Can someone please help as to why it takes 5 mins to boot when i plug in my printer usb? It takes about 5 mins at post when it says it's detecting USB mass storage device.
Thank in advance,
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Can someone please help as to why it takes 5 mins to boot when i plug in my printer usb? It takes about 5 mins at post when it says it's detecting USB mass storage device.
Thank in advance,
Thanks alot, much appreciated. I'll try this in a minute and report back.Quote:
Originally Posted by catscit
My settings are stable (a modest 401 x 8 MHz). This happens once a week or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
Nah, no go. The ICH7R RAID doesn't find the drive. It just finds the other 320GB drive I have connected to the third ICH7 slot, and it says I can't create a RAID with just one drive. I'm majorly confused by this :slapass:Quote:
Originally Posted by jagt
Is there any BIOS settings I need to adjust? Any jumpers?
all these integrated to the mobo raid implementations are NOT true hardware raid... they all pretty much suck imo. if you want to use raid, go out and get a raid card, like a decent Promise or RocketRaid SATA raid card.. even those rely on the cpu (to do most of the raid parity and interleaving calculations) but they're a HELL of a lot better than these onboard raid solutions.. anyways, my $0.02
Only the EZ port on the right can be used as ICH7 port4. To enable this function, simply remove both EZ Backup jumpers. The drive should be picked up like any other ICH7 connected drive.Quote:
Originally Posted by jagt
The "EZ BACKUP" Raid is true hardware RAID. But it doesn't come with cache and is too slow to be of any use.Quote:
Originally Posted by revenant
That may be true for Windows, but is not for Linux. Linux users should use Linux Software Raid which is usually faster than any affordable hardware RAID solution (and can be moved across controllers).Quote:
they all pretty much suck imo. if you want to use raid, go out and get a raid card, like a decent Promise or RocketRaid SATA raid card.. even those rely on the cpu (to do most of the raid parity and interleaving calculations) but they're a HELL of a lot better than these onboard raid solutions.. anyways, my $0.02
Zalman CNPS7000. It's quite, but I'm definitely not too happy with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by rob725
With my E6600 being able to do 3.24Ghz stable at default voltages, I know it has much more in it, but I can't go there with the temp increases I see with any increase in voltage.
Yay! I got it working. One of the SATA cables that followed the mobo is not working right. I swapped it out, and ICH7 found the drive no problem. :woot:Quote:
Originally Posted by coredump
Now I need to figure out how to short down post times (Qfan is already disabled) and how to get the mobo to read SPD correctly. Somehow it sets the timings to 5-5-5, while they should be 4-4-4. Any ideas?
Thanks a bunch!
I presume that the real cold boots are still there on the P5W-DH ? ( the shutdowns on starting ( and restarting ) and the fan and HDD power downs with the scary clicking when overclocking between 375 and 475 mhz fsb ) ,
damz Asus, FIX THIS chipset strapping trfc / Trc bla thing since this is supposedly your high entry freaking level board ..... !!
AndreYang just told me that cold booting on P5W64 and WS pro is only on re-start ( if you rest the system 1 ~ 5 min the problem is gone ) and that it`s cold booting just fine with OC settings so it can be done.
very unprofessional
good that it's working now, i've tried and both orange ports can be used.Quote:
Originally Posted by jagt
To slow down boot times:
- disable each ide port not used in the bios (not installed setting)
- disable each qfan, and set each rpm to ignore.
works for me, boot times are really fast, only 3-5 seconds from post beep to windows splash screen, with 5 sata drives and plenty usb devices attached!
Okay, I got my boot times down to an acceptable speed. Now I need to figure out why the mobo is reading the SPD timings wrong. CPU-Z clearly reads 4-4-4-12, but the mobo sets them at 5-5-5-12. Any ideas? I'm using bios 1407.
The transformation from AMD to Intel has'nt been an easy one so far :P
Oh, and where can I check memory voltages? Doesn't say anywhere!
Im still playin with my retail e6600. So far ive managed 3.6Ghz with my corsair XMS2 6400 Cas4... 400X9 1:1 Ratio..it would be nice if we could have some pics of bios settings also who is using the latest bios 1407?? any good?? i know it allows lower multipliers..Quote:
Originally Posted by ruler22
I suppose the main thing i wanna know is how good is my RAM. It supports EPP and is SLi ready apparently. I found some info on Corsairs site it refers to intels Nforce5 590 chipset. Any way of disabling EPP?? Does it affect RAM overclocking?? Any1 have the same memory?
