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Yeh this board also killed my 2 Cellshock stick a month ago. The PC just did not post after turning it on in the morning. Been running them at 2.2 volts. The strange thing was that both of the sticks were dead, which left me worried that it likes to kill ram at higher vdimm. Oh and also the board overvolts your ram so 2,2v in bios for example is 2,25v real.
Currently running 4 sticks at 758hz 3-3-3-6 at 2.15 (2.2) real for a few weeks and so far so good. Hope they dont die on me (again) soon.
Ya it was both sticks here too. Just got an RMA No from Crucial so hopefully get the new pair back before christmas.. My Vista x64 is causing hell for these 2GB..Quote:
Originally Posted by BuBBle.D
No one using this RAM?
Quote:
Originally Posted by experttech
I decided to skip the new quadcores and just go ahead and buy a Q6600. I just couldn't resist anymore. What BIOS works best for OC'ing the Q6600?
im using 2403 seems to be stable but i dont have a quad but it will support quad cores. maybe someone with a quad will come a long
Rich
- no radical OCQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr.X
- 2406 is stable with Q6700, G0, at 3.0ghz for two months now
- temps nice and cool at extended full loads, unlike old QX6700 B3
- old P5WDH rev 1.02g/66M0AG
- FSB: 300; multi: x10
- OCZ OCZ2G11002GK 2x1gB or 4x1gB; PC2-8800; vDIMM = 2.15vdc; 500mhz; 3:5; 5-5-5-15/18; 6113/6093
- eyeballing QX9650 45nm, since reading successes with this old board....
Please send me the working settings for e6750 with 550watts hec powersupply and corsair 3gb ddr2 800 bios 2406...thanks
Hi all
I am upgrading my pc with the Q6700. I wanted to get a new air cooler. At the moment i have a Sythe Ninja. What would be the best Air Cooler to keep this cpu cool while overclocking a little. I had looked at the Tuniq Tower. Are there better Coolers than this? Help appreciated.
c.
from what i've heard thermal right ultra 120 extreme is the best that what im using but i dont have a quad but it works great with my e6700 at 3.4 34c idle 56 57 load
rich
Hi Bichi,
Would you mind sharing your FSB/Multilpier settings for your 3.0 OC? I just got my q6700, and i am running 266x10, but when i first booted, it was running 266x8. With BIOS 2406, i am able to change the Q6700 multiplier between 6 to 10.
Am i doing this correctly?
Thanks
Tom
Quote:
Originally Posted by bichi
Hi all
Over the past few days i ahve been on various forums inquiring about the Q6700 and the Q6600 chips and their compatibility on the P5W DH Delux. A member of overclockers gave this opinion
" 975X can get up to 300 FSB + Quad without too much trouble, but higher than 350 is a challenge. Inbetween 300 - 350 usually doable. You shouldn't have a prob getting 3 Ghz out of a Q6600 but I wouldn't guarantee higher than that. The P5W DH has a lot of BIOS updates though so I'd check out Xtremesystems and other overclocker forums to see if there have been any advances in 975X + Quad overclocking "
Would i be able to get 3ghz or more from a Q6700 on my board seeing as it has a 10X multiplier. Help much appreciated as it will encourage my decision on purchase.
c.
Sorry guys for shameless bumping my post below, but would like to hear you opinions!
Quote:
Originally Posted by megabit
XP can only see 3GB of ram. I had the same problem. I also have a dual boot xp x86 / vista x64.
I have /3GB and /PAE switches added to my boot.ini line.
No, 3.5 GB.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazeconnolly
Dep enabled, memory remapping enabled.
PAE:
http://home.planet.nl/~dekk0819/downloads/PAE.jpg
How do you enable PAE and dep - sorry for such basic questionsm but what the do?
OK - I read about PAE and DEP. If I understood correctly, my boot.ini file should have these:
/noexecute=alwayson /pae
Now the System properties says 3,00 GB, Physical Addess Extension.
However, the system still only sees 3,00 GB of RAM. I tried to add the /3GB switch as well, but at the last stage of Windows XP booting, the ATI CCC crashes the system (BSOD). What's wrong?
I also tried to optimize my page file; first I wanted to check its I/O by adding a counter to the Performance-> Counter logs. However, when trying to choose "Page file" as the performance object, I'm faced with a very strange thing: instead of the many object names list, I have numbers only (interes, like 1150 etc). Something went wrong with my system, or is there a fix for it?
