an with my current rev, MCH is limited to 1.65 :/
is the Vmch the only difference between motherboard revisions ?
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an with my current rev, MCH is limited to 1.65 :/
is the Vmch the only difference between motherboard revisions ?
basically. maybe this is one of the reasons for the revision in the first place.
I am Facing this Slow Detection... ever since i got my board,when the Machine is Turned on,show the Ram Size,then there is almost 45 secs delay,after which only the device Detection ... comes over.First it detects the Usb Mouse
Wat could be the cause of the delay ?... Tried the Fixes Posted here nothing seems to work :mad:
Quote:
Originally Posted by vinyas
clear cmos or flash to a newer bios.
dont think that will work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bail_w
Here Is Screenshot:
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5...0050fk4.th.jpg
After the Delay,the Devices like My HDD & Writer Gets Detected
Try using the PCI LAN port (lowest or left most, depends how the board is oriented), in combination with some routers/switches the auto detect might go wrong...Quote:
Originally Posted by jikkyboy11
The PCI LAN controller seems to give me a lower cpu-load than the PCI-e LAN controller...
Quote:
Originally Posted by vinyas
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...06&postcount=1
For anyone that cares -- a replacement of my motherboard fixed problems listed earlier...
1901 blows.
1901 bios is fine
1901 wrking well for me
i am getting good results with 1901 (440FSB 1:1) , it just my ram was being a pita on this motherboard.
I had been using 1901 but had to flash back to 1707 today. It was ok and stable at first, but the past few days stability became a major issue. I was having system hangs and reboots and I wasn't orthos stable. I backed my overclock down and this didn't help at all. I flashed back to 1707 and all is fine.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Psitech
what you use to flash it down to 1707?
afudos v2.17Quote:
Originally Posted by Bail_w
ftp://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/f...FUDOS_v217.zip
any instructions?
edit: nvm i got it.
wats the solution to this guys ?.... is this Problem listed on Page 1? .... i dont think so...if so,wr ?Quote:
Originally Posted by vinyas
help out pls
What's the problem? You just posted a pic of the POST...
If it's taking ages then the solution is on the front page
Guys, I don't know what happens, but after flashing the 1901 BIOS in, my RAM (thoroughly tested before) cannot run at 412 MHz with 4:4:4:12 latencies, under 2.20V any more! I'm getting BSODs, some intermittent software crashes, and the new (4-cores) Prime95 torture test fails with error, indicating hardware problems. My memory (Geil Ultra 800) used to run flawlessly with these settings for quite a long time; now I had to slow it down (the Prime95 test is stable with RAM at 388 MHz, 4:4:4:12, 2.0V).
Now, do you think it's the BIOS that's cusing this, or has one stick of my memory gone bad, or was the voltage (2.20V for DDR2-825MHz) not appropriate? TIA!
I've just been given Bios 2001 by a nice chap on MSN
I uploaded to Rapidshare: http://rapidshare.com/files/18038485...eluxe-2001.rar
PS: This is NOT tested yet by myself (exams), but apparently has been running for a week stable on this guy's rig
Hi, well I was foolish enough to try the 2001. Flashed up from 1901 ok with Asus Update, can't see any obvious changes and I can't see anything that would please any of you die-hards...
OneyedK, According to the bios, both the lan's are PCI-E...
ChrisC
any info ? bios 2001
upgraded from 1901 to 2001 with the flash utility in the bios.
Sorry, my bad, P5B-D in mind...Quote:
Originally Posted by cuke2u
apologies... :(
Im sure this has been mentioned in the last 162 pages :p: But I was just wondering a few things, as my friend just got this board the other day..........
1) In Asus Probe, is the "Motherboard" temp reading from the NB or SB??
2)What temp. should he try and keep them under??? Is 50C under load to high?
We replaced the stock NB and SB thermal compound with AS5, and are working on mounting a 40mm fan to the NB.
Thanks in advance :)
Any news on advanced timmings in bios 2001 ?