Thanx in advance
Irfy
Are you running your ram with SPD timings? If not, could you try setting it to SPD and see what timings the motherboard chooses? I have the same sticks.Quote:
Originally Posted by irfs
I have the same memory. Mine tops out @ 450(900)mhz @4-4-4-12 with 2.1v. Will go past 1000mhz with 2.35vdimm. Happy with them tbh.
irfs: EPP is just additional timings stored in spare space on the memory modules. I believe the chips are originally specified at 5-5-5-15, but if you have a 590 board and you enable EPP in bios, it'll change timings to 4-4-4-12 on its own. My modules are able to do 4-4-3-10 @ 903MHz orthos stable (large ffts), but not gaming stable. Currently running them at 903MHz @ 4-4-4-12. Haven't really tried finding best possible timings yet as I'm still playing with my 6600.
Thanx for the replies guys!! Do you think having 4gb is limiting the overclock?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ic3man
Im gettin rid of 2GB tommorow so i may aswell test'em now while i got the chance. Also is anyone runnin 1T or is this simply impossible?
PCie frequency ? 100 or more?
ICH voltage ?
Hyper 3 enable or disable
which is best bios? ive tried 1305 (works well) trying 1407 now
any input would be greatly appreciated...thanx
With 4GB it's supposedly recommended with x64 OS...
This is what im running.Quote:
Originally Posted by Capo Crimini
i got a better oc with 1407 than with 1305, i didnt have to use as much voltage to achieve teh clock, before i couldnt reach 3.3ghz without reaching 1.46, i reached 3.5 with 1.475v
I get crap OCs with this BIOS. I was able to take my 6400 to 3.6GHz with 450MHz FSB on the 1403, but with this one I can't break 333MHz FSB. I don't understand how Asus could have broken the BIOS so bad...Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmaah
I have:Quote:
Originally Posted by irfs
PCie frequency 110
ICH voltage Auto
mIch 1.65
Hyper 3 disable
Bios 1407
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stiffler
sounds unlucky, i got the e6600 and all seemed to work better this time round, i posted 3.6 in bios with 1.5vcore but it wasnt at all stable, wouldnt go into windows and i dont want to be putting more vcore through my new setup so i just let it be.
Have you tried the 1403 BIOS?Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmaah
If I have my external WD drive powered on before I boot, my system will not boot and I get an error message that I need to boot off a valid drive. My BIOS settings do not point to this external USB hard drive, but if it is powered on, it prevents my system from booting off of my C drive.
The WD external drive has Dantz Retrospect backups on it (if that matters). Is my master boot record screwed up? I did recently install Acronis True Image Home, which could have changed my master boot record. I don't even know the file name or location for the master boot record (Win XP Pro).
System boots fine when the external WD drive is powered off (I do not even need to go into BIOS to change anything). No BIOS settings seem to point to external USB drives for booting. Very strange. Any help???
Try using the BBS F8 option to select the hard drive you want to boot from...
yep, tried with 1305 and 1403.. mightve been 1402 but pretty sure it was 1403.
i will give it a whirl!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ic3man
note i tried 1.20v for ICH voltage i think it made a bit of difference.
Has Asus fixed the shutdown bug for the p5w dh dx yet? You know when you save the bios and it shuts the power down for a moment before it begins to boot.
I read the P5b and the Pro version of the P5W has this issue corrected.
TIA
sparx
Hey everyone,
Have been learning a lot about how I should and should not overclock my mother board with my system from this thread. I have an e6600 conroe, an eVGA nvidia 7950 GX2, Corsair XMS2 2G (1G x 2) DDR2, of course the Asus Motherboard running with 1407 bios version, and a BFG 650W Power Supply. Using AiBooster and using the Overclocking Profile I can get the machine up to 3.1MHz, but it seems like that doing that doesn't optmize the memory. I went in and have adjusted the memory to be 4-4-4-12-4, but that didn't seem like it helped very much (my main test I did was 3dMark06 which I got an awful score with the CPU testing; only 1 fps). I was wondering if there is something else that I can use to test the speed of the processer and actually notice a difference other than looking at numbers on these different software apps that monitor your box stats. Also, will changing these voltages affect the performance of my graphics card, or does that pretty much run as is?
