ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[lawrywild]

Haven't noticed any differences from 1602 to 1705 . Bios options are 100% the same .

oh well, I'm not flashing then, too much damn hassle flashing the bios every week

[scaramonga]

Here is BIOS 1705 for those that missed it......hope this is OK Modz?

http://rapidshare.com/files/6091788/P5W-DH-ASUS-Deluxe-1705.zip

[lawrywild]

I already added 1705 to my bios archive on front page, no waiting times

[Rattle]

i dont even see a reason to move from 1506

[jimborae]

It's supposed to do that

Err I think you mis-understand me mate. I mean after I've cleared the cmos then gone into to the bios to change the settings and save. On reboot I get the error and everytime after that I reboot. i.e the bios settings don't save, even if I load the bios defaults.

[lawrywild]

Err I think you mis-understand me mate. I mean after I've cleared the cmos then gone into to the bios to change the settings and save. On reboot I get the error and everytime after that I reboot. i.e the bios settings don't save, even if I load the bios defaults.

Oh seen, I thought you meant the first boot after the flash.

That's weird.. battery inserted properly? try taking it out and reseating it. do the same with the bios chip (be careful of the plastic housing)

What are you using to flash bios?

[jimborae]

With every bios flash apart from 1503 I get the following error after setting bios settings

cmos error bad checksum press F1 to continue
Press F2 to load defaults

or words to that effect

If I press F2 it continues to boot with new settings and yes I'm clearing cmos after each flash.

Anyone know whats happening?

Thanks for the reply I'll try what you suggested, although both battery & chip & are properly seated.

Using Asus update to flash from within windows, too lazy too use floppy although that could be the issue.

The exact text is

CMOS Checksum Bad
Press F1 to run SETUP
Press F2 to load Default Values & continue

This only started happenin after flashing to 1503, all subsequent flashes after that & I get this error.

[lawrywild]

too lazy

Well, that's most likely your issue right there

[bzjolt]

i just bought this configuration a week ago
Processor: Core 2 E6600
Cooling: original cooler
Motherboard: ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
Graphics: eVGA GeForce 7600GT 256MB
Memory: 2*1GB G.SKILL @4-4-4-12
Power: Antec True Power Trio TP3-430W
Harddrives: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Case:COOLER MASTER Centurion 5
DVD: asus
i connected everything and booted...the green led was on, the fan in the back and front were working, but not the CPU fan...it was still....so i quickly
disconnected it. no beep, nothing on the monitor ..
anybody has an idea what happened?
might it be a bios problem? where could i check which version of the bios i have?
thx

[jimborae]

Well, that's most likely your issue right there

lol, well I'll try the traditional way & see what happens.

[Babsy]

i got rid of this board too and got the striker extreme.hope that doesnt dissapoint me and gonna be my last mobo ever..well dunno about ever but we'll see so good bye to this thread for now
wish me luck

[Seb R]

Hi guys...

As a regular reader of this post, I thought I'd be able pick the brains of the group...

Basically as you can see in my sig, I'm running 1.55v on an E6700, only to max out at 350fsb. This is with SPD (5-5-5-15 - factory) and all other voltages at auto apart from RAM (2.4v - factory). I've included a screenie of the apparent daft temperature readings from coretemp, and generally odd behaviour... So my question is: do you guys feel, like me, that my voltage seems to be unnecessarily high for my o/c? The screenie shows that Coretemp has gone mad, and TAT shows there is some throttling - but neither of which can agree on anything! I can't even deduce if throttling is actually occurring!? Bizarre... If I try and up the other voltages to their max settings and lower the vCore, it all gets unstable and won't run past 350FSB anyway (hence the high vCore), and this board doesn't seem to want to be stable with the RAM booting at anything over 876MHz (I was hoping for 1050MHz ).

Can any of you dudes see anything vital here? I'm a little concerned at the temps always sitting at around 70°C, but it hasn't exploded thus far...

Cheers for any advice...

S

[lawrywild]

HOLY ING

RESEAT THAT COOLER RIGHT AWAY!!!

DID YOU USE THERMAL PASTE!?!?

[bzjolt]

yes ... the paste which came with the original cooler...
how can i reset the cooler? what do you mean?

[lawrywild]

yes ... the paste which came with the original cooler...
how can i reset the cooler? what do you mean?

I wasn't talking to you

[Sparx]

Cuz I get bored..... And I like to try different combinations to see what works best. Which at this point the mem on my sig the best thus far, SPD: 4-2-3-4 RATIO: 4:5 1000Mhz. @ 2.4v

Good answer!

sparx

[Sparx]

oh well, I'm not flashing then, too much damn hassle flashing the bios every week

sparx

[Seb R]

yeh, i used thermal paste!

basically i thought the temps were a little hot with the zalman paste that came with the cooler, then got some AS5 and put that on (which is currently on). Hardly any difference in temperature!

maybe i should add... as soon as i stop running either TAT or orthos, the temperature instantly jumps back down to 80°C or so...

[Viper999]

I am new to ocing, but unfortunately am having trouble ocing my memory. I notice that alot of folks get 1:1 timings. How do you do this? I am loading the 30% overclock profile and I get the processor to 346x9 or 3117 MHz, but the memory I get FSB DRAM 4:3 259 MHz. I think this is equiv of PC3400 and I should be able to get much more. I would think I should get PC6400 at minimum. Seems like SPD doesnt read this mem properly. Sorry if this is a bad question, but I am new to OCing. Thanks in advance for any help. Can someone save their oc profile with similar hardware and post?

[Sparx]

I am new to ocing, but unfortunately am having trouble ocing my memory. I notice that alot of folks get 1:1 timings. How do you do this? I am loading the 30% overclock profile and I get the processor to 346x9 or 3117 MHz, but the memory I get FSB DRAM 4:3 259 MHz. I think this is equiv of PC3400 and I should be able to get much more. I would think I should get PC6400 at minimum. Seems like SPD doesnt read this mem properly. Sorry if this is a bad question, but I am new to OCing. Thanks in advance for any help. Can someone save their oc profile with similar hardware and post?

You may have to set tRFC to 42.
Lawrywild can help you with this.
ALSO, go back about 4 or 5 pages and read about it on this thread.
sparx

[Viper999]

I just dl SPDTool, but am confused. Can someone walk me through exactly what I need to mod to get better perf from these simms ? Very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

[Rattle]

larrywild
Here are my RAM settings as Memset 3.0 reports them. The tRFC is at 28. Is it suppose to be 42 regardless, because I had no problem passing 360.
sparx

Was wondering what the discrepancy is here with trfc of 28 or 42. Mine autos at 28, whats the problem with 28 and how does 42 help.

thanks for the clarification.

[BulldogPO]

So no sub memory timings in this bios either?

[nicepun]

So no sub memory timings in this bios either?

NOPE!!!!!

[Sparx]

Was wondering what the discrepancy is here with trfc of 28 or 42. Mine autos at 28, whats the problem with 28 and how does 42 help.

thanks for the clarification.

Rattle
I wish I could help I still don't have a handle on this, your question is my question as well.

For some setting it to 42 helps, I don't need to. I am curious what would happen if I did set it to 42 though.

sparx