Asus P5WDG2 WS Pro any newer Bios since 0602???

[´Lotzi]

Hi Guys

I got 0602 from Asus but this bios was mega crappy
has anyone an newer Bios as 0602 for P5WDG2 WS Pro

Current Bios is 0507


Thx a lot for showing and answering


Regards............

[Speederlander]

0602 is already out? I still prefer 0408.

What makes 0602 "mega crappy"?

[blossa]

Personally I use v0005. I am not 100% sure that I have tested v0507 but I think that one had problems with multipler over 10? I could set it higher in BIOS but within Windows it looked like it was back at 10. You may want to try that?

I am still waiting for a descent BIOS.

[´Lotzi]

0602 forgots HDDs,had usb device problemes usw

the guy who posted new P5W64 Bioses shoot an screen and i think he cames on the private ftp server from asus where all beta bios are avalible

what do you think

i mean this screen

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=125321

is this an ftp adress from asus???

[orion23]

The latest official bios are 0506


0604 Bios HERE (http://amd.streamload.com/orion23/Hosted/P5WDG2%20WS%20Pro%20Bios%200604.zip)

0507 Bios HERE (http://amd.streamload.com/orion23/Hosted/P5WDG2_WS_ASUS_PRO_0507.ZIP)

0506 Bios HERE (http://amd.streamload.com/orion23/Hosted/P5WDG2-WS-PRO-0506.zip)

0005 Bios HERE (http://amd.streamload.com/orion23/Hosted/p5wdg2_ws_asus_pro_0005.rar)

[Lane-k]

How work this 0005?

I m new on this board... 408 work best for you, speeder?

[eaa315]

0408 has been pretty solid for me...not planning on changing until the cold boot issue is fixed.

That is of course if Asus gives a :banana::banana::banana::banana: enough to fix it :slapass:

[´Lotzi]

The latest official bios are 0506

There is also an 0507 available....

Get the 0507 bios HERE (http://amd.streamload.com/orion23/Hosted/P5WDG2_WS_ASUS_PRO_0507.ZIP)

0506 HERE (http://amd.streamload.com/orion23/Hosted/P5WDG2-WS-PRO-0506.zip)

0005 HERE (http://amd.streamload.com/orion23/Hosted/p5wdg2_ws_asus_pro_0005.rar)


thx asus has 0602 but this is crap

is there any newer in the www as 0602 (beta)

regards

[orion23]

I looked up 0602 and it dates back to July?????

0507 is the latest and it has a november release date:stick:

[´Lotzi]

no 0602 is dated on 24.11.06

regards

[´Lotzi]

bios 0602

http://web54.nsi24.miniserver.de/wbb2/attachment.php?attachmentid=146&sid=e5a5c1228551d5532d46723683e69a93

[´Lotzi]

today i got bios 0604

this is running smoooooooooth

but i cant share it asus said this *lol* like this biatch guy here in forum with his very important P5WDH Del

i upload it if i had time
*gg*

[Speederlander]

today i got bios 0604

this is running smoooooooooth

but i cant share it asus said this *lol* like this biatch guy here in forum with his very important P5WDH Del

i upload it if i had time
*gg*
?

Smooth in what way? What is better or fixed from previous BIOS?

[orion23]

I had updated bios on my board quite a few times already, actually, too many times I think.....

And yesterday when I tried the 0602 Bios my PC wouldn't post anymore:mad:


Oh well, new BIOS Chip coming from ASUS tomorrow..........:banana:

[eaa315]

Is the cold boot fixed?

[rvthof]

I had updated bios on my board quite a few times already, actually, too many times I think.....

And yesterday when I tried the 0602 Bios my PC wouldn't post anymore:mad:

Oh well, new BIOS Chip coming from ASUS tomorrow..........:banana:

I had the same problem: all ends with the ASUS splash screen.
I pulled all the cards (except video), removed the backup battery and cleared the CMOS. Left it for the night and it rebooted and gave me a chance to flash an older bios from a floppy with afudos.
0602 wasn't recognised by the flash utility.

regards

[orion23]

I removed my video card and turned off the PSU, and left it like that overnight... Nothing happened....