The Overclocking Profile thing seems to make everything run smoothly with low temps and all, but when I load up the post messages it says my memory is at PC2-3200. With the Corsair memory that I have, is this a standard level or is it possible to raise it up higher without crashing the system? These are just a few started questions as I'm sure I'll be trying to get this to overclock with the correct settings for a while unless someone else out there as the same setup or similar and can give some hints to try. Sorry for the long message and thanks for taking the time to read.
Peace,
Dave
I've just experienced another quirk with this board. If I keep my mouse receiver (Logitech wireless) connected to the standard 6-pin mouse (PS2?) port, it becomes unusable when the system is reading off my internal CD/DVD drive. The mouse cursor will respond, but in extremely slow mo & stuttered fashion.
If I connect the mouse via USB, problem disappears. WTF?
nope :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sparx
I think I`m gonna try a vanilla p5b first since the problems are solved when cold booting with this board ( need 2 pci`s ), only I am wondering If I need to install windows again. I went from nforce 4 to p965 without installing windows again, to i975x, ( installed windows again first, don`t know why I did that :p: , Anybody know`s if windows works from a windows p965 pc to i975x ?)
and I`m going from i975x to p965 again, < hopefully > without the need to install windows again :rolleyes: .
I don't have a 965 board, but I am thinking like you of getting one-P5B DX But I doubt the chipset drivers are the same. So a Windows reinstall would be needed for both of us since I have an Abit Aw9D max a 975 chipset board.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pjoeloe
What the hell is ASUS doing not fixing that bug on the Pw5 Dh?
sparx
I think this motherboard is just a compilation of bugsQuote:
Originally Posted by Sparx
If computer is connected to the 220V, and maybe can goes on unexpectedly (after "power loss" for example =)), but waterpump of course not... This is "pierce of sheet" but not motherboard...
http://images.people.overclockers.ru/92140.jpg
http://images.people.overclockers.ru/92139.jpg
I"m was dissapointed in asus this time...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sparx
I coulda sworn it didnt do that sometime. I cant remember on which bios or what since I flashed about 40 times, but I know there were some occasion it didnt shut off the power completely; it just rebooted.
On another note, has anyone got the first ethernet port to work with just LAN to a dsl modem? For some reason it never work for me and I have seen the same results on two different boards. Only the 2nd ethernet will recognize my dsl and successfully get an ip. I'm a bit curious and thought maybe it is just me..
The shutdown is needed to be able to set the NB-strap correctly before bootiing again. So it's not a bug.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sparx
hope this saves some one some time it sure Pi$$@# me off trying to figure this out. What I figured out finally and maybe its just me but my 550 dollar corsair PC-2 8500 ram will not run using (manual) setup with a speed set at 1066 mhz in the bios. Note if I choose any other ram setting within the 900-1000 mhz setting the bios will post it properly as 8500. Anyother setting it will post anywhere between a pc- 5400 to pc- 7100 ram <--- what the hell is that 7100? FSB does not seem to be the issue to over clock the processor. The strange thing is when the ram is set within the 900-1000 mhz range the CPU-Z program will show the ram running at 533 mhz and as pc 8500 module and the bios will show in the post as 8500. Therefore I think this may be a bios issue. Same problem with the 1305 bios and the bios this board shipped with.Quote:
Originally Posted by kaisersose
Bottom line if you are having problems Overclocking Check that your Corsair ram is set to manual within the above noted range and check with CPU-Z to see what it is really running at.
Also take it off the SPD settings and put in the proper timings as mine was defaulting to 5-4-4-12. Proper setting for this ram should be 5-5-5-15 runinng at 1066mhz.
and dont forget to disable the hyper 3 thing in the bios
Good luck.