Yes! There are none.Quote:
Originally Posted by yenclas
In checking my memory settings in BIOS by auto SPD, I found that they are not what Corsair SPD settings should be. The timings were all 4's and one 15 and voltage was 1.8. My memory modules are Corsair TWIN2X2048 - 6400. On Corsair site, settings are to be 1.9 volts and 5 5 5 12 2t.
In BIOS I see how to set the voltage, but am confused with the timing settings. In BIOS are 5 settings available: CAS#, RAS#, RAS# to CAS#, RAS# Activate and Write RecoveryTime. To properly set for this ram, should I set CAS# to 5, RAS# to 5, RAS# to CAS# to 5, RAS# Activate to 5, and Write Recovery Time to 2?
Is this setting from Corsair site the best settings for this RAM or the way the computer defaulted to? :confused:
What are ramifications if wrong timings are used?
Thank you
Here's update to my previous shot:
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/8...me9x392jd7.gif
Asus is bugging the hell out of me by not putting TRD in bios!! :mad:
My memory is fully capable of running DDR1000 in this board, i just had to boot at 370 with 4:5 divider, set trd to 7 instead of 6 and clockgen my way up to 400 FSB, 500 mem.
So with 2.35Vdimm DDR 1000 4-4-4-12 is stable as a rock, haven't tried lower Vdimm or higher frequency's.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ts/DDR1000.jpg
Come on Asus, give us some subtimings in bios!!
Write Recovery time is not the same as command rate.Quote:
Originally Posted by gritty
A good rule of thumb is to keep the write recovery time te same as cas latency, in your case 5. Command rate is 2T, an entirely different story.
If wrong timings are used you will get memory errors most of the time...
If the cycle time (tras) is too low, it will cause memory re-reads, giving you lower performance (check with everest and SuperPI)
Some extra info:
http://www.simmtester.com/page/news/...ws.asp?num=139
I know, it really confuses me why they just don't put them in. Probably take them less than an hour to code and test... they did it with all the other boards :(
Before anyone asks, the multiplier problem for extreme processors is NOT fixed in 2001.
Hi , i've decided to ditch this board .. asus wont bother to update anymore except to add new cpus.
Last time i buy asus products... tbh all the manufacturers are the same these days releasing 'beta' products.
Its up to us "the consumer" to make them realise the error of their ways by refusing to buy this crap, unfortunately that will never happen.
Time for me to get an Intel Mac i think.
Have fun with your buggered boards :(
Amigan.
EDIT: spelling mistakes :p
Hello folks.
This is not regarding an issue with slow posting. It is regarding the bug where p5w and p5b based boards are slow to load windows. The windows load bar scrolls past 10-14 times at boot and that's with raid 0 raptorx and a high spec machine. i have found this with XP and Vista and have tried everything. I am considering offering a reward to the person who can fix this issue, it's been driving me nuts for months. Please Help!
Hello , i found as soon as i loaded the Onboard sound driver thats when my windows load time increased by a factor of around 3.
Although its still only around 2 or 3 passes of the load bar.
Maybe give microsoft bootvis (google for a d/l link) that can help with optimizing driver load times.
Regards
Amigan.
If you want faster boot times, you need more than one drive.
using 4x250gb drives, 2 each set up in RAID0, and one with OS on it, one blank, I find that if you use one of Seagates or Maxtor's drive set-up utilities that allows you to copy contents to new drives, boot times will change to 2-3 seconds, rather than 30-45.
If you have the hardware, give it a go. this also works if you have just 2 seperate drives, however, it does not work for a single drive with partitions.
