her my oc for now.I will try for 3.6ghz letter
cooler is a scythe ninja PLUS rev. B with 2*120mm titan fans.
vcore is 1.55v i bios 1.5v mch and 1.60v fsb.
Edit got stabil on 3.5ghz now
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her my oc for now.I will try for 3.6ghz letter
cooler is a scythe ninja PLUS rev. B with 2*120mm titan fans.
vcore is 1.55v i bios 1.5v mch and 1.60v fsb.
Edit got stabil on 3.5ghz now
Thank you diction10....Quote:
Originally Posted by diction10
ChrisC
Hello fellow p5wdh owners,
I have red this whole thread (!), and learned a lot from it. However, there is one problem i was not able to solve. I have a raid0 connected at the ich7r intel, and a third standalone sata hd at the intel sata4. Works great.
I did connect a fourth external sata hd at the jmicron controller (needs to operate as a standalone hd) (i plan to connect a 5th sata hd at the ezbackup connector, after removing the cap). This hd does not show up at the bios or in windows (when using partition magic). The external sata hd is formatted and contains data. When i choose in the bios the option "raid" at the jmicron controller (just testing), the hd shows when booting. Still nothing in windows.
I have installed jmicron raid controller software (because i thought i needed to install a jmicron sata driver, to make the hd visible at windows), but no result. Anyone has a clue? Thanks!
It does sound like you have a corrupt bios on the motherboard so i would RMA it back if you have allready changed the CMOS battery and tryed different bios versions.Quote:
Originally Posted by tuxy
Topboy
I've been having this board for a few months; however, I noticed today that when I push 'power off' button on the PC case the computer goes to 'EZ-Wifi' mode and doesn't switch off. The 'power off' button used to switched off the PC, but not any more. I wonder, does anyone has a similar problem? Thanks for any advice or ideas.
This is a total guess but try and looking in your BIOS. I remember seeing something about the power on/off button in there, maybe somehow it got changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krusty
Then again I could be wrong, unfortunately I'm doing work right now so I can't reboot and check for you right now.:cussing:...
Thanks, I checked it before and I couldn't find anything like that. I'll try to check it again though.
I remounted my CPU, and switched to using Arctic Silver 5
I now have a 3.5ghz overclock @ 1.45v in the BIOS, about 1.41 vdroop.
I enabled SPD, let Asus have its fun. Got a 1:1 ratio for the memory out of 2.1v, run everything disabled except firewire and one onboard gigabit ethernet.
1602 BIOS
2.1v memory
1.4V fsb term
1.65v mch
Auto on the southbridgeD
Disabled PEG link.
101mhz PCI-Express Freq
Turbo mode
PCI to 33.33mhz
389 x 9, Low 50's idle, even 48-50 for a while on cold boots.
I lapped the southbridge, my Scythe Ninja, my CPU, my Swfitech northbridge, applied Arctic Silver 5 to them all, and I had the world of a difference temp wise. You might remember me complaining of an absolute wall at 369 FSB for me, and insane temps. Well I do believe 1 of the corners on the Ninja's mounting corners made of plastic were not on the way they should be. Never the less......I took the board out, cleaned the wiring job up more, and spent some time doing it better. Everything runs cooler, plus everything I had to complain about with the P5W DH is pretty much erased. I enjoy this board, and hope Asus does work out some better memory options in the BIOS next time.
My friend and I have L632A's
I have e6600 @ 3500mhz @ 1.45v
He has e6400 @ 3350mhz on P5B @ I forgot....419x8 he runs on the same Team Xtreme DDR2 667 memory.
I did Super PI 1m time of 14.781s on my P5W DH, 389x9 @ 1:1, SPD enabled. Rock solid L632A's we have here.
My friends P5B was a $125 965 board but it overclocked to 419x8 SPD enabled 1:1, same memory, and L632A e6400.
http://student.muskegoncc.edu/~pringnitzr/ryancomp.jpg < this is his L632A E6400 w/ Scythe Mine CPU cooler, 50mm fan over northbridge, 4x80mm case fans, 1x120mm side case fan, plus power supply fan. I am proud of the cable job I managed. 1 IDE cable, 2 usb headers (one front , one back ). 2 SATA cables, power cable for 2 sata drives, cd-rom power, case buttons / led's, video card 6 pin, mobo 24 pin + 4 pin, all the fans.....
I gotta post screenshots + pic's of my stuff.