At least now I can overclock this sucker
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Xgamer 700w PSU
Intel E6400 OC to 2.66GHz (O/C 2.9 mhz 1.23 vlts @ 31 celcius, Corsair PC-2 8500 2.2vlts running at 553 mhz CPU-Z reading)
Stock Cooling (waiting for my Thermalright ULTRA-120 Heatpipe Cooler to arrive)
P5WDH Deluxe 1407 BIOS
2Gb Cosair XMS2 8500C4
Seagate 7200.10 250GB HD
Standard 1.44 Floppy drive
(1) LG DVD Burner
6800 nvidia Video Card (waiting for release of new 88XX series next month)
On board sound
well, I don`t understand why it wouldn`t work. Windows booted flawless when I uninstalled the nforce 4 drivers and installed the bastard without reinstalling windows xp prof sp2. I think if you uninstall the drivers of the p965 chipset you installed and install a i975x motherboard, windows will boot and work :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sparx
yes we know, but how would you call it then since it can be fixed :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by OneyedK
Thanks for the info man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strikez
I am with Bios 1407 having a lot more problems using the manual timings and am getting totally sick of this board. Anandtechs review on the board gave it a way better review then it deserved, then Corsair robbs me as i buy their friggin expensive memory(Corsair TWIN2X2048-8500C5) that actually cant be used to its fullest. Then finally, the kiss of death is given to me after buying the P5W DH board and finding out that it sucks even though its their hardcore overclocker motherboard. I could have saved many dollars by waiting but who the hell has the patience?
Enough of the bitterness, I know that I will find a good board in the near future and that my memory still is a good investment for the future.
Anyone got any other recommendations on similar setups. I sure would be interested in some bios-setting-specifications for my exact setup, such as the one Strikez posted.
@ Strikez and breitan
The reason CPUZ shows your ram running at 533mhz is because it is DDR-2 533 x 2 = 1066
Now if you're having problem getting stable with 1000+ then you might need to increase your vmch to 1.65v or more if you have the newer board and vdimm somewhere 2.3-2.4v
Well.. not really.. it's not the ddr- TWO which is importantQuote:
Originally Posted by syne_24
It's the DUAL Data Rate bit
If you go into BIOS Setup with the external drive powered on, is it actually in the list of bootable devices in the Boot section? If so, can you push it to the bottom of the list and have it stay there through several reboots?Quote:
Originally Posted by rpr
(There are two lists: one for floppy/IDE/HD and one for drives. I guess you should check both.)
I'm kinda annoyed that my 'first' drive is attached to the secondary IDE port, but it does no harm so I don't screw with it...
Has anyone purchased this board recently? I just bought one for $228.99 the info on it is:
Serial #: 69MOAG13XXXX
Part #: 90-MBB2X1-GOAAY
Just wondering if anyone has any clocking results with september boards.
I have no complaint about the P5W DH board. It is the best motherboard (most stable) I have ever had. I built my first computer using an Asus motherboard in 1990. I later switched to MSI boards. The previous system I built was a DFI LP Ultra-D. It is a POS. I will never buy a DFI board.
I have to agree with you but I read in another post this board doesnt officially support pc8500 corsair so I have to take my lumps as I had over looked this. I still am hoping ASUS can fix this problem with a BIos fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by breitan
I gave up playing with this ram and have it clocked at pc2 6400 board still can O/C to 3 ghz easy enough but wanted 1066mhz ram speed to. Going sell this board anyway when the new nvidia chipset is out and I hope it supports this ram or just like you stated I could have bought the cheaper ram but spent the extra cash to get the max performance out of boards but I am finding it has been a waste.:confused:
would post CPU-Z pics but dont know how.
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OCZ X gamer 700w PSU
Intel E6400 (O/C at 2.9 mhz 1.23 vlts @ 31 celcius, Corsair PC-2 8500 2.2vlts (running as pc2 6400)
Stock Cooling (waiting for my Thermalright ULTRA-120 Heatpipe Cooler to arrive)
P5WDH Deluxe 1407 BIOS
2Gb Cosair XMS2 8500C4
Seagate 7200.10 250GB HD
Standard 1.44 Floppy drive
(1) LG DVD Burner
6800 nvidia Video Card (waiting for release of new 88XX series next month)
On board sound ( Seems better then my old audigy).
I ll give that a shot but cranking up the volts on my ram to 2.4 volts ok? Thats one setting I been shying away from but I m game. Thanks for the response. If this works Ill report back in a few days. Had time to do this now.Quote:
Originally Posted by syne_24
vmch 1.65. Ram 2.3 volts at 1067 mhz manual setting 5-5-5-15. CPU volts at 1.25 system reboots after the windows screen with bar moving is finished.
vmch 1.65. Ram 2.4 volts at 1067 mhz manual setting 5-5-5-15. CPU volts at 1.26 system reboots wont boot or post.