Oh well, I paid Asus $20 for overnight shipping and they sent me a new Bios chip. Installed it just now and everything is up and running.

Chip came with Bios 0506....

[Th0r]

orion23,
can you help me ?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=125765&highlight=p5wdg2
i see you are running your rams at low latency...
thanks.

[eaa315]

can someone plz post the 0604 BIOS

[rvthof]

I found it in the Asus support forum:
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20061206005516808&board_id=1&model=P5WDG2+WS+Professional&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

I am a bit scared to try it, since the horrible experience with 0602. Except Lotzi I have not seen any reports of people using this version.
I wait and see for a few more days.

[eaa315]

that link in Asus forums is no good :(

[orion23]

I just got the 0604 and succesfully flashed to it.

I don't notice anything new. NO COLD BOOT FIX YET.

HERE (http://amd.streamload.com/orion23/Hosted/P5WDG2%20WS%20Pro%20Bios%200604.zip)

[blossa]

Just tested the BIOS 0005 with LN2. The system hangs at about -125 degrees. The 0005 is still my favorite though.

[eaa315]

Thank you for posting BIOS 0604 to DL.

Flashed to 0604 and after a few hiccups getting my settings back to where i had them I've now been able to get to 400x9 fsb with 1.48 voltage.

Was also finally able to push my Mushkin DDR2-800 to 1000Mhz @ CL4 on 4/5 strap.

My only issue that seems to remain is Orthos stability...hopefully someone can help me figure out why everything else I run does so with complete stability.
SuperPi, PCMark05, 3DMark06, 3DMark05&03, along with games such as UT2k4 play for hours with no issues...but Orthos fails on my pc in a matter of seconds. :(
Any thoughts and advice?

[Speederlander]

Thank you for posting BIOS 0604 to DL.

Flashed to 0604 and after a few hiccups getting my settings back to where i had them I've now been able to get to 400x9 fsb with 1.48 voltage.

Was also finally able to push my Mushkin DDR2-800 to 1000Mhz @ CL4 on 4/5 strap.

My only issue that seems to remain is Orthos stability...hopefully someone can help me figure out why everything else I run does so with complete stability.
SuperPi, PCMark05, 3DMark06, 3DMark05&03, along with games such as UT2k4 play for hours with no issues...but Orthos fails on my pc in a matter of seconds. :(
Any thoughts and advice?

My P5WDG2 is stable to 400 and I can run orthos blend priority 9 for days. But bump the RAM off 1:1 at that high fsb and it dies fast. And I have known good OCing RAM.

[orion23]

Don't worry about the Orthos stability thing if you can do everything else stable.

I cannot get my PC orthos stable either. I can do Dual Super PI 32M 3DMark 06, Prime95, and game for hours. Just no orthos. I can only imagine that it might be a RAM issue, timings, speed....Don't even care to find out anymore....

[Speederlander]

Don't worry about the Orthos stability thing if you can do everything else stable.

I cannot get my PC orthos stable either. I can do Dual Super PI 32M 3DMark 06, Prime95, and game for hour. Just no orthos. I can only imagine that it might be a RAM issue, timings, speed....Don't even care to find out anymore....

What temps are you getting for your 24-7 OC?

[eaa315]

Sounds good to me, TO HELL WITH ORTHOS! :banana:

[HermS]

agreed, at the risk of incurring the wrath of the stability nazis, Orthos only proves one thing, that it is stable under orthos. The load temps it produces are too unrealistic to be any kind of guideline.

