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Asus P5B Deluxe - Problems & Solution!

14 Oct, 2006  Asus P5B Deluxe 70,962 Views

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1. 

   Benoit said,

   Wrote on October 26, 2006 @ 5:51 am

   Hey, thanks for writing about this. I feel exactly the same way, I’ve got the P5B deluxe wifi board and it looked like a really good mobo when I bought it. But after installing I encountered the same probs as you, been searching for an answer ever since…

   I bought this mobo ’cause of it’s abillity to overclock and it’s features. I also bought my brothers and dad an ABIT AB9. After installing al the PC’s, I must say, the ABIT AB9 is the better board. Imagine how dissapointing: paying €65,- more for a board that doesn’t work like it should. Why didn’t all the review site’s mention this?

   My problem is even worse. In 5.1 mode only my left-front en sub speaker work like they should, the rest almost don’t work, well only if I place my ear at about 2 cm’s in front of it I can hear something. I connected everything like it should.

   Maybe the best thing is, as you stated before, “return to sender”. I’m seriously considering replacing this board with an AB9 or a Gigabyt DQ6. I hope Asus fixes this before, ’cause if I replace this board (for a problem with such an easy solution, like: build BETTER drivers!) I’m sure I won’t buy an ASUS board, ever again!

   Well that’s my two cents,

   with greets from The Netherlands,

   Benoit

   P.S. Might you find a solution, please do mail me………..

2. 

   Neffobold said,

   Wrote on November 5, 2006 @ 12:44 am

   Had the same audio problem … but its working now here is how i did :

   Removed audiodrivers
   Removed Microsoft HD audio fix
   Ran Regedit and removed everything with soundmax in it
   Downloaded newest soundmax drivers from Asus site

   Restarted the computer

   Installed the drivers via setupprogram in driver dir
   noticed that it didn’t give me the control program for the drivers

   restarted the computer

   Ran driversetup again
   didnt remove drivers when it asked me … this gave me a working Soundmax control panel
   Ran the soundmax setupguide from start/soundmax group

   And …. now the hole sh.t seems to work … been bugging me for a while
   Hope this works for others

3. 

   Rum said,

   Wrote on November 9, 2006 @ 7:52 pm

   Hello People.

   Well its good to hear these comments. I too thought this was a great board but once I got it up and running I had (still have) issues with the sound and DVD writer… I think we are all competent and we know how to setup PC’s it definitely is the fault of ASUS and the good for nothing software engineers at soundmax…

   Lets start with the DVD writer.

   Model: Plextor 716A (firmware 1.10)
   The drive is not recognised by XP has a writer, therefore I can not “right click” and send to burner… I have no idea what the problem is here. When I rebuild the PC the writer is recognised but then for some reason it goes, I thought it was nero at first but it wasn’t.…..Anyway I can live with this because I can use third party software to burn my data.

   Onboard Soundmax

   Well after owning a previous ASUS board P5GD1 (I think) this was using a realtek driver and it was brill absolutely great, I had 6 speakers working perfectly without any problems at all.

   So now I get this board and I thought it would be the same…. but no! it was now using soundmax (who) and the only time I can get good sound is when I set the system up to stereo. When I select quad system the sound screws up on the front speakers and on the rear ones you can only hear the backing vocalist, its just not right….

   I’m hoping the above suggestion by Neffobold works….
   I’m beginning to wish I never got rid of my other PC it work great, I just wanted more power and opted for a duo2…..

   All the reviews that I read never mentioned the sound problems…. I really want the sound system to work….. really don’t want the hassle of sending the board back…

   Good luck to you all….. if you figure it out please drop me a line….

   Cheers folks

4. 

   Ramon Gonzalez said,

   Wrote on November 10, 2006 @ 11:56 am

   I have the same problems and worse. i think is better to change to Gigabyte, I format my computer, and when it boots with XP Pro go directly to the CD again and so on

5. 

   The Patri0t said,

   Wrote on November 10, 2006 @ 7:21 pm

   Thanks for the replies everyone. I brought the matter up because there is almost nothing right now about the current issue with P5B Deluxe. I cannot afford to change this board right now. We do not get to RTM the computer hardware easily here (unless the Company from which you bought it from is owned by your friend or family).

   The IDE devices issue is because of the JMicron’s faulty driver. This issue is not just there in P5B Deluxe from ASUS but in Gigabyte boards too which have got JMicron IDE/SATA Controller on them. Installation of the JMicron driver is not recommended if the SATA RAID capability of the said controller will not be used and it will only be used for IDE purpose. Who cares about JMicron’s SATA ports when you already got 4-6 SATA available on Intel chip which I am sure are superior in performance too. I am not able to get enough time but has anyone tried to test Vista drivers released on P5B Deluxe driver page by ASUS with Windows XP? I think they might work, worth a try. I will check as soon as I can. Other than that, the board is excellent. I will overclock our current E6300 to 400 from 266, resulting 1600 MHz of FSB, even more if I make my mind to do it. It’s no problem to get even 500+ or 2000-2100 Mhz of FSB on the said board. People have reached the said OC all over the Internet.

6. 

   tommyboy said,

   Wrote on November 11, 2006 @ 5:48 pm

   same here.
   having some problems with the audio driver, will try the vista drivers, but doubt they will work…
   i have 2 SATA 500 disks in RAID 1 (mirror), but i can not check whether they are working good.
   in device manager, disk management, you see one disk. only when i start up, press CTRL I , then i can see the two disks are belonging to one volume and they are up and running.
   i could pull out one disk to check if i get a warning when i start, but that shouldn’t be the way to check your system…
   anybody had this?

   tom

7. 

   Malk said,

   Wrote on November 17, 2006 @ 6:11 pm

   Until today my 2 IDE drives was identified as SCSI drives, i did as you said and chose the standard windows driver instead of the Jmicron driver and rebooted… VOILA! now my drives are recocginzed as IDE again.

8. 

   gybp said,

   Wrote on November 18, 2006 @ 6:59 am

   “Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller”
   i dont get this option when trying to select my controller, i only see the jmicron

9. 

   Mark said,

   Wrote on November 19, 2006 @ 12:39 am

   Hi all,

   The sound problems with the borked drivers is well known - people complaining all over the net. I am bitterly dissapointed as what is the point of supplying onboard high definition audio only to destroy it all with very poor drivers? Come on Asus/Soundmax get your act together and sort out this problem.