I just put in the Q6600 I had ordered but I the multi doesn't want to change for some reason. I set it to 8 in the BIOS but it's still 9. Why is this happening?
I see no reason why you wouldn't be able to do this. I would even bet that you could do a bit more with that 10X multi.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazeconnolly
Having said that...nothing is guaranteed above stock. All the luck of the draw.
My DH can do 370 FSB no problem with my QX9650. I think I did 370*10 and 1.3v. The voltage may be able to be lowered if I were at 3.7 ghz with a close to 333 FSB instead, since 333 * 12 is stable at 1.3625v for 4 ghz.
380 * 10 was VERY hard to do even at 1.3875v, and I refused to go higher. A core on prime95 quad would crap out within 5-10 minutes. I forgot if 1.3v froze the system hard or not but I think 1.3v and 1.325v both froze hard.
It goes without saying that 400 * 10 was a no post.
Nothing like this happens at 333 FSB at the same mhz.
I'm not sure why 370 *10 is doable with my Quad on the DH while others can't go above 350, though....but again notice the voltage bump required and that 380 * 10 did not get 100% stable, while 333 * 12 was MORE stable (fully) at less vcore.
Anybody know what Dram Throttling Threshold does?
If you're trying to get 4GB to show in Win XP/Vista x86, it will NEVER happen.. don't bother trying, just switch to x64Quote:
Originally Posted by megabit
Just updated to 2406 bios from 2004 and clocked my Q6600 back up to 3Ghz. Seems to work perfectly.. usually I'm one of the people who gets problems with the bioses but this time it's not me..yay :D
Hello everybody
I found this amazing thread (and forum) :up: about p5w dh deluxe MB
My system configuration is listed below:
p5w dh deluxe (1602 bios version)
c2d E6300@1,86 Ghz
3 GB RAM
WD 320 GB SATA
ati radeon x1650 ...etc
I have some problems (like slow boot etc) and questions.
Of course, I'm going to read first post now, it contains most very important information :up:
I want to fix problems and improve performance of my computer.
That is why I need Information and I am sure this is the right place for getting them.
Regrads
atko
All, this might be an old news, just thought I'd share anyway
Just got reply from ASUS support on my question about QX9650 support:
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Dear Valued Customer,
Sorry, sir, currently this motherboard does not support this CPU, but we are working to upgrage a new BIOS which can support this CPU, please keep updated from us.
Sincerely and Merry Christmas,
Cooper
ASUS Customer Service Center (Shanghai , China)
Take it for what it is worth. These guys are pretty responsive and from my experience (may be I am just lucky) they eventually deliver what they promise. It might take time though :-). My take that it won't happen until Intel releases new 45nm CPUs early next year
I did had a chance to play with 45nm CPU on this board using BIOS 2403. I managed to get it up and running and in general it works as advertised - ~20% or more performance gain vs my old QX6700 (B3), ~30W less power consumption, etc. BIOS is clearly not there though - it required CMOS reset each time it did not like the changes I made in the CPU configuration in the BIOS. In particular, it hated me fiddling with the ratio multiplier.
But other than the ratio stuff it ran fine and you were able to overclock it?
Awesome news if they can make this true.
Eh? What CPU? O_oQuote:
Originally Posted by romfi
I don't have that problem on my QX9650 and multipliers work fine. I've been up to 15x.
2406 (and 2403) both support the QX9650. However I don't know what Asus is talking about. They MIGHT be talking about the BIOS not identifying any of the cache in the cpu properties (it works, obviously), -or- they might be talking about the lack of a .5 multiplier, which the Penryns support.
But yes, you should have no problems getting a QX9650 running with 2406. How far you can push the FSB is another question, though. Highest I could hit stable was 370 FSB 370*10., and 400*10 was a NO POST, but 333 *12 worked fine @ 1.3625v O_O
1) Update to a latest bios !Quote:
Originally Posted by atko
2) 3GB ? That means 3 modules ? Four ?? Try to use only 2 modules of the same brand and capacity (example: 2x1GB) in the dual channel slots (the orange ones are fine).
Slow boot can be related to these two things. Try to fix them. Bye
@DarknessRevenge, thanx first ;)
I know, I have to update to the latest bios
3 GB - 2x1GB and 2x512MB kingston , I'm not sure about its ordering in slots, I can't remember. I'll check.
Any idea why it's displaying my clock speed incorrectly? I want to run at 400x8 but it it says 3.6Ghz (400x9) in the post screen. I've updated to the latest BIOS version but it's still the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.X
You do not HAVE to update to the latest bios.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarknessRevenge
Slow boot can be related to these things:
-not enabled quick boot.
