imo, 2x max speeds is a giveaway that it is somehow operating in PIO mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewZorn
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imo, 2x max speeds is a giveaway that it is somehow operating in PIO mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewZorn
Quote:
Originally Posted by phile
Nothing...the fans spin but no post. Under the current config, when you boot the VGA fan spins really fast then slows down. After the VGA fan slows, the systems posts and continues to load windows. Whenever there is a module in Channel B, the VGA card fan continues to spin really fast...but no post, no boot.
Maybe a conflict with the card?
I'm stumped.
Obviously, if you had spare parts you could swap in, in order to rule-out each component, that would be helpful. Instinctively, though, this sounds to me like either an issue with the mobo, or the PSU (assuming the memory is fine).Quote:
Originally Posted by sherpa13
Have you tried booting with minimal hardware connected, with BIOS at factory settings, and all unneeded components disabled? Strip it down to the bare essentials.
-phil
it goes to standby just fine, but when I come back, the fans all start up, and i think i hear the hard drives go, but video doesnt seem to come back, and the keyboard doesnt initialize to the point where i can turn on and off the locks (num/caps/scroll)
Wondering if this has something to do with full power off on rebot or if i have some other setting that is screwing with me.
Core 2 x6800 (10*350 1.4vcore)
P5W DH bios 1305
ocz plat ddr2-800 rev 2 (1:1 @700 4-4-4-12 2.1vdimm)
2x 74gb raptor raid0 on ezraid ports
evga 7950gx2
antec TPII 550W
win xp home sp2
I have taken it all the way down...out of the chasis, multiple psu's, , another set of RAM (Cricial), no hard drives. The only thing I can't test is the graphics card (the x1900xt is the only PCEe card I have).Quote:
Originally Posted by phile
I am going to run it down to our local computer shop and see what they can find.
Thanks - I'll post any results ASAP
I'm using two DVD drives hooked up to the Intel port without any problems. Master/slave.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewZorn
Liteon 166S, and 1693S.
Didnt you say that the drives were being forced into PIO mode?
And that getting a different cable did not help ?
Quick Tip:
If you're having trouble booting into Windows, or it takes a while for the screen to come up, increase your MCH voltage.
To those getting 450+FSB, do you think it's really worth it? Wouldn't pumping that much voltage into CPU/MEM/MCH greatly shorten the life of your components with not much performance gain?
I'm currently at 410FSB with:
CPU MULT: 8x
CPU VOLT: 1.5V
MEM VOLT: 2.0V
MCH: 1.65V
I think these voltages are low enough to get the most out of overcloking the mobo without drastically lowering the life of anything. Opinions??
Well, it would appear you have narrowed it down to either a faulty vid-card or mobo. Hope you get that sorted-out quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by sherpa13
-phil
People running G.Skill 2gbhz on the p5w dh del.. what vdimm are you using? I have mine at 2.00v but thinking maybe 2.10v might be better? maybe that's why I was having issues at 3.6ghz.. been camped out at 3.5 with no real need for 100mhz more.. except for bragging rights. lol.
Anyways.. did the 1405 bios really help people with higher more stable OCs?
I use 2.1v 4-4-4-12 800mhz. My sticker said 2.1-2.2v 800Mhz so I've always set it there @ 9 X 400. The 1405 bios gained me a few mhz 3DMark stable. It went from 420Mhz to 423Mhz. All other max clocks pretty much stayed the same. Pi scores got a tad better. From my understanding the 1405 final bios will be a tad better than the beta we've all used, maybe.
Interestingly, I can run at x9 = 3.690ghz on my E6600, but my graphics are all screwed up when playing 3d games. I'm ONLY changing the multiplier too.
x8 = 3.28 ghz works fine. Raising vcore to something like 1.65V helps (but does not fix) in x9, but I don't want to raise it any higher just for 400 extra mhz!
FromQuote:
Originally Posted by kevpuk
I have read that a newer version of the app often solves problems....