:toast: :toast:
Quote:
Originally Posted by wagoogee
Thanks...good to know, I'm keeping 1601 until it gets fixed if they ever fix it. I though the multiplier thing was a mandate from Intel.... ;)
It's gotta be some specific drivers people are using because my boot times are 5-10sec max. I'm using intel matrix raid and onboard sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfieg
P5WDH; Rev 1.02G (MCH 1.65 version); QX6700 @ 3.0G; FSB 300; OCZ2G10002GK
- sissy OC, but ultra-stable for work/home stuff
Updated BIOS from 1901 to 2001 using BIOS EZ FLASH 2 (ver 3)
- no obvious changes from 1901
- fast flashdrive detect during EZ FLASH BIOS, as with 1901
- buffered memory speed about the same @ 500mhz memory bus; 3:5, Trc 21 (still not changeable)
- processor multiplier not tested this round
- no obvious change to idle or loaded temps
Reverting from 2001 to 1901 with EZ FLASH worked without hassle, unlike previous 1901 to lower rev BIOS....
- should make the "hayseeds" happy - LOL
Made me laugh this one, have fun with your 'buggered' mac my friend :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Amigan
ChrisC
In device manager, go to the ATA controller propertiers (channel primary and secondary) and where you havnt installed drives, instead of "auto detection" change these to Not installed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfieg
That will speed up boot time quite a bit.
Then go to start, run, services.msc and disabled stuff you don't need. If you're unsure whther you need it or not, don't disable it, or write it down so you know what to enable if something stops working..
Then there's Microsoft Bootvis (google it), run that and optimize where the xp files are on the disc (the beginning of the drive is the fastest).
Those are the main ways I speed up boot times with
edit: oh and stop unneccessary startup programs with msconfig or the program I use, CCleaner which actually deletes the startup entries rather than just unticking them
Thanks, but i have 2x raptorX 10k's in raid 0 and 2 500gb SATA's for Backup.Quote:
Originally Posted by cadaveca
is it most likely a sound device? i'm using audigy 2. I agree it is bound to be a driver i'm using but i can't think which. i will try disabling some items in device manager to narrow it down. problem is, you name it, i tried it.
i'm gonna ditch this crummy board and get me some 680sli action. no wonder this thread is so immense. it is not that this board has the same problems for everyone, it think it is that asus boards are built to a low standard. what with sub standard thermal paste and crummy heatsinks and the fact that every board has its own individual quirk. i owned a good ol abit ic7-g before this..............those were the days.
sorry to moan.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfieg
You'll be givin up SB performance by switching.
Either way, I would have gone with the 680i if I could have waited. Either that or a newer 965x.
Does this board run 4 sticks of ram ok???
heya Zeus, thx for the heads up, your S-Pi time is quick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeus
Mine is runnin' at 420FSB 1:1 but my time is barely 6 secs faster despite a 20 Mhz core speed advantage.
I am not a big fan of software Oc'ing and that's 1 of the reasons why I ditched the P5B dlx. That board automatically switches to the 1066 strap once fsb rises above 400, and overclockers have to use clockgen to hold onto the 1033 strap if they want to keep performance in tune.
Just for the fun of it I just ran ClockGen but it just freezed up on me. Can you tell me which version did you run it with?
w.r.t. the lack of subtimings in the BIOS, the P5B dlx had the same issues initially but Asus addressed that problem with the 2nd/3rd bios release.
How many bios(es) do we have now...... I just have a gut feeling that perhaps they jsut don't wanna do it for whatever reason, but I certainly hope that I'm wrong on this.
yes, but you'll need more volts !!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lt_JWS
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
It is fine if i use 1.85 vmch for 24/7?
No problem. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by clee
I'm using ClockGen version 1.0.5.0.
Just select ICS 954123 and check ignore GSB/PCI in PLL setup.
Works fine for me altough it does not display PCI and PCI-E frequency.
I'd rather set everything from bios myself as well but if this is the only way, i'll do it like that untill maybe some day Asus will pleasantly surprise us with subtiming in their latest bios.
Just keep hoping, other than that i still like the board.
Btw, running 4:5 everything is fine up till 415 FSB (~DDR1040), any higher and the system just freezes in SuperPi. :(
Probably if you cool it well enoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Bail_w
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.
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.