English work to do then I get to work on my HTML class stuff (which I just go on about my computer as I learn more crap and use it on the page)
Hi,Quote:
Originally Posted by rodemannetje
You can actually run 4 sata hdd's off your intel ICH7 southbridge, and I would highly recommend this over trying to get the JMicron and/or the SiliconImage crap(ez-backup) working.
Plug your drives into SATA 1 (red), SATA 3(actually#2 black), SATA 4 (black), remove the jumpers off the ez-backup area, and plug into the right yellow ez-raid port (actually SATA2). I don't remember the physical marking of the right ez-raid port, so please forgive me.
If you have the jumpers off and boot with the drive attached, you'll see it in the list of the ICH7 area as your box posts, if it's in the wrong one, you won't see anything. Also, you may want to set the DH Features Change option in the bios to Enabled when you take out the jumper and attach the drive to have it tell the SiliconImage crap to turn off.
Bingo. You have 4 hdds on ICH7 and can turn off JMicron in bios.
Having problems pushing past 380 fsb. Once I go over 382 with vmch 1.85 and vfsb to 1.5 the system wont boot into windows. It also has a hard time posting and sometimes takes 3-5 minutes to get into bios. Is this the furthests my board will go?
It's not my processor or memory. I tried 380x8 and x9 and I can boot at 382 but anything more and the system wont post.
Any suggestions?
FAO factory81
Whos the chick in the Avtar standing on ya chest...Damn shes got some nice legs. Post some pics of her if ya can
Driver update RTL8187L EEPROM is required if you can see the WiFi module in Device Manager, but still fail to connect to any Access Point (AP).Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
This actually has to do with how the motherboard works. It looks at the default multiplier of the cpu, looks at the fsb you set, and must POST at that, after the POST, your board adjusts the cpu multiplier to what you set it to in the bios.Quote:
Originally Posted by iadstudio
Our suggestions are to boot at the multiplier that you want to test a higher fsb with, but boot at a bootable fsb. If 380 can get into windows, that's fine. Once in windows, adjust tRD and tRFC to 8-42 (not sure the order, it may be tRFC-tRD) using memset 3.0 or 3.1. Search the thread for memset to find download.
Then after you tweak those settings, download systool, clockgen, or setfsb to manually start adjusting your fsb upwards. I can't remember the full name of the chip you need to set, but look for the last numbers being 123.
Sorry for my unknowns; I'm at work, but it should be enough information for you to do what you can to achieve higher fsb.
Best of luck.
Quote:
Originally Posted by nickfd
Interesting.. I wonder.. My setup can do 400x8 at vCore set to 1.43 in bios (shows 1.38 in bios own monitor). But when i try to do 400x9 i have to go alot higher on the vCore, around 1.5-1.55 or so.
400x8 = 3200mhz, vCore set to 1.43
356x9 = 3200mhz, vCore set to 1.35
The cpu at same speed but needs different voltages? I'm guessing it has to feed on more volts when its fsb is faster? is it worth the higher fsb? or should i go with 9x multiplier up to around ~370 using vCore 1.43?
Wow, I'm impressed you can actually post at 400x8 at such a low vcore. My melon of a CPU :mad: may be able to post higher than 385, but only slightly, no matter if I put 1.65vcore to the chip or not. If I want to do a high 8x multiplier, I have to boot less than 385x8, then clock up inside windows after adjusting my tRFC and tRD. I can go to my sig, basically ~3500mhz either 8x or 9x.Quote:
Originally Posted by semiskilled
Intel CPUs seem not to be as FSB dependent as AMDs, so run what benchmarks you like in how you plan to use your computer, and see what you find. I've found that a higher multiplier and lower FSB outscores a higher FSB and lower multiplier in gaming (keeping all other things the same, ie: memory timings), ultimately the higher cpu clock being the goal. This may also only be fact on our i975 chipset as well, since our mb at normal 1:1 with original multiplier will outscore an rd600 and i965 at ultimately higher fsb with original multiplier. <-- I don't understand this, but whatever. It's a choice that we made, either intentionally or unintentionally when buying our board vs another chipset one.
Lastly, how much voltage *should not* (stressing the should not, so do not hold me accountable in a year if your cores die ;) ) affect the CPU as long as temperatures are at reasonable levels at the cores. Unfortunately since these CPUs are so new, we cannot know the long term impact of pushing heavy voltages to them over long durations of time, even if temperatures remain acceptable. Those of us with earlier week CPUs are kind of forced to push heavy voltage to hit high numbers, and in turn are forced to use liquid or other radical cooling types to offset the higher voltage required.
