ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

I managed to fix the issue however i must say this was the most insanely retarded bios issue that has ever happen to me. I tried to reinstall xp which resulted in a blue screen upon booting from the cd. Which should not happen if was a windows issue. So then i thought i would try one last thing and flash to 2004. To my amazement it worked and the system booted up all fine. This issue has to be directly related to 2602 and i recommend everyone to stay away from it because i flashed using a safe way and it caused me a whole day of headaches. Downgrading bios several times did not fix the issue so i dont even know why the last try with 2004 worked but I'm just going to stay with 2004 unless some mind blowing bios comes out that can give me 380fsb with less than 1.75nbridge. I actually had to use 1.85 in order to break that wall with earlier bios versions.

is it possible to xfire a 3870 on our p5wdh?
will it be both running 16x/16x or 16x/8x

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Originally Posted by Random Murderer

it's hard to say really, but you could start by raising the multi and dropping the fsb and then working back up to 400.

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Well the multi is locked at 8 for the E6750 (from what I've read), how high can I raise the FSB?

is it possible to xfire a 3870 on our p5wdh?
will it be both running 16x/16x or 16x/8x / 4x

also if i buy a 3870x2 how well will it perform?

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Originally Posted by Lee13168

I managed to fix the issue however i must say this was the most insanely retarded bios issue that has ever happen to me. I tried to reinstall xp which resulted in a blue screen upon booting from the cd. Which should not happen if was a windows issue. So then i thought i would try one last thing and flash to 2004. To my amazement it worked and the system booted up all fine. This issue has to be directly related to 2602 and i recommend everyone to stay away from it because i flashed using a safe way and it caused me a whole day of headaches. Downgrading bios several times did not fix the issue so i dont even know why the last try with 2004 worked but I'm just going to stay with 2004 unless some mind blowing bios comes out that can give me 380fsb with less than 1.75nbridge. I actually had to use 1.85 in order to break that wall with earlier bios versions.

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how did you manage to downgrade ?

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Originally Posted by markq4xprt

is it possible to xfire a 3870 on our p5wdh?
will it be both running 16x/16x or 16x/8x / 4x

also if i buy a 3870x2 how well will it perform?

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please don't post the same thing multiple times.

yes, it is possible to crossfire 3870's on this board, they will run at 8x/8x.
it's hard to say how an x2 will perform without knowing what the other parts in the system are, but i'd be willing to bet the performance would be comparable to crossfired 3870's.

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Originally Posted by Random Murderer

please don't post the same thing multiple times.

yes, it is possible to crossfire 3870's on this board, they will run at 8x/8x.
it's hard to say how an x2 will perform without knowing what the other parts in the system are, but i'd be willing to bet the performance would be comparable to crossfired 3870's.

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i see i forgot to use the edit


anyway

the other parts are
fsp 700 watts
asus p5w dh bios 2403
intel e6420 @ 3.2ghz oc`ed
tuniq tower with delta triblade high cfm
team xtreem dark 2x1g ddr II 800
1xseagate 750g 32mb
2xseagate 320g 16mb
3xwestern 320g 16mb

currently im using radeon x1600 pro golden
im wondering which is better since p5w-dh is pcie 1.0

2x 3870 xfire but as you stated it will run @ 8x only

or

1x 3870x2 but i havent found any p5w dh using this set up if they didnt have any problem on both cores

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Originally Posted by Random Murderer

please don't post the same thing multiple times.

yes, it is possible to crossfire 3870's on this board, they will run at 8x/8x.
it's hard to say how an x2 will perform without knowing what the other parts in the system are, but i'd be willing to bet the performance would be comparable to crossfired 3870's.

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On a similar note, I moved my 2900xt into the bottom PCI slot yesterday in preparation for Crossfire. Even though there's only one card in my system at the mo' it runs at 8x speed in the bottom slot.

I had to reset my HR-03 in order for the Crossfire bridge to work. The good news, previously I could run it at 870/1200 for benching. Now it's running at 901/1200 (1.3v PCIe 115mhz idle 50c load 65c). Whether it's improved airflow/reseating I'm not sure. What I can tell you is PCIe running at x8 didn't bottleneck the r600 at all.

