ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

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08-14-2006, 02:44 PM
lawrywild

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Hmm voltage scaling on conroes is funny :D

3ghz stable - 1.3v real
+(0.25ghz)
3.25ghz stable - 1.4v real
+(0.13ghz)
3.38ghz not stable - 1.5v real
08-14-2006, 03:41 PM
kidstechno

Is there anyway to enable manual timings after setting the SPD to automatic and getting the higher OC? Memtest just locks my system up if i try to lower the timings, and I can't get past 357ish without setting it to Auto :slapass:
08-14-2006, 09:19 PM
Crankybugga

I cant beleive all the trouble people are having with this obviously shonky m/b. I might change my order to something less shonky, if there is such a thing. What else would be recommended for a retail 6600?
08-15-2006, 01:33 AM
Mykou

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crankybugga

I cant beleive all the trouble people are having with this obviously shonky m/b. I might change my order to something less shonky, if there is such a thing. What else would be recommended for a retail 6600?

P5W DH is a good mobo IMO, and with another one you'll get its own issues , be sure about that .

This mobo was one of the earliest to chip, so thread about issues is very consequent I think and lot of people right here blame it cos they can't reach clockings as we saw .

I think I'm a noob clocker but I learn every day from XS and I know too what are my limits beside guys more experienced

This mobo has to get more mature bios to be un "bon cru" as we said in France for good wine ;)

regards
08-15-2006, 01:48 AM
lawrywild

I think all we need is the really basic issues to be fixed in a bios update and then more memory timings added. the spd thing is ridiculous, it's really the only real problem I have with this board..
08-15-2006, 04:30 AM
toledo

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawrywild

I think all we need is the really basic issues to be fixed in a bios update and then more memory timings added. the spd thing is ridiculous, it's really the only real problem I have with this board..

Lawry ... One more issue to add to the list

BSOD when installing Windows XP SP2 . I got it installed when i disable the 1394 and the Jmicron controler in bios . Does anyone know what is going on ? :confused :
08-15-2006, 07:05 AM
BulldogPO

New version of DH Remote driver has been released:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/misc/utils/DHRemote

BTW, does anybody know is it somehow possible to use MBM with P5W DH?
08-15-2006, 07:28 AM
Durzel

Quote:

Originally Posted by toledo

Lawry ... One more issue to add to the list

BSOD when installing Windows XP SP2 . I got it installed when i disable the 1394 and the Jmicron controler in bios . Does anyone know what is going on ? :confused :

Strange. I installed Windows XP SP2 with no issues with nothing disabled and the WiFi card plugged in.
08-15-2006, 07:39 AM
toledo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Durzel

Strange. I installed Windows XP SP2 with no issues with nothing disabled and the WiFi card plugged in.

It really does not make any sense . I was using bios 0401 at that time . What bios were you using ?
08-15-2006, 07:41 AM
bullet2urbrain

Quote:

Originally Posted by toledo

It really does not make any sense . I was using bios 0401 at that time . What bios were you using ?

have you tried another PSU?

there was the thread regarding Antec NEO, but someone stated they had the same trouble with a Powerstream...

just a thought.

EDIT: im dumb, that person was... YOU !!! Sorry dude.
08-15-2006, 07:44 AM
lawrywild

I guess it only happens to some people. I disable those types of devices in the bios usually on first boot, I never use or will use them so I automatically disable them.

I have every onboard device disabled in bios and the wifi card removed. Saves me the trouble of troubleshooting issues like that..
08-15-2006, 07:47 AM
toledo

Quote:

Originally Posted by bullet2urbrain

have you tried another PSU?

there was the thread regarding Antec NEO, but someone stated they had the same trouble with a Powerstream...

just a thought.

EDIT: im dumb, that person was... YOU !!! Sorry dude.

hahahaha :D . No problem

I`ve posted the same in other thread , i need to disable firewire and Jmicron controler using bios 0401 ..... I really don`t understand this board .
08-15-2006, 08:20 AM
playrh8r

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacClipper

Has anyone tried hooking a 16x DVD burner successfully to the onboard JMicron PATA port? The Asus manual says it does not support ATAPI but the JMicron site says it does,

http://www.jmicron.com/JMB363.html

I was about to spring for a ITE 8212 PCI IDE card (also touchy for proper 16x DVD burner support) for my other DVD burners when I decided to pop by JMicron webbie for a doublecheck on ATAPI support.

I am having problems with my Samsung 16x DVD burner as the only conection on the PATA port. Ive used both the Asus supplied drivers and the new ones from Windows update. In each case when I access the optical drive my mouse becomes very slow and the system slows to a crawl. When the access is finished the computer returns to normal.

My temporary solution is to remove the jmicron raid software from the system . This gives me back my performance but I dont see any jmicron drivers in the device manager.

I'm considering just getting a SATA burner and selling my Samsung :(

Jeff
08-15-2006, 09:29 AM
MacClipper

perhaps double check your settings/drivers with these posts,
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.ph...5&postcount=13
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.ph...5&postcount=19

You can check the burner DMA status with Nero Infotool too or CDSpeed (test the burst rate).

PS: I have no problems with running the new 18x Samsung burner on the JMicron.
08-15-2006, 10:15 AM
xgman

Quote:

Originally Posted by BulldogPO

BTW, does anybody know is it somehow possible to use MBM with P5W DH?