   On a side note regarding the j micron driver issue i would point out to people that you don’t actually need these drivers to run ide devices - windows xp has it’s own drivers which work fine. I would also point out that unless you intend using raid you don’t need the intel driver either as long as you set it in bios as an ide device - my setup found my sata drive just fine, although i did install the intel inf driver after setup - but get the latest one from intel direct not asus.

   Hope this helps

   Mark

10. 

    Tlacuache said,

    Wrote on November 19, 2006 @ 7:47 am

    The sound quality with this chipset is pretty poor I must say. Everything works fine, sounds are played, the only exception is that the new drivers from soundmax remove the Stereo Mix recording option, and this sux because from time to time it comes in handy recording the audio that comes from the computer.

11. 

    Mark said,

    Wrote on November 23, 2006 @ 1:41 am

    Update on sound issues,

    Hi all - i have found that if you download the driver package from asus for the M2N32-SLi board which uses exactly the same sound chipset.This driver works much better than the one for the P5B.It is not perfect but boot times are much quicker with these drivers & the sound works ok. Make sure you uninstall the old soundmax first though - but DON’T uninstall the Microsoft UAA driver for High definition audio. Your mileage may vary but it works ok here.

    Mark

12. 

    Duder said,

    Wrote on November 23, 2006 @ 12:10 pm

    All of you having problems with the audio driver i suggest you download the driver from here: http://amd.co.at/anti/asus/sound/
    Do not remove the previous driver, just update it! Works just fine and shortens the boot time a lot!!!

13. 

    soty said,

    Wrote on November 26, 2006 @ 2:00 am

    Well guys tried all the advises but nothing helped. Pretty disapointing cause I just got the P5B Deluxe and had that annoying static soud (a beep when browser on, or wmp) plus hearing hdd and all the action inside coming from from my speakers. I had no conflicts whith the drivers tho. Finally found a reasonable solution on the net, from someone who saved my day! just unplug the internal pc speaker! check your p5b manual, its on the lower right hand corner set of pins on the motherboard.

    what a relief!

14. 

    The Patri0t said,

    Wrote on November 27, 2006 @ 6:28 pm

    @gybp: Look carefully. It should be there.

    @Mark: Yes, Windows does recognize drivers for the JMicron IDE controller but when they are offering JMicron chip and the drivers too, they should work without a flaw.

    @Duder: Thanks for posting the link to version 4580. I have checked the Audio driver provided there. The boot time was reduced 5 seconds approximately from the older driver but the Sound problem is still there. Asus has officially released 4580 version. I will be checking it tonight [since I am on a dial-up] to see how it works.

    @soty: I don’t know if that will solve the problem. Most of the motherboards these does come with a speaker of there own which cannot be disconnected or anything.

15. 

    soty said,

    Wrote on November 27, 2006 @ 10:00 pm

    Mr. Patriot: Read my post again… I was talking about Asus P5B Deluxe and it does work! Thx

16. 

    The Patri0t said,

    Wrote on November 28, 2006 @ 1:05 am

    Soty, I am aware that you are talking about Asus P5B Deluxe, I am telling you that it comes with a speaker of it’s own too just like others. A black round sort of, it is there on the Motherboard. I am using a casing WITHOUT internal PC speaker and the problems I mentioned above are there.

17. 

    soty said,

    Wrote on November 28, 2006 @ 3:03 am

    I am confused right now…are you saing that you have done the same (upluged the mb’s internal speaker cord) and it doesn’t work for you?…strange.

18. 

    Seb said,

    Wrote on December 8, 2006 @ 4:19 am

    Anyone have issues with the USB ports recognizing anything you plug in??? I Have an issue with XP and XP Media Center and just cant for the life of me figure out how to get the OS to recognize the USB devices. They are listed as found in device manager etc. and I installed the Intel chipset update?

    Any help would be very very appreciated?

    Seb

19. 

    are you dumb? said,

    Wrote on December 12, 2006 @ 4:10 am

    there is no creative X-FI card that cost in the “1000s”. try 360 for their top of the line model. get your facts straight before you talk shit.

20. 

    The Patri0t said,

    Wrote on December 12, 2006 @ 6:57 pm

    Dear Mr, “Are you dumb?” I am not talking “shit”. I live in Pakistan.

    Creative X-fi Fatal1ty costs 179.99 $ on ZIPZOOMFLY. Now kindly go to some currency converter website and convert 179.99 $ in Pakistani Rupees. It is equal to something around 14,500/- RUPEES here. 14,xxx Rupees for a sound card, that Mr. “ARE YOU DUMB” is in thousands.

    I already paid ENOUGH for the motherboard I don’t expect its sound to work like “SHIT” neither have I 14xxx Rupees to spend on a Sound card.

    GET IT NOW? Now, ask your self, “Was I dumb?”

21. 

    HaMeD said,

    Wrote on December 14, 2006 @ 5:50 am

    Hi , The same problem i have here!
    but there is something more with it , i got my new P5B-Deluxe just two weeks ago and since that time i have this problem in the games that i see freezes while playing and it seems that the system has problems in processing. it realy sucks and i dont know what is the problem . i still have the long boot time and poor sound quality but the main problem is those freezes in the game(Battle Field 2 - Splinter Cell4-NFS Carbon and…) here it is my hardware list :
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
    Asus P5B-Deluxe
    LeadTek 7900GT Extreme
    Patriot 1GB Memory

22. 

    TheDude said,

    Wrote on December 15, 2006 @ 1:08 am

    Do SATA HardDrives work fine with the P5B Deluxe?

23. 

    HaMeD said,

    Wrote on December 15, 2006 @ 3:33 am

    Yes All the drivers work fine but there is something strange with this board, seems it slows down everything connected to it

24. 

    The Patri0t said,

    Wrote on December 15, 2006 @ 10:08 am

    @ HaMeD: Did you install JMicron driver? You should remove that and instead use Windows default one for CD-ROM drives etc. Also you should download and use the latest drivers for your 7900 GT Extreme Card.

    @ TheDude: Yes, they run fine. Just don’t use the Jmicron controller driver.

    I have been told by someone reliable that Asus Engineers are looking in this problem right now. It’s hard to troubleshoot this one because they are saying the problem is present in some Motherboards not all. Let’s see…

25. 