Quote :
To get 1.00.29 to work, I copied over \Acpi\, \Acpi64\, \IO\ and \LANG\ from 1.00.27. Then replaced all the files under \IO\ with the same ones in 1.00.29 root folder. Do not replace files in ACPI because it will give you another error when you try to install.
I can confirm that this version of DH Remote (1.00.29) does work without any help with USB hub or anything. Simply plug in USB receiver to the ports under LAN2 and DH Remote application picked up the receiver right away.
Appearantly this version installed an "ATK0110 ACPI UTILITY" under System Device which was missing in all the previous versions of DH Remote app.
But have yet to track down said version......living in hope here, guys & gals....
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...ght=p5w+remote
Rob
there is newer version for DH Remote on the asus ftp "DHRemote10036.zip" i never gave it a try as mine worked without any problem since day one...anyhow here is the link:
ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/misc/utils/DHRemote/
i||uSi0n^
I cannot seem to ever get the remote to be responsive, no matter which version of the software I use. The only program I ever try to control with it is Winamp, and very consistently I have to keep pressing a button for about 10 seconds before it will react, and then as long as I keep pressing buttons within 3-4 seconds of each other it is responsive. As soon as I don't press anything for at least 5 seconds though, it takes another 10 seconds to get it to react. Wish I could figure out why that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by i||uSi0n^
So my situation is that it requires alot more vcore for lower multipliers. Is it worth the extra voltage?
Just change the multiplier in windows with crystalCPUID (I think that's what its called). It requires that much voltage because the chip is initially detected as the multiplier it was designed at, so it has to start an initial power up at that multiplier, and then the motherboard changes the multiplier.Quote:
Originally Posted by miochza
Are there any boards that on fully unlocked CPU's, are able to change to a much lower multiplier without requiring an initial voltage to just power the chip at that FSB+default multiplier first?
(example: Trying to use 6x450 (2750 mhz) on an X6800 would require the same vcore as it would take to have the chip to at least pass the power on cycle at 4950 mhz! (450x11).
The Nemisis - thanks for the info! :)
doh... dbl post.. gah!
Take your pci-e frequency setting off of auto. I think that moves up when on auto as you raise the fsb.. I found out the hard way also... I hard set mine at 100 just to take it easy on my cards... 110 I got all kinds of corrupted graphics when there was a lot of movement on the screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Laughy
That's not it...it only happens when I change CPU multiplier, not FSB. My FSB at 410 x 8 = stable graphics, but 410 x 9 = corrupted graphics. Also my pci-e freq. is already at a set value. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by revenant
What controller do you guys recommend running RAID on? I understand there's this EZ RAID thingy, in addition to the chipset RAID? What's the fastest? I have 2x 200GB WD SATA that I will run in RAID 0, and 2x 320GB WD SATA2 that I'm going to use for storage.
I've been wondering what might be causing the flashes I've been seeing. My 'cheap' 7300GS didn't seem to have any problems before I used the 'Overclock 30%' profile. I'll set that frequency by hand and see if the flashes stop...Quote:
Originally Posted by revenant
OK, small problem: using the OC profile, I can't play with individual settings for my E6300. Is there a program that can spit out what I've been using successfully so I can set things manually and then adjust? So far, every time I try settings found in OC postings, like http://www.techspot.com/article/13-i...ing/page2.html I just get to watch my computer choke and restart...
During post when the Jmicron SATA/IDE controller identifies attached hardware, does everyone else get the "Press any key to continue ..." prompt with a short pause, even when you have set the IDEO timeout setting or whatever in BIOS to 0 seconds?
Has any fellow impatient out there figured out a way to bypass or avoid this pause/prompt?
Actually that's slightly wrong. XE chips are the exception to the rule.Quote:
Originally Posted by Falkentyne
XE chips have something internal to them that mean their multipliers actually are truly unlocked. XE chips were able to have their multipliers changed in the BIOS long before the latest BIOS came out which made it possible for ES and Retail (yes, Step 5 ES is no different to retail in terms of not being able to change multipliers in BIOS).