Hi, new version http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3301.html
ChrisC
Use afudos 211.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nmbr1Ballr
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nmbr1Ballr
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?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Methylphenidate
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
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).Quote:
Originally Posted by Nmbr1Ballr
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
i was talking to psitech lolQuote:
Originally Posted by shahar07
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.Quote:
afudos /i1707.rom /pbnc /n
I have an ipod. Can that be used in the same was as a flash drive?Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nmbr1Ballr
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.
Mine does that like once every 2 or 3 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bail_w
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!
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nmbr1Ballr
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
Is the P5B a multiplier unlocked board?Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
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.
ROFL :DQuote:
Originally Posted by WeldZilla
I am glad you saw the sarcastic humor in there lawrywild. I believe you have done a great job with this thread and have really gone above and beyond the "Call of Duty" with the help it has given.
WZ
Some misunderstood and used a lot of :bs:Quote:
Originally Posted by WeldZilla
:fact: Get a dog! :D
Great topic, good board!
Hello,Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfieg
I had exactly the same thing, Under device manager in IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers have a look at the channel your drive/drives is on, right click and select properties, click the advanced settings tab look at the current transfer mode. Mine had mysteriously changed to PIO when it should have been ultra dma 5, if yours is PIO right click and just uninstall the device. Next time you boot it should be back to normal :)
Cheers
Dan
I second that. Thanks lawrywild :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by WeldZilla
If you take the time to read through this thread it'll tell you everything that's possible and not possible with this board. I like this board and love this thread.
For all those who can't figure out why their system won't run right
1. stop overclocking
2. stop downloading pron
3 start reading instructions
So, for something different, which cooler are you guys using to cool the NB Chipset on this board? I'm most curios in waterblocks, since I'm considering this, but if you don't, post your cooling anyway.
A paste from lawry's first post :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Thewli
Recommended Chipset Heatsinks:
Thermalright HR-05 (use asus clip)
Thermalright HR-05 SLI (use asus clip)
Thermalright NB-1/C
Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II
Swiftech whatever they're called
ASUS stock cooler + 40mm fan
--
I personally use the thermaltake extreme spirit II on air, but quite a few regular posted have the swiftech northbridge cooler.. MCW something? I forget the model as well.
How can you tell us to stop with the pron?! That's blasphemous! What else are computers good for? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by iadstudio
Hi, is there a particular breed of dog whose poo is better??? :-)
Chrisc
@ Alfieg
Quote:
slow booooooooooooooooot.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello folks.
This is not regarding an issue with slow posting. It is regarding the bug where p5w and p5b based boards are slow to load windows. The windows load bar scrolls past 10-14 times at boot and that's with raid 0 raptorx and a high spec machine. i have found this with XP and Vista and have tried everything. I am considering offering a reward to the person who can fix this issue, it's been driving me nuts for months. Please Help!
I have had this problem a few times, the last pc I sorted this out on had the line on the WinXP load going across the screen about 40 odd times. How did I fix it....I simply booted into Windows then loaded the Intel chipset drivers again.
Then you will be back to about 6 scrolls during XP's boot up.
Give it a go if you havent fixed it yet.
Chris
PS. I seem to be stuck at 370FSB and I've tried everything in this thread.
PPS. What the max voltage I can safely take this X6800 of mine. It'll go 3.7+
Can someone with this board do me a huge favor?
Can someone measure the distance between the two pci-e 16x slots?
I need to get an SLi bridge for my bad axe 2 and found an asus one for $4 but want to make sure the length is right.
it should be somewhere close to 4cm (1.5 inch) or 6cm.
~6,3cmQuote:
Originally Posted by shimmishim
the MCX159-cu, I had that, but I'm using the extreme spirit II as well now, i believe it cools better and looks better.Quote:
Originally Posted by nickfd
thank you very much!Quote:
Originally Posted by BenchZowner
I come on here all the time to get help with overclocking, but most of the time its just the same
questions over and over and a forum so people can say how great their graphics card is or whatever.