    HaMeD said,

    Wrote on December 15, 2006 @ 2:23 pm

    Hi Mr.Patri0t!
    Tnx for early response. First of all i must tell you that i just installed an Audigy2 sound card on my P5B Deluxe and it seems that im free of sound problems. but still i have short puses in the games,and as you know i run all the games on extreme quality and resolution but for a game like “Battle Field 2″ that have not a real heavy graphics these short puses and freezes are so strange.when i move the mouse fast the game freezes for a short time and jump over some frames i know you must get what does it look like.
    I what to know some numbered questions below:
    1- How to uninstall J-Micron driver completly
    2- Can you give me a link to the latest driver for 7900GT Extreme?
    3-What can cause those freezes i see in the games?

    here it is my hardware list :
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
    Asus P5B-Deluxe
    LeadTek 7900GT Extreme
    Patriot 1GB Memory

26. 

    The Patri0t said,

    Wrote on December 16, 2006 @ 6:06 am

    @ HaMeD: You are welcome I want to know something too, where do you live? Just curious, if the answer is Pakistan where did you get the Patriot RAM? Answers to what you asked:

    1- Already posted it above, here it is for you, “Go to Device Manager and under SCSI and RAID controllers see for Jmicron. Rite click it and click Update driver. Select No, not at this time and click Next then select Install from specific location and click next, then select Don’t search. I’ll choose the driver to install (from a list). You will see two options there, “JMicron JMB36x Controller” and “Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller”. Select the later one, “Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller”, click next and allow the Computer to do the rest.” Go to Add/Remove programs under Control Panel also after this and remove anything with Jmicron.

    2- Here is the link:
    http://www.leadtek.com.tw/eng/3d_graphic/default.asp?lineid=1&seriesid=40&chipseriesid=11

    Official Leadtek website it is. Just see your 3D Card’s model and download it’s driver. You can also download from http://www.nvidia.com/

27. 

    HaMeD said,

    Wrote on December 17, 2006 @ 3:57 am

    Hi Mr.Patriot…
    -Answering your first question i am living in Iran.
    -Finally i reInstall my windows and after installing all the drivers (Except J-Micron) i didnt find any SCSI and RAID controllers in hardware list but there was already a “Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller” under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers and my CD-RW drive is reachable without any problem,let me know if thats the right thing or i must do that you said?!
    -Tnx for those links to driver pages i found them .
    -As the last question i am looking for a chance to exchange my motherboard with a Gigabyte DQ6 one , in your opinion is it wise doing that or what?

    Thank you for paying attention.

28. 

    thestocky said,

    Wrote on December 18, 2006 @ 3:49 am

    I’ve had this board for a while. It’s a great overclocker, but that’s about it TBH! The audio is pants, as is the BOOT issues and this is with the latest BIOS (0804). It is an expensive board and shouldn’t have stupid probs like this.

    Why did the are you dumb guy go poking his nose in when it was pretty obvious you were speaking in a different currency!

    PS: I like the site, I’ve come across it a few times on Google.

29. 

    thestocky said,

    Wrote on December 18, 2006 @ 3:54 am

    I forgot to mention that my audio is currently playing back like I’m living in a fishtank or underwater. It’s very odd

30. 

    The Patri0t said,

    Wrote on December 18, 2006 @ 11:39 am

    @ HaMeD: Hmm, Iran? Cool. You don’t need to do any thing if Standard Dual Channel thing is coming up already. Umm as for exchanging this Motherboard. I can’t say any thing about it. I don’t have any experience with that board. Search around and I am sure you will be able to find something.

    The Games problem is solved after you installed latest Drivers or not? The board as thestocky has said is not bad. The drivers from Asus are taking very long to come which should have not taken this long. I would not recommend people buying this Board until this problem is solved, otherwise the people who already own this board, like me and you and the rest of us, should just *sigh* and wait.

    @ thestocky: Thanks for liking the site and your comments .

    HaMeD and TheStocky: Have you guys tried Vista RTM on this board? It’s running great. I am going to do a little trick, let’s see if the XP audio gets fine then. I currently only have 512MB of RAM, I heard that won’t be enough for Vista but hell it’s working almost like XP!

31. 

    HaMeD said,

    Wrote on December 18, 2006 @ 3:10 pm

    @ I installed not actually the latest but just a version before the latest driver for my “Leadtek 7900GT Extreme” but i still see puses and lagging in the games(just very short lagging but for a VGA like this i think its not so normal),some friends told me if my “Intel core 2 dou E6300″ is a fake one!.Im realy confused with it.

    @ Im going to install an ultra version of Windows VISTA to,but my “US Robotics” external modem is such a pain in my ass cause there is no VISTA/64bit driver for it on official website of US Robotics.However im not using VISTA right now and my modem might work with it under current driver but i dont want to spend such a long time to install VISTA on my pc and after all i find out that my modem is not installable on it.Anyone can guide my on this prob?!
    -Model Of My Modem Is : Us Robotics 5633(External)

32. 

    awanone said,

    Wrote on December 19, 2006 @ 5:36 pm

    Guys I was wondering if anyone has a solution to this problem with Soundmax HD audio card . first my system configuration
    P5B Deluxe WIFI AP rev 1.xx
    Intel core 2 duo and the usual refinements
    my problem I have used mp3mymp3 (www.mp3mymp3.com) on other machines and was able to record any sound coming out of sound card now with this configuration and sound card I cannot so I thought well might be old software so I used Absolute Sound Recorder still it shoes things moving I mean the eq bars records nothing updated the software from Asus site now out of ideas any one ??????????

33. 

    The Patri0t said,

    Wrote on December 19, 2006 @ 8:46 pm

    @ HaMeD: It took only 30 mins for me to install Windows Vista Ultimate. I have USB Modem too from US Robotics. It did not pick the driver by it self. I had to use Windows XP’s driver for the said USB Modem in Windows Vista and it worked!

    @ awanone: Sorry, I am not able to understand what you are saying completely. ops:

34. 

    awanone said,

    Wrote on December 22, 2006 @ 7:36 pm

    What I am trying to say in a nutshell is that with soundmax HD audio chip on P5b board one CANNOT record “what u hear” . I tried every solution (updates , reformat, various software head banging with Asus people). 5 days on this problem I finally solved it , I disabled the sound Max from BIOS went out and bought creative X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card cost me a bundle in Pak Rupees (if one is doing conversion) and guess what now I can record and also manipulate some what the quality of the recording as well

35. 