[heydo6]

not to hijack your thread but was thinking of getting 8800gtx , has anyone seen sli with 8800gtx on this board ? i only ask because my 7900's and maze4 blocks are really close , i had to cut the extra threaded rod off the blocks to make them work . thanks for the reply

i have been useing 408 with no real problem but cold boot which only happens above 375fsb .

[orion23]

What temps are you getting for your 24-7 OC?

TAT and CoreTemp report 8 to 10c lower temperatures than AIBooster.

These idle temperatures are reported by TAT and CT:

3.6ghz Idles 1.375V @ <30c
3.8ghz Idles 1,450V @ <35c
4.0ghz idles 1.520V @ <40c

@ 4ghz I have not been able to complete 3Dmark06. It always freezes @ the CPU test. I have used anywhere from 1.52V to 1.65 just to pass and it simply locks everytime. I'm guessing that my chipset gets to hot @ that speed, besides, my board has no mods and no chipset modification whatsoever....

[Speederlander]

not to hijack your thread but was thinking of getting 8800gtx , has anyone seen sli with 8800gtx on this board ? i only ask because my 7900's and maze4 blocks are really close , i had to cut the extra threaded rod off the blocks to make them work . thanks for the reply

i have been useing 408 with no real problem but cold boot which only happens above 375fsb .
There is no 8800 SLI with this board at this time.

[anani]

Any News on new BIOS version?

Thanks to all

[anani]

Thanks to everyone, please keep us notified when they release new BIOS

[SlackerXL]

for those that had trouble getting it earlier..
0604 is out...
over at Station-Drivers.com as usual....
linky (http://station-drivers.com/page/asus/asus%20p5wdg2-ws-pro.htm)

[jbloggs]

Tried 0604 a while ago, but found it did not give as good performance as 0506, so am sticking with 0506 for the time being. :up:

[SlackerXL]

0701 beta is out...
you can get it here (ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5WDG2%20WS%20Professional/P5WDG2-WS-PRO-0701.zip)

[orion23]

0701 beta is out...
you can get it here (ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5WDG2%20WS%20Professional/P5WDG2-WS-PRO-0701.zip)


Thanks, got it, but I don't "see" any differences, and, why does the release date and time show the same date as the 0604 bios?

[anani]

Thank you for this update orion23

I see that bios 0701 is more stable than 0507 so far and
hope that it will resolve cold boot issue!!!

Will keep you informed

[bobov]

0701 didn't solve cold boot issue. :(

[orion23]

Thank you for this update orion23

I see that bios 0701 is more stable than 0507 so far and
hope that it will resolve cold boot issue!!!

Will keep you informed

1: It wasn't me. It was the guy above!

2:You have such nice hardware, one of the best boards, a very overclockable CPU and you are using the sock cooler? And only pushig 300mhz?

You don't deserve to post here @ Xtremesystems:D :stick: :slapass: :nono:

[Ace-a-Rue]

does anyone now have a quad core 6600 on this board?

as far as 0701 bios, it is fine on my board...it still shuts off on reboot since i am overclocking and does the same when saving changes to the bios.

i can set the FSB to 400 (E6400), memory to "SPD" using DDR800 setting and Vcore to "Auto"...it will post to boot and then run Orthos blend with the Vcore only going up to 1.28v, otherwise the vcore drops to 1.14v for idle conditions...rock solid!

[Barnsley-Bill]

has anyone got a link for the v0005 bios ive tried a few last being v0408 but can't get to 400fsb with my E6600 no matter what vcore my ram is 4g of Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-8500C5D XMS2-8500 2048MB 5-5-5-15
btw im on a ss Phase unit and my temps are -42 idle and about -35 full load my chip Batch number is L627B156 .
I Just want the best bios v for oc ive seen a few with v0005 and have had good results with it .

[bobov]

I have tried different bios, 0004/0005/0408/0506/0604. They all give same OC. Just my 2cents.

