Commando Results by Tony and Andre (and others...)

[pippo369]

Yeah, I'm using the same PLL as with the P5B, but sometimes even moving 1MHz from stable settings will hard lock, other times it works and then sometimes it won't even read the clocks... wierd stuff man. I'm gonna try setFSB and see how that fares.


@ pippo, thanks for the screenies mate

De Nada!!

[alejo]

For those of you in the US, I just ordered one from ewiz.com for the decent price of 215.

[Dani]

vDROOPed my Commando, now its 0.001V (Idle vs. Load)

[JoeBar]

I'm still messing around trying to get this board running nice, clockgen keeps hardlocking the PC no matter what which is making life difficult,

This is the case with me also. I don't know if it's the 1066 strap that i've tested or clockgen, however.
A question is whether the added nb volts that Commando utilizies will help this.

[Dani]

I tested some stability with Commando:
WC system, water @ 26.4ºC @ LOAD
I hope they will release some nice BIOS soon
vDROOP mod, Vcore IDLE 1.342V and under Prime95 1.342V

[AndreYang]

LN2 Test


FSB 600 1M




FSB 595 CPUZ Verified

[Phosphate]

hope the pricing is within the acceptable range ..

$211 ar Ewiz. I'm suprised isn't more? This Commando has solid Caps?

[Ironmon1]

for those of you who already have the commando (mine is on the way from ewiz too ):
is the stock chipset cooling good for ~400FSB, with the fan, of is an aftermarket chipset cooler needed?
if stock is good, how load is that fan?
if aftermarket is needed, are any components previously cooled by heatpipe left to over heat if you remove stock and add on a NB cooler?

[HermS]

This is the case with me also. I don't know if it's the 1066 strap that i've tested or clockgen, however.
A question is whether the added nb volts that Commando utilizies will help this.

Hey Joe, setFSB works perfect for me, give that a try maybe?

[qballe]

hi to all
somebody have already vmod it ?
it is the same vdrop-mod of p5bdlx ?
50khom trimmer ?
tnx


Marco

[Dani]

There you are with vDROOP mod.
I think vCORE is same as on P5B-series

[Dani]

for those of you who already have the commando (mine is on the way from ewiz too ):
is the stock chipset cooling good for ~400FSB, with the fan, of is an aftermarket chipset cooler needed?
if stock is good, how load is that fan?
if aftermarket is needed, are any components previously cooled by heatpipe left to over heat if you remove stock and add on a NB cooler?

No, under NB HS there is anful contact to NB.
Then when we have NB voltage adjust via BIOS up to 2.025V and vontact is poor so..

Here is few pics:
- NB contact
- SB contact

[HermS]

Some things never change, that NB contact blows.

Mine was slightly better but not much:-


Dani what value (ohms) do you use for that VDroop mod?

[Dani]

50Kohm.
Set it to 50K berfore soldering.

[HermS]

Cheers Dani.

[Alexandrus]

Dani, love your avatar

The stock NB and SB cooling should be OK if you do some lapping and put them back with some AS5 or Ceramique. I did that for my P5B-D, had the same poor contact, and now the heat transfer is much better.

[shimmishim]

set it to 50K, go into bios, and track voltage change.

you will see the voltage go up slowly... keep lowering resistance until voltage stops going up...

i never got an actual value for this mod but this is how i did it on my p5b and it works great now!

[Antioch]

What sound cards is everyone using with this board? I'm planning on picking up a Commando when they are released in the US and want to get a nice X-Fi to use with it and my non-SLI 8800GTX.

[Pt1t]

No, under NB HS there is anful contact to NB.
Then when we have NB voltage adjust via BIOS up to 2.025V and vontact is poor so..

Here is few pics:
- NB contact
- SB contact

ahaha , you are lucky , i had just a corner on 965p die and none on ich

[bazx]

ahaha , you are lucky , i had just a corner on 965p die and none on ich

how did it go with the cascade

[FreeRider]

I got my Commando today, replacing a P5B DLX. First impression : luxurious board with a lot of monitoring and voltage options, and 4 PCI slots ! Very nice replacement. It runs 3,7 Ghz just like the P5B. But it needs to be VDROOP modded and the power circuitry definitely needs heatsinks. It gets very, very hot when priming, can't touch it ! I need to do these things first before I'm gonna see if it gets any further than the P5B...

[Pedro Rocha]

My 1st impressions

First : Tuniq Tower fits perfeclty ..nice




Here is a quick result with a retail E6400 cooled by air / Tuniq



That was just with 1.65 on NB Vcore

VDroop does not sees to be a problem with retail motherboard

v_offset = v_bios - v_idle = 1.625v - 1.585v

v_drop = v_idle - v_load = 1.60v - 1.575v


But seems there is problem, after put a 120 fan on the top of NB / mems I raise the NB VCore to 1.900v (maximum in bios is 2.025v) a now the motherboard does not anymore - in LCD does not pass "CPU INIT"

I alredy clear CMOS, even remove the batery and the still not bot (turns on and off) - anyone experience the same problem ??

For now I advise you all not to pass 1.75v on NB voltage ..

[HermS]

But seems there is problem, after put a 120 fan on the top of NB / mems I raise the NB VCore to 1.900v (maximum in bios is 2.025v) a now the motherboard does not anymore - in LCD does not pass "CPU INIT"

I alredy clear CMOS, even remove the batery and the still not bot (turns on and off) - anyone experience the same problem ??

For now I advise you all not to pass 1.75v on NB voltage ..

I have the same problem once in a while. Only way round it for me is to take a stick that will boot at low volts (I use 1 stick of HZ) boot to bios, (you will get that 'overclocking failed' message) turn off then put my Cellshocks back in and away I go. Pain in the arse, but what can you do?

[Pt1t]

how did it go with the cascade

I benched with e+ under cascade/ln2 , not with commando.

New bios came with New bug, BUT WR

[mascot]

Where did you get that bios from ?
Can't find it from Asus site and Google isn't too generous either.