    HaMeD said,

    Wrote on December 23, 2006 @ 1:17 am

    Hi,I finally installed that Ultra version of VISTA and i installed all the drivers successfully.But there is some thing with my VGA(Leadtek 7900GT Extreme). i Installed a version of driver for it i had on the crack cd for VISTA. but i see some graphic problems in games. Is it because of VGA driver or its about DirectX? let me know if you had any prob in games? actually its not such a big problem but the screen seems to melt at once.

36. 

    TheDude said,

    Wrote on December 23, 2006 @ 4:54 am

    Any solutions yet for the sound driver on the P5b deluxe?

37. 

    The Patri0t said,

    Wrote on December 23, 2006 @ 9:17 pm

    @awanone: Hmm, you know, I wish I could do something like exchanging this board or returning it. *sigh* Your problem is still not solved man. Yeah sorta but the problem is in Drivers, so unless Asus release good drivers… I mean you changed hardware, that’s not possible for everyone you know.

    @HaMeD: Did Vista not load Drivers for your NVidia 7900GT Extreme? You should use the default drivers provided by Vista. Vista has been sort of advertised as having lots of Drivers and it’s true. I did not install any driver on my Core 2 DUO system. Vista did everything.

    @TheDude: *sigh* Nothing yet… They sucK!

38. 

    john baldwin said,

    Wrote on December 25, 2006 @ 7:10 am

    installed asus p5b motherboard and duo core 2 processor, now it wont read any usb devices

39. 

    awanone said,

    Wrote on December 25, 2006 @ 8:16 am

    patriOt I did not come to the conclusion lightly 5 days of head banging with all the possible venues to resolve the issue taught me that it is pointless to do that as I cannot recall who was it but some one did point out that Asus /soundmax are emulating HD sound through software or in simple English they are giving the effect of HD sound through software thus problem like mine is unlikely to resolve as it somehow becomes impossible to carter for everything/every aspect through software thus comes the requirement of hardware where as soundcards such as creative x-fi have both the necessary hardware and software combination to provide for the claims they make , I do understand your point of view as well that not everyone is capable of changing the hardware outright but I seriously suggest that this should be “in works” in the long run if one really needs to achieve which one desires

40. 

    HaMeD said,

    Wrote on December 26, 2006 @ 2:56 am

    Hi Mr.Patri0t and every one reading this
    The i still have probs with my new pc , I installed an ultra version of Windows VISTA and it loaded the default driver for my Nvida 7900GT VGA card. so it was ok in windows and i realu liked it untill i installed the first game on it (Never Winter Nights 2) the installation was ok but when is ran the game the initiating menue was ok but as i entered the option menue all my screen mixed up so i wasnt able even to adjust the graphic options.First i thought it might be a compatibility issue betwen my VGA and the game but after i installed some more games i found out that its something about my VGA or the VISTA or may be something betwen both of them.I am so confused with this prob and i dont know if i will be able to use VISTA as my primary OS or not.

41. 

    Rull said,

    Wrote on December 26, 2006 @ 11:07 am

    Hi, I’ve just bought this ‘awesome’ mobo but this has just been a pain in the ass, bad points to asus no doubt.
    I read the comments you guys have posted and tried everything said here and those audio drivers are just not working ok, even with the 64 bits version of vista ultimate the rear and center speakers don’t work though I can hear them when I run the tests, the good new is that the boot time is fine. Conclusion, even the drivers provided by microsoft won’t work, at least not like they should.
    I have a question, anyone knows if Call of Duty 2 has issues with windows vista?? or is just with the 64 bits version?? I can’t run the game

42. 

    The Patri0t said,

    Wrote on December 26, 2006 @ 4:46 pm

    Thanks for the comments everyone!

    @john: WoW, mine did not have such a problem. Perhaps the hardware is defective? Don’t know. Contact Asus about it. They suck at Support too I know. If you can return the board then DO it.

    @awanone: Yes, I understand your point. I am really not someone who cares for sound or banging audio system (speakers). I am running a few years old Creative 2.1 speaker system with P5B Deluxe, lol, it’s fine. I don’t really need any thing extra ordinary sound wise.

    I do know that the integrated audio is emulated and takes CPU power. Last motherboard of ours was by Intel with integrated Audio too and it ran fine without any problems for years. For people like me who don’t care much about the audio system, at least the integrated Audio should work fine , it should at least work without any problems the quality won’t be better than the last integrated audio motherboards I have seen. At least it should WORK you know. That’s all I want, really not concerned with that or would have bought a separate audio card from Creative too.

    *sigh* Just don’t buy this board people until the stupid problems are solved.

    @HaMeD: Greetings to you too brother! I don’t think it will be wise to use Windows Vista as Primary OS right now because older games and softwares might not be compatible with Vista and problems will be there. I as I said earlier suggest a Dual Boot right now. Perhaps after a few months when Vista Games & Drivers or Patches for Games are coming out then it would work perfectly.

    This time reminds me of years ago when we were migrating from Windows 98 to Windows XP. Hehe. Had lots of such problems. Games not running and softwares too. Had to keep a dual boot even then.

    @ Rull: Don’t mind m8 but I feel SORRY for you. You said you just bought this Mobo . Did you not look around Internet for problems with the said Motherboard man? The time I bought this was when it had newly arrived. The reviews were cool and everything and had no mention of the problem with drivers and that is what I came to know after actually using it. You have installed 64bit version of Vista? Compatibility problems will be there on it bro. I think Call of Duty 2 runs fine on Vista 32 bit. I think I have seen comparison of it being run on Windows XP and Windows Vista. I have installed 30 days trial of Vista Ultimate 32bit and it’s working fine without any problems. I have not tested 5.1 speakers on it though. 2.1 are working fine…I really have no clue regarding high priced speakers though.

43. 

    TheDude said,

    Wrote on December 26, 2006 @ 11:25 pm

    I disabled the simulated subwoofer on the sound card and all the crackling and static went away. Played some dvds through optical on my receiver. Sounds fantastic.

44. 

    Rull said,

    Wrote on December 27, 2006 @ 12:42 am

    @TheDude: Where did you disabled it?? On the DTS config?

45. 