-not set all fans to [ignored] in hardware monitor
-not disabled all unneeded devices (except hdd as the first, obviously) in boot order
try these first.
Oh, and if you put 3 modules in, you lose dual channel mode.
w t f
So my p5w was always unstable around 333 fsb even if i put the nbridge voltage at 1.85. I update my bios to 2406 and to my surprise its now stable around 350. However i need to disable hyper path. So i OC my cpu from 2.9 to 3.1 and my ram loses maybe 25mhz. I run 3dmark06 and to my surprise i lost 600points. Does hyperpath really make so much of a difference to overshadow .2ghz cpu gain? The ram shoulnd not have anything to do with this loss since i tested how ram effects 3dmark06 and 200mhz barely took 100 points off.
Generaly, I wont newer bios than this one which I have currently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Unbornchild
I have 4 modules, 2x1GB and 2x512MB.
Of course I'll make changes which you have recommended.
Here ya goQuote:
Originally Posted by firsttimmer
- BIOS 2406 setting screen shots
- 2.3mB in zipped format:
http://www.esnips.com/doc/548739a4-d...6-Screen-Shots
Yep, you got me, it was an ES :-). The stepping was C0 though - just like the production QX9650.Quote:
Eh? What CPU? O_o
Right. On top of that I also noticed that SpeedStep option in BIOS was not functioning correctly. Have you noticed anything?Quote:
2406 (and 2403) both support the QX9650. However I don't know what Asus is talking about. They MIGHT be talking about the BIOS not identifying any of the cache in the cpu properties (it works, obviously), -or- they might be talking about the lack of a .5 multiplier, which the Penryns support.
I personally decided to wait for the BIOS update before I throw $$$ to buy a Penryn based CPU. I need the system for 24x7 with power consumption optimization features working.Quote:
But yes, you should have no problems getting a QX9650 running with 2406. How far you can push the FSB is another question, though. Highest I could hit stable was 370 FSB 370*10., and 400*10 was a NO POST, but 333 *12 worked fine @ 1.3625v O_O
Thanks a lot for the information. I had thought I would need 64 bit as well, not sure what I was thinking when I posted my question. I am using Vista 32 bit Business edition at the moment. Next year (after SP1 is released) I plan to go with Vista Ultimate x64.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexlyc
Another quick question. This is the RAM I have. I had to go into the BIOS (just as some reviewers stated on Newegg) to manually set the timing to DDR2/4-4-4-12. My question is, do you think it would be safe to bump up the voltage to 2.0 or 2.1 like some reviewers stated here?
If I do bump it to 2.1, it shows up in red in the BIOS which I assume cannot be good. I have never really overclocked before (and I just have stock cooling on my rig) so I just want to be sure that I am not going to fry my system by doing so.
If you need more information, please let me know.
Thanks guys and Happy Holidays.
P.S. Memory voltage as of right now is set to Auto.
the manufactors say 2.1 it wont hurt the ram to run it a that volt
Rich
oh no I never have used power saving features. I always ninja shut them off immediately.
I do remember (on 1602 bios) that sometimes, speedstep (or maybe EIST? the voltage was EXTREMELY LOW) was occasionally on when it was supposed to be disabled; my C2D sometimes had a vcore of 1.2v or something while idle (when it was set to 1.35 in bios).
speedstep = EIST (Enhanced Intel Speedstepping Technology)Quote:
Originally Posted by Falkentyne
Eist rules... everyone should use EIST to save power and lower temps..
Hi Bichim
Thanks alot for your help!
Tom
Quote:
Originally Posted by bichi
I have tested useing EIST and C1E and i see no difference between usage in watts..Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
Only 1 a 3 watts difference
So EIST are not that what you say about it..
C1E are better for me..
if i enable it and run 3ghz the temps are iddle better about 3-5c
the C1E set the vcore iddle to 1,14v and stressed it goes to 2,23v
But with EIST i see no difference in Watts usage or temps.
So C1E are the rules !!!
But with higer overclock over 3 Ghz than you cant use C1E becource you have more vcore needed..
Actually it is the EIST feature that allows processor to drop to a lower frequency (by changing the bus ratios) and voltage, conserving power while maintaining reasonable responsiveness. You can use CPU-Z to monitor this behavior.
