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For some reason, my board shuts itself off sometimes after saving changes to BIOS. Then after a few seconds, it powers up for 1 second, then shuts down again. Few seconds later, it powers up AGAIN and goes through POST normally and boots normally.....
What the hell??
E6300
OCZ GX 700W
7900GTX
2x1GB Fatbodies @ 2.45v
0614 BIOS
Anyone else experience this??
Yes mine does the exact same now and then. Not always though. I think it might have something to do with what option you change (FSB/strap??). Waiting for me HZ so i cannot try now unfortunately.
i've got a similar problem with my abit ag8 if i change ram divider or even just two or more settings in bios it does the same thing. but since it is consistant and always manages to work again i never really worried about it (except the first couple of times) i just figured it needed to do it to re-write the rom. but i could be wrong.
Mine does the same, I think it is normal...Quote:
Originally Posted by HKPolice
it is said that this design will get around with the chipset oc limitation, not sure about it
but my P5W64 WS does the same thing, i dont like it, its no good for hdd's
Ya..... I'm afraid all this power cycling will fry my HDs or PSU..... because during the process of tweaking, you'll have to change bios settings for literally hundreds of times....
It even happens after I press escape for memtest 1.65 to reboot! Anyone experience that? (Using PS/2 keyboard)
It is normal on any setting other than "grandma"/stock mode, since the Asus Bios team decided to reboot the clock gen chip to apply those non standard clock setting.
Yep, its bad for PS and HD, but request for fix already submitted and it seems this issue is not in their priority list yet or couldn't be fixed at all, time will tell. :)
I dont think its something that they are going to "fix". I think they intended for the board to do this whenever you are overclocking. Its a pain in the ass but it isnt a malfunction.
Its an even bigger pain if you have a mach2 hooked up :(
Yeah i get that too. It's the gay cold boot issue its got. Well annoying. Even if you do a warm reboot through windows by just restarting it, it will do the same.
Get a cheap psu for mach/vapo controller and all the fans. Run with dual psu is better for this kind of mobo.Quote:
Originally Posted by fatty
Does this happen on all new Intel mobos? P5W, DQ6, DS3?
The board is changing strap, sometimes it does it and sometimes not right? Any time that happens the board is changing the Chipset strap as described by Tony and FCG in the P5B thread.
But it happens even after a warm reboot from windows??
This is by design and I hate it. So does my RAID0 array/HDDs.
That’s what worries me, because cutting the power to theQuote:
Originally Posted by Brahmzy
HDD's and then immediately powering them back up damages the heads and motor. Its even worse when your are testing the OC and you have to keep saving the BIOS changes a fair few times.
On the other hand the P5B has great BIOS recovery, which I like since you don’t have to reset the CMOS after a none boot, bad settings scenario.
happens to me everytime i restart my computer, annoying, very annoying.....save and exit bios it happens everytime.
Unless using "stock" setting, I'm afraid this will haunt us till we dump it ! :D
Even at stock speeds, my P5W DH powers down one of my HDDs. Very weird. At stock it stops shutting down during warm Windows restarts, but STILL kills power to ONE HDD. Friggin' GHEYness.
Yeah I already do mate its just a shame it happens :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumo
I can see it putting people off or people complaining about corrupt firmware etc
What about when OCing? Does it double reboot like the P5B?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brahmzy
It is a real pain. You can alleviate some of the stress to your final system/hardrives by doing some exploring tweaking before even connecting your drives and finding the limits of your cpu/ram as far as posting goes. If you have a spare hard drive, you can use it while doing your intitial windows oc/tweaking and then go ahead and set up your system for 24/7.
Ya, but it still does it everytime you reboot windows! Arghh, what about the P5W you have?Quote:
Originally Posted by rob725
Gigabyte users?
Yep; Somewhere around 320 fsb, it started shutting off during restarts. Unlike the p5b, it does not have the little fake restart in between, but it does shut off and restart.Quote:
Originally Posted by HKPolice
Yup, no fake restart like the P5B D. When I built a P5B D system, I noticed that and thought it was even gheyer than the P5W...Quote:
Originally Posted by rob725
In fact, this is my biggest issue with my C2D system. I've got the OC I want, it's fast, stable and plays games sickly fast, I just don't dig the reboot shutdown thing. Oh well, all of my HDDs have a 5 yr. warranty I guess.
I don't think this is just an Asus thing. Other boards including the Bad Axe will sometimes do it, especially after a strap change in the BIOS. I think it's the chipset.Quote:
Originally Posted by bing
I've always noticed it and figured it was normal, but I now fear for the safety of my hard drive :(
Sierra, you said "sometimes" at the bad axe board, I believe you should have figure out yourself, this mobo does it "everytimes" ! :D
Even after a warm reboot from windows?Quote:
Originally Posted by bing
Yep ! As long they're not in "stock" setting.
