Oh dear. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
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Oh dear. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
ASUS P5WDH Dlx Overclock Settings
CPU : E6600 B-2 (OEM Wk 24)
DDR2 : 2G OCZ DDR2 800 Platinum
Bios : 903
OVERCLOCK (MHz) = 3.41 (prime stable)
BIOS SETTINGS
JumperFree Configuration
AI Overclocking set to MANUAL
CPU Frequency : 378
DRAMM Frequency : 756
PCI Express Frequency : 101
PCI Clock Sync Mode : 33
Memory Voltage : Auto
CPU Vcore Voltage : 1.5
FSB Termination V : Auto
MCH Chipset V : Auto
ICH Chipset V : Auto
All other BIOS setting are set to the common recommendations. (ie Hyperpath 3 disable, etc, etc)
I'm prime stable at these setting. However at 380 and 1.475 Vcore XP crashes. None of the other voltage settings seem to matter including MCH.
Even though I'm prime stable I think I'm pretty close to the upper limit and want a little more guardband. I'll probably back FSB down to 375.
Whats a good safe Vcore limit for everyday use? (aircooling w/Scythe Infinity). Do I have any room above 1.5 V as long as CPU temp remains <40?
Alright guys. I got a new problem here.
P5W with a E6600
Doesn't matter what the cpu is clocked at. Stock or overclocked, cpu usage on one of the cores is always 6-8%. Always. This is on a fresh windows install with no programs running at all.
In windows task manager under Processes it shows Idle process 99%
But cpu usage on the one core is 6-8%
Any cures for this or has anyone else noticed this.
Click on the orange speaker beside the clock and disable dobly digital live. I had the same problem and its back to zero. Now I only turn it on when needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by sparkie34
Anyone trying to use a SATA drive to boot and having a RAID 0 array for gaming?
I have a single 160gb plugged into the Intel (red) SATA port. I then use the Asus SATA ports and follow instructions to set this to RAID 0 (set jumper, enable DH features)
I can get the drive to work and show fine as 76gb, but when I run a HD tach this is showing as 80mbps - VERY slow. I also tried using the Intel RAID controller but couldn't for the life of me figure out how to have a single SATA for boot and a RAID drive as a gaming drive only.
Any advice would be appreciated :)
EDIT: BIOS 1101
For some reason the Asus P5W DH decides to turn itself on now without me touching the power on button. It spins all fans up to top speed then turns itself off!
After that I can hit the power button and it will come on as normal. Is this a bug or is my board going mental?
Im not happy at all about the motherboard temps (54c), and when I touch the NB/SB they are hot to touch. I havent even overclocked or gamed yet.
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Originally Posted by Fenixviper
You the man! Thanks a bunch. That was driving me insane.:toast:
WTF I just ran core temp and it says core 1 - 51c and core 2 - 50 c. This cant be right surely?Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
It is, they are temps taken from within the die itselfQuote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
So is it normal to be so high? why is it so mental? I cant belive the temps on this board and cpu.
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Originally Posted by Jimbo
I have seen in many threads stating that the P5W DH in comparison with the P5B Deluxe in heat, it won by a great advantage. P5B runs cooler for the other side P5W DH much hotter.
I have a problem with my brand new P5W-DH driving me crazy.
Seems like there is no way I can install the Firewire pilots correctly.
Have a look at my device manager it speaks for itself.
I tried with Firewire ENABLED and DISABLED in BIOS.
I tried uninstalling all of the devices in Device Manager and rebooting.. it just re-sets itself like that.
What can I do?
Holy crap. I just read through this whole thread. There are a LOT of friggin' unfixed, open issues with this board. Mine gets here Monday. I'm gonna be friggin' pissed if I made a mistake. I shoulda just kept the DS3 I think.
I'm VERY worried. Ugh. I cannot return this board either - NewEgg says exchange for replacement only.
Can always sell it, lots of people looking for them usually.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brahmzy
I ditched ds3 for asus p5w dh, gigabyte board seemed far worse than asus board. Though I am only running 805 while waiting for conroe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brahmzy
When i go in to the bios and go to, Tools > Asus O.C. Profile > Start O.C. Profile, all i get is a blue screen if i have the JMicron boot rom is disabled, the only way to escape from this blue screen is to hit the reset button on the front of the tower, when the JMicron boot rom is enabled it all works as it should, this issue accurs with bios 0901, 0903 & 1101 and probably anything in between, has anyone else had this issue? if not could someone please test this to clarify.
Thanks!
Yes its a known issue and its because the profile is stored in part of the jmicron's rom.
99% of "Problems" posted here are not really bugs or somethings, BUT only total amateurism of users ... This thred is only chaotic bunch of stupidity ...not serious "Fixes thred"
I have no serious problem with this MoBo, my E6600 runs @430FSB, and i have RAID0, Firewire ... everything OK, only ONE problem i have - crappy memory dividers ...so far ...
for it is the same as for OBR.
I've bought a 6400 Step6 Rev. B2, now running @ 3000 MHz with 1,36 VCore, MDT 2GB kit PC6400, and everything seems good.
And i'm using the so called buggy BIOS version 0701 ( the board comes with it ).
Did you try last bios 1101 ?Quote:
Originally Posted by OBR
I can boot at 4:5 (4/4/3/12) ,1:1 and tested last night 2:3 ( DDR 800@1050 with 4-4-3-15 ) see
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...8&postcount=60
and was very surprised as I couldn't do this last one before
4 boots w/o any pbs at the desktop
Guys i just took off the southbridge heatsink and it appears to not be making very good contact at ll with the chip. should i apply thicker amount of as5?
Keyboard connected via a USB Hub. When system is shut down pressing the keyboard starts the PC. - No fix as of yet, Disabled PS2 Keyboard Startup does nothing to stop this.
Upadate
Bios 1101 does not cure
Any USB device on the far right USB slots (looking at the back of the mobo components upwards) will start the computer if activated. I even tried my printer and turning that off started the PC.
Temporary Fix (thanks to lkraven for the idea)
Move all USB devices to the other pair of USB slots or use the motherboard headers. This has been tested and works.
Real pain due to the number of devices i have, but at least it is a fix.
The problem is the SB is concave. Only the tips of the corners will make contact with the HS. I ALWAYS lap my SB chips and will be doing it on my P5W DH Monday as soon as I get it. My DS3 SB kept very cool because of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
LAP IT!
The SB ICH is plastic encapsulated and not so flat. Also its not involved in the overclock so don't worry to much. The northbridge has foam padding to keep it square to the core, so that'll have to come off if you want to lap it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brahmzy
can anybody help me with vdroop ?
what resistence of 50k VR is best?