So it's likely when you set the mulitplier to 6x on an XE, it will POST at 6xFSB, not its default multiplier of 11x. ES and Retail on the other hand appear to boot (or try to) at whatever their factory multiplier is before the BIOS clocks it down ala CrystalCPUID.
That's why they need so much vCore for lower multipliers even when the actual clockspeed (once its actually using the multiplier) is much lower.
Got a different revision of the P5W mobo, swapped it in and... RAM is still reported as 1.62GB so that probably rules out the mobo too.Quote:
Originally Posted by MacClipper
The only thing is certain is,
P5W + (2 x 1GB RAM) + (2 x Leadtek 7300GT) = missing RAM in Win XP/SP2.
P5W = tried 2 different revisions
RAM = tried 2 different brand/models
7300GT - tried different cards
Win XP = tried totally clean install without drivers
I'm totally stumped.
My 3DFuzion 7300GS is supposed to swipe 256MB of system RAM to become a 512MB card, so maybe that's what's happening to you, too?...Quote:
Originally Posted by MacClipper
Durzel, I think you are wrong here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Durzel
This doesn't work on my retail x6800.
It isn't about the x6800's being truly unlocked (they are), but its about how the P5W handles the multipliers. But I think I was wrong by talking about "POST", as the x6800 never even makes it to that point--it doesn't even initialize.
336x11 (3700) POSTS just fine @ 1.52v on my p5wdh and loads windows (requires more than 1.6v on air for stability and temps go through the roof so forget it), however,
370*10 *does NOT* POST at all at 1.52v.
I have to raise the vcore to 1.575v for it to POST.
So the chip is initializing at 4070 mhz first, with the 11 multiplier, before the BIOS is able to take over and set it to 370*10. You see? How can the multiplier be lowered if the chip can't even powerup enough to allow the BIOS code to run?
Note, after failure to POST (at 1.52v), if I hold down the power button to power off and then power on again, I get the expected "overclock failed" and the system is reset to 2266*11 powerup.
I am not the only X6800 user who has seen this. Check in the Intel support forum. This problem has been discussed there too.
In order for your method to have worked, the last requested multiplier would have to have been saved on the CPU somehow internally. I remember some years ago there was a forum post explaining exactly what happens on power on, before BIOS code can take over.
So very low multipliers (like 6 or 7) with high fsb's will never work unless the cpu could power on with its default multiplier at that FSB and mhz.
I shouldn't have said 'the chip is detected as...", rather "the chip powers on at the multiplier it is designed for", and therefore, the BIOS never has a chance to load, because it is the BIOS that has to change the multiplier. If I'm wrong about this, tell me. The CPU does not have "flash memory", so the new multi can't be "flashed" to it (to be retrieved at cold PWR good/on). It can be requested, but to get to that point requires, at power up, that the chip at least be able to power up and execute enough basic code so the BIOS can load.
As you probably know, the MCH could also be a factor in whether you can boot with an FSB of 370.Quote:
Originally Posted by Falkentyne
I come from the AMD world where people have been running lower multi's with higher FSB without issues. How does AMD do it? Can it not be the case that the clock generator reads a flash register to clock the CPU at startup therefore not requiring any BIOS to execute in order to run at the right speed? Alternatively, it might be a register that is kept alive during power off much like the system clock. There are really a ton of different ways the clock multipler can be set and read without he Bios loading. I have no idea how it actually works, but I throw this out as a possibility. I mean, if you are right and Intel designed it the way you are describing, they are retarded.Quote:
Originally Posted by Falkentyne
Need advice!!
Check SIG, System is stable up to 425 fsb with 32 hour dual prime95.
430 435 give me random restarts up to 2 hours with dual prime95.
440 450 give me random restarts within 15 mins with dual prime95.
Never has dual prime95 ever failed with my current settings.
Just restarts.
So what I did was flashed to 1405 from 1305 bios. Lower the multi to 8 from 10.
Run Dual Prime95 with memory 1:1 and system fails Prime95 with in the same time constrants as the 10 multi.