Hi,
I have an E6400 cpu that is running at 2.74ghz @vcore 1.400 ..
When i tried to bump my fsb to 353, i received an error "overclocking failed or overvoltage failed" and when I up my voltage to 1.4375+ i received the same error again ..
Anyone knows how to fix this?
I have an Arctic Pro 7 HSF and my psu is Seasonic S12 550 watt
Thanks. I'll try that but your explanation about Intel being less FSB dependent holds true for my system. 340x10 and 380x9 had little if no difference in performance. Mostly because I kinda have the memory at a sweet spot at 340fsb but I'm going to try 425x8 and see what I get in terms of performance. I know my CPU and memory can handle it, we'll see if the board can. 425 with a 4:5 memory ratio will get me back to the sweet spot in my memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by nickfd
Can anyone update me on the fixes, as this thread is really long and I haven't uses my P5W DH since September...
Did one of the new bios allow for vMCH higher than 1.65v? If so then what's the highest? My Board was scaling very well with increased vmch (+.08v added 15mhz FSB stock NB cooler, 1.73v.) Have instant access to negative ambient temps now so I can go ahead and run more than 2v+ if possible ;)
Also, what are the ram ratios below 1:1? My ram has really sh1t the bed (thanks Gigabyte S3) and won't clock much higher than 820mhz...
I believe the last bios I used was 1101...
Oof... someone help me out... how am I gonna put the heatpipe back on when I bent the pipe in 4 different places and lost the damn clip... I bent the pipe so that the NB is just about in place but of course it's about 1cm off the chip...
I think I'm gonna superglue it... What part of the NB cooler should i glue and what should I glue it to? I can glue it to the green part of the NB right (not the ACTUAL tiny chip in the middle...)
vMCH voltage is base on your MB revision, not bios.
For XFI Music Owners:
yes you can disable the realtek HD onboard audio, its in the bios very easy to spot, once you do so windows will no longer detect the onboard audio.
The XFI Music was such an improvement for me. Onboard really sucks, HL2 sounds real now and music was never louder or better sounding. This sound card will be in my next 5 pc's over the next 5 years.
week 24 c2d 333 x 9 3ghz @ 1.35 vcore prime 95 24 hours stable.
http://rapidshare.com/files/13242864...eluxe-1804.rar
BIOS 1804, thanks to DutchBBQ for directing me to this one again :)
Untested by me, use at own risk :p:
I'm sorry for not reading all 140 pages in this thread, but anyways. If this have been solved earlier please link it for me or give me the solution :P
I run my E6600 with this motherboard at 3.4GHZ 1.425 VCore. Slightly OC'd in other words, and it's stable as a house ( atleast 7 hours Orthos :P). Sometimes when I boot after being turned off over the night i get this message from BIOS, "Overclocking or overvoltage failed". Either I press f1 to enter setup and just "Exit and discard changes" ( keeps up booting with no problem ) or press f2 to continue with default settings in BIOS-> means no OCing :( . Is there anyway to get rid of this meanless message so my girlfriend don't go panic and set my OC to zero everytime she boots the computer?
Another "pick up a random number" named BIOS release I assume... or not ? :D
Hmm.. I had to do some modification cause one of the two hooks that hold the nb came off when I installed my thermaltake spirit II. Is this what happened to you? One of the hooks, or are you just talking about the stock stuff on the mb.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hutch
You really dont have to worry about the heatpipe as long as you have adequate cooling on your nb. I cut mine off and left the copper fin stuff on the mosfets.
I, too, just got an x-fi platinum, and completely agree with you! Holy cow what a difference in sound! I only have a 2.1 set, but I also have a pair of Shure e4c headphones (299$ retail), and my god the three-dimensional surround and crystal enhancement blow my mind!Quote:
Originally Posted by ngr2000
Now I need to wait and find a deal on some nice 5.1 or 7.1 powered, wireless rear speakers to set around my workspace. It will make a nice addition to my Nintendo Wii, 32" lcd hdtv, 20.1" lcd monitor, modded Xbox 360, modded Xbox acting as XBMC, my rig, and my 3 terabyte server! :D
My first post is a question. I want to get the P5W DH system but don't have a need for the WI-FI or remote stuff. In other repects, is the P5W DH the same as the Deluxe without these things? Am I losing anything important by not getting the Deluxe? I want a good/fast system for video and photo editing and probably will not get into OC. Will probably get the E6600 for now and move up to the quads later this year (thinking that the quads are fairly expensive now and price will come down later with better performance point too and will be overall less expensive this route). Is the recommendation for this MB or something different?