Well, when I had a Bad Axe, it did it almost every time because I had a very high overclock. I was discussing this issue with jinu117 about a month ago because if you have a phase change system, the concern was that the compressor would turn off during that temporary shutdown. I got around the problem by just using a seperate PSU for the phase change unit's controller.Quote:
Originally Posted by bing
This issue has existed from the time the 975X chipset first came out, during the pre-Conroe days.
It happens ALWAYS after 375MHz or so, from what I noticed. Below that, I get smooth restarts and BIOS changes. Also, same shutdown takes place most of the time after vcore or vdimm change, multi adjustment.
As much as I hate it, as others mentioned, this appears to be "normal"... So, yes, Everyone experiences that, without an exception.
I believe the P5WD2-E did the same thing and that board has been around for awhile. The only reason this is suddenly becoming an issue is because there's a huge influx of new Intel users who have probably never experienced the temporary shutdown thing.
People need to keep in mind that a year ago, hardly anyone posted in the Intel section at XS. Now it's the most heavily-viewed section.
Anything below 380mhz fsb using the 1:1 memory strap will be fine. If you go over 380 it does the double restart. It will do the double start below 380 after a shutdown but not on a reboot or reset. I plan on keeping mine at 375 and just holding out for kentsfield. When I get kentsfield I get one with a higher multiplier so I won't be too tempted to try to go over 380 mhz.
Kentsfield is not a high FSB chip like Conroe or Allendale. Only a couple of people have managed to reach 400FSB (including me:D ). Also, because Kentsfield is essentially an Extreme Edition processor, it doesn't matter what the default multiplier is. On some boards (mainly Asus 975X mobos), you will multipliers up to x20 available.Quote:
Originally Posted by adamant415
I tested about half a dozen boards with Kentsfield. Some won't even reach 350FSB. I did 435FSB with the P5B Dlx, but only with one particular BIOS. The latest BIOS has multipliers up to x12, but they don't work. Only 6-10.
All my intel boards for the last few months have had this feature.
I been away from Intel for quite awhile, then came back to the 975X chipset, with the Asus P5WD2-E... and had 2 of those, and both did that.
my DFI 975X does that, and I am on my second one.
my Gigabyte DS3 does it.
and now my Asus P5B-D does it too.
its just a normal thing for this chipset to do.
as long as it boots, I am not worried about it.
That kind of boot it seems to be normal in many Asus boards.
Check this thread, and eva's post
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...asus+cold+boot
Doesn't this damage the motors in the hard drives?? Can't be good for the PSU either, sudden inrush of current all the time.
I'm surprised no one has experienced damaged HDs due to this.
;) Same here with a brandnew P5WDG2-WS PRO.
Should be O.K. - read somewhere that it is typical for 975x chipsets, kind of "secure mode" to avoid BIOS errors.
But it feels horrible.............. :stick:
I have a P5W the restart-shutdown starts at 318MHz FSB bellow that it never happens even if i change everything in BIOS except FSB it will not shutdown for 2-3 seconds.
If i load windows at 315MHz FSB and clockgen even up to 420MHz FSB if i restart in windows it restarts fine with no shutdown.I also use a second PSU for my Prometeia and i have connected my HDDs to the second PSU because i dont want my hard drives destroyed........
my :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing arserock conroe-xfire (intel 945p) board restarts FOUR TIMES on a cold boot before finally starting up! at stock! im totally pissed its ruining my hardware! Anyone know of a board that doesnt do this (well for a start, my asrock dual-vsta board doesnt do it, so it is something specific to intel-chipsets)
:D Fine - I think I fixed it for the P5WDG2-WS PRO.
Flashed this BIOS here:
http://edu.tchsien.com/CBB/coolaler/...S-PRO-0004.rar
In the MEM menu (chipset) is a new appearance, You can change the read delay now.
Set it to 7 - no COLDBOOT anymore after leaving BIOS.
:banana: :woot:
seems like intels problem rather then the manfacturer.
That is what I am counting on. I will get a kentsfield with a higher multiplier then what my 6400 has. I'll either get 9 or 10 that way I can keep the fsb under 380 and not have to worry about the double restarts. That way I don't put too much stress on my hard drives or my pump. I will be keeping my e6400 at 375 from now on as well. The 3.4ghz I was running is nice but it won't make a bit of difference while I'm gaming or surfing the net. I'll leave the xtreme overclocking to the pro's, and just sit back and admire their work.Quote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
It'd certainly annoying, as i get impatient.
The added stress in the HDDs doesn't make me terribly happy either.
But doesn't seem i can avoid it unless i run a very light OC...
Even when overclocking beyond 380FSB???Quote:
Originally Posted by camouflage
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that ASUS does this intentionally for stable overclocking.
yeah that's normal for Asus P5BD and Gigabyte Ds3...............actually DS3 wasn't as bad as asus
man this features drives me completely insane!