But system does not restart.
I played with memory timmings nothing is stable with memory over 425 fsb with the multi lowered.
What should I try next do you guys think it's the board or the memory?
What happened to the "review of this board with the 1405 BIOS on a major site" the moderator mentioned in a post about a week ago???
Virtualrain:
Its not the MCH. I have the newer board with 1.85 vmch.
Nor the FSB.
It's the actual CPU initializing at 370x11 and failing to even PWRGOOD to be set at 370x9.
Now what I have NOT tried yet is setting the multiplier to 9 first, and THEN rebooting and then changing the FSB up. I'll try that later, and post back if that works. If this does work, then you are indeed right.
The review was supposed to be done @ anandtech. I'd like to see their results as well since the reviewer has both the 1.65v & 1.85v mch versions of the board. My assumption is that since the bios has yet be made offical, the review won't come until it is. Of course if the bios changes from 1405 to 1408 then the review will probably be on it. Hang in there guys, there's a bios that allows changes to tref, multiplier, etc. coming in the near future:)Quote:
Originally Posted by rpr
The Nemesis: 1405 (and a few before) already can change multipliers...
t
I keep hearing about "tref", but have no idea what it is and how it should/can be tweaked to increase performance. Can anybody explain?
The original 1405 bios would not change multi on the 1.85v mch boards though the 1404 would.Quote:
Originally Posted by taemun
Ah... my bad then. My board is a 1.65V vMCH...
t
how do you know what version your board is? I am sending my board back RMA to asus. I might see if they can send that version to me instead.
Tommy they should send you a newer rev . They sent me a newer Rev when I RMA'd :)
What did you guys RMA them for?
t
My first board woudl randomly restart @ stock speeds, never while I was using it. But overnight I guess it would restart and while I was at work sometimes just shutdown. Verified it wasnt RAM , PSU or CPU so contacted ASUS and they arranged a RMA. Was surprisingly fast :) New board is newer rev and hasnt shutdown or restarted :)
my sata plug fell off or broke off from teh ez raid connecter. cheap piece of :banana::banana::banana::banana:.
i have this problem too, for instance i just finished a nice 32M SPi, then bam restart after i walk away for like 50 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kemp3
my board restarts alot throughout the night but i cant be without it.
bullet: try raising your PCIe freq by a little... I think that I had a similar problem (sata would stop responding), and it hasn't shown itself since i set PCIe freq to 105...
t
FSB is @ 377... FSB has never been lower than 333...
i will try and raise the PCI-E Freq then.
Oops .. my bad I meant PCIe freq at the start of the post ... edited ...
t
No, the 7300GT DDR3 do not feature Turbocache.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikepaul
Anyway, the missing RAM problem has been duplicated by the local Asus/Leadtek distributor service centre so I guess I just have to wait till they settle among themselves where it went wrong.
Courtesy of 11qwerty,
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...y/IMG_1357.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by taemun
results still pending on this... PCI-E Freq @105 CPU @ 3.33 still stable, 32m and overnight SoB Stable
does anyone have try 4 dimm at the same time? i try it and my p5wdh wont post. can someone tell me what is wrong with my board. (bios 1405)
thx
Yes, I have run 4 x 1G fine - it needs 2.3v with 4 DIMMS in to maintain the same settings that are stable on 2.1volts with 2 x 1G.Quote:
Originally Posted by hendrasystemind
I would try 1 or 2 dimms, and get back to a stable BIOS to work out what is going on... enable timings by SPD etc etc
@davexl: i just try it, 2.4 v on the dimm. it just wont post.
my ram is gskill 6400HZ . both pair is the same.
should i rma this board ??
As I said, try just one or two dimms, and reset the BIOS to defaults - presumably you could post before you flashed it to 1405 right?Quote:
Originally Posted by hendrasystemind
At what point did it stop working? I doubt the board is the issue... it could very well be 1405 is the problem - can you get back to 1305?
