ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

Ok. I really need some help. With this :banana::banana::banana::banana: 1901 bios, my previous OC now fails (previously i was at 400x9 @ 1.5375v). What happens is: I setup everything exact same in bios, save and restart. My cpu turns on, and the first ASUS P5WDH DELUXE screen stays there and does not progress. I can't get into bios, hit tab to see information, etc. I turn off and on same thing happens except I got lucky and it let me get into bios after saying OC failed or overvoltage failed. Now I am back at default. I can't flash back to any previous bios cause it says "This bios image cant be used in this motherboard". Please help me get rid of this bios crap or how do I fix my problem? :( Thanks for any help

EDIT: Just restarted and booted at 375fsb @ 1.5375v. I went to go to 400 and up my voltage to 1.6 and it fails. There is no way 1.6volts isn't enough to be stable for 400fsb.

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Originally Posted by Nmbr1Ballr

Ok. I really need some help. With this :banana::banana::banana::banana: 1901 bios, my previous OC now fails (previously i was at 400x9 @ 1.5375v). What happens is: I setup everything exact same in bios, save and restart. My cpu turns on, and the first ASUS P5WDH DELUXE screen stays there and does not progress. I can't get into bios, hit tab to see information, etc. I turn off and on same thing happens except I got lucky and it let me get into bios after saying OC failed or overvoltage failed. Now I am back at default. I can't flash back to any previous bios cause it says "This bios image cant be used in this motherboard". Please help me get rid of this bios crap or how do I fix my problem? :( Thanks for any help

EDIT: Just restarted and booted at 375fsb @ 1.5375v. I went to go to 400 and up my voltage to 1.6 and it fails. There is no way 1.6volts isn't enough to be stable for 400fsb.

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Use afudos 211.

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Originally Posted by Nmbr1Ballr

Just went to 1901 from 1707 and it says OC failed at startup. Time to go back to 1707.

Edit: guess i'm not going back to 1707. Won't let me.

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To quote another user:

AFUDOS 217 worked for me, reverting from 1901 back to 1707.
- FTP: ftp://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/f...FUDOS_v217.zip
- also uploaded to: http://premium1.uploadit.org/bichi007//AFUDOS217.zip

I'm running 4 Dimms with my Q6600 at stock speeds, and my RAM at DDR2-800 without too much trouble. One set is D9's and the other set is some Corsair chips 4-4-4-12 2.1V is the rated speed. I'm running all 4 DIMMs at 2.0V 4-4-4-12. Anything but a 1:1 ratio works just fine so far (I've only tried running memory faster than my FSB). 1:1 ratio gives me instability even at DDR2-667 5-5-5-15 2.1V. It's bizzarre.

I put afudos on a floppy and I THINK i followed the directions. I put the file on the floppy, boot from floppy then run the bios from the file on my computer correct? When I booted from floppy, it said remove disk or other media. What am I doing wrong?

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Originally Posted by Methylphenidate

I'm running 4 Dimms with my Q6600 at stock speeds, and my RAM at DDR2-800 without too much trouble. One set is D9's and the other set is some Corsair chips 4-4-4-12 2.1V is the rated speed. I'm running all 4 DIMMs at 2.0V 4-4-4-12. Anything but a 1:1 ratio works just fine so far (I've only tried running memory faster than my FSB). 1:1 ratio gives me instability even at DDR2-667 5-5-5-15 2.1V. It's bizzarre.

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Hi , i've got 4 x 1GB (Crucial 10th Anniv d9) running 1:1 (4-4-4-12 ) @ 800mhz @ 1.9v but with my plain 6600.

perhaps its your quad and this board not being ideal for quads ?

regards

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Originally Posted by Nmbr1Ballr

I put afudos on a floppy and I THINK i followed the directions. I put the file on the floppy, boot from floppy then run the bios from the file on my computer correct? When I booted from floppy, it said remove disk or other media. What am I doing wrong?

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You have to have an OS to boot to on the floppy. Make a floppy startup/dos disk and then run afudos. If you have nero you can make a bootable cd. I placed the afudos and the bios file on my C drive and then booted with the cd and then executed afudos from the c drive. This was the easiest way for me (extremely easy).

when i do raid 0, on what time i should put the drivers on ?

So basically all you did was put the rom file and afudos onto a cd and booted from cd and it worked. I didnt try that but am I supposed to but the rom file on the floppy too or just the afudos. I'm not sure how to make a startup/dos disk.

i did a floppy disk, but till now i didnt ask for the drivers
and now i do the install for win vista

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Originally Posted by shahar07

i did a floppy disk, but till now i didnt ask for the drivers
and now i do the install for win vista

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i was talking to psitech lol

Have you got a usb flash drive?

Make it bootable: http://www.weethet.nl/english/hardwa...omusbstick.php

Put in 1707.rom and afudos.exe

Boot to it by tapping F8 at POST and selecting it. (you may need to change this to Forced FDD in bios first in usb configuration)

then type

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afudos /i1707.rom /pbnc /n

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Done.

