ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

I am wondering why most people want a new bios. I am running 701 and everything is working great. Can boot into windows 01 stable at 445Mhz, after that my cpu is at its end I suppose.
The only annoying thing is the nic loosing drivers and the silly restart behaviour which I doubt wont be disabled with just a simple bios update.
I am almost sure Asus doesnt try to make the board more overclocker friendly with bios updates as themajority of people who buy the board dont know what overclocking is.
Never change a running system, so unless you have major problems, dont flash t he bios in hope for better oc results. Maybe other components are the limiting factor.
Of course I am always praying for a new unbelievable oc behavior after a bios update, but experiance has shown that thats rarely the case :)

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Originally Posted by Fr3ak

I am wondering why most people want a new bios. I am running 701 and everything is working great. Can boot into windows 01 stable at 445Mhz, after that my cpu is at its end I suppose.
The only annoying thing is the nic loosing drivers and the silly restart behaviour which I doubt wont be disabled with just a simple bios update.
I am almost sure Asus doesnt try to make the board more overclocker friendly with bios updates as themajority of people who buy the board dont know what overclocking is.
Never change a running system, so unless you have major problems, dont flash t he bios in hope for better oc results. Maybe other components are the limiting factor.
Of course I am always praying for a new unbelievable oc behavior after a bios update, but experiance has shown that thats rarely the case :)

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Lower mults?

Why do I want to lower the multiplier? 4ghz is fast enough if you ask me ;) ven 3.6Ghz is enough for 24/7 usage.

But Allendale users might want to have that option. Didnt know it was included in latest Bios files. So I might give it a go to :)

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Originally Posted by SteveOCZ

1.85

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So the early adopters are outta luck? Are we stuck with 1.65V?:(

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Originally Posted by SteveOCZ

Here is the 1405 bios
http://www.spec3.net/asus/P5W-DH-ASUS-Deluxe-1405.rar

Before flashing to this bios I was limited to 405FSB stable. I've only tried upto 440FSB, but it's stable so far on a stock board.
:woot:

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Link down :(

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=116777 :slapass:

-phil

ASUS launches Intel Core duo 2 P5N32-SLI Premium/WiFi-AP Nvidia Nforce 590 Quad SLI with 3 x PCIe x16 for a third PCI Express x16 slot / Nvidia's upcoming Physics card

http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=4329

hope it clocks :D

hmm just saw that , angry for some benches with that mobo :D

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Originally Posted by SteveOCZ

Here is the 1405 bios
http://www.spec3.net/asus/P5W-DH-ASUS-Deluxe-1405.rar

Before flashing to this bios I was limited to 405FSB stable. I've only tried upto 440FSB, but it's stable so far on a stock board.
:woot:

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that's a huge difference there!

439 on an 8x multi was the best I could ever boot and run with my P5W DH D, then again I had one that only did 1.65v on the MCH :( I had great pi times with it though.

I just pulled that copper cover off the NB heat sink. When I did this, I pulled the heatsink from the chip. I dont really want to OC this rig with my e6600 that much, Is it ok if I just snug it back in, or do I need to replace the compound now?

you should really pull the sink off to remove that cover anyways.. You can just push it back on.. wiggle it side to side /very/ gently as you push down (gently) so the thermal compound makes contact with the whole chip top.. the Asus compound is kind of dry and puddy like..

hi bros out there,

Anyone of of u guys using the P5W DH DELUXE with sycthe ninja plus??? Is it compatible???? UIRgent

i've having this problem all my USB ports can only be used when only i remove the firewire port. Y is this so??? how am i gonna use my firewire port then.

if i were to install the firewire port only myI/O panel USB can only be used... any of u guys having the same problems,..

REGARDS

Here's an excellent thread (though not in English) about the P5W-DH with a database of overclocks along with links to the latest everything, including 1405 bios:
http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showthread.php?t=256507

I'm looking for help with Dual Channel RAM. My memory is currently running in Single Channel mode.

I. I have two 1 GB Dimms in Dimm A1 and A2 - it will post in this config

A. Whenever I try ro run them in Dimm A1 and B1 it won't post
B. Whenever I try to run them in Dimm A2 and B2 it won't post
C. Whenever I try to run them in Dimm B1 and B2 it won't post

Basically, whenever I insert a module into either Channel B Dimm, it will not post. This occurs all the time, i.e bench testing, no graphics card, no overclocking, overclocking...

I have two more 1 GB modules I would like to install but I seem to be missing something.

Any help?

whats type of speeds should i be getting with HD tach running 2x 74 gig raptors,with the p5w dh?i was hopeing that they would be faster then the asus nf4 sli del.

cheers

Another good one here alot of people using P5W
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1075792

Thanks for everyone's input on this forum it has helped me get my E6660 right where I wanted it and stable. 3.25ghz Thanks again!

So where is this mysterious 1405 official release?

Just tried out SLI (2 x el cheapo 7300GTs) for the 1st time on my P5W the past week and noticed certain strange quirks about RAM being reported differently by the mobo, Windows and CPU-Z.



Installed is 2 x 1 GB sticks = 2048MB - everything reported OK without SLI. With SLI, the mobo POST reports as 1920MB (OK, kind of expected), Windows as 1.6GB (WTH, @%%!) while CPU-Z maintained at 2048MB.



Is something being configured wrongly? Looked around but can't seem to find a good answer, TIA.


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PS: regarding the RAM timings - still have to run my RAM at SPD on my P5W mobo till now.

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Originally Posted by sherpa13

I'm looking for help with Dual Channel RAM. My memory is currently running in Single Channel mode.

I. I have two 1 GB Dimms in Dimm A1 and A2 - it will post in this config

A. Whenever I try ro run them in Dimm A1 and B1 it won't post
B. Whenever I try to run them in Dimm A2 and B2 it won't post
C. Whenever I try to run them in Dimm B1 and B2 it won't post

Basically, whenever I insert a module into either Channel B Dimm, it will not post. This occurs all the time, i.e bench testing, no graphics card, no overclocking, overclocking...

I have two more 1 GB modules I would like to install but I seem to be missing something.

Any help?

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What an odd problem. Do you have vdimm set to the rated voltage? Probably 2v-2.2v.

What happens if you run two dimms in the B channel, with no dimms in the A channel?

-phil

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Originally Posted by MacClipper

Just tried out SLI (2 x el cheapo 7300GTs) for the 1st time on my P5W the past week and noticed certain strange quirks about RAM being reported differently by the mobo, Windows and CPU-Z.

Installed is 2 x 1 GB sticks = 2048MB - everything reported OK without SLI. With SLI, the mobo POST reports as 1920MB (OK, kind of expected), Windows as 1.6GB (WTH, @%%!) while CPU-Z maintained at 2048MB.

Is something being configured wrongly? Looked around but can't seem to find a good answer, TIA.

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Do those cards steal RAM under the guise of making video ram larger? If so, thats obviously what you are seeing... if not... dunno...

t

AFAIK, the 7300GT cards do not utilise any TurboCache style RAM stealing.

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Originally Posted by ppcli

whats type of speeds should i be getting with HD tach running 2x 74 gig raptors,with the p5w dh?i was hopeing that they would be faster then the asus nf4 sli del.

cheers

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It would smoke your Nforce 4 setup IF you setup the Matrix raid.

Problem: DVD drive spins at 2x max on intel port
solution: buy a longer cable and use the jmicron port

its all i or asus could come up with besides RMA

My NEC ND-3520 works fine in intel port.