Got a p5wdh yesterday... FSB wall at 430, can spi 32m 430x9 with my 6600, but at 433x9 it restarts...
My 6600 was tested on a bad axe and could get 4120mhz 1m stable with 1.56v (watercooling). Now im stuck at 430 fsb.
I cannot run the memory 430 1:1 3-3-3 from Bios, it crashes. I Cant even run 3-4-4 from Bios, and i do it with my bad axe at 2.35v (vmod).
Flashed last oficial bios (130X) and i get nothing. I am at 1.65v mch and the board is a 1.65vmch max.
Changed the termal paste to AS Ceramique, and put a couple of fans around the mobo. No result.
Someone has any advice?
Damn... I LOVE my bad axe :(
Dit you check the SB-sink for flatness??? Had to lap that one and put a small fan on it to go from 430 > 440.Quote:
Originally Posted by J0d3r
vmch = 1.6V, couldn't pass 440 stable, 1.65V didn't help... (MCX159cu on NB)
and I couldn't get CAS3 at this speed 1:1 either... (bios 1401)
E6400 aircooled cnps9500cu
Uhmm I didnt check SB-sink at all, but Ill do, thanks you.
Seem that we are at the same point hehe, but you a little better (440). The Cas3 thing sux :(
Thanks
I just swapped out my Bad Axe for a P5W-DH and am starting to regret it. I can't quite get the P5W stable at 425 and even this requires 1.85 vMCH, and I HAVE to run mem at SPD or it will not boot no matter. I had the Bad Axe stone cold stable 24/7 at 437 and could run benches at 452, just had to get there with setFSB in windows. Thinking about doing the vMCH mod on the Bad Axe and putting it back in. Being able to set the 1333 strap in bios is a very nice thing too.
It might be something else like your RAM - FWIW both my P5W can do 425 at 1.65vMCH. And that is 48hr+ Orthos stable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plester
The SPD thing seems to be RAM related - I can boot at manual timings with the ram in my sig.
People tend to forget the SB is connected to the cpu too...Quote:
Originally Posted by J0d3r
I noticed the problem when switching from 1.05V to 1.20V on the SB, things got worse... So I took off the sink and it's not remotely flat... Took me a lot of grinding and lapping to make the center touch the chip...
Might be that the ICH7 is the real reason why P5B Dx outperforms most x975-boards at the fsb-side... (pure MHz, not necessarily raw performance)
cas3 wouldn't bother me if I was capable of running 4:5... doesn't work either at this speed, but I really didn't have time to look into it, maybe I do something wrong... spd settings don't help me much with 5400UL...
BadAxe is hard to get (read expensive) in Belgium :-(
Thanks for all the info! Ill try at 1.05v, and Ill check SB. BTW I didnt removed the cover of heatsinks, Hope it helps.
P5wdh its a good mobo, with a lot of extras and 1.7vcore + 2.4vdimm. Bad axe only goes 1.60vcore (1.57 real) and 2.2vdimm.
But its more powerfull when you are talkin about pure FSB. It has less vdroop and clocks nice. I get mine from taiwan, but well... now its dead.
I hope I can finnaly get my 6600 ES at 4100mhz :(
Thanks,
I have mentioned earlier that i couldn't get 415+ with my mobo.I rmaed it and now i have a new one 68xxxx that came with 401 bios stick but it was flashed with 1305(maybe by retailer:confused: ).It has vmch 1.85 option at bios but there is no option for ecc!I flashed to 1405 but nothing again.wtf?
I tried to boot 415fsb that the previous one refuses but no luck again.I tried 420+ and it's ok..:clap: .
Another issue is with vmch.I used a multimeter and at "auto" reads 1.3v!At 1.85 option it reads 1.6v!Anyone knows smth about this?
Conclusion:1)Conroe platform has many many bugs..i'm pretty sure of this and you need time to find the way to solve them,2)where is the ecc option?,3)why does the mobo gives so low mch voltages?
I'd appreciate any answer of you guys..