It's a good board but probably not the right one for you if you're not OCing.Quote:
Originally Posted by gritty
Thewli, we have the same problem. Didn't find a solution yet, so i'm looking forward for some info too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thewli
It started when I updated from 0801 to 1707, Does someone encounter this behavior before ? help will be appreciated.
Thanks.
I have a question about Windows and handling Core 2 Duo on this board. I can see in Task Manager and its CPU usage that when I ran a numerical simulation both of the cores are used for about 50% because of switching the task between the two cores. However, I would like Windows to handle the task better and to use only one core for 100%. I wonder, is there any way that Windows will stop switching between the two cores without manually setting it at Task Manager?
Thanks.
So far, i like the board but have to master all bios settings.
The only thing that kinda surprised me is that there's no beep coming from the pc speaker at post.
Is this turned off in bios maybe?
I already tried to flip the connector over but it didn't make a difference, maybe the speaker is just broken.
Right now i'm running orthos at 3.6GHz @ 1.42Vcore set in bios (~1.4V real), tonight i will lower multi to find max FSB.
I have a wk 24a e6600 and right now I can't to overclock to 4.0G
Settings are:
FSB: 439
Memory Voltage: 2.25V
CPU Vcore Voltage: 1.65V (appears to be 1.62 actual)
FSB Termination: 1.5v
MCH Chipset Voltage: 1.65
ICH Chipset Voltage: 1.2
Memory using SPD
DRAM ECC Mode: Disabled
Hyper Path 3: Disabled
DRAM Throttling Threshold: Disabled
Advanced CPU settings:
Modify Ratio Support: Disabled
Microcode Updation: Enabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Execute Disable Function: Disabled
Enhanced C1 Control: Disabled
CPU Internal Thermal Control: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
Intel (R) SpeedStep (tm) tech: Disabled
I have Corsair XMS2 CAS4 6400 memory (2x512MB)
At FSB of 439 it will boot, but Windows doesn't start. So any ideas on what I can do to get Windows loaded ? If set FSB to be 412 at the same setting as above the Windows will start. Have I found the limit of my CPU ?
If I set FSB to be 440 it won't boot. Is my memory holding me back ?
Try setting the FSB to 400 and then using Clockgen to up the FSB from in windows... I run my E6300 @ 400Fsb and when its time to bench I clockgen up to 450 in windows..
"..and it's stable as a house ( atleast 7 hours Orthos :P)" I'm not pro at OC but i think i can say that that's you problem. It's not stable if it only can do 7 hours orthos. it should never fail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thewli
final statement from a pro at this, please?
Anyone tested it yet? Whats new about it?Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
Well, I believe the issue that he has is motherboard/bios related. Specifically what, I'm not sure since I have not run into it. If he can run 7hrs Orthos, he's stable with his hardware, since it's a torture test for pretty much everything connected and operating in the system. He didn't say he dies after 7hrs, only that he left it on, successfully, for 7hrs.Quote:
Originally Posted by semiskilled
Someone else that ran into this problem and solved it will have to pipe up and offer their resolution.
I would recommend to stay with the intel 975 chipset, since it performs great out of the box without overclocking, however you don't have to spend the cash on this board. There is a DFI Infinity 975 board for half the cost, and if you put on the new bios and do a couple of soldering vMCH mods, you can hit serious fsb. There was a thread on this by another member.Quote:
Originally Posted by gritty
You can look at the DFI board here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136168
Hi, you've actually just run into a problem that windows xp has that's inherent to how it operates as an operating system. It was not designed to run as a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) OS, but rather single core, single thread. As Intel released their hyperthreading technology, windows modified its code to allow for this, and tweaked it slightly to fit our dual and quad core environments of today. What you see in the OS is what you get, unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krusty
I'm not sure the back-end logic and implementation of SMP in Vista, or if it will handle symmetrical processing better, but you have to be also using an application that is designed for it as well. All of the large, workstation class applications do have support for multiple cores, even running on XP (like Adobe Premiere, 3d Studio, etc), but you won't be getting as much benefit as you would on a similarly spec'd unix based workstation that was designed from the ground up with SMP in mind.