Here's hoping Crossfire X runs on this board :D

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Originally Posted by markq4xprt

i see i forgot to use the edit


anyway

the other parts are
fsp 700 watts
asus p5w dh bios 2403
intel e6420 @ 3.2ghz oc`ed
tuniq tower with delta triblade high cfm
team xtreem dark 2x1g ddr II 800
1xseagate 750g 32mb
2xseagate 320g 16mb
3xwestern 320g 16mb

currently im using radeon x1600 pro golden
im wondering which is better since p5w-dh is pcie 1.0

2x 3870 xfire but as you stated it will run @ 8x only

or

1x 3870x2 but i havent found any p5w dh using this set up if they didnt have any problem on both cores

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I have a P5W DH, an E6850 OCed to 3.6GHz, 2x1GB G.Skill HZ PC2-6400, and an HIS 3870X2. Performance is great for me. In 3DM06 I get 16103. With my old CrossFire set-up (E6850 @ stock, Dual HD2900XT) I got 14283. The 3870X2 is far more quiet with the stock cooler than the 2900's, and the idle power draw is way less, too.

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Originally Posted by Lurker246

On a similar note, I moved my 2900xt into the bottom PCI slot yesterday in preparation for Crossfire. Even though there's only one card in my system at the mo' it runs at 8x speed in the bottom slot.

I had to reset my HR-03 in order for the Crossfire bridge to work. The good news, previously I could run it at 870/1200 for benching. Now it's running at 901/1200 (1.3v PCIe 115mhz idle 50c load 65c). Whether it's improved airflow/reseating I'm not sure. What I can tell you is PCIe running at x8 didn't bottleneck the r600 at all.

Here's hoping Crossfire X runs on this board :D

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thanks for the reply

i guess if it didnt bottlececk your r600 well it might mean its ok to use 2 x 3870 :) also i have another problem after that is the hr-05sli will be touching the pcb board of the videocard

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2275/img0446hz9.jpg

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Originally Posted by t_ski

I have a P5W DH, an E6850 OCed to 3.6GHz, 2x1GB G.Skill HZ PC2-6400, and an HIS 3870X2. Performance is great for me. In 3DM06 I get 16103. With my old CrossFire set-up (E6850 @ stock, Dual HD2900XT) I got 14283. The 3870X2 is far more quiet with the stock cooler than the 2900's, and the idle power draw is way less, too.

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i see, is your 3870x2 oc`ed? can i see the gpu-z if you dont mind?

ive seen other scores hitting mid 17k-18k on 3d06 or maybe its just they are using penryn @ 4ghz oc`ed


by the way is gecube 3870x2 a decent card, because as of now its the only 3870x2 affordable here in my place

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9...70x204siy3.jpg

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Originally Posted by markq4xprt

thanks for the reply

i guess if it didnt bottlececk your r600 well it might mean its ok to use 2 x 3870 :) also i have another problem after that is the hr-05sli will be touching the pcb board of the videocard

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Nice lookin rig you got there....

That Thermalright stuff sure takes up a lot of motherboard space. The HR-05 may be overkill depending on the speed/stability of your FSB. The stock NB cooler + fan may be the best option if you can't manouver the HR-05 away from the PCB or CPU cooler.

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Originally Posted by P5WDHdeluxe

how did you manage to downgrade ?

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To downgrade i installed dos on my usb drive and flashed using a 2.27 version of fudos. 2.11 for me did not work however most people say thats the only one that can downgrade. If you want i can send you the files to make a dos flash drive and fudos.

As my last message goes about updating 2602, my computer didnt want to turn on again. it just didnt want to get video signal. i tried put everthing off, memory , video card, sound card (xfi) and it didnt even beep, so it means the motherboard has something wrong. it all started after flashing to 2602.

but as my old story goes i didnt touch my puter for 18hr offline with out connection from wall electricy. and i tried to turn it and it went on.

but now it happend again, is there anyway i could revert to old bios ?

becuase i have no idea what to do. this bios didnt something wrong or it's wrong from the first place.

Please S.O.S, need help.

Thanx :confused:

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Originally Posted by X7007

As my last message goes about updating 2602, my computer didnt want to turn on again. it just didnt want to get video signal. i tried put everthing off, memory , video card, sound card (xfi) and it didnt even beep, so it means the motherboard has something wrong. it all started after flashing to 2602.

but as my old story goes i didnt touch my puter for 18hr offline with out connection from wall electricy. and i tried to turn it and it went on.

but now it happend again, is there anyway i could revert to old bios ?

becuase i have no idea what to do. this bios didnt something wrong or it's wrong from the first place.

Please S.O.S, need help.

Thanx :confused:

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Lol i warned everyone about this son of a :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: bios. Anyways simply boot into dos and flash to an earlier version using afudos. Fixed it for me after about 50 flashes.

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Originally Posted by Lee13168

Lol i warned everyone about this son of a :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: bios. Anyways simply boot into dos and flash to an earlier version using afudos. Fixed it for me after about 50 flashes.