Well the voltages error is because of my two multimeters' low battery.I checked it at mt friend's one and it's fine.:rolleyes:
The problem is with ecc option.There is no way to be in BIOS.I can see it at boot screen only if i put the battery off,but after reboot it disappears!It's a pity to rma because there is no ecc option.I'm unlucky..my ram is ecc fatties!:(
I have an Issue with the q-fan on this board. I have connected two fans to the powerfan connectors and set them to silent operation in BIOS. The problem is they only stay quiet for a while.. as soon as I for example run Prime95 to load the system the fans start to run at full speed as they should, but they won't spin down when the temperatures decreases. I have to shut down the system for a while and then start again and the fans will run silent again. Anyone know a solution to this problem? I have the stock Intel cooler on the CPU.
Say ignore in the BIOS and let Speedfan automatically control it?
Do you think the following storage tower with SATA port multiplier (model ST5X1PM) with work with the esata port of the P5W DH Deluxe?
Storage tower
The Jmicron site says the JMB363 "Supports Port Multiplier with Command-based Switching on SATA II port" - see the spec at this link:
JMicron JMB363 spec
Seems like a pretty cost effective external storage solution if it will work.
Hmm...any try this out and notice any changes?? Wish they had a change log in the zip file... :stick:Quote:
Originally Posted by Trellame
My problem.
Bios doesnt recognize the timings of my RAM which are 4-4-4-12. It thinks it's 5-6-6-18, and I cant change them because it wont post when I set "Configure DRAM timings by speed" to Disabled.
you have increased vdimm?Quote:
Originally Posted by kevsta112003
it's nothing to do with vdimm, it's the board setting too low tRFCQuote:
Originally Posted by catscit
I have the same problem with Corsair memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by kevsta112003
My memory is G.Skill DDR2 800 4-4-4-12, not the HZ kind though, just the regular.
Glad to know at least its not only me with the problem. Someone should add it to the list! :)
Oh and yes I tried increasing the vdimm, however I shouldnt have to, because its running at 375Mhz with the slower 5-6-6-18 timings. So its actually being underclocked.
Are you sure its the board setting the tRFC too low? And do you know of a possible fix?
For the record, BIOS 1405 is really buggy. It reports an "overclocking/overvolting failure" everytime I reboot, even though I had been using that stable clock frequency and voltage for days... I'm too lazy to roll back.
1405 or 1407 ?
1407 is the newest beta one...why are you using 1405?
I had problems using a bluetooth mouse with the 1405 bios, pointer jumped around and connection problems. 1407 seems ok.
1407 does not overclock as well as 1405 for me
is Asus capable of resolving this problem by newer BIOS?Quote:
FSB Wall at around 360-370 fsb - Enable SPD timings option in Chipset section of bios.
i readed somewhere that its a memory issue that occur only with some kind of dimms. Is that true?
The problem is tRFC, the board sets too low tRFC (for either the ram to handle, OR the board, we don't know really). SO yes, if ASUS add tRFC into memory timings options, then it's fixable..Quote:
Originally Posted by Prelim
BIOS 1407 has now become OFFICIAL and FINAL
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so.../P5WDH1407.zip
cheers!:banana:
nice find arrarro! :D
hmm .. the beta is the same as the file, the CRC32 hashes from the zip files (one from asus, one from deluxx) match. Both 0EC1F93D. Nothing new here folks :(
t
The randoms 256 degree CPU bug is fixed for me in 1407.
At what temp should I begin worrying about my mb? Its pretty much always at 42 degrees.
Hello guys ,
I cannot get the eSATA onboard port to work. When I plug in eSATA to SATA cable for the storage Seagate HDD , WIN XP do not recognize it :confused:
However, with the USB 2.0 cable the HDD works flawlessly.
Apart from that , everything s OK.