[Speederlander]

has anyone got a link for the v0005 bios ive tried a few last being v0408 but can't get to 400fsb with my E6600 no matter what vcore my ram is 4g of Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-8500C5D XMS2-8500 2048MB 5-5-5-15
btw im on a ss Phase unit and my temps are -42 idle and about -35 full load my chip Batch number is L627B156 .
I Just want the best bios v for oc ive seen a few with v0005 and have had good results with it .
I keep vFSB to 1.4 IIRC and MCH is max. I have been able to get close to 430 fsb, though only 400 is ever stable on my 6600. It's the board/chipset. If you want to push things any further, you likely need unlocked multiplier, but your fsb will probably not go much over 400 in any event.

[Barnsley-Bill]

Raja sent me a link to his site showing his settings but i can.t get near his settings mine wont boot :( i hope he dosen.t mind me posting this link to his site.
http://www.worldoverclockingleague.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106
some realy good results though from the same board eh.

[orion23]

has anyone got a link for the v0005 bios ive tried a few last being v0408 but can't get to 400fsb with my E6600 no matter what vcore my ram is 4g of Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-8500C5D XMS2-8500 2048MB 5-5-5-15
btw im on a ss Phase unit and my temps are -42 idle and about -35 full load my chip Batch number is L627B156 .
I Just want the best bios v for oc ive seen a few with v0005 and have had good results with it .

005 Bios:

LINK (http://amd.streamload.com/orion23/Hosted/p5wdg2_ws_asus_pro_0005.rar)

[Barnsley-Bill]

Cheers Orion23 just what im after i.ll give this a go and see if it makes any difference :).

[Speederlander]

You know, I just installed a QX6700 on my board and I am using BIOS 0506 and my cold boot problem is gone. :eek:

e6600 0506 always cold booted.
QX6700 0506 no cold boots at all whatsoever.

Are there any issues with using 0506 btw with a quad? I notice the listed change on the newest bios is "support for new CPUs".

Also, with 0506 my multis don't go past 12, though I mostly don't care since I am not going to run phase or anything.

I am tempted to not get 0604 and not mess with a good thing, assuming the 0506 BIOS is allowing me to make full normal use of my CPU...

[Speederlander]

CPUz 1.35 indicates only 2 of my cores are actually overclocking so I guess it does have the issue I heard some Asus boards suffer from...

Does anyone know if the latest BIOS or the new beta BIOS fixes this problem?

[Simon]

CPUz 1.35 indicates only 2 of my cores are actually overclocking...

What does CPU-Z 1.39 say?

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

[Speederlander]

What does CPU-Z 1.39 say?

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Doesn't allow me to toggle between the cores, stuck on core #1. So it says I am overclocked. That's why quad users tend to CPU-z 1.35.

[Speederlander]

Well, 0604 appears to fix my only two core overclock problem. All 4 now read as being OC'd.

[orion23]

Have you tried the latest Bios?

0801 is out!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/FORUMS/showthread.php?t=134741

[Speederlander]

Have you tried the latest Bios?

0801 is out!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/FORUMS/showthread.php?t=134741
LOL, I just did the 0604 one.

Sooo.....what does 0801 gain us? :)

[orion23]

LOL, I just did the 0604 one.

Sooo.....what does 0801 gain us? :)

Nothing @ all really, except that it didn't reset my overclock settings. Those were still there after flashing!

[Speederlander]

Nothing @ all really, except that it didn't reset my overclock settings. Those were still there after flashing!
I'll let that one ride then. ;)

[Speederlander]

Just a note: I don't seem to cold boot any more. Since I started using my QX6700. Not sure why but gg.

[orion23]

That's probably because the ColdBoot only start to take effect after a certain FSB, 350+ or 400+ (whatever it is)

I'm guessing your Quad is using a lower FSB that what you had with your previous C2D.

[Speederlander]

That's probably because the ColdBoot only start to take effect after a certain FSB, 350+ or 400+ (whatever it is)

I'm guessing your Quad is using a lower FSB that what you had with your previous C2D.