What GFX card I have, or what hard drives I have provides zero bearing on overclocking profile, so
I'm not going to use this as on open forum to show off my wares.
All too rarely, people ask for screen shots of one's BIOS settings so perhaps they can replicate, but
people rarely post them. It's not like o/c is a big secret. My goal was to get as high a clock speed
at 'auto' settings in the BIOS while maintaining decent temperatures.
Anyway, I've had this board for a couple of months, and have tried everything. I'm Orthos stable with
the screen shots of the BIOS and all the settings for 13+ hours at the current speed/setup. But, when
I try and go to 378x9 (3.4ghz), I crash instantly. I can't get above the speeds I have no matter what.
I've tried the memset thing (doesn't make any difference to my performance, still stuck). Although I
would love to see advanced memory timings (my P5B-E has them), I dont' forsee it in any BIOS revision,
but, I'm not so sure that is the issue with this board.
I've read the forums (all billion pages) and it "might" be related to what week processor I have and all
that junk. I'm not sure what week I have (never looked on the box, and I probably threw it away).
Perhaps from my screenshots, someone can guuide me in what else needs to be done to get 3.4ghz (which is
all I want actually).
Yes, I've tried upping vcore, and MCH and FSB settings. But, still no luck. I see a lot of chatter on here
about doing MCH at 1.65v? Unless every board is different, one can be stable at auto settings and 3.3ghz.
I can post and boot in windows at 1.4v vcore at 378x9 (3.4ghz) but it crashes quickly (Orthos). I did a
memtest, and I have no errors. I tried 1.6v vcore I think just to see if what I could do, and I can get
a boot into Windows at 3.6ghz (400x9) with 4-4-4-12 timings, and I could do a cpu-z validation to show off,
but that does nothing for me or anyone else since its not stable.
I'm using air cooling - ZALMAN CNPS9500.
I have not done any modifications (no pencil, vdroop or anything).
I have no cooling on the NB, using everything out of the box.
Case is the Antec P180 (no modifications).
Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 ATX12V 550W
Memory is:
Patriot eXtreme Performance
PDC22G6400LLK
2GB (2 x 1GB)
DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Cas Latency 4
Timing 4-4-4-12
Voltage 2.2V
Features EPP (Enhanced Performance Profiles) Ready
Temps under full load (Orthos) are ~55 for each core.
I am using Arctic Silver 5 as well.
If you want to use these settings for yourself, go ahead. Once again, there isn't any secret to them.
If you screw something up, don't think that I'm responsible though.
http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bios1uv6.jpg
http://img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bios2gg7.jpg
http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bios3sp6.jpg
http://img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopxr4.jpg
Anyway, if anyone sees something in the BIOS that is obvious that I should be doing differently, then
please point it out and I'll give it a shot.
Thanks for all the help in the forums thus far, got me to at least this point.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Digidish
psu problem, maybe? Name the rest of your hardware.
Your voltages looks good to me, maybe you should try 1.55/1.65 in the mhc.
Change your cpu multi to 8, and see if its the cpu that is holding you back
edit: Im sorry, I didnt understand, it crash your computer and it reboots, or it crashes orthos?
I did try x8, x7 everything. Won't let me do anything. 367 is the highest I can do. I"m stable at 367, if I do even 368 ... crash.
Orthos fails, no reboots.
I tried all voltages, even vcore up to 1.6v
Nothign seems to work. My P5B-E with this chip can do 400x9 no problem with 1.45v vcore.
K...thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeus
I have tried version 1.0.5.0 & 1.0.4.7 and both hanged.
I have the revison 1.04 P5W DH so may be they change the ICS ?
Anyway I'll keep it @ 420 1:1 for now
I also own the P5B wifi dlx ( similar to your P5B-E ) & imho this board is not as forgiving when it comes to o'cing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Digidish
It won't get you far if you set both vICH and vMVH to auto, especially the vMCH setting on this board is very much different from P5B-E.
Try vMCH=1.65 and vICH=1.3 but you definitely need beefier cooling on the northbridge.