C1E stands for Enhanced HALT state support in the CPU. When system is idle, OS will try to halt CPU cores in order to save power. If I am not mistaken, C1E means that while a core is halted it shuts down some of its functional units in order to further improve the power conservation.
Over 333 you need to disable hyperpath to oc,e6600@425fsb no prob I never noticed a difference in benchmark scores without, you might need to bump some voltage, your score should go up for 200mhz extra.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee13168
Hi,
I have a little problem with my SATA DVDRW and P5W DH Deluxe.
On the 3 SATA ports I have 3 HDD's, so I've connected my DVDRW (SATA) to the JMicron port, but when it's reading a DVD the system becames to slow :confused:
If I change the DVDRW to another SATA port it's all ok, and if I connect a HDD to the JMicron port it's also slow when it's reading/writing :confused:
What can I do to fix this? Or, can I use the RAID SATA ports to connect one HDD or the DVDRW?
Thanks :up:
:shrug: all asus systems bios can't come back between 2406 2004
afudos az bios and update with option "old enable" failed.
how can I change the bios date 2004.
i had test to change the date later then 2406 it' s ok to read .
but it is dedecting than too old .
the 2004 is genial to change timing @3.4 and memory timing speed.
i can do that with the new bios black screen when reboot.
excuse me for my translate.
Use an older version of afudos like 2.17Quote:
Originally Posted by genish
Just experienced the same problem today, PC running well a few minutes ago and I did a shutdown. It failed to POST when I tried powering it up a while later, a stick of Crucial 10th Anniv. in DIMM slot B2 had somehow died in that short downtime. All 4 sticks had been running well for the past year and at the moment of death, it was at stock FSB@DDR667@2.05v (with a 80mm fan cooling the 4 sticks) as it had been doing ever since I got the Q6600.Quote:
Originally Posted by phillydee
Put in my spare stick and rig's back up and running but an unwelcome hassle as lawrywild puts it. :(
I try 2.15 without underbiosQuote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
but with 2.17 it's ok thanks......
but i try to overclock with my " older test" cpu 333 1.48v ram 834 with 2.1v .....overclocking wrong it's easy ok before
i test the mini overclocking:confused:
cpu+ram just 266 to 267 and spd to memory default ( manual)
i can't boot i shut my pc and when i reboot i must go to change bios with f1
but when I test automatique overclocking 10 20 30% it's ok
perhaps my old new bios have no change something in the bios .
I you a idea?:shrug:
did you clear the bios after bios flash pull cmos battery and clear with the jumper on 2/3 be sure to unplug power cable
Rich
I am on 2406 now no problems, also I read what was said earlier about EIST (speedstep) and C1E and decided to disable speedstep in the bios, the result was my voltage still drops when idle alongside the temp but I dont lose cpu clock speed so now I am sitting here wondering if speedstep (and coolnquiet) is just an overhyped feature since its C1E doing the power/heat saving. The only conclusion I can come to is just that by lowering the clock when idle reduces the chance of there been a stability issue when undervolted as the cpu itself is throttled but as soon as the cpu comes under load the voltage is upped so I reckon its a very low risk.
Ok running orthos right now while typing this with C1E on and EIST off, cpuz is reporting the voltage staying at 1.15v under full 100% cpu load, cpu temp rose from 22C to 37C which indicates the cpu really is under load since my system is not crashing do I need to worry about the voltage not increasing under load?
I had a similar problem the first time I started using the JMicron controller, where I was getting transfers around 1 MB/s. :shocked: But it turns out I just needed to install the drivers for the controller. they weren't installed automatically with the rest of the drivers from the Asus CD like I thought they were.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crow-
My pc has the following parts:
Asus P5W DH Deluxe
E6600
2 * 1GB Kingstone @ 800
MSI 8800GTS 640MB
With the latest bios every tme i had for my cpu temps around 28-35 c and for my mobo 40 - 45 c. Everything on stock cooling...
I mounted for fun a forgotten Zalman Fan ( http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/...dx=15&code=016 ) under my GTS... Suprised i saw on next boot my Mobo has temps lower than my Cpu! Around 26 - 28 !!!!
So cause the mounted fan is hitting the ICH7R Chip and cooling it i have so much lower temps? It is true that the warm heatsink of my GTS is almost totally covering the above chip i mentioned... So what happened? The mobo temps for the P5W DH Deluxe are measured by ICH7R?
ps: Just to mention that my pc case doesn't have any side fans... i mounted this fan in my case... so "no fresh" air is coming throught this fan...