I know MS was going this route, as were all the game developers, so I'm sure we'll see better utilization and better scaling of games and applications upon multiple cores in the near future.
So in the meantime, if you want to only stress one core at a time, you'll have to manually set affinity in your task manager. However, from what benchmarking I've done in various applications, forcing an application to use only one of the two cores actually cuts your overall processing potential in half. This may not be true for all applications, but just from what I've seen.
Heya Phoenix, I agree with INJviper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phoenix_TT
Your settings all look great, so try and boot your max stable to get into windows first, then use Memset 3.0/3.1 to adjust tRFC/tRD to 8/42, and finally Systool, setfsb, or clockgen to manually step your fsb up in small increments to test stability.
I'm curious though; what kinds of temperatures are you running at full torture load with orthos or dual prime95s on your cores from CoreTemp or TAT? 1.65vcore is mighty high voltage unless you have a good watercooling/phase/peltier setup.
First I must say that this is my first system build and first OC. I knew this was a possibility but didn't think it would happen this soon. Lately my OC has been showing signs of being unstable. I've heard that an OC'd system will need to be pulled back eventually because of the voltage and electrical things that happen which I don't quite understand.
My rig has been OC'd to 340fsb since September and gets a lot of use. I've had to take my system from 340x10 fsb at 1.4vfsb, 1.65vmch and 1.525vcore (1.5v actual) to 333x10 with the same voltage. I think it's stable now but I won't know until Prime runs for a while more.
Is this the beginning of the end for my system? Is the CPU or the mobo causing the problem?
Thanks for the help, I just want to know what to expect and what I can do now?
Well I had the same problem except that my OCs were a little higher than yours, I started thinking that it was my CPU when infact it was the mobo. I know of another person that switched mobos and everything was fine again.
Switch mobo's? Another P5W DH or a different mobo? What's my best choice now that the 680i are out?
Also, how much can I expect the system to degrade?
EDIT: and in reply to your OC being higher than mine... this is my first OC and I hope with a little experience I'll get up there with the big OC's.
Well I'm loyal so I got another P5W DH, the other dude went to a P5B Deluxe. I'm actually quite suprise yours started to give you problems with low FSB, but I guess each system is different. Oh yeah, don't quote me on been the Mobo, so far that has been the cause.Quote:
Originally Posted by iadstudio
I know I must be missing something, but will somebody tell me how to turn off "virtualization technology" in bios 1707?
I won't hold you to that but thanks either way. My system degrading so quickly may have something to do with my inexperience and over-volting to figure out this OCing thing. I read up quite a bit before I OC'd but it seemed like I had to pour a lot of volts into my system to get a decent OC out of it. Also, my NB ran pretty hot for the first few months until I got a fan on it.
hmmm. Prime just failed after 1 hour so I guess my work isn't done yet. F'n OC addiction! I wish I could just put the system back to stock and call it a night but I just don't have it in me.
What about running LED fans from the mobo connectors? could that be giving me problems. I recently switched my ExtremeSpirit and OCZ memory cooler to the mobo connectors.
EDIT: what's this symptom called so I can search it a bit?
There's only one way to find out, put the other fans back. I'm not sure that the name might be. What about your temps? I Fold with my rigs so they are always @ 100% CPU usage and so far they are going strong.Quote:
Originally Posted by iadstudio
I'll try switching the fans. As for temps, the CPU has seen some high temps but it hasn't passed 55c in months.
I'm on air cooling, using a Thermalright Ultra 120 with 120mm fan. I have a 40mm fan on the NB too. On my list of things to do is to improve the air cooling setup in my case. I don't really heavily use my E6600 and P5W system, just playing at the moment. I've been trying to get 3.6Ghz stable with Orthos so that's why I've cracked up the CPU vcore to 1.65. The temps at idle in Windows are between 48-50°c. I have run Orthos for 10mins but then the temps jump into mid 60s°c, which is too high for my liking and so stop the testing.Quote:
Originally Posted by nickfd
I think 3.5Ghz is my stable overclock, but I've yet to really test this, might do this over the weekend if I can, then try using memset and setfsb.
I using 1804 BIOS at the mo. This one is dated 8/01/07. Haven't notice anything new in the BIOS options. I've tried 1803 and this is dated 4/01/07.