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Originally Posted by lawrywild

Have you got a usb flash drive?

Make it bootable: http://www.weethet.nl/english/hardwa...omusbstick.php

Put in 1707.rom and afudos.exe

Boot to it by tapping F8 at POST and selecting it. (you may need to change this to Forced FDD in bios first in usb configuration)

then type



Done.

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I have an ipod. Can that be used in the same was as a flash drive?

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Originally Posted by Nmbr1Ballr

I have an ipod. Can that be used in the same was as a flash drive?

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Yeh it can, but it would require you to format it to a normal ntfs drive which would lose all the songs and I don't know whther you can restore the ipod OS back onto it easily, so not recommended.

Or try this: http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/

same as what I already posted from "load on rom and afudos" bit

Ok while you replied to my last post, I was trying to boot from cd. What I did was: sent my friend the afudos file and the rom file. He then made it in nero bootable. I booted from cd which took me into dos. I tpyed D:\ which took me to my cdrom drive. I typed afudos /ip5w_dh_asus_deluxe_1707.rom. It correctly opened the file and read it. It then said this bios is to out of date, go to www.asus.com.

My system automatically boot up twice today while i did not touch anything.

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Originally Posted by Bail_w

My system automatically boot up twice today while i did not touch anything.

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Mine does that like once every 2 or 3 days.

Maybe it has to do with my quad. I still need to do more testing to determine if it's that particular divider or if it's the memory speed, but so far everything points to that divider just plain old not working on my board... :s

I somewhat suspect that if I had access to sub-timings that maybe I could tweak those and get it working, but again, I haven't had a chance to really play around with that.

With bios 1901 i can't boot from USB pen drives (of which i have five), all i get when i try to boot from any of the USB pen drives is a message on the screen saying "Missing Operating System", if i go back to any bios previous to 1901 i can then boot from USB, also whith bios 1901 i can't use the "ASUS Crash Free" feature (Alt + F2) to recover the bios, it doesn't detect any CD ROM it just goes in to a loop saying that it's looking for CD/Floppy or USB, when i use a USB pen drive it finds the bios file (P5WDH.ROM) and says it's reading the file, but then it just sits there doing nothing, when i revert back to any bios previous to 1901 all works fine.

Has anyone else had any of these issues with bios 1901 or am i the only one?

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Nmbr1Ballr

So basically all you did was put the rom file and afudos onto a cd and booted from cd and it worked. I didnt try that but am I supposed to but the rom file on the floppy too or just the afudos. I'm not sure how to make a startup/dos disk.

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No. You're not understanding what i'm saying. You need an OS to boot to. The afudos is an exe not an OS. You need to make some media (cd, floppy, usb) bootable. Once you boot to that device and are in dos then you can execute afudos and flash back to 1707.

I mentioned the cd because if you have nero it's the easiest way to go. Just have nero create a bootable cd (it's in the options). Then boot to the cd (dos) and switch to C and then type: afudos /i<bios filename.rom> /n /pbnc

Edit: It's also easier to save the bios file name to something like 1707.rom. That will make it easier when running the command (afudos /i1707.rom /n /pbnc)

Don't worry about making another cd to switch the filename. Just drop afudos and the 1707.rom to the root of your c drive. Boot to the cd and then switch to C and then run the command.

1901 doesn' boot from USB. use a bootable floppy disk

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Originally Posted by lawrywild

Thing is, even without stuff like the advanced timings in bios not being there, I still actually like this board.

But, I can understand why you would switch if you had a multi unlocked cpu or a good clocker, but since I don't, I don't upwards multi or manual timings as I run 344 fsb

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Is the P5B a multiplier unlocked board?

You know numbr1bllr you can just call the asus toll free number and talk to the bios department and have them send you a bios 1707 bios chip.

A just a little note to all of you still loading up this 1901 or higher bios STOP!!!
For at least 90% of you it is not going to help a thing. What? I sware if someone came in and said that he rubbed his board with Dog:banana::banana::banana::banana:and it made it go over 400fsb half of you would run out and get a damn handful and smear it all over your boards. I am sorry but most just don't know enough to get what this board will offer and you'll be damned if you are going to take the time to learn your board. you just want answers and miracles dammit and to hell with all the rest. This board is just great!! It rocked with my Presler. It rolled with my e6400 and it just screams with my e6600. By far the best board I have ever laid my hands on. It pushes my 7900GT to heights I never imagined til I got this board, this 6600 and this memory. It is a potent combination!!

If this post pisses you off well thats a good thing.

WZ

I'll be looking to pick up your boards cheap on the bay and C's list and in the forums.

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Originally Posted by WeldZilla

if someone came in and said that he rubbed his board with Dog:banana::banana::banana::banana:and it made it go over 400fsb half of you would run out and get a damn handful and smear it all over your boards.

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ROFL :D