I am on 2403 and just discovered that disabling speedstep does not actually cancel clock speed changes on my system :shrug:. May be I need to move to 2406. Anyway, I think that when we talk about an idle system you are right - C1E is the feature that delivers most of the power savings. The speedstep comes into play on the system under a light load and is thus recommended for 24/7 setups.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chrysalis
i have a little pb with the pionner 112 detection master and the dection of sata externeQuote:
Originally Posted by genish
but my pb is since the 2406 my ram is unstable. corsair 6400 c4 2*1go
is the bios 2406 how crash something on my motherboard ?
is the print of the 2406 on 2004?
is my motherboard naturally crash ?
or is my ram crash ?
i test that:confused:
"pb?" What is "PB"?
Can you please at least TRY to write in standard written English, and not rediculous abbreviations?
This isn't an AOL chatroom or instant messenger...
I would guess it means problem. :D
Just went to turn my computer on and got stuck at the post screen so i restarted an now all i get is the fans spinning away nothing output to screen. Two green lights on mobo,
tried resetting them cmos no joy,
took the battery out and left it out for 20mins no change,
took 1 stick of ram out no change
swapped it with other stick of ram no change.
Tried unplugging all RAM so board would beep at me but no beeps
tried uplugging all hdd so it would beep once again no beeps what else can i do or is my board ready for the scrap heap in the sky?
You might want to put a 40mm fan on the north bridge heat sinkQuote:
Originally Posted by Lee13168
Just upped to 2406 and the few sec. delay entering the HW Monitoring submenu in the BIOS is gone, it's now instantaneous. Nice! :)
anything on that...? :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by P5WDHdeluxe
Yeah, the temp probe is close to the ICH7R chip, so any air blowing over that is going to lower the temps displayed by BIOS/software.Quote:
Originally Posted by P5WDHdeluxe
Hey guys, anyone got any ideas how I can fix my problem here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...25#post2665625
Cheers :)
Hi people!
So, I've had my P5W/C2D setup for about a year now.
Originally I had a E6600, wich ran nicely on 3,6GHz, (400x9, no idea on what BIOS I used) but unfortunately the E6600 died after a while :(
Later I got an E6850, but I didn't bother with any oc at first. Updated BIOS to the modded 2004 found here.
Anyways; about two weeks ago my system became unstable, and finally all I got was a black screen (no post). After a bit of trial and error, I discovered that by removing one of the RAM modules (Crucial Anniversary) everything seemed OK. (I tried switching back and forth between the modules, so it was pretty clear that one of them was dead)
Got my self a pair of Corsair dominator 8500 (2x1GB), but I was still experiencing some unstability. Updated BIOS to 2406 and got the latest chipset drivers, but it only made things worse. (screen freezes. Example; the intro video in H-L2 Episode Two freezes after a couple of seconds. The computer can also freeze by just using an internet browser)
(evrything running at stock settings)
Then again, I tried with only one RAM module, and everything works fine(works with both the Corsair modules one at the time, so they are both healthy). I i have tried both using the orange and the black slots, but no difference there.
Secondly; With the E6600 I had no problems running at 400 FSB, but now I can only get it to boot at about 360. Just the BIOS? (I've read most of this thread and tried all tips I could find)
Any clues? Faulty MB? Bad BIOS?
Seems I spoke too soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by romfi
Further observations.
the low voltage is permenant not only when idle, if I stress the system it remains at 1.168volts however is stable, but if I disabled C1E the voltage is still 1.168 even under full load.
seems the only way to get what should be the normal voltage is to manually specify it in the bios or to enable speedstep, selecting auto voltage with speedstep disabled regardless of thermal/c1e settings the voltage is always in power saving mode.
Although it seems stable and can run orthos no problems I have notice occasional clock speed fluctuations in cpuz from 2667mhz to 2000mhz and I am curious if this is because of undervolting.
Last night I left my pc up for a couple of hours on the fixed 1.35v setting in bios and when I went back to it was frozen, did some googling and I may have accidently slightly over volted the cpu although as I understand many people here up their voltage this is the only time my pc has ever hung so I am putting the explanation down to me manually setting the voltage.