:eek: Man, I usually crank it up that high when I'm doing 3.9/4.0GHz benching. Do you have an older chip (i.e. week 23/24 etc.)?Quote:
Originally Posted by Phoenix_TT
Yes I have a week 24a (from memory). I bought the E6600 and p5w as soon as they were available in the UK. Had some spare money. At stock speed the conroe is very quick, so can only imagine what it's like at 4.0Ghz!Quote:
Originally Posted by nicepun
quick question about p5w with e6400 at 3.2ghz
i have it at 400fsb 1.4V and memory at pc6400 auto memory *6-4-6-14 auto voltage also
is there any way i can get a stable 5-5-5-12 or 4-4-4-12
memory is linked:
[HTML]http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820220095
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cooling by zalman 9700, p180 also chip has been lapped with AS5 paste
thanks
i got 24a chip men does only 3.4ghz stabil 1.55vcore and 3.5ghz semistabil 1.58vcore,but my p5w stop at 395 need mch volt mod:(
any got the same chip?
Mine is also a 24A (x6800). It requires only about 1.48V (real) to be stable at 3,8 - which I think is pretty good. Mobo had to be droop-modded to achieve this.
What drop-modding?Quote:
Originally Posted by roger_h99.nor
A mod to keep the voltage at idle and load constant and with as little fluctuation as possibleQuote:
Originally Posted by semiskilled
Is there a guide for this somewhere?Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
yes, just search
BTW- i experienced similar performance degradation, and it ended up being one of my sticks of memory. I'd recommend burning a bootable copy of Memtest86 and trying your memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by iadstudio
My mem is at corsair at the moment, so im waiting for replacements :)
Voltage is your friend! :D Set everything manual - 4-4-4-12 with 1.8v first, test if boot, then prime95s. If it fails, keep pushing more voltage until you're stable. Remember that you need more voltage to keep tighter timings at higher fsbs, and since we dont have any way to measure mem temperature, make sure you have some good airflow going around the memory and it's not hot to the touch.Quote:
Originally Posted by elyrly
I fixed my sig to include my storage server as well. Figured since we all have extreme systems, we can also include extreme storage? :)
Just curious, what do you store on that 3tb??!! :banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by nickfd
Very good explanation.Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
I firmly belive that vcore fluctuation on this board is THE major issue in getting high and stable OC's on this board. Before mod I got droops in the 0,05 - 0,07 area. After mod, TAT is the only test that shows different idle/load vcore (TAT is brutal :D ). Under TAT the vcore droops about 0,01V. 2x Orthos vcore stays stable, as it does under 3DMark 05/06.
Just tested Memory and everything and I'm stable back at 3.4ghz. I had the mobo overloaded with LED fans. I took most of my fans off the mobo and connected directly to the PSU and it seems all is well again. :woot:Quote:
Originally Posted by nickfd
Anyone? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Psitech
Hey guys, I have been following this thread for quite sometime now, and I have a problem with Overclocking now. Its strange because I didn't used to have this issue.
keep in mind that I dont change any settings at all through this period of time
first off here is my rig
ASUS P5W DH
2GB Patriot 5300
Core 2 Duo E6400
eVga 8800GTS
I have done everything on the front page
cpu 1.52V
MCH 1.85V
ICH 1.20V
mem. timings 5-4-4-15
I had my FSB at 422x8 and it ran fine (1602 bios) and then one day my comp would post but freeze, so as soon as it would post I pressed Del. and it showed all the stuff loading and scanning or w/e and i noticed that when it got to
"flash drive port 0" it would freeze, so i took out my flash drive and all other usb connections and it posted but when it did post it showed the speed at 2.12ghz rather than 2.13ghz (is that normal?) I thought the CMOS reset its self so i went into the bios and the fsb was still at 422, so i just hit F10 and it posted and windows started up.
I never had any stability issues, then when I would restart every now and then it would not post, and I would have to restart manually, so i thought it might be the bios, so i flashed to 1707 and that decreased my max fsb to like 410, so i tried the 1801, and that decreased it to 400 and while using this bios it somtimes would not post at 400FSB, every other time i restart it would not post, and it would show up as 2.12ghz when I restart again...this is really pissing me off because I literally can't restart without having to ether lower the FSB or restart twice...this all took place over the course of 2-3 weeks
Also i flashed back to 1602 bios and still no luck my fbs is now stuck at 395
I'm stumped, is my board going bad? I also tried to clear the CMOS but still no luck
I've got a P5w that I love!!! But when I hook up a 2nd video card (a crappy 128 video card just to have my 3rd monitor :D But when I boot up it says "no 24 pin power connector."