THX.:)
When I put my intake fan on high, my mobo reaches 34c. When my intake fan is on medium, it reaches around 43c. And with my intake set on low, it reaches 50c. I keep it on medium. I have two x1900xt's which run at 85c in games. The temp sensor is around the southbridge so it is kind of close to my videocards, which is why it can get a bit warm sometimes. But yeah, im curious as to what you guys are getting for temps on the mobo?
did anyone suggest a heatsink for the clock gen on this board, because it gets burning hot when overclocked.
im getting highs of 49, and i dont like it.. but apparently they put the sensor at the wrong place so anything up to 55°C should be fine, but dont quote me...
I also dont know which cpu sensor to trust, the ones from coretemp or asus probe. Seems weird that the cpu is as low as room temperature but all other components are ~40°C
At the moment...
Asus Probe:
Cpu: 26°C
Mobo: 42°C
CoreTemp:
Core1: 40°C
Core2: 40°C
Sisoft Sandra:
Motherboard: 42.0°C
Cpu: 26.0°C
Power / Aux Temperature: 37.5°C <--- is that case temp? and why would it be higher than cpu, doesnt make sense
AtiTool:
GPU: 44°C
setup is; e6600@3.0ghz (stock voltages), g-skill 2gb "hz" ram at 1ghz @ 2.1v and a x1900xt at stock
so basically, which temperatures should i trust? the temperatures are generally low bar the motherboard one but apparently the temps with this board go pretty high
Quote:
Originally Posted by kevsta112003
I was getting 45c until I made a couple of modifications.
I pulled the SB sink and found that the thermal gunk on the southbridge was only touching the left and right ends of the chip. The middle swath was completely clear of any of the stuff. I cleaned the gunk off of the chip sink and I lapped the southbridge heatsink which was pretty un-flat. I also removed the shroud then reinstalled using AS5.
I cleaned the same glue-like hard thermal gunk from the northbridge chip and heatsink, but didn't lap because it would have been difficult with the heatpipe hanging off and I didn't want to risk damaging the pad that contacts the voltage regulators. I removed the shroud, applied AS5 and reinstalled.
After that, my MB temp had dropped from 45c to 37c.
The northbridge and southbridge heatsinks both felt really hot---I couldn't even hold my finger on the northbridge for more than a second or so--,so I decided to put a fan on each. That dropped my MB temp to 32c and now I could probably hold my toungue on the northbridge sink all day if I were so inclined (and gifted).
its the most important problem found since the mobo has been released. I dont know why didn´t they fixed it yet...strange no??Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
i have Teamgroup pc5300 3-4-4 and have this issue, i was thinking to sell TG and buy Gskill HZ to fix the SPD bug...now i dont know what to do :( :(
how long does it take you guys to post also?
it takes me a good 10-15 seconds.
Try disabling all Q-Fan as shown in the first post. If that doesn't work, set the temp sensors to Ignored in the hardware monitoring section.Quote:
Originally Posted by kevsta112003
Hmm..
I updated my BIOS to 1407 (from 0801) and it looks like 400 FSB is now stable.
Been blending my E6700 at 400 x 9 @ 1.52 vCore (BIOS) for 1 hr 22 min now, where before it'd crap out randomly between 0 to 35 minutes.
I approve! :)
The 1407 also lets me adjust my CPU Ratio now on my L624A E6600. I second the approval.
I've been slowly working with the CPU. My first wall seemed to be at 356FSB with 1.5 volts. I just bumped up to 376 @ 1.52ish and its holding its own crunching on a small Orthos for 3387. But with my luck it will BSOD right after i hit the SUBMIT :eek:
Ahh man, the CPU ratio adjustment exploits EIST. So much for that idea. :|
Sitting with a comfortable lapped E6700 @ 320 x 10, Auto everything, GSkill ZX @ DDR-800 4-4-4-12, 2.1V. C1E and EIST enabled for power savings.
Big Typhoon also lapped, P180 with two Yate Loons, all at 640-670 RPM for some very quiet computing...
The exhaust fan from the building across the street is louder than my computer, even with the window closed! :)
Hey guys. My sytsem will not go into stanby. Sometimes it locks going into standby, and sometimes it boots as if the system was off if it does manage to go into standby. This occurs with 1305 and 1407 Bios. Any suggestions?