I dont know if this voltage behaviour is specific to 2406 and would happen on 2004 as on 2004 I always used speedstep apart from ages ago when I cannot remember the behaviour.
cpu is 6420 overclocked to 6600 speed 2.6ghz which has ran fine in this config for months and months and temps are very low mid 40s under load low 20s idle.
For now I have reenabled speedstep.
--edit--
just checked speedfan and its reporting both my fans at 0rpm clearly wrong, I am seeing some weird behaviours so I may roll back to 2004.
The link seems to be broken ... At least it doesn't work for meQuote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
yeah link broken here also.
ok now I am back on 2004 bios however the afudos flags in post #1 do not work, latest afudos says bios incompatible so have to use older afudos which doesnt support wipe cmos.
2004 behaviour a bit different.
speedstep disabled, windows runs as if speedstep is enabled.
I then enabled lock cpu ratio to 8x so forcing it but windows ignores it and runs as if speedstep is on again.
I noticed now in bios the vcore is staying at 1.325v so I am thinking now the speedstep behaviour is driver/software related? been turned on by windows itself?
I got my fan readings back I power cycled the computer.
2046 and 2004 do behave differently however 2406 with speedstep disabled does appear to mainly lock the cpu speed at full speed but has small fluctuations down and cpu voltage is locked at low power mode, 2004 as said above acts just as if speedstep is on all the time.
further observation
rightmark cpu utility which shows both cores monitoring (unlike cpuz only first core) shows the 2nd core at full speed occasionally dropping down to speedstep speed but instantly going back up again also at full voltage but the first core is acting as if speedstep is on. Very strange.
Ok confusion ended.
I disabled C1E on 2004 and is as it should be full voltage and normal clock speed so my conclusion is 2046 is buggy either due to the bios buggy or me not able to wipe cmos data on flash and 2004 is working as it should.Quote:
C1E is only invoked if the CPU recieves the HLT signal. This is issued by the OS when there are no instructions to do (think of the idle process in the task manager issuing HLT). Once a Core 2 CPU recieves the HLT, it's clocking down multiplier 6x and a certain minimum VID (desktop 1.163 V, mobile 0.95 V). Once it recieves a non-HLT signal, multiplier and VID go up to standard levels.
EIST is controlled by a OS driver which instructs the CPU. The driver measures the CPU load, then it selects from several steps (up to 6 on my mobile cpu) which one to choose. The lowest EIST multiplier/VID matches exactly the ones of C1E. The other steps are choosen at medium load. EIST keeps the multiplier/VID as low as they are needed.
In addition if anyone is interested intel released 7.8 version of matrix drivers and finally fixed the long standing write cache bug, now on single drives write cache is enabled finally and it no longer forces disabled write cache on drives attached to the jmicron controller.
I checked it out, but he was able to resolve it.Quote:
Originally Posted by romfi
Oh yeah, links broken because I deleted the thread. Managed to fix the problem. Cheers for making the effort to look though :)
hey lawrywild how did you configure your motherboard for your Q6600. I have the Q6600 and this motherboard too and i want to see how you overclock it thanks
Hi,
I come not over 440FSB by max Vcore , what is the max FSB with this board ?
That is about as high as this board gets.Quote:
Originally Posted by XSS
Bios 2406, Auto vcore, 333Fsb, Pci 33.3, Pci-e 100, EIST enabled, DDR2 833Mhz, Vdimm 2.1v, 4-4-4-4-4, auto vmch, auto vich, intel RAID 0,Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyDDD
That about covers the important bits..
since i have 400 MHZ ram, is it better if i went to higher fsb so it will take fuller advantage? I emulated your configuration since I have faster ram. I had the same thing with my E6600 before but before I got 5.9 on my Computer in Vista x64, but now even with the new CPU that is OC, i get the same 5.9. is that 5.9 wrong? or did i not oc mine enough?
You will most likely get better performance if you were to run your memory at 1:1, and a higher FSB will help you to achieve that. However, better performance is not guaranteed, and the only way to know is to try both configurations and benchmark them.
5.9 is the current maximum score in Vista.
I have a configuration problem on P5W DH.I have a raid 0 on ich7(2 sata seagate 7200.11 500Gb,1 sata seagate 7200.9 250Gb on Jmicron Sata,1 PATA 160 seagate 7200.7 on Jmicron Pata,1 Pata NEC DVDRW 3500 on Ich7 PATA.I buy a samsung DVDRW SATA 203b and when i connect it at EZBACKUP1(i have remove all the EZBACKUP Jumpers first)it stucks at the post screen.When i remove it,all works well.Any help?