    Mark said,

    Wrote on December 27, 2006 @ 2:13 am

    Hi all,

    I have just noticed today that asus have put so called updated drivers for the sound on there site - these are dated 25.12.2006 & are 5.1.1001 4580 DTS or something like that. I have just tried them & they make no difference to the slow loading & DTS does not seem to work - sigh!!!

    Anybody else care to try rhem and see how u get on.

    Thanks

46. 

    TheDude said,

    Wrote on December 27, 2006 @ 2:37 am

    @Mark: yea under the dts configuration

47. 

    Rull said,

    Wrote on December 28, 2006 @ 11:54 am

    No new comments about the problem?? I’m using a temporal soundcard everything seems to work just fine.

48. 

    blah said,

    Wrote on December 28, 2006 @ 5:36 pm

    Hello,

    I’ve received this motherboard today from the post. I don’t have time to order another one, or to return it as I need my PC built ASAP for my work.

    From what I’ve been reading, it seems like the Onboard sound is the source of problems. If I get the onboard sound disabled and use my own Soundblaster Live card, should I be free of problems?

    Also, what is Jmicron? Will I need it if I have 2 DVD drives and 1 hard-drive?

49. 

    The Patri0t said,

    Wrote on December 28, 2006 @ 6:48 pm

    @TheDude: Congrats man! Will test it too and see if the problems are gone with our board.

    @Mark: Thanks for letting know about the latest version of the drivers. I have not downloaded them yet, you can’t do those things fast on a dial-up. Will be crediting you shortly when updating the P5B Deluxe drivers page. Thanks!

    @Rull: They have released a new version of drivers but looks like nothing has come up yet. The problem is probably not solved yet.

    @blah: HeHe, you could not think of another name? If you disable Onboard Audio and use another sound card the problem won’t be there.

    JMicron Controller is there to provide PATA Ports, IDE ports in other words. You can use a maximum of 2 IDE devices on this board with the said controller. So yeah, you will be able to use 2 DVD Drives and a harddisk [I assume is it SATA - There are plenty of SATA ports on this one. IDE is only one through which you can connect a maximum of 2 IDE devices]. If you require more than two IDE devices you will have to use an add on card, that won’t be the case really I guess.

50. 

    blah said,

    Wrote on December 28, 2006 @ 10:37 pm

    How do I disable the onboard sound?

51. 

    blah said,

    Wrote on December 28, 2006 @ 11:07 pm

    By the way, if I follow your steps about installing the Jmicron driver, will it eliminate the Jmicron problem?

    Cheers.

52. 

    Rull said,

    Wrote on December 28, 2006 @ 11:08 pm

    @blah: You can disable the soundcard from BIOS, when booting hit del when the AI logo apears, then under advanced menu select “onboard devices configuration” then change the status to “disable” on “HD Audio Controller” hit F10 select Yes and you’re done.

53. 

    Werner said,

    Wrote on December 28, 2006 @ 11:43 pm

    I also have that annoying bug: Can’t record audio on my Asus P5P with the internal Soundmax crap. I am Sysadmin for 10 years and build all my PCs from selected parts. Thank God I still have an SB Audigy Card lying around which I will install now since there’s no hope that Asus or Soundmax will ever solve this Bug. It’s probably a hardware bug since they seem to have disabled Stereomix totally in their new drivers (so i read).
    My next board hopefully won’t have crappy onboard Audio. Too bad manufacturers always seem to prefer cheap stuff over quality!
    Another weird thing is: with that crappy soundmax card I can literally hear what my computer is doing: freeing up RAM, burning CDs, etc. everything makes some little noise… (esp. with headphones it’s clearly audible).

    Asus - once the best - are making more and more crap boards… Soundmax SUX!!! don’t use that shit on your boards!!!

    Besides that, I’m satisfied with my P5B. (2Gig Ram, 9700GT, core2duo E6600) very fast machine

54. 

    Rull said,

    Wrote on December 29, 2006 @ 12:26 am

    Checking in Asus forums I found that another mobo (called crosshair) had the same problem with the same audio chip, but seems that was solved with the latest version of drivers (4580) that was not the case with our mobo (p5b deluxe).

55. 

    blah said,

    Wrote on December 29, 2006 @ 2:05 am

    Thanks for the help Rull.

56. 

    Theoretic said,

    Wrote on December 29, 2006 @ 8:03 am

    Don’t know if anybody can help me here.

    Just built this fine box today, using a ASUS P5B mobo. The driver CD that came with the mobo just didn’t want to work so I had to download the drivers off the net. Yup, it’s about the sound drivers. Basically I tried to install them and it complained of the HD audio bus (something like that), so I installed the microsoft fix (UAA HD driver). And it (the SoundMax audio driver install) still complains that it is missing and also I’ve noticed no trace of the audio device can be found in windows device manager. Really need help with this one.

    Thanks

57. 

    Rull said,

    Wrote on December 30, 2006 @ 12:59 pm

    You’re welcome blah

58. 

    Rull said,

    Wrote on December 30, 2006 @ 1:04 pm

    Hey guys, I know this is stupid, but I have a PS/2 mouse connected to my p5b deluxe but when I turn off the PC the mouse remains on does anyone knows how to fix that?
    Thanks

59. 

    TheKid said,

    Wrote on December 31, 2006 @ 8:28 am

    Hey you guys! I´m some sort of a beginner in the PC business. I was wondering if any of you could help me on this…

    I just bought an:
    -Asus P5B motherboard
    -A GeForce 8800GTS
    -Intel E6400 Processor
    -2GB memory

    I was wondering if all of my stuff is compatible with Windows Vista and if I can take full advantage of my PC on that OS?
    If the problem are the drivers, where (or when) can I download the most recent drivers so I can run the machine ok?
    I am trying to prepare my PC for Crysis! And I want everything to be perfect. I really enjoyed the previews.
    Thanks for reading. Hope you guys help me. Peace Brothers!

60. 

    Mark said,

    Wrote on December 31, 2006 @ 3:41 pm

    To the Kid,

    Your components you have chosen should all work fine with Vista - just download latest drivers from Asus site for Vista, and latest video drivers from Nvidia.

    If you have problems you can always post here, and i am sure someone will help you out.

    Mark

61. 

    TheKid said,

    Wrote on December 31, 2006 @ 6:14 pm

    ;-) Thanks Mark… I´ll do that. Thanks!

62. 