Back to FSB 320. Ram 2.2 volts at 800 mhz manual setting 5-5-5-15 vmch auto. I can move the FSB higer but choose not to in order to keep temps as low as possible. Thanks for the feed back. I like the board but just not good for overclocking with my hardware.
Hi guys.
I have this motherboad, 6600 dual 2 core, 7900gt and this power supply, OCZ X gamer 700w PSU.
The first time when I was building my computer it didn't boot and was crazy find what the hell was wrong. One friend has a Enermax 535W power supply and I tried with it......... my computer booted. Ok, I thought my OCZ is not working, I will return it to NewEgg for a new one.
Today I have it with me and nothing, is not working :(
Any idea before send it back again ???
thanks in advanced.
So the board is not working with a new OCZ or not working with the Enermax, that it did boot with?
I am a little unsure.
And you did remember to plug in the 4 pin power connector?
sparx
Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkG
I have an OCZ 700 and P5W DH just like you and everything works fine.Did you install it correctly ?.
sorry. I will explain again
With a Enermax it works, not problems. But now with my new OCZ it doesn't boot, or any fan moving, nothing. Yes, everything is connected, 24V, 12V, the connector for my graphics card, etc.
I have a tester for power supplies and I did a bridge betweend green color and black color and the power supply is working.
I don't understand why is not working.
Is any difference between the connectors CPU1 and CPU2 I mean, different voltage ???
I have the OCZ GameXtreme 700w working with the P5W as well. Now the board only requires the 4 pin CPU connector, & it should not be possible to plug the wrong one(requires cpu 1). My guess is on the 24 pin ATX power connector, the extra 4 pins on the far left that can detach are not secured properly. Give it a try.:)
nothing..... I checked everything now again and nothing. I think I will need buy a different PSU.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Nemesis
any advice for request a different PSU in Newegg ?? CoolMax, Seasonic, etc ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Strikez
Same type of RAM (8500C5) No problem running it at 1:2.
Using bios 1305.
Well, I flashed my Bios to 1407 and still I have this problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seigal12
Does anyone know what this is because of? and most importantly how I can fix it?
Thanks.
Hi.
The Windows xp loading time took before about 4 seconds and now it takes around 20 seconds, this started after i changed my LG DVD-rom IDE to Samsung DVD burner SATA.
So where the problem is we know.
I tried to format but that didnt help.
On bios it is like this:
Primary IDE Master: [Not Detected] And "Not innstaled"
Primary Ide Slave: [Not Detected] And "Not innstaled"
Third IDE Master : [WDC WD740GD-00FLA1]
Third IDE Slave: [WDC .....]
Fourth IDE MAster: [Not detected] Auto and none, dont help.
Fourth Ide Slave : [TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SH]
What can be the problem?
I have tried to disable qfan but that didnt heelp either. :(
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Nemesis
anything different from 68?
A good dual 12v rail or better. Buy a good brand and don't just go by total wattage. Particularly look at the total wattage available on the 12v rails.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkG
When I first put my board together my PC2-6400 RAM would only run at DDR2-800. I changed the PSU and it works fine now.
I won't know till I get it Thursday. 69 means it was made/processed in September, so it should be a newer board than the others we've seen. I have my fingers crossed that maybe they will clock better as they get newer like the E6600 conroes appear to be doing.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by syne_24
if you have 1x PCI-E video card, remember to use PCI-E #1 power connector on 700W OCZ GX psuQuote:
Originally Posted by DarkG
The best power supply tester I've used is the one made by Antec. It's grey and has connectors for all the power supply leads. SATA/ATX/4-pin 12v/PCI-EQuote:
Originally Posted by DarkG
It was able to spot/show a 5VSB power rail failure when 2 other testers showed the power supply as GOOD. Some folks may not like Antec products, but I've only had one of their PSU units fail. My count with Enermax is now 6, 3 of which DOA.