I am having problems properly connecting the following 5 sata drives to this motherboard...
(2) 75GB 8MB Cache WD Raptors [ RAID 0 Boot Drives ]
(1) 300GB WD 16MB Cach Hard drive [ data drive ]
(2) Optical drives [ one asus dvdrw drive and another sony oem dvd drive ]
System Specs:
q6600 Cpu / Asus P5W DH Deluxe
4GB DDR2 800 Crucial Ballistix Tracers
Evga 8800gt
Xifi Soundcard
Corsair 500W Power Supply
vista 64 bit
This is my first time trying to set up RAID drives and i'm totally lost. It was running ok when I was just using 1 raptor as a system boot drive but now i have another identital raptor and would like to set up raid 0.
Can someone please tell me the best way to connect these drives to the mobo. ( which sata port for each drive ) I see there's 6 sata connectors on the board.
I have tried hitting Cntrl I during bootup in which I configured the 2 raptors as raid but when i try to install vista....it does not see any hard drives. I have set the RAID Jumper to the Leftmost side for Raid 0 per the manual. I am not sure what the proper settings to change in the bios as well.
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I have read some older posts here...am I suppose to use the two orange EZ raid ports for raid and the others for my 3rd hard drive and optical drives after switching the jumper to "big"?
as I understand it vista has its own ahci drivers but not raid so you may need to use a driver cd on vista install to make it see the raid.
Nah, it has all ich7r drivers including raid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chrysalis
Assuming you are using the intel raid, then you don't want to move that jumper at all. That has nothing to do with what you're trying to do.
Maybe you are using an illegal version of vista.. probably vlited or something.. :rolleyes:
If that's the case then download the "f6 floppy configuration drivers" from intels website. Open the exe file with WinRAR. Extract the .img file to a directory and use the trial of poweriso to extract the .img to a usb flash drive. Then when vista asks, plug in the usb key and it'll automatically find the correct drivers.
If you are using a legal, untouched version of vista, I think you probably have just not bothered to read the manual well enough. It explains everything step-by-step pretty clearly..
Thanks for the reply! I have managed to set up raid now by hitting control I during boot and installed vista 64bit. I have the two raided drives on the red sata port and the one next to it ( ports are labeled sata 1 and sata 3 ) I connected one of my optical drives to the sata 4 port and the other to one of the orange EZ sata ports...that one is not showing up in windows. I have also not connected my 3rd data drive. Can someone tell me where to connect my remaining 3 sata drives? Should i connect the 2 raided raptors to the orange ports instead? I apologize for all the questions and really apreciate the help!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chrysalis
Hey Larrywild, i noticed your VDIMM is 2.1, isn't it better to have 2.2? I also tried your exact configuration and sometimes I get "a clock interrupt was not received on secondary processor" . I wonder what that mean?
Also, aoe, when you say run memory at 1:1, y memory now is 833 MHZ, Bios 2406, Auto vcore, 333Fsb, Pci 33.3, Pci-e 100, EIST enabled, DDR2 833Mhz, Vdimm , is this configuration pretty conservative or aggressive you think?
Anyone?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ripper18
Does anybody upgrade to 2406? how it works ? what is the best bios for this board ? be cause i have a corsair 1066 mems and i can´t select 1066, but yes in 760mhz.. :(
thanks
Bye
I'm not running the same memory as you but it might help..as I had some trouble getting my memory running at 1000MhzQuote:
Originally Posted by Donseba
It could be your timings- set them as 5-5-5-15 and see if it will boot.
I've read all of this thread and can't remember anyone getting a DVD SATA drive to run on the orange raid ports.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ripper18
As far as I can remember the only solution was to run a HDD from the orange ports and plug the DVD SATA into the ICH7R or the Jmicron.
The jmicron will only recognise an optical drive in later bios' 2004>
The above is from memory so forgive me if I'm not 100% on it
Proble solved.Works fine on Ich7 sata 4 connector:up: :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lurker246
HD Tach with 2 Seagate 7200.11 32Mb 500gb RAID 0 on ICH7.It's good result?
Pretty good. If you utilize the Matrix Raid for the ICH7R chipset, you can partition off the fastest part of each drive and make the array faster. With four 250 GB 7200.10's I can get 435 MB/s reads on the Raid 0 array.