I forget exactly which one but one of the Asus P4C800 choices in MBM5 works everything except vcore.
08-15-2006, 10:54 AM
Brahmzy

OK, I got my P5W last night and got everything installed fine and the thing's FAST. RAID0's running great. Cool.

PROBLEM:

Whenever I restart the computer from Windows, one of my HDDs clicks off and spins back up again. It's like the board kills power for a split second to during a reboot, causing it to spin back up. This then causes a slowdown during POST, because the BIOS has to wait to detect the HDD before it's at full spin speed. It does NOT do this with my 2 RAID0'd WD740ADFD Raptors, just my WD 250GB 16mb SATAII HDD. Or if it does do it to the Raptors, I can't tell because the BIOS detects them immediately. It's the weirdest thing.

The ONLY thing that's changed is going from a DS3 to a P5W. This never happened with my DS3. How can the mobo be killing power to a HDD during a reboot??? Any ideas?

My PSU is more than adequate and again, it never did this with my DS3. I'm on 1101 BIOS.

Thanks.
08-15-2006, 11:01 AM
Primoz78

Has anyone resolved the problem on ram divider over 340FSB?...cause I got Gskills with D9 chips and I have them under 400mhz because the board don`t let me have them on any divider more than 1:1 :slapass:

Regards,
Primoz
08-15-2006, 11:52 AM
matt1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brahmzy

OK, I got my P5W last night and got everything installed fine and the thing's FAST. RAID0's running great. Cool.

PROBLEM:

Whenever I restart the computer from Windows, one of my HDDs clicks off and spins back up again. It's like the board kills power for a split second to during a reboot, causing it to spin back up. This then causes a slowdown during POST, because the BIOS has to wait to detect the HDD before it's at full spin speed. It does NOT do this with my 2 RAID0'd WD740ADFD Raptors, just my WD 250GB 16mb SATAII HDD. Or if it does do it to the Raptors, I can't tell because the BIOS detects them immediately. It's the weirdest thing.

The ONLY thing that's changed is going from a DS3 to a P5W. This never happened with my DS3. How can the mobo be killing power to a HDD during a reboot??? Any ideas?

My PSU is more than adequate and again, it never did this with my DS3. I'm on 1101 BIOS.

Thanks.

I'm pretty sure it's meant to do that, my Asus board does the same thing, cuts power for a second then reboots - got to admit it's odd as I'm used to my old DFI NF4.
08-15-2006, 12:32 PM
jimborae

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt1

I'm pretty sure it's meant to do that, my Asus board does the same thing, cuts power for a second then reboots - got to admit it's odd as I'm used to my old DFI NF4.

Yep mine does this when it's overclocked, powers off & and then powers back on when rebooting. Very strange.
08-15-2006, 12:41 PM
SteveS

Anyone Know what it means if the power led is flashing all the time?
have I done something wrong or is it worse? I have never seen the LED flashing all the time before.
08-15-2006, 12:48 PM
Mykou

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveS

Anyone Know what it means if the power led is flashing all the time?
have I done something wrong or is it worse? I have never seen the LED flashing all the time before.

hmmm no idea

did you plug it at the right place ?
08-15-2006, 12:51 PM
SteveS

Yup I just finished putting everything together, and plugged in the power, turned it on at the back and instead of the LED coming on as it should it continuiously flashes.

Needless to say I pulled the power straight away. I have disconnected everything that has power attached and tried again. Same thing.
08-15-2006, 01:46 PM
lawrywild

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brahmzy

OK, I got my P5W last night and got everything installed fine and the thing's FAST. RAID0's running great. Cool.

PROBLEM:

Whenever I restart the computer from Windows, one of my HDDs clicks off and spins back up again. It's like the board kills power for a split second to during a reboot, causing it to spin back up. This then causes a slowdown during POST, because the BIOS has to wait to detect the HDD before it's at full spin speed. It does NOT do this with my 2 RAID0'd WD740ADFD Raptors, just my WD 250GB 16mb SATAII HDD. Or if it does do it to the Raptors, I can't tell because the BIOS detects them immediately. It's the weirdest thing.

The ONLY thing that's changed is going from a DS3 to a P5W. This never happened with my DS3. How can the mobo be killing power to a HDD during a reboot??? Any ideas?

My PSU is more than adequate and again, it never did this with my DS3. I'm on 1101 BIOS.

Thanks.

Mine does that too I think, I usually notice it during shutdown. I shutdown the rig, windows shutsdown and screen turns out then harddrive seems to go off and back on again, then 5 seconds or so later evrything will actually all turn off...
08-15-2006, 02:01 PM
lawrywild

ok.. I'm really started to dislike this motherboard the more I try to push ocs

6 hours orthos stable at 3.24ghz.. I keep the same settings and run orthos, runs for about 10 mins without any errors then suddenly decides it wants to restart itself just like it did when I was testing 3.38ghz

WTF is up with this thing. It's not my psu.. not my harddrives.. not my cpu (errors come before restarts and already primed at that speed).. could be ram I guess.. it's stable in dual windows memtest so..
08-15-2006, 02:15 PM
matt1

I sometimes get that too, testing stability is becoming a real pain at the moment because it's difficult to get consistent results. Originally primed 3.1G on 1.4v for 4 hours, so thought I'd see lowest volts for 3G, kept failing/crashing so now I'm on 1.38v and it seems to be happy. A64 + DFI NF4 was alot more straightforward. :(

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