    The Patri0t said,

    Wrote on January 2, 2007 @ 7:12 pm

    @Theoretic: Just install them over again?

    @Rull: That’s a funny problem :p. I don’t have it though. HeHe.

    @TheKid: Windows Vista will load up all the drivers except your graphics card. Download that from manufacturer’s website and use that. Should work like a charm.

63. 

    Rum said,

    Wrote on January 3, 2007 @ 8:12 pm

    I was a big fan of ASUS, buying graphics cards, mobo’s dvd writers… well not anymore. ASUS are out of my shopping basket for good… still trying to get this damn onboard sound to work… fingers up to soundmax/ASUS partnership

64. 

    ThEDaMn3d said,

    Wrote on January 4, 2007 @ 6:42 am

    I have an ASUS P5B-E Plus with two Western Digital WD2500KS in RAID 0 and I’m having problems with Windows Vista and this board, probably because of the faulty drivers. Vista often gets stuck, as if i would just unplug the HDD’s power, this does not happen in XP so it’s not a hardware problem, but rather a software problem. Did someone manage to get Vista working on this board using HDD’s in RAID
    System:
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 processor
    ASUS P5B-E Plus
    2x Western Digital WD2500KS in RAID0
    Gainward 7600GS Golden Sample @ 710/1600
    FSP Bluestorm 400W power supply

    Oddly, but I can’t complain about my Soundmax, it works fine, only the Vista drivers are junk, but when using Vista’s own drivers for it, it works even in 5.1 and in XP it works ok in 5.1 using Soundmax driver. Although I can’t complain about mine, I would have preffered they put a Realtek in the board, because my old P4GPL-X’s Realtek HD Audio was better, it even had very good drivers for Vista.

    Thanks!

65. 

    warmthboy said,

    Wrote on January 4, 2007 @ 6:45 am

    Well!!! I’m from Portugal and i got this board P5B about a month and have the same problem. I don’t any slowdown on the startup but the stereomix problem is there!!!!!!!!!!! The rest runs perfectly. I just can’t use the stereo mix item to play some music on the net!!! Maybe i pick up my old SB Live…it should work…

66. 

    Rull said,

    Wrote on January 4, 2007 @ 10:07 am

    Does anyone has experience with ATI crossfire?? I’d like to know if the array of 2 x1950pro is supported by this mobo.

67. 

    The Kid said,

    Wrote on January 4, 2007 @ 7:04 pm

    Hey you guys I´, having another problem now!
    Damn I´m such an amateur. I instaled Windows XP (I´m waiting for the oficial release of Vista) and when I try to install all the drivers of the motherboard (Asus P5B), the system restarts and a DOS Menu appears to choose one of 4 options:

    -Jmicron 32bit controller
    -Jmicron 64bit controller
    -RAID 32Bit controller
    -RAID 64bit controller

    I Think it´s something like that. I tried to install one of the options to a disk, but then I dont know what to do. If I restart the computer that menu appears again and I cant get into Windows. I know I´m doing something wrong, like always. What should I do? Are those drivers really necessary? How do I install them in order to have everything workin perfectly and take full advantage of my system? Hope u guys help

    Thanks in advance

    Oops! I forgot. Sorry for bring a pain in the ass. Which Antivirus, Antispyware, Firewall should I isntall? Is there any that is really good and it´s not too heavy to the system? On my prevoius PC I had ZoneAlarm but after a few hours you could see that the system was getting slower and slower, not to mention the internet that was always a bit slower than it should be. I already tried PC Cillin but after the install some sofware stoped working. Is there any Antivirus, Antispyware, Firewall you guys recommend?

    Once again thanks in advance brothers

    Help ME!!!

68. 

    blah said,

    Wrote on January 4, 2007 @ 11:01 pm

    @The Kid: For antivirus, I would personally get NOD32 or Kaspersky.

    For antispyware, I would download Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy. They’re both free. Get that at http://www.download.com. I would also get Windows Defender, available at: http://www.download.com/Microsoft-Windows-AntiSpyware/3000-8022_4-10353597.html

    For firewall, I would if you have a router with an inbuilt firewall, that would be fine.

69. 

    Demi said,

    Wrote on January 6, 2007 @ 7:48 am

    TheKid

    The problem you have with the startup is pretty simple, I thought it happened to me aswell. The reason why you get to that meny and not into windows is because your DOS boots up with the CD-Drive in which you have your ASUS Setup disc. Remove the CD and reboot. Now you won’t get prompted to make a disc and you’ll be taken straight to windows.

    I’m looking forward to what ASUS will do about the drivers, I still can’t get them to work.

70. 

    Warmthboy said,

    Wrote on January 8, 2007 @ 5:23 am

    About the drivers to fix the SoundMax stereo mix problem. I sent a mail do Asus Portugal last Thursday and got any answer…

71. 

    Morten said,

    Wrote on January 8, 2007 @ 4:12 pm

    Hi guys, i would like to emphasize the USB problems that have already been brought up here. My brother has the exact same problem, is it just an RMA case or could it be fixed by various settings?

72. 

    Bernard said,

    Wrote on January 9, 2007 @ 11:38 pm

    I got my P5B (rev 1.03G) for Christmas and couldn’t be happier, having none of the problems I’ve been reading about. I was afraid to press the power button the first time feeling that it would surely fail. But, thank God, Windows Prof x64 installed smoothly, as well as all the drivers. I’ve got no yellow question marks. Thank you all for your advice which surely saved me many hours of grief.

    As I bought an OEM version of the P5B cheaply I received no accessories (no ASUS drivers, no cables, etc.) I bought the IO plate and the Q-connector from the ASUS on-line store. I downloaded the latest BIOS, drivers and software from the ASUS and Microsoft web sites.

    I was worried about my 1.9V Corsair 5400 RAM (4 @ 512KB), but the system booted to the BIOS on the first try. I made a few minor changes manually to the BIOS (1.9V memory, PnP OS, numlock off, boot IDE ROM) afterwhich Windows was found on my optical drive and installed without any problems. I had five devices without drivers (ATK ACPI, RealTech LAN, SoundMax Audio, Microsoft UAA Sound, SM (Intel) Bus Controller.)

    The first thing I did was to flash the BIOS from 0509 to the most recent version (0908). Rebooted.

    I then installed the most recent NVIDIA display driver to get a nice, digital presentation for the rest of my work. Rebooted.