Well, it'll bench faster yes, but it won't make the array faster. Same speed as making a normal windows partition on the front of the array, but just that matrix fools windows into thinking they're seperate drives so the bench will only run on that first part of the drive, taking an average from there whereas windows partition bench the whole drive and take an average.Quote:
Originally Posted by t_ski
Hi Lawrywild!
Thanks for maintaining this amazing thread!
I have the following problem, maybe someone can help me out!
Spec's are in sig(workstation).
I am running XP x64 and BIOS 2406
When I enable memory remap feature, in order to use 4GB's of RAM, windows crashes right after the loading screen - just goes to a black screen when the desktop should load. I can get into safe mode and memtest86+ and Prime95 report no errors at all after hours and hours.
If I disable the memory remap feature, everything works exactly right, except that the BIOS only reads 3072MB's of RAM. in the MAIN tab, under system information it says:
System memory -
Total - 4096
appropriated - 1024
available - 3072
How on earth do I fix this? I have been looking through the Asus forums but found nothing...
What does appropriated mean? the manual says nothing about it or the remap feature.
EDIT: I went to BIOS 2302 - no change in this problem.
I do not have service pack 2 installed, this is a complete clean reinstall as the previous install kicked the bucket. I am downloading it now - hopefully it might fix something.
Thank You. :)
Have you tried another bios? 2004 maybe? The manual doesn't say anything about the option because it was added later on in a bios update.
I am using a C2D E4600 which requires BIOS 2302 or later :(Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
Before this CPU I used 2004 without any problems at all:D
Maybe windows update will solve something. I will also update drivers.
It is definitely Windows that is full of it, because Ubuntu 7.10 gutsy instally perfectly with remap enabled... Stupid Windows...
Will let you know! :up:
i have corsair xms2 2x1gb 1066, and a E6420 at 3.0, fsb 375, i cant use the ram more than 760mhzQuote:
Originally Posted by Lurker246
Windows update did something right - now it is working as it should with memory remap enabled...
I cannot install service pack 2 though, keep getting errors about the cryptographic services. I am getting sick of microsoft. Anyway, at least all 4 gig's works now :)
Why not slipstream SP2 into the disc?
I'm using a Q6600 G0 with my P5W and I don't seem to be able to change the vcore to anything but "auto". I've tried several different BIOS versions and even resetting the CMOS via the jumper but nothing seems to solve the problem.
I know the first post mentions this problem but I've tried both of the solutions and neither works - even if I disable EIST and C1E it still has the "disable EIST and C1E to change vcore" message under the vcore setting... Any ideas?
Good idea Lawrywild, I forgot you could do that!Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
Thanks:D
How can I go back to 2004 ?..I 'm using 2406 right now.
P5WDH; Rev 1.02g; 66M0AG; (July 2006); Q6700 G0 @ 3.0G; BIOS: 2406
- switched from QX6700 B3 to Q6700 G0, Aug 23, 2007
- Q6700 Retail BX80562Q6700SLAQ - G0 - FPO/BATCH: L723A656 - Pack: 07/20/07
- stable @ 300FSB with either QX6700 B3 or Q6700 G0
- OCZ OCZ2G11002GK 2x1gB, PC2-8800; vDIMM = 2.15vdc; 500mhz; 3:5; 5-5-5-15
- Enhanced C1: AUTO - Internal Thermal Control: AUTO - Speedstep: ENABLED
- FSB, MCH, ICH volts set manually to lowest values
- no problems with "onboard audio" staying disabled (X-FI Elite installed)
- all QFan PWM settings disabled
- 36watts less AC power, same machine clock/specs/parts, than QX6700 B3 (WattsUpPro)
- OCCT v1.1.1-b5; screenshot taken right before 4min idle monitoring
- Idle temps: CORES: 36c/36c/33c/35c CPU: 78f/25c MB: 87f/30.5c
- AMB: 66f/18.8c; case closed
- (detailed specs in sig below)
GRAPHIC:
http://www.esnips.com/doc/7070459b-3...406-OCCT-15min
BIOS ScreenShots (2406) used in above test:
http://www.esnips.com/doc/548739a4-d...6-Screen-Shots
I was going to attach a 40MM fan to the NB heatsink but no screws I found would do the job.
I picked up an Antec Spot Cool fan at CompUSA for 20% off. It would hover over the heatsink so I guess it'll work, but now I'm wondering which one (NB or SB) it should be used on for the most benefit? I'm running out of room to put stuff so I'm not sure I'd go back for another one even if it does a great job...