I installed 1407 yesterday, and this morning Probe 2 is still (once again) showing 128/256 as the CPU temperature. Everest works fine.
470MHz ORTHOS stable with my P5WDH "1.65vMCH version", copper cooler on NB :)
Which bios are you using?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dani
ok - I am going to have to give the 1407 a try now.. seems like it may help with my minor instability issues at 400x9...
my problem lately is that the hardware monitor has been acting REAL slow... Like PC Probe takes forever to load and messing with the settings in it has a very long response time...
Any ideas? All Q-Fan controlls are disabled.
Hey Folks,
i got my ASUS P5WDH for about 3 weeks and am still fighting to get it absolutely stable. Right now i am almost running out of ideas what my problem ist.
First of all, i am able to get my E6400 Dual Prime stable (been running for 11-12 hours, no errors) at 3,2ghz, 8x400mhz with 1.3850 Vcore in Bios and about 1.36 i'd say real, as far as CPU-Z shows it under full load. Anyways, Vcore doesn't seem to be the problem, since more of it, let's say 1.415 doesn't help either.
Anyways, i am running to Samsung S-ATA's in Raid0 on the Intel ICH7 controller. PCI locked to 33mhz. I use to compile my own Firefox and Thunderbird builds quite frequently, no problems before on my A64@2.6ghz, same raid0 setup btw on a K8N Neo2.
What happens now, is that my compiler runs bail out about every 2nd or 3rd run with errors on corrupted libraries or internal compiler errors.
Now i read in the Anandtech Forums, that some people have trouble with data corruption and overclocking on the P5W-DH.
Anyone else experiencing this? Or might it still be only the CPU at it's limits and not able to do 3.2ghz?
On the other side, it seems absolutely Prime stable, which makes me wonder. Since on my A64 i had really trouble getting Prime stability, but on the other side, even with Prime bailing out, i had no problems what so ever compiling my stuff.
What is more, max. cpu load during building is 50%, since the compiler and make do not use both cores simultaniously. This again makes be think that it isn't a cpu issue but maybe more a motherboard or raid setup related thing.
Next thing i'll try is to do the compiler tests on a single, old IBM DTLA drive that i still have left here.
Thanks for any ideas or suggestions on my problems ....
boba
Lock PCI Express bus at 100
Set MCH voltage to 1.55v
Either the memory or the power supply is the issue in your rig. Did you test your memory after a reboot and before Windows loads?Quote:
Originally Posted by boba23
maybe vdimm (memory voltage) or mch (NB chip/chipset) voltage? most ddr2-800 modules like about 2.1v and at 400 on the fsb you should be at 1.55v or higher on the mch.. maybe more like 1.65v if you put a fan on the NB sink or have good air flow in your case. that NB chip gets hot! :) A lot of people here have pulled both the NB and SB sinks cleaned the factory thermal paste off and put AS5 on those.. some have even lapped the SB sink because it's been VERY bad... not even making contact with chip top in many cases.. that could be the root of your instability.. possibly.. could be a lot of things though.. but if you're still on auto for chipset voltages and/or om 1.8v for the memory I would start there. good luck!
Thanks for the suggestions so far guys, but i also played around with voltages as well. had MCH on 1.55, VDIMM up to 2.25 (though i ran memtest86 to check the dimms on that speed for hours). but right now i am on auto on all the voltages cept for cpu and dimm, but gonna try upping some again.
what i didn't do so far is removing the nb/sb sinks ... that might be my next step. what is more i wanted to get a new power supply anyways going 500W+ . though i am not too sure about the enermax being the problem. it's supposed to be a very good and stable psu, and the voltage readings don't look bad at all, even under full load.
still, what do you guys say, that this one task is basically the only application i get those errors? i can even play HL2 EP1 for hours and hours without any issues at 3.2ghz.
you sure, that this couldn't be in any way raid/intel driver related? anyone of you running raid0 with a cpu and the mobo at 400mhz fsb?
boba