Their 550HE model is nice, but antec doesn't make a psu sufficient enough for a conroe dual graphics build. I've not seen a psu over 550w continuous.:stick:Quote:
Originally Posted by Khaotic
****Edit ****
Oops found one
change the Volt to 2.0 or 2.1 to ur OCZ memory
i know its not asus p5w related but seeing as most of you have this type of ram; what is a safe voltage for the g-skill "hz" ram? At the moment ive got it at 2.05v, the board defaulted it to 1.8v at the beginning.. its got a 100mhz overclock and was wondering how high it could actually go... (it booted at ddr1ghz with 1.8v but was unstable when playing ram-intensive games like bf2)
Not sure if it's just me, but my Corsair DDR2-800 PC2-6400C4 memory is only running at PC2-4800 right now. Is that because the voltage needs to be higher for the memory (even if the next memory voltage setting higher shows up as red in the bios?) or is there something else I can do to get my memory up to PC2-6400. Right now I'm running my e6600 Conroe processor at 2.88GHz w/ 7950 GX2. Any suggestions on optimizing my system beyond this would be wonderful as well. Thanks a bunch.
P.S. - my psu is a BFG 650W.
2.4v max with good airflow in your case(they will get pretty warm). 2.5-2.6v for max clocking & benching with active airflow over your ram. I would not run over 2.5v for sustained periods of time, its been known to kill some memory(crucial).Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmaah
Until my boot drive died, I was semi-successful in reinstalling XP Home by attaching the drive from my PIII machine to a P5W and doing a 'refresh' reinstall from the CD. All my old problems like no 24/7 active bluetooth connection to make the network happy came along just fine, once all the new motherboard drivers and such were installed. Performance was weak, though, but everything seemed to be where it needed to be to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pjoeloe
The drive died from defragmenting overheat, and restarting from scratch just means reinstalling things every day for months. If you do try it, back up the boot drive every time it looks like it's working...
If anything, get one that uses individual cables that you can attach at will.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkG
I have no use for SATA power plugs, and plenty of use for more of the standard LP4 ones. Since nobody makes an adapter to use the SATA ones for LP4 jobs (just the other way), I have wires just sitting there doing nothing next to a jungle of LP4 splitters...
I've had bad luck with Enermax PSUs failing. They worked great while they were working, but they died early deaths. 2 died after some pulled the power plug out of the wall (separate occasions) and one died when the AC power at my house failed. At least they failed in a nice way, though. No smoke, fire or murdered PC components.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khaotic
so would it be safe to say 2.3v for 24/7 ? And does anyone reckon i can push this to 1.1ghz if its at 2.3-2.4v?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Nemesis
I just had this same problem except my 3rd IDE Master says Lite-On SATA... etc, and my 3rd IDE Slave says WDR WD1500... etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by IcemaN22
Any Fixes?
-Satan
you should have no problem. Simpy uninstall chipset drivers before you change the HD, and then plug and play. :)
Hard to say, not all sticks overclock like mad @ any voltage. I've not gotten mine to break 1 ghz yet even @ 5-5-5-15. I mostly stay between 880-900 Mhz 1:1. I prefer to run 1:1 and since I won't buy anything other than a E6600 with X975 chipset, there's no need for above 1 ghz sticks for me. Pending the 600 board that could change though. Anything above 2.2v I recommend either good airflow in you case or something active over the ram. I use the evercool crab myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmaah
Yea the HZ's will do 1000 but since the P5W has some stability problem on certain memory divider, you are limited to only some. Like 1:1 for instance you can only do about 430-450 if you're lucky. That's one of the thing I was hoping they will fix with newer revision.
well, don`t you just hate the cold boots? ( the fan`s going on and off while cold booting with the freaky clicking / spinning of your hd`s :( ) . If asus solves the boot strap problem just like they did with the p5bs with oc`d settings, this board rock.Quote:
Originally Posted by suio
I can't get the built-in wifi to work. Windows doesn't seem to find it at all, and installing the newest drivers off asus.com does nothing. Any ideas? Do I have to enable something in the bios?
All 8 USB ports should be enabled. That's the default. Did you disabled some or all USB for some reason?Quote:
Originally Posted by jagt
Does anyone know how i can get dvd movies audio or music to go through the coax digital output for the sound card to my Harmon Kardon reciever for my system?
are you using onboard audi or a sound card... need more info ;):stick:Quote:
Originally Posted by mefromfl
Hi,
I tried to clean install Build 5744 – RC2 but failed with the following error:
"CD/DVD drive device driver not found. Please insert CD, DVD, USB drive, etc that contains the driver files. It is safe to take the Vista DVD out of the drive for this step."
It’s pretty strange to have this as my DVD-RW is not one of the latest models and should be included via cdrom.inf. Although I tried to manually locate the inf file, it failed yet again. I could not have a chance to test this with a DVD-Rom.