There'll be work cut out for you to fine tune the P5W, but when it's done properly, I think you'll like this board better.
@digidish --> Enable SPD Timings in BIOS
[QUOTE=monza1412]psu problem, maybe? Name the rest of your hardware.
Your voltages looks good to me, maybe you should try 1.55/1.65 in the mhc.
Change your cpu multi to 8, and see if its the cpu that is holding you back
Hi, the Antec is fine,made by seasonic...
ChrisC
From looking at your BIOS screenies:
- Try CPU Internal Thermal Control "Off"
- SPD Enable and DRAM Throttling Threshold also disabled. Regarding the SPD, some people (like me) can't OC after a certain limit (360 - 370 FSB) with SPD disabled. Enable it and give it a try - hoping that your RAM's EPP should be able to detect/use the proper timings.
Even though you mentioned that you would like to reach a stable OC with everything on auto, I believe that that might be one of your issues. I can reach a 'BF2142 stable' 400 FSB on my board with everything on auto, but it becomes much smoother when I up the voltages a bit. I have mine at:
vMCH - 1.65v
vFSB - 1.40v
vICH - 1.05v
Also, regarding temperatures, I strongly advise to replace the NB's and SB's thermal paste. It's not as complicated as it might look (at least for my noobish eyes it looked that way).
Like Monza mentioned, it could be a PSU issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Digidish
From the first post:Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
I have exact same problem as above.
I cant get my board past 366Mhz FSB unless I increase voltage to vMCH - 1.65v, vFSB - 1.20v and vICH - 1.05v. After doing this I can get to 370Mhz but thats it. I have have altered the vMCH, vFSB and vICH to there max voltage and I still couldnt get past 370Mhz FSB. All I get is a blank screen upon boot. I have only tried up to 1.4625 or so volts to the processor but what can I safely go up to? It is water cooled using an Asetek Extreme kit.
I can run the processor at 370 * 10 but cant run it at 400 x 9. Odd huh?
I set the MEM to SPD but I am wondering if its has something to do with the SuperTalent modules I use. The are supposed to run at 4.4.3.8 @ 800Mhz but cpuZ report the SPD setting at something different at the default speed. Would this have an effect on the overclock of the FSB at all when I set them to SPD to get past the 370Mhz or so FSB wall? I can run this memory at 1066Mhz using 5.5.5.15 timings so it isnt the memory speed holding me back.
I have some different PC800 modules arriving soon so will try those and see.
Any help appreciated.
Chris
Sounds very similar to most of us that have earlier week produced CPUs. I have a week 27 if I remember (check my sig), and slightly over 380fsb is my absolute max. I'm on water and can and am pushing 1.60-1.61 vcore to the chip and idle at 55c, gaming at 65c, and torturing (prime95) at 71c. That's fine for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisUK
Have you tried using memset to set your tRFC and tRD to 42-8 ? I'd recommend to boot to your stable clock with loosened timings, SPD if necessary, set your tRFC and tRD, and clockgen/setfsb/whatever up to a higher fsb. Lots of people have to do this to hit higher clocks.
Hey,
Finally recieved my new motherboard after my first one died, but i'm having some probs already.
It came with bios 1601/1602 (can't remember which). I've flashed it to 1901, but since then i've wanted to 'downgrade' the bios to 1407 and have found that I can't flash to anything older than 1901 anymore. I've tried AsusUpdate, with the downgrade option checked, then i've tried EZ Flash, and then AFUDos... nothing seems to work! Does anyone know why this is happening or what i can do?
Thanks
AFUDOS v2.11 flashback should work ( and works ).
But there's a new kid on the block ( LOL ), flash to BIOS v2001 ( check pages 202-205 of this thread ), then you can downgrade with Asus Update & EZ-Flash ( within BIOS ) :)
[ to downgrade with Asus Update you gotta "tick" the "Downgrade" value in options ]
I just picked up this board, what do i need to do to get Vista "sleep" mode working?
Thanks