My 1st video card is just a simple VGA 7600GS nothing too power hungry.
I figured this could be a common problem with this board.
I just thought I would ask to see what you guys would say. Thanks!!!
is there a program that will monitor vMCH and vDimm in real time in windows? It seems that I'm only able to get my ram stable at 400mhz with auto voltage on vDimm and I'm curious as what voltage the board is using.
No, but it should be around 1.84v and btw, buy a digital multimeter
no news about the TFRC?Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
Asus told me that their holding up their BIOS release with tRFC to release it with the launch of Duke Nukem Forever :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Prelim
:ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by BenchZowner
haha
I do have a multimeter, but I lack any sort of common sense and don't know how to use it. Do I measure the voltage with the system turned on or off?Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
Hi folks,
I'm wondering if someone could shed some light on why I can't reach a higher speed with my RAM.
I'm currently running:
Intel E6700 @ 3.5GHz (350x10, 1.55vCore)
Corsair Dominator PC2-8500C5D 2GB Matched pair @ 876MHz @ 5-5-5-15 (manually set, but rated SPD)
Now I can't push the FSB any higher, even with going higher than 1.55v (which I don't want to do, as it's already high enough for air imho), and I can't change the bios FSB:RAM ratio any higher.
I've also tried lowering multiplier to 388x9 (3.492GHz) but the system won't stay stable - regardless of the RAM speed.
In each situation, I've tried maxing out all the other voltages (vMCH, etc) but nothing makes any difference... The machine will post but won't boot into windows when I select 950MHz or 1050HMz (the 1050MHz limit I understand is with the chipset, but 950 shouldn't be a problem??)
I will look forward to trying this :DQuote:
Originally Posted by nickfd
Does the 2 Asus EZ sata controllers have to be disabled?
Can't help you but I have a very similar build to you and was interested to see how much voltage you need for 3.5. I'm pushing 1.525 in bios (1.5 actual) to get 3.4. I was wondering if your vcore is what you set or actual voltage with droop considered.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seb R
Also, are you cooling you NB.
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Originally Posted by triggerc
System on, use the unpainted case metal for ground
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Originally Posted by Seb R
Actually, now my machine runs cool as can be @ 3.5ghz...........I love my P5W DH heh..
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Originally Posted by topboy
What kind of hot girl wears tennis shoes to a party? Shes alright looking, but a hoe.
I have an HR-05 heatsink on my NB w/ AS5, and I just noticed that the entire heatsink gets extremely hot. If I run stock, it gets warm. If I run my E6600 at 3.2Ghz even with all stock voltages it gets really hot!
I'm now convinced my 356fsb wall is likely due to limitations of my NB. Any ideas as to how I can decrease temps of my NB any further? I run VMCH at "Auto", and increasing its voltages all the way up to 1.65v (max on my board) hasn't helped me (actually has hurt my OC a bit)...more evidence it is the heat being generated by my NB that is holding me back.
Are there any other BIOS settings that can decrease temps of NB?
You're just going to have to cool the NB better. make sure you're getting good Airflow through the heatsink and you might need to add a fan to the system. I have a 40mm fan mounted to the stock HS and it dropped my temps by well over 10c.Quote:
Originally Posted by rpr
Right now I'm dealing with a monster Vdroop. I've had a lot of problems lately, mostly unrelated to each other, but now I'm trying to get 250fsb stable and the vdroop keeps widening. When I had the vcore set in bios at 1.525 the droop was .02 ish now I have the vcore in bios at 1.55 and the droop is closer to .05v. I really don't want to do a vdroop mod but it looks like I might need to.
WTF Asus !!! These boards have a lot of potential but are temperamental.
This one has probably been answered a thousand times but i headed to bed @ page 40 of this thread so please forgive my ignorance.
Asus PC probe II says my CPU temps under load are 46C but TAT say it´s 55C. this is while running Orthos at 3.7GHz and 1.46Vcore.
Now which one is a liar?
Im using bios 1503.
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Originally Posted by Zeus
We all use TAT for measuring C2D temps.
is there a pencil mod for vdroop for this board? I don't think I could do the hard mod from kyosen, I can't even understand it.
Ok thank you.
What do you use for measuring Vcore?
PC probe is showing a nasty droop is that right?
yeah both PC Probe and Speedfan are showing nasty droops. Maybe it's related to the PWM getting hot? Should I get some ramsinks onto the Mosfets?