    I then installed the drivers/sofware in the following order, rebootting after each install:
    * RTL8111b_564607272006 (LAN driver)
    * ATK0110 v.1043.2.15.37 (ACPI pseudo interface for ASUS Booster)
    * Microsoft Hotfix KB901105-V3-x64 (UAA)
    * SoundMax Audio v.5.10.2.4530 (integrated digital audio driver)
    * Intel P965 Update v.8.0.1.102 (inludes SM Bus contoller driver)

    I had no use for RAID so I didn’t install the JMicron driver or any other JMicron software. My IDE controller driver is provided by the OS.

    I did get what looked like an error when installing the SoundMax Audio Driver, but the SoundMax splash screen came up and the wizard allowed me to configure my sound system which consists of simple stereo speakers. (I found that unplugging and then replugging the green connector during the configuration but before the wizard allowed the wizard to do its job.) During the driver configuration there were a lot of hissing and popping sounds, but after the configuration completed and I rebooted those disappeared. The stereo sound is very satisfactory for me. I haven’t tested the 5 or 7 speaker surround sound options.

    Even if you don’t plan on using the ASUS AI Booster (overclocking) program you must install the ATK0110.

    Perhaps I was just lucky with my set up, but I’m very pleased with the P5B. After a couple of weeks of burn in I haven’t experience any problems with the OS or any hardware. I upgraded for gaming and I’m very pleased with CtD, MOHAA, and BF2 performance.

    Thank you all for your advice; I owe you a lot.

73. 

    warmthboy said,

    Wrote on January 10, 2007 @ 9:00 pm

    Congratulations Bernard|| But did u try to use the stereo mix function from the SoundMax??? Did it work?

74. 

    Rull said,

    Wrote on January 11, 2007 @ 3:58 am

    @Bernard Finally good news but where did you get that BIOS update version?? I only see the 0804

75. 

    Toby said,

    Wrote on January 11, 2007 @ 11:37 pm

    Yeah, i bought a ASUS P5B-E, but i use another networ card for w-lan. trouble is, it causes a conflict with the onboard lan, and internet locks up regularly. oh, and my sub speaker randomly doesn’t output sound. asus sucks, seems like they haven’t kept up the quality they used to have. i’d by msi now.

76. 

    Bernard said,

    Wrote on January 13, 2007 @ 12:18 am

    @warmthboy: You asked if my P5B SoundMax stereo mixer was functioning. To find out I did the following test. I began by playing music coming over the network. I then clicked on the blue square in my tray and the SoundMax mixer opened. I was able to easily change the master volume and stero balance. I checked all the sliders for the various audio input and output devies and they all were functional. I went to the graphic equlizer and all of the sliders were dim (not functioning). I clicked on the little triangle in the equalizer header, checked the box “enable equalizer” and then closed the drop down. At that point all of the equalizer sliders were functional. I adjusted the sliders to meet my needs and then closed the mixer. I captured about 60 seconds of the audio as MP3 and played it back. Unless I’m missing something I think my mixer is fully functional.
    @rull: I downloaded the BIOS update for my P5B from the ASUS download center. Since there are several different versions of the P5B (P5B, P5B-VM, P5B-E, P5B-Delux, P5B-Delux/WIFI) the BIOS updates will be numbered differently depending on version. I have the vanilla P5B. I believe the P5B and P5B-VM southbridge (ICH8) is different from all the other versions (ICH8R) in that RAID is not natively supported. The ICH8R natively supports raid. That is the only real difference between the various versions in terms of potential native functionality. Of course the various versions were built out to provide different permutations of functionality supported by the chipsets. It think that is the reason the BIOS update numbers vary among the versions.

77. 

    Fer said,

    Wrote on January 15, 2007 @ 3:18 am

    Hi guys,

    I read all the posts about the P5B mobo and,

    I am really sorry to know there is a lot of people with a massive problem,

    WE SHOULDN’T HAVE BOUGHT THE DAM THING !!!
    WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY !!!
    WE HAD EXPECTATIONS!!!

    Opened the box, ordered all this stuff(loads of custom items,brand new system to be), thinking GREAT !!

    The motherboard does not boot DEAD ON ARRIVAL …
    SENT IT BACK ASKED FOR A REFUND.

    Dissapointing but true people,it kind of hurts,specially when we struglle to work for a living and have so many bills to pay.

    Thanks for reading,make yourself a favour, DONT BUY ASUS P5B DELUXE and opt for something else reliable.

78. 

    sketos said,

    Wrote on January 16, 2007 @ 4:36 pm

    Hey guys.i have p5b deluxe wifi and im facing a problem
    when i try to buckup and restore data or complete partition with acronis true image bootable cd.the problem is that acronis canot find any hard drives or if it find it it canot work.if somebody has a solution please help.i think it would be a jmicron controler problem but what to do.Very disapointed too

79. 

    Seeker said,

    Wrote on January 17, 2007 @ 12:51 am

    About Acronis true image: mine works just fine (have 9.1 version), but I know that previus versions had some issues with RAID controllers.

    Otherwise I’m very frustrated about thi mobo - audio SUCKS!

80. 

    Jimbob said,

    Wrote on January 17, 2007 @ 5:39 am

    Hi guys I am having the same problems as mentioned above.

    I have gotten rid of the boot time slowdown by disabling Onboard High Definition Audio in Bios. I have also removed Soundmax software and JMicron driver via Control Panel.

    My problem is that the Audigy 2 I am using is not functioning correctly. It is extremely quiet and I believe this is due to a conflict with the soundmax drivers.

    If anyone has any suggestions as to what I can do feel free to answer.

    Thanks, James.

81. 

    J-Alex said,

    Wrote on January 17, 2007 @ 5:04 pm

    Well I have to say I am pretty pee’d off with this P5B Deluxe Wifi board; I wish I hadn’t bought it.

    I have been trying to sort out the slow boot time since loading the Asus software.

    I built my first PC using what I thought to be good spec components, and it is so slow.

    My processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo E6700, so not a slow processor.

    My first P5 m/board didn’t work so the store replaced it, upon finally getting the PC working and installing Win XP Pro, Avast! anti virus & Sygate firewall, the blue bar went across only two times and I was on the desktop, to say I was blown away by the speed was an understatement.

    I then installed all the Asus software and major slowdown as you all have experienced. I didn’t know what was going on.