I’ve just wanted to see whether anyone had similar issues with LG DVD RW or P5W DH Deluxe or even with any other brand.
My configuration is:
Asus P5W DH Deluxe Mobo (BIOS : 1407)
DVD RW - LG GSA-4160B
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 CPU
G.Skill 2x1GB. DDR2 800MHz.
Samsung 160 GB SATA2 NCQ 160JJ
Asus EAX1900XTX
Thanks in advance!
Hicks
Sounds like your board may be shorted some where remove the mounting screws and re seat your board make sure you dont leave any extra mounting screws in and every thing lines up properly. I had this problem with my older board when I first set it up. Good luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkG
Quote:
Originally Posted by sdumper
I'm using the onboard sorry,
Dang you r lucky cant get mine to do that even with 1305. Crucial says The Corsair 8500 is not supported with this board and has difficulty running with a 975x chipset@ 1066 fsb. Wont hurt to try. But in the mean time if your having problems run the ram at less then 1000 mhz and it should work and you can tighten up the timing and should run fine until asus can fix bios to support this ram to its fullest extent.Quote:
Originally Posted by roger_h99.nor
Weird experience:
I was working on a word document and my computer rebooted. It was at 3.0Ghz with 1.32Vcore. It had been stable (not prime 95 6 hour tested) but stable in that it survived probably 45 minutes of prime 95 the day I got the OC, and it had not restarted randomly for a whole month. Out of nowhere it restarts. I lower the OC in bios to 2.4GHz while maintaing the 1.32vcore just so I could get my word document done and then deal with the OC later. However I open up word, and after 15 minutes it crashes again. So ok, its clearly not the OC, because it should be totally stable at 2.4Ghz with 1.32vcore. I put it stock and it hasnt done a random restart since.
Another quirk I have with this board:
I recently install the remote, and ever since then when I turn on my powersuppy (WITHOUT pushing the on button on my cas), after about 3 seconds the computer starts up. The fans spin, hard drive spins, internal speaker beeps as it normally would at bios, but no signal goes to the monitor. I then just hold the power button to get it off, and then push it again and it will all boot up fine with no errors. This is happening ever since I install the remote.
Very odd.
And a question. What vcore roughly should a 3GHz 6400 OC be set at. I found that 1.32Vcore (1.375 in bios) to be stable until this experience (although I doubt the CPU's voltage had anything to do with the random restart)
Thanks for your answer. I am using a new power supply Enermax 620W and it is working perfectly. I don't understand why my OCZ doesn't work :( I did the same thing with my new Enermax. Anyway, the point is now everything is working and this motherboard is great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strikez
Dummit the 6600 is soooooooooooo fast :)
thanks guys for your comments.
note: at work, we are using Enermax with a UPS 24/7 andd we never have problems. Maybe is just luck, I don't know. I tried all my best with OCZ power supply. My another idea was Corsair but anyway, I have a Enermax and it works...........at the moment with my UPS at home.......... fingers crossed :)
I had 2 disabled, not sure why. I enabled all 8 now, but nothing happened. Windows still can't find the WIFI card. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by NghtShd
That's odd. It's my understanding that the WiFi adapter is just an internal USB dongle (on a nonstandard plug). That would also explain why it can't be directly disabled in the BIOS.Quote:
Originally Posted by jagt
Swapped my 1.65v for a 1.85v revision in an attempt to solve my missing RAM problems - sadly, no go.
Strangely, there seems more subtle hardware differences between the older 1.65v and the newer 1.85 boards besides their vMCH, especially with S3 support.
The S3 resume behaviour is different when it comes to the JMicron ATAPI support (1.85v is much better supported by Aug 06 drivers else I get missing ATAPI device issue while 1.65 boards are already OK with Jul 06 versions) and the onboard generic USB hub (1.65v tends to S3 resume at USB1 speeds, 1.85v no problems - yippee!). The differences were noted on both the original 1001 BIOS which the 1.85v revision came with and the 1407 BIOS that I am using now ie. seems BIOS independent. Edit - went to 1305, missing ATAPI device issue solved.
now i've read almost every page in this thread, and what are you suppose to be the best bios for overclocking i have 1101 in fo now but it's not satisfie me that much, so you who have a great overklocking tell me wich one that is the best, i have the rig in sign and MB is that version that have 1.65v to chipset in bios...