I've got a question...do I just have a crappy chip? (I think it's week 23, I forget :p:)
I can get up to ~350 +/- 3 with 1.3125vcore. To get to 360, I need 1.5 just to post! I can't even get 370....am I missing something and vcore isn't the answer in this case..
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Originally Posted by triggerc
There's a "Ghetto Mod" for the P5WD2. I'd like to know if this works for the P5W DH as well. A simple pencil mod would be nice for the vdroop.
Anybody know if this works with the P5W DH???
I've set the vCore to 1.55 in the bois, don't know what the real voltage is as I don't have a multimeter! I'm not cooling the northbridge, it's only got the standard heatsink+heatpipe stuff on it.
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Originally Posted by iadstudio
Sounds like we have the same settings almost. 1.5v in bios gives me 1.50-1.53v in speedfan. No multimeter here either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seb R
Have you replaced the NB and SB TIM? I have a extreme spirit II on the SB and a 40mm fan on the NB with those metal covers taken off. Unfortunately you have to void the warranty and replace the TIM with Arctic Silver and loose the covers. That alone could give you a 10-15c temp drop on the NB.
Use the touch test... if the NB is too hot to hold your finger on it for 5-10 sec then you definately need to cool it. I would assume maximum cooling precautions should be taken either way if you want to really push the system.
Also, I have my memory at 2:3. This memory doesn't like tight timings so the extra bandwidth is helpful since you can't really tighten timings too much.
Edit: I just saw that you have 4gb of memory. Is that true? If so that could be limiting you memory multiplier but I would still try it.
Hmm thats odd. I can reach 400 FSB completely stable, but at 415 I can't even post. I'd just say make sure you have everything disabled you don't need that could be interfering with your OC. Checkout Kastaar's bios if you'd like, he made it to 440 FSB.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seb R
And as far as the NB goes, I also have the HR-05 on my NB, but I have an Antec 900 case and a 120 mm fan on the side that blows virtually right on it and my temps are fine, it doesn't even get warm to the touch except way down by the base.
You must be doing something wrong, my week 32 E6600 is running Orthos at the moment at 411x9, no problem 1.525Vcore in bios = 1.49V real.
The board's limit is ~435MHz.
I will post a screen when it has passed 8 hours.
The mosfets that regulate Vcore are covered by this heatpipe thing, i even have this turbo lookalike cooler attached to it, i'm still seeing droops.Quote:
Originally Posted by triggerc
Some almost forgotten NF7-s memory's popped back up in my mind. :(
How much i hated the looks of my NF4 ultra-D with is pathetic yellow and orange slots, voltage regulation on that board was rock solid.
Link to Vdroop mod anyone?
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Originally Posted by nickfd
I actually lost the clip that holds the NB in place... I was trying to do what you did (few months ago) and I was struggling to get the NB and heatpipe seperated.
Since the bottom of the heatsink already has that soft stuff on it I figure whatever is below it can't be hurt by a little super glue... ;)
Yeah since I've gotten a extreme spirit II for the NB my mosfets have been uncovered. Maybe I should put some ramsinks on there after all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeus
As promised:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1170078783
Stable as a rock. :)
:) I'm addicted to archiving stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaotai
Ever since I got my LCD HDTV, I use it to stream high definition television shows, DVDs, and other misc things through my XboxMediaCenter or the video out on my 8800gtx.
Outside of movies, I store music, games, and apps I use as well, but all these take a small chunk of the overall percentage of space eaten up by all the tv-series, dvds, and other video formats sitting on the arrays. With h.264, VC1 and the other HD codecs, I think we're going to start seeing multi-terabyte as the norm in people that do any kind of work or storage of video technologies.
Just an FYI- anything higher than pc6400 (800mhz) is not supported by our mb. There was a post earlier in the thread that showed several screenshots of different memory types, and how their SPD was broken down in CPU-Z. I'm not sure how the Corsair Dominators are split, but I know for my pair of Corsair 8500's, I don't have any breakdowns in CPU-Z; it only shows 533mhz 5-5-5-15.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seb R
From what I understand, people who can hit higher FSB have more selection in the memory breakdown, and can do more strange ratios stable. With my FSB at 385mhz(my max), I can only do 1:1 (770mhz). If I try the next selection down, I don't remember if I can't boot, or if I can, it's not stable..
Most important though: With this board, best speeds and timing is with 1:1!!
Looks great! Congrats you got a later week and can go over 400mhz vs. us earlier adopters that are stuck with crap chips waiting to be burnt out. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeus