ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

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12-01-2006, 01:10 PM
lawrywild

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Originally Posted by ´Lotzi

i phoned today with asus and they told me every bios they send out can share all over the world

hahaha
12-01-2006, 01:53 PM
Severance

Quote:

Originally Posted by ´Lotzi

sorry this is bull:banana::banana::banana::banana:

i phoned today with asus and they told me every bios they send out can share all over the world

i will search for this bios otherwise poooooooooooor guy

regards

bios get worse as they go along so u not missing much
12-01-2006, 02:56 PM
don_vercetti

Just to chip in, i could install Vista but it would not boot on my rig either. That was before one of the BIOS's added "Vista HD Audio", so i dunno if that would help or not.
12-01-2006, 03:22 PM
lawrywild

Strange I ran vista RTM to 2 weeks as my 24/7 OS just fine :rolleyes:
12-01-2006, 03:53 PM
WeldZilla

Hey guys stay cool, a bios update will be out soon enough. Just for future reference,if you can't share you might want to keep it under your hat "lw" that way you can avoid any animosity from building over what appears to be another mediocre bios. I still believe the 1305 is the best of the bunch for overclocking. I am going to fall back to it myself. after a little more than a week of the new 1602 it just does not perform as well as the 1305 does for me. On my system the 1305 is best.

WZ
12-01-2006, 04:19 PM
R @ P T O R

for Delly

we cumpà.... ci si ritrova anche qui...è proprio piccolo il mondo..
12-01-2006, 04:30 PM
Sparx

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gascogne

Properbly not, it is just annoying to see 397 instead of 400. :p:

I can see your point. ;)
12-01-2006, 04:33 PM
Sparx

Quote:

Originally Posted by WeldZilla

Hey guys stay cool, a bios update will be out soon enough. Just for future reference,if you can't share you might want to keep it under your hat "lw" that way you can avoid any animosity from building over what appears to be another mediocre bios. I still believe the 1305 is the best of the bunch for overclocking. I am going to fall back to it myself. after a little more than a week of the new 1602 it just does not perform as well as the 1305 does for me. On my system the 1305 is best.

WZ

I use 1305, what the heck can the later BIOS's do for me? The theory was not to flash unless you have a problem- or should I clarify the computer has a problem...
:caution:
12-01-2006, 05:00 PM
Rattle

i dunno i have tried every bios out and never have issues, I love this mobo, its old version too, first rev... rock solid
12-01-2006, 05:05 PM
lawrywild

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparx

I use 1305, what the heck can the later BIOS's do for me? The theory was not to flash unless you have a problem- or should I clarify the computer has a problem...
:caution:

Not kill your harddrives ;)
12-01-2006, 05:11 PM
nicepun

Well now my mobo doesn't want to do 1:1 @ 400FSB. I must try some things but this really sucks.
12-01-2006, 05:21 PM
SchiuZ

Quote:

Originally Posted by R @ P T O R

for Delly

we cumpà.... ci si ritrova anche qui...è proprio piccolo il mondo..

Molto piccolo, soprattutto sul web :D.
12-01-2006, 06:13 PM
Sparx

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawrywild

Not kill your harddrives ;)

Not sure I know what you mean. :confused:
sparx
12-01-2006, 06:36 PM
NghtShd

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawrywild

Not kill your harddrives ;)

I want that feature.
12-01-2006, 07:55 PM
MacClipper

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Originally Posted by Sparx

Not to start an argument, but why are so many FLASH HAPPY here? :confused2

heheh, I was flashing my mobo with new versions as they come along in a bid to solve the Jmicron S3 resume issue but all that is in the past now, issue was solved by JMicron beta drivers so I am stuck at 1506 for now.

Finally, the same stability as my P4C800-E setup at twice the speed/RAM and half the heat/noise, this rig's just rocking great! :D

PS: switching to Crucial RAM on this mobo helped too.
12-01-2006, 08:06 PM
Sparx

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Originally Posted by MacClipper

heheh, I was flashing my mobo with new versions as they come along in a bid to solve the Jmicron S3 resume issue but all that is in the past now, issue was solved by JMicron beta drivers so I am stuck at 1506 for now.

Finally, the same stability as my P4C800-E setup at twice the speed/RAM and half the heat/noise, this rig's just rocking great! :D

PS: switching to Crucial RAM on this mobo helped too.

Pardon me for being in the dark but what is the Jmicron S3 isssue, something to do with RAID? Obviously Idon't use RAID. I have noticed the posts on this but didn't quite get the problem.

What RAM did you have before, Corsair?
sparx
12-01-2006, 08:06 PM
Sparx

Quote:

Originally Posted by NghtShd

I want that feature.

What is killing hardrives? Are you guys referring to the cold boot bug? :confused:
12-01-2006, 08:16 PM
MacClipper

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparx

Pardon me for being in the dark but what is the Jmicron S3 isssue, something to do with RAID? Obviously Idon't use RAID. I have noticed the posts on this but didn't quite get the problem.

What RAM did you have before, Corsair?
sparx

erm, affects only the guys like me who uses S3 sleep and resume. On S3 resume, devices on the JMicron go missing so Win XP will stutter and choke, complaining of missing devices (Event Viewer begins to fill up too).

Was using Patriot Elpida RAM but these Crucial 10th Anniv. sticks are da bomb (runs tight and up to DDR1000 too)! Bought 8 of them and kept 6, passed 2 to another guy who's probably running them at DDR1000.

btw, think earlier BIOS keep powering down the HDs on reboots so the latter BIOS are preferred in preventing such sudden spin ups/downs = hopefully less wear and tear.
12-01-2006, 08:17 PM
fornowagain

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparx

What is killing hardrives? Are you guys referring to the cold boot bug? :confused:

They mean later bios versions don't power down on a reset, thus pulling power from the hard drive before it gets a chance to spin down properly.
12-01-2006, 09:19 PM
Babsy

i ordered the asus striker coming in on monday,having too many issues with this board...only had it for a few days but not really liking it much from switching from DFI infinity,hope the striker makes me smile
i'll report what that does
12-01-2006, 10:25 PM
Strikez

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babsy

i ordered the asus striker coming in on monday,having too many issues with this board...only had it for a few days but not really liking it much from switching from DFI infinity,hope the striker makes me smile
i'll report what that does

IF you have pc 8500 or higher can you see if the board will run the ram at 1066 mhz. I read it is suppose to no prob but I thought this board would to. Thanks.
12-02-2006, 01:33 AM
´Lotzi

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Originally Posted by lawrywild

hahaha

i see you re not older than 12 years.

only kiddys are writing such :banana::banana::banana::banana: :slapass: :slapass: :slapass:

and lieing is poor...........
12-02-2006, 02:48 AM
lawrywild

Quote:

Originally Posted by ´Lotzi

i see you re not older than 12 years.

only kiddys are writing such :banana::banana::banana::banana: :slapass: :slapass: :slapass:

and lieing is poor...........

roflmfao :slap:
12-02-2006, 06:44 AM
Sparx

Quote:

Originally Posted by fornowagain

They mean later bios versions don't power down on a reset, thus pulling power from the hard drive before it gets a chance to spin down properly.

I think from 1503 forward that was solved, hope I am right.

I had the problem of power down on reset (and it was very evident) before going to 1503 unless it is only powering down the drives now and I haven't noticed.:mad:

MacClipper-
Thanks for the explaination and could you adopt me and thus buy RAM for my rigs from now on? :D

sparx
12-02-2006, 08:49 AM
pee4

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Originally Posted by Gascogne

Properbly not, it is just annoying to see 397 instead of 400. :p:

I have often wondered the same thing.

I reckon it could make a difference because at 400 FSB the FSB is perfectly divisable by the PCI bus speed (33.33mhz) and the PCI-e bus speed (100mhz).

At weird FSB speeds like 397 FSB maybe the system has to introduce "wait states" to keep the various buses syncronized?

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