Yeah, that must be it. I am just keeping 266 FSB and pushing the multi.

[ted34]

So whats best bios. Im still running 0005. Is there any advantage going to 0701 or 0801

[Pedropc]

Hello, in the web of asus it puts that support 1333 occurs from bios 702, but bios 801 does not have support 1333, know when they removed bios that support it, thanks, a greeting.

[Th0r]

803 is out, the ftp link is working.
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/asus/asus&#37;20p5wdg2-ws-pro.htm

[Th0r]

cold reboot still persists and my memory problem too (only running with the SPD setting and then with 5/6/6 timings).

[Simon]

803 is out, the ftp link is working.


Thanks!

With Vista and EIST enabled, the multiplier goes down to x6 when idle.
Under load the multiplier is x11.
With EIST disabled, the multiplier is always x11.
This is new since a couple of BIOS:es ago. Is it just me?

http://max.ownit.nu/Multiplerx6.png

[OneyedK]

803 is out, the ftp link is working.
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/asus/asus%20p5wdg2-ws-pro.htm

Thx for the link! Will try the bios later...

Any news on what it is supposed to fix?

[Th0r]

Hi,
i have 1000 3dmarks lower score than you with a 3.51GHz c2d and a 8800gtx too- is your 8800gtx overclocked ?

[Simon]

Hi,
i have 1000 3dmarks lower score than you with a 3.51GHz c2d and a 8800gtx too- is your 8800gtx overclocked ?
No, it was not overclocked. The settings were:
FSB: 320
Core speed: 3520MHz
Driver: 97.44
Resolution: 1024x768
Operating system: XP x64

[Th0r]

ok, then someting is wrong/different - maybe the memory only cound not make the difference in a intel system.
OK, you have 1024x786 resolution...

[jozzy]

may i know the max vcore of the mobo? and the max fsb please.. :toast:

[OneyedK]

may i know the max vcore of the mobo? and the max fsb please.. :toast:

Max. unmodded vcore is 1.60V
Max. fsb is :p: (depends on too many factors that are not even board-related)

[Simon]

Max. unmodded vcore is 1.60V

Guess you mean 1.7000V...

[OneyedK]

may i know the max vcore of the mobo? and the max fsb please.. :toast:


Guess you mean 1.7000V...

http://www.analog.com/zh/prod/0,,766_820_ADP3198,00.html

:toast: What we are allowed to choose in the bios by ASUS always needs a reality check :D

[rvthof]

803 is out, the ftp link is working.
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/asus/asus%20p5wdg2-ws-pro.htm

Be very careful with this: I think there is a mixup at ASUS.
The name of the file suggests it is for the P5WDG2-WS-PRO,
but it is found in the directory for the the P5WD64 and that is another beast.

It is also strange that after a 0701 beta they follow-up with 0803 !!

regards, Rob

[bobov]

803 is offical now on asus websit.

[ted34]

Was the 801 bios a proper p5wdg2 one or was it for the p5w64?

Anyone finding the 0803 bios anygood compare to the 0701 or the 0005?

[heydo6]

i have heard it's only for support for the new E6320/E6420 cpu's .

[jbloggs]

ted34:

I have been using the 0803 for a while, but I think the 0701 is better, and might go back to it. :)

[Simon]

ted34:

I have been using the 0803 for a while, but I think the 0701 is better, and might go back to it. :)
I have 0803, but haven´t noticed any changes to 0701.
In what way do find 0701 better?

[jbloggs]

I have 0803, but haven´t noticed any changes to 0701.
In what way do find 0701 better?

Benches are slightly better (admittedly not by much), and processor runs slightly cooler. :)

[Simon]

BIOS version 0805 is out for P5WDG2 WS Pro.

ftp://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5WDG2%20WS%20Professional/

[Th0r]

Thanks for the news !

have You tested it for cold rebooting ?

[ugo1]

What's new in this bios version?

Thanks

Ugo