ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[sesdave]

yes m8
i did that, i thought about that after i wrote the thread,i knew someone would ask,lol,bit of a mystery this,do you have any ideas,need to get this sorted
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paul

Haven't seen that before - the CPU o/c okay on your previous board. ? have you got anthor CPU you can try on the board or another board to check the CPU on? If not I would go back to build basics. What PSU do you have? - check 24pin and 4 pin 12v connectors. Take the board battery out - clear cmos . Take the CPU out -clean and reinstall with one stick of ram and the video card and try again. If it dont work I would RMA the board.

[cholo777]

Haven't seen that before - the CPU o/c okay on your previous board. ? have you got anthor CPU you can try on the board or another board to check the CPU on? If not I would go back to build basics. What PSU do you have? - check 24pin and 4 pin 12v connectors. Take the board battery out - clear cmos . Take the CPU out -clean and reinstall with one stick of ram and the video card and try again. If it dont work I would RMA the board.

thanks for reply m8
it was human error-i got so used to using my other mobo which is slightly different/this one you have to write in values unlike the p5n which presented you with options/suffice to say problem is solved.thanx again for help,can i ask what thingsdo i have to disable in this bios to the get the very best
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paul

[Ra7or]

I guys I am from Portugal, it's my first post.

I have a Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Allendale 3.2Ghz @ Ultra 120 Extreme, Corsair Value Select PC2-5400 1Gb DC 667Mhz.

I have a problem, after a bought my Thermalright I tried to make some OC, but there are a few problems with it.

If I set in the BIOS 1.35V Vcore, its not what appears in the hardware monitor, it appears 1.28V is this normal?

One more thing, I just can't boot with 400Mhz of FSB and SPD Disable, can someone explain this?
Thanks, and sorry for my English.

[zsamz_]

I guys I am from Portugal, it's my first post.

I have a Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Allendale 3.2Ghz @ Ultra 120 Extreme, Corsair Value Select PC2-5400 1Gb DC 667Mhz.

I have a problem, after a bought my Thermalright I tried to make some OC, but there are a few problems with it.

If I set in the BIOS 1.35V Vcore, its not what appears in the hardware monitor, it appears 1.28V is this normal?

One more thing, I just can't boot with 400Mhz of FSB and SPD Disable, can someone explain this?
Thanks, and sorry for my English.

i set mine @ 1.375 i get 1.325
you can mod it but bye bye warranty

experttech2007:its rev2

[zsamz_]

i was thinking of sending it back"2 days left" n getting the comando but i dont really need that high of an overclock since the 975 chipset is faster
i was thinkin of the p5k deluxe but all you get is a better overclock right?
it seems the p5k is slower that the 965chipset

any thoughts on this?

[sesdave]

thanks for reply m8
it was human error-i got so used to using my other mobo which is slightly different/this one you have to write in values unlike the p5n which presented you with options/suffice to say problem is solved.thanx again for help,can i ask what thingsdo i have to disable in this bios to the get the very best
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paul

Good start with the P5W -lol. Heres a good o/c start guide which indicates all the BIOS settings ro disable http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardw...ict197995.html
- follow that and you wont go far wrong 0 the rest is down to luck of the draw on your CPU . Anything else you will probably find in this thread

ZSAMZ - you should check out the guide as it will answer most of your questions. The P5W has a .5v vdroop BIOS setting against actual reading reported in windows

[Ra7or]

I think that news chip7 needs to have the compatibility with DDR3, and some more experience i think
Maybe its too soon to buy a new mobo like P5K and it doesn't support DDR3, only Asus P5K3 deluxe support it.

Its my opinion, if we want a new mobo, with support for the future we need to think about DDR3 and other technologies that could appear.
Bye

[lawrywild]

Is anyone actually using the matrix RAID AS matrix RAID?

How I mean is well I'm using just RAID 0 atm but the whole point of Matrix technology is you can RAID 0 some of the drive and RAID 1 the rest, so if one drives fails, you only lose the RAID 0'd stuff and the RAID 1 stuff is still there on the living drive - but you get the benefits of the extra speed on the RAID 0 section and security on the RAID 1 section.

I hope to try this on my next Vista install..

[fritzman]

Is anyone actually using the matrix RAID AS matrix RAID?

How I mean is well I'm using just RAID 0 atm but the whole point of Matrix technology is you can RAID 0 some of the drive and RAID 1 the rest, so if one drives fails, you only lose the RAID 0'd stuff and the RAID 1 stuff is still there on the living drive - but you get the benefits of the extra speed on the RAID 0 section and security on the RAID 1 section.

I hope to try this on my next Vista install..

Check this thread out... http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=467848

Only 23 pages, but well worth the read.