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W8 m8, but my mb doesnt show video signal, how can i boot to older using the CrashFree bios 3 from within the mb ?

just to burn it on cd or to usb ? to put the name of the bios to P5DH.rom ?

so it means the mobo is not dead at least, just help me to flash it again. please.

**I dont have a floppy connected. What are the ways to update, i just can rma or do anything, i will have to buy new mobo if nothing works, and i will be left with a lost of more than 279$ non work hardware and will need to install and do everything all over, it just unreasoble because of a little bios. Please i need help.

My issue was different from yours however bios flashing managed to solve it. I really cant help you with the no video signal but if you do manage to get it to work again i can show you how to get dos on a usb. Also try taking out your cpu that solved the problem for someone before.

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Originally Posted by Lurker246

Nice lookin rig you got there....

That Thermalright stuff sure takes up a lot of motherboard space. The HR-05 may be overkill depending on the speed/stability of your FSB. The stock NB cooler + fan may be the best option if you can't manouver the HR-05 away from the PCB or CPU cooler.

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thanks


i guess so because im not running it for 400+ fsb, theres no way to manouver it coz in any angle it will touch the board of the video card


btw how can i enable 4g on this board?

it only recognize 3.5g of ram all mems are identical, even when im on windows xp nor vista or i need to update my bios and change 64 bit os?

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Originally Posted by markq4xprt

i see, is your 3870x2 oc`ed? can i see the gpu-z if you dont mind?

ive seen other scores hitting mid 17k-18k on 3d06 or maybe its just they are using penryn @ 4ghz oc`ed


by the way is gecube 3870x2 a decent card, because as of now its the only 3870x2 affordable here in my place

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9...70x204siy3.jpg

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No, my 3870X2 is running at stock speed. I haven't been able to OC it yet due to lack of time and the CCC Auto-tune locks up after a while (I suspect my system more than the card because it did that with the 2900's also).

I don't have a GPU-z shot as of right now - I'll see if I can get you one if you still need it.

As far as the GeCube goes, if the numbers look the same as other 3870X2's then go for it. I know some manufacturer's have lower clocks, which is why I went with the HIS.

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Originally Posted by t_ski

No, my 3870X2 is running at stock speed. I haven't been able to OC it yet due to lack of time and the CCC Auto-tune locks up after a while (I suspect my system more than the card because it did that with the 2900's also).

I don't have a GPU-z shot as of right now - I'll see if I can get you one if you still need it.

As far as the GeCube goes, if the numbers look the same as other 3870X2's then go for it. I know some manufacturer's have lower clocks, which is why I went with the HIS.

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i see, ill just ask other owners of the gecube if hows they`re gpu/mem temperatures

Here's the GPU-z

thanks for the screen shot

im quite confused why does it only shows 28.8gb/s bandwidth and gpu 411/450mhz

on the other hand

a friend of mine xfired a 3870

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i5...113DMark06.jpg

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Originally Posted by markq4xprt

thanks


i guess so because im not running it for 400+ fsb, theres no way to manouver it coz in any angle it will touch the board of the video card


btw how can i enable 4g on this board?

it only recognize 3.5g of ram all mems are identical, even when im on windows xp nor vista or i need to update my bios and change 64 bit os?

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In the bios there's an option to "enable memory remap" I think it's in chipset configuration. Only a 64-bit OS will see the full 4GB.

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Originally Posted by X7007

W8 m8, but my mb doesnt show video signal, how can i boot to older using the CrashFree bios 3 from within the mb ?

just to burn it on cd or to usb ? to put the name of the bios to P5DH.rom ?

so it means the mobo is not dead at least, just help me to flash it again. please.

**I dont have a floppy connected. What are the ways to update, i just can rma or do anything, i will have to buy new mobo if nothing works, and i will be left with a lost of more than 279$ non work hardware and will need to install and do everything all over, it just unreasoble because of a little bios. Please i need help.

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Have you given consideration to trying to buy a new BIOS chip directly from Asus with the BIOS that you want pre-loaded? Most major brands will sell BIOS chips for $10-$15.

Cheaper alternative than buying a new motherboard. :)

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Originally Posted by Lurker246

In the bios there's an option to "enable memory remap" I think it's in chipset configuration. Only a 64-bit OS will see the full 4GB.

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To add to your post...this is the screen where it is located. It is disabled by default.

I have a friend using this motherboard, along with 4 gigs of Ballistix, and even with this enabled, he still only sees 2GB of ram.

What else might he look at in order to get his 32-bit XP OS to see the rest of the ram?