    Also the Wifi driver won’t install, I have tried several times and I just get a message saying it couldn’t install them, so I have a yellow question mark in the device manager.

    Few weeks later I needed to burn a DVD, I opened up Nero and my Sony 18x writer wasn’t recognised, I then thankfully stumbled onto this site, after following your very helpful instructions I got my DVD-RW to work.

    After reading some of the other suggestions to cure slow boot time, I tried each one though none has helped. I uninstalled the SoundMax drivers, turned off the onboard sound, even yesterday I installed my old Audigy Platinum EX soundcard, the windows blue bar still goes across 8-9 times whatever config I have, I even get a message saying windows is starting up, before I can click on my user name to enter my password, I never got this on my old Dell PIII PC.

    For Christmas I received another gig of PC6400 ram, so I am running 2GB, since installing the ram startup is even slower, with 1GB of ram once my desktop appeared, I was able to use the PC straight away, since installing the extra gig of ram, once the desktop loads I can’t do anything for at least another 30 seconds.

    I have on several occasions updated the bios to 804 and on re-start I get a message saying OVERCLCOCKING has failed????? WTF I haven’t overclocked anything, I spent the extra money buying the E6700 so I wouldn’t need to overclock, I then have to press F2 to load the original settings, I don’t understand what is happening.

    I setup and brand new Dell PC for a friend the other day, using an E6300 processor and that loads twice as fast as mine, the blue bar only goes across 6 times for crying out loud.

    Also how the hell do you get passed having to press Any Key to continue, I uninstalled the Jmicro drivers but I still have to press the space bar on startup.

    Please help.

82. 

    Rull said,

    Wrote on January 18, 2007 @ 1:02 am

    @J-Alex: I understand how dissapointed you should feel

    About the press any key message is due to the BIOS settings regarding JMicron, you can disable the JMicron trhough your BIOS but your IDE drives will stop working I think that sucks and that stupid message should not appear, if you want to know what IDE drives are attached to your PC you enter the BIOS, quite simple!

83. 

    Don said,

    Wrote on January 20, 2007 @ 1:28 am

    Sorry for repeating myself (I posted a similar comment on “Do Not Buy A P5B Deluxe”) but this seems a more appropriate place for my issue.

    My system never starts first time from cold. I always get around 3 false starts before it comes on. Similar to when you change CPU or memory settings. I can live with it though as the PC is usually on.

    However, I can’t any more drives! As soon as I do, I don’t even POST. The best I get is the motherboard repeatedly firing up, then dying, then back on, then off continually until I manually switch it off.

    I have revision 1.06. Was that a crap release ? BIOS is latests and I have a good PSU.

    I just attached an eSATA drive to it (attaches via JMicron controller) and the system fires up. I have an adapter which converts a SATA port to an eSATA port. I’ll try that the next time I open the case.

    I’ve lost all confidence in this board and despite hating Gigabyte, wish I’d gone with them instead.

84. 

    Don said,

    Wrote on January 20, 2007 @ 2:03 am

    Well now, here’s a funny discovery. I borrowed an external HDD enclose that takes SATA drives and has an eSATA connector. Hooked it up via eSATA and all was fine. Drive was recognised etc.

    Using an adapter, I converted an internal SATA connector to eSATA and plugged in the drive. All ok. Then i attached the drive directly to the motherboard’s SATA but still sourced power from the external box. It worked !

    But as soon as I hooked the drive to the power from the PSU, PC would not start.

    It’s certainly looking more and more that the PSU is the problem. It’s an Antec HE 550. There is enough juice (I’ve removed other devices) but there is just some incompatibility going on.

    I can probably replace a PSU for less than a Motherboard, but I need to check other forums to see if this PSU is somehow causing problems for this setup.

85. 

    TheDude said,

    Wrote on January 20, 2007 @ 2:19 am

    I have a problem with application freezing and the computer not being able to restart/shutdown after an application freeze. The applications that tend to freeze are Mozilla 2.0 and Windows Media Center. At times my media player 11 and my winamp also go. Could this be a problemw with RAM? I also heard that Mozilla 2.0 is very buggy; Could that be the problem? Or is it our crappy motherboard? Some insight would be greatly appreciated.

86. 

    Don said,

    Wrote on January 20, 2007 @ 3:59 am

    I’ve spent a good few hours researching my particular issue (false restarts, cannot add drives) and it’s boiled down to my Antec HE 550w PSU having issues with our boards. So I’m going to swap it out before I curse Asus any more.

87. 

    Ringleader said,

    Wrote on January 25, 2007 @ 5:34 am

    Anyone that can point me into any direction to get raid0 working i’d be more then happy.
    Asus P5B Deluxe wifi, 6600conroe, corsair twin6400c4. I got the cd/dvd on the micron and trying to get raid on the matrixchip…. nothing going my way so far.
    Been reading so many forums for solutions so my eyes bleed.. im never ever going to buy/recommend Asus(motherboards) again. They are always first with the new stuff but does it matter if it never works or gets fixes afterwards?

88. 

    Adam said,

    Wrote on January 25, 2007 @ 3:57 pm

    “I have a problem with application freezing and the computer not being able to restart/shutdown after an application freeze. The applications that tend to freeze are Mozilla 2.0 and Windows Media Center. At times my media player 11 and my winamp also go. Could this be a problemw with RAM? I also heard that Mozilla 2.0 is very buggy; Could that be the problem? Or is it our crappy motherboard? Some insight would be greatly appreciated.”

    Experiencing exactly the same thing and I’m tempted to just return the motherboard …though from the playing around I’ve done so far it seems to be the soundmax application..will get back to you on how that works out though

    If anyone else has had the problem of applications freezing please let me know

89. 

    Adam said,

    Wrote on January 25, 2007 @ 7:33 pm

    TheDude: I’ve found the solution to the problem…firstly don’t use digital outputs..use 3.5mm jacks only..secondly in the SoundMax software you need to disable both DTS Interactive and NEO:DTS

90. 

    Rull said,

    Wrote on January 26, 2007 @ 11:10 pm

    @Adam: I already tried that out and works fine for music, but some games like CoD2 freeze out but curiously, some other games like FEAR seems to work fine

91. 

    Michal said,

    Wrote on January 27, 2007 @ 5:13 am

    I have purchased a P5B a week ago and have been struggling to get it runni