[Ra7or]

Sorry asking this but after I read sesdave post, and checked the link to the guide, I realize this:
With this mobo we can't set manual timmings in the BIOS?? I have 400FSB and the mobo just don't boot with SPD disable in the BIOS...

[lawrywild]

Check this thread out... http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=467848

Only 23 pages, but well worth the read.

Thanks a lot and yeh, at first I thought there would be some kind of performance loss with this technology on the RAID 0 side of things, but when you consider you're only using the first sections of the drive, the performance is crazy.

I can't wait to try it, and I can't believe I didn't read into this more before..

[fritzman]

Thanks a lot and yeh, at first I thought there would be some kind of performance loss with this technology on the RAID 0 side of things, but when you consider you're only using the first sections of the drive, the performance is crazy.

I can't wait to try it, and I can't believe I didn't read into this more before..

Yeah mate... I am running 4 x 250Gb drives, and using only 10Gb per drive to make the 40Gb O/S partition... works a treat and the Raid5 is super-reliable... checks itself for errors if I ever stress it too much... normally finds none or maybe one, but having parity across the drives is very safe. (I still use a 500Gb external e-Sata for backups, but that is very quickly becoming too small lol)

Enjoy!

[lawrywild]

Here's what I am thinking:

Would It be better to have 3 RAID 0's rather than 2 with one being partitioned in half?

EDIT: errr LOL that first bit is supposed to say 10GB per drive

and btw the 600GB isn't an error too lol, that's how much they total when formatted

Edit2: actually, 20Gb isn't enough for Vista, would have to be 30 or 40GB but that means lower performance lol..

[fritzman]

Here's what I am thinking:

Would It be better to have 3 RAID 0's rather than 2 with one being partitioned in half?

EDIT: errr LOL that first bit is supposed to say 10GB per drive

and btw the 600GB isn't an error too lol, that's how much they total when formatted

Edit2: actually, 20Gb isn't enough for Vista, would have to be 30 or 40GB but that means lower performance lol..

Looks okay to me... I would be opting for separate Raid0 partitions for the O/S's, but running the rest as Raid5 (or Raid0 and use an external drive for backups if you have one), but yep... right idea.

[lawrywild]

I thought RAID 5 needed 3 or more drives.. I only have 2.

[fritzman]

I thought RAID 5 needed 3 or more drives.. I only have 2.

Sorry mate... you're absolutely right lol. I haven't used 2 x drives for a while now and completely overlooked that aspect.

[lawrywild]

Sorry mate... you're absolutely right lol. I haven't used 2 x drives for a while now and completely overlooked that aspect.

lol no problem

Am thinking I might just scrap XP now, I only use it for CS:S and with Vista driver becoming much better doubt I need it anymore..

[sesdave]

Sorry asking this but after I read sesdave post, and checked the link to the guide, I realize this:
With this mobo we can't set manual timmings in the BIOS?? I have 400FSB and the mobo just don't boot with SPD disable in the BIOS...

Not true - remember its only a guide not a bible! Only some have to use SPD enabled to boot above 370. There could be many other reasons why you cant run 400 with manual settings on memory. Do you know if you CPU can run 400 FSB - you arent guaranteed that it will. What settings are you using in the bios for your overclock.

[sesdave]

Check this thread out... http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=467848

Only 23 pages, but well worth the read.

Nice post - I have to give that a go once I plough my way through the 23 pages. Thanks for the link - I can see many following!.

[fritzman]

Nice post - I have to give that a go once I plough my way through the 23 pages. Thanks for the link - I can see many following!.

Thanks

I have been following it since day1 and it really is a pretty amazing chipset.

I haven't got a board with the newer ICH9R chipset yet, but I can see a P5K variant on the horizon!

[davexl]

Hi guys,

I have been upgrading my renderfarm to Q6600s, and I am wondering if it is even worth trying on my P5W-DH boxes?

I have done ok with my P5B Deluxe/P5K Deluxe systems, getting 3456 to 3500 MHz on air. (thank you Ultra 120 Extreme!)

I have heard terrible things about the P5W and Q6600s - anyone had any success with them?

[zsamz_]

well its official my p5w pissin me off
? u guys recommend the commando or the p5k or the p5k deluxe

i am gettin the q6600 in july

[Liquid3D]

P5K Deluxe

What are the benefits of the 2004 BIOS? Any at all?

[fritzman]

well its official my p5w pissin me off
? u guys recommend the commando or the p5k or the p5k deluxe

i am gettin the q6600 in july

P5K Deluxe is what I'll be getting

[pH(x)]

I am eying an Asus P5K DLX as well

Though I may end up waiting for Penryn before upgrading again.