIOS is 1102----it was wrong in my Sig......

I have to stick with 1102 as that has the memory compatability to 1600 speeds for my Mushkin----if I go back----I lose it....

24 gigs would be a hoot----wish I had cash to burn!!!

I looked at process explorer but was a little confused/daunted by it.....

Nothing much scares me anymore.....

But a lot of stuff confuses me....

Comes with age I guess.....

[chuckbam]

Originally Posted by johnrr6

My BIOS is 1102----it was wrong in my Sig......

I have to stick with 1102 as that has the memory compatability to 1600 speeds for my Mushkin----if I go back----I lose it....

24 gigs would be a hoot----wish I had cash to burn!!!

I looked at process explorer but was a little confused/daunted by it.....

Nothing much scares me anymore.....

But a lot of stuff confuses me....

Comes with age I guess.....

I just have to much time on my hands

[chuckbam]

I have talked about my +3.30V dooping to 3.28 and 3.26V.

Look at the 3.3V in the ASUS P6T MB pdf.

[shaihulud]

This is one thing that I noticed since socket 775. A lot of the DIY installers do not push the feet all the way into the motherboard. It can be scary, because sometimes it can require a bit of force (and a counter balance of force) and then you hear a pop. Makes you wonder if you did anything wrong! But to get to the point, the black pin should be all the way through. Not like a gopher sticking its head out. Almost equal (level) with the opaque feet. This can cause temperature differences. Mainly with particular parts of the chip. You may see core X is 15 degrees more than core Y, for example.

One major odd thing I noticed was how my temperatures were lowered when I went to a 80+ certified PSU. I didn't think that there can be that much of a difference, especially due to a PSU. I never heard any talk of it too. It makes perfect since, because of the properties of electricity, etc. But man it lowered it a lot. Like, around, 8 to 10 degrees C.

Two things to try, John. Although, taking the board out and doing it all over again is not something I want to do and I don't really recommend it. But that is why I say learn to do it right, and so you never question yourself later. Not saying you did it wrong.... . But on a 940 stock fan, not overclocked, my temps at idle are at 35 degrees.

Chuck do you use the Vdroop setting in the BIOS to spec (disabled) or not to spec (enabled)? To note, I think you are still in spec of the 3.3. Also the BIOS does not give a correct reading of the power output. There is only one way to ever get a correct, at least close to, reading and that is with a multimeter.

The second P6T (none deluxe) has a most horrible PCIe layout, IMO. All that I use is PCIe and this lets hang on to legacy PCI is getting annoying and lowering my choices for me to use other peripherals cards if I want. That x4 PCIe by the north is a wonderful spot for my NIC, or anything else.

[chuckbam]

Originally Posted by shaihulud

This is one thing that I noticed since socket 775. A lot of the DIY installers do not push the feet all the way into the motherboard. It can be scary, because sometimes it can require a bit of force (and a counter balance of force) and then you hear a pop. Makes you wonder if you did anything wrong! But to get to the point, the black pin should be all the way through. Not like a gopher sticking its head out. Almost equal (level) with the opaque feet. This can cause temperature differences. Mainly with particular parts of the chip. You may see core X is 15 degrees more than core Y, for example.

One major odd thing I noticed was how my temperatures were lowered when I went to a 80+ certified PSU. I didn't think that there can be that much of a difference, especially due to a PSU. I never heard any talk of it too. It makes perfect since, because of the properties of electricity, etc. But man it lowered it a lot. Like, around, 8 to 10 degrees C.

Two things to try, John. Although, taking the board out and doing it all over again is not something I want to do and I don't really recommend it. But that is why I say learn to do it right, and so you never question yourself later. Not saying you did it wrong.... . But on a 940 stock fan, not overclocked, my temps at idle are at 35 degrees.

Chuck do you use the Vdroop setting in the BIOS to spec (disabled) or not to spec (enabled)? To note, I think you are still in spec of the 3.3. Also the BIOS does not give a correct reading of the power output. There is only one way to ever get a correct, at least close to, reading and that is with a multimeter.

The second P6T (none deluxe) has a most horrible PCIe layout, IMO. All that I use is PCIe and this lets hang on to legacy PCI is getting annoying and lowering my choices for me to use other peripherals cards if I want. That x4 PCIe by the north is a wonderful spot for my NIC, or anything else.

Hi shaihulud,

I do have that enabled in the bios. Thus far, I seem to have no power problems. Everything is stable at my current settings. I am happy, I really don't want to install a new power supply.

I am going to write that ASUS tech again while I am thinking about it.

[johnrr6]

Originally Posted by shaihulud

Two things to try, John. Although, taking the board out and doing it all over again is not something I want to do and I don't really recommend it. But that is why I say learn to do it right, and so you never question yourself later. Not saying you did it wrong.... . But on a 940 stock fan, not overclocked, my temps at idle are at 35 degrees.

Thanks Shal.....

I'm running an after market cooler----Vigor Monsoon III----fairly nicely rated and has bolt thru screws and nuts----not those darn pop-thru and twist thingies that scare me to death......and I'm using Arctic Silver 5

I think a couple of things are contributing to the bit higher temps....

I have left the fans on "Automatic" in the BIOS----and they don't seem to be all spun up----even at this somewhat higher temp----curiously......

And I am reasonably overclocked from 2.6 to 3.6

And my vcore is 1.2880

And I'm not tremendously sold on the air flow of this LianLi A05B BTX style case where air flows from BACK to front----instead of front to rear

It IS fairly quiet though......

Am gonna play with the Fan profiles a bit in BIOS and in FanXpert.....

Maybe jack up the two 120 fans on the Vigoor......which are only running at 900 RPMs if AiSuite is correct.

Anybody know what the thermal safe limits are for a 920?????

[chuckbam]

I keep Q-fan disabled. I had one fan that was a little to loud, I installed a small fan speed controller that I used on my last ASUS board that Q-Fan was disabled.

I am running C1E, SpeedStep and C-State. My V go down from 1.25 to 1.23. Sometimes my CPU temp report as low as 29C at the 12x of 2160 MHz (PM 20x and 12x).

The last C State setting, "Limit Setting" I don't know enough about it to change that from Auto.


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