Asus P5Q problem.

[Deadtrees]

My friend got a Asus P5Q motherboard along with Q6600 cpu and 4 sticks of 2GB memory.

As I've dealt with 3 different Q6600 setups, I thought overclocking it would be quite simple. I was dead wrong because this MB just won't post if overclock fails. In other words, it won't show me that 'Overclocking has failed. Press F1 to enter setup' message. Instead, it just sits there doing nothing but the fan rotates.

After I go through several shut-downs, it boots but I have to wait a few minutes because there's no way of knowing whether it'll sit there cold forever or boots. This is very annoying and time consuming. As you can imagine, I have to waste several minutes just for trying different settings. Even worse, overclocking this Q6600 is difficult thus requiring various parameter changes.

I'm curious if this is normal for this board or if there's something I can do to reset the BIOS without taking out the battery.

Any advice would be very welcome.


P.S:
1. I've tried using one stick of memory and taking out all the USB connections except mouse/keyboard.

2. It never shows me that 'overclocking has failed' message; it never resets the bios. When it reboots, it reboots using the overclocking setup.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Return it if you can and get a Gigabyte UD3 series board. UD3R for single graphics card users, UD3P for crossfire...

jfyi i use to be a big Asus fan - 8yrs worth - Gigabyte's UD3 series takes the cake for all 775lga in the enthusiasts market - no offense

 

[imported_wired247]

overclocking can be more difficult with 4 sticks of RAM.

overclocking can be a long and tedious task.

the p5q is not exactly ASUS's premiere "enthusiast" board.

I'm not sure what you were expecting...

but it doesn't sound like the board is doing anything it shouldn't be doing.

 

[chizow]

Which board is it? Vanilla P5Q or P5Q Pro? Those boards have less BIOS options from what I understand and don't seem to handle OC'ing that well.

As for having trouble after making changes, I've noticed on my board that typically I need to wait and give it a good few seconds.....like 20s sometimes before it finally POSTs after major changes. Some changes will force it to cycle power and start up cold on its own.

If you get a bad boot, reset the CMOS, then try again. I know these newer boards are supposed to have the backup and failsafes that don't require manually setting the jumper, but if that's a source of frustration, just reset it and try your OC again with less aggressive settings.

 

[n7]

Make sure you have the latest BIOS.

For "resetting" after applying BIOS settings that cause no POST, remove power to the PC for a few seconds (switch off PSU switch or remove plug); then attempt to start.

Works for me 95% of the time.