I'm pretty satisfied with 1101 , maybe have a look on 1403 and try some lower multiQuote:
Originally Posted by chefnr1
ok have to try out som different bios and se wich is the best...
I can confirm this is TRUE i spent hours figuring it out then i realised. You can also try re-installing Wifi drivers. Also if you still see unknown item in device manager then you need to install pc probeII.Quote:
Originally Posted by jagt
See, the problem is that windows doesn't seem to find the damn thing at all. There is no such thing as a wifi adapter in the device manager! Very weird. I don't understand how it can be so complicated to use a wireless network card :nono:Quote:
Originally Posted by irfs
Uhh... I went into the bios, set the all USB ports enabled again and saved. Now windows all of a sudden found the wifi. Weirdness!
Here's a few things i have found with my early dh.Bios 1403 has been the best overclocker for me,seems fairly stable apart from occasional loss of video signal at boot/post.
My board will not boot with memory frequency > 499mhz,or fsb much above 400,so i boot with < 399fsb and < 500mhz memory frequency and then memset trd to 7 and my memory will go to 547mhz 4-4-4-4,but not 1mhz more at any volts/timings/devider.Memory stops dead at 547mhz.This board does not seem to like cas 5 at all,with either of the rams in my sig.
My northbridge (fsb limit) goes to 463 fsb (1m) @ 1.9v on normal water,more volts don't help,did about 414 on stock cooler 1.65v,and about 435 on water and 1.65v.
All deviders seem to work fairly well,except the 3/5 (cpu/ram),which seems unreliable,although i haven't looked too hard for the reason yet.
Lower cpu multi's seem to stress the cpu more,at least on the x6800.
Thats about all i've learnt for now,except for 1 last thing,the fact that asus has the 2nd and 3rd primary ram timings totally reversed to all ram software,is totally confusing,annoying,and unnecessary.
I'm not sure that lower CPU multipliers really stress the 6800 more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thickbrit
I think what happens is the CPU tries to complete its "power up" routines at the default multiplier (11), before the BIOS even initializes. That's why the X6800 won't post at lower multipliers and very high FSB unless you increase the vcore. The Nemesis already found this out. The vcore increase you need is equal to the vcore needed for posting at the exact same speed you would have if you were using an 11x multi (example: 400 FSBx9=3600 mhz, but would require the CPU to be able to low level POST at 400x11).
That's what I've found out; maybe I'm wrong.
You should be able to test this by using CrystalCPUID to change the multiplier in windows, from your normal stable overclock (let's say you are using 360x10=3600 or 328x11, and then a clockgen or setfsb or whatever to increase the FSB. (goal=400x9?) CPU should still work at the exact same voltage if the mhz remains the same. But it simply won't POST at 400x9 as it tries to post at 400x11.
Multiplier unlocking is done by the BIOS giving a command to the CPU to lower the multiplier, if I recall correctly, not by "writing" a new multiplier into the CPU flash memory or something like that. Otherwise the CPU would keep the lower multplier as default if you switched motherboards, which it does not. (correct me if I'm wrong).
How did I come to this conclusion?
Rather simple, actually.
my X6800 cpu posts and runs fine (dual prime stable) at 360x10=3600, 1.5125v. But put CPU at 370x10=3700, and the CPU won't even POST (which is unheard of for anyone doing a 100 mhz clock higher). If I increase vcore to 1.55v, it posts all the time. 1.575v for stability in windows/games.
That only makes sense if the CPU were actually trying to POST at 4070 mhz (370x11) at 1.5125v, before BIOS takes over and lowers the multiplier.
Yep,that all seems to make perfect sense to me,but i was saying that i think i noticed higher cpu temps (more stress) running on the lower multi's,than on the higher ones,at the same voltage,probably due to increased fsb,although i thought greater fsb would heat the northy and not the cpu.Nice tip about the pre post multi/vcore thing though,cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Falkentyne
very interrresting !Quote:
Originally Posted by Thickbrit
have to try bios with unlocked multi to compare .
Does anyone know if their is a way to make it so it doesnt say "Intel CPU uCode error" everytime I boot when the CPU is oc'd?
maybe try another biosQuote:
Originally Posted by kevsta112003
It's happened on everyone I've had. And ive been updating since 0701 I think it was.