ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[phile]

On an entirely different matter (although concerning the Asus P5W DH Deluxe post v1301 BIOS) I have noticed something odd about the motherboard. I should point out this was happening before I even started my overclocking attempts. It was happening with v1301 and continues with v1305. If one saves changes in the BIOS and exits then the computer powers off for a moment but then restarts itself as normal. Secondly the same thing happens if I restart (obviously using the restart button) in Windows XP Pro x64. Is this normal?

I am currently using v1305 of the BIOS.

That's normal behavior when the systen is overclocked, but you're the first person I have seen experiencing that at stock. Maybe, it's something to do with XP64. Have you tried resetting BIOS to default setting and rebooting?

-phil

[DarthVader]

That's normal behavior when the systen is overclocked, but you're the first person I have seen experiencing that at stock. Maybe, it's something to do with XP64. Have you tried resetting BIOS to default setting and rebooting?

-phil

Na I doubt it is x64 that is causing it because it does it when leaving the BIOS too. However, it did start doing this before I began overclocking when I flashed it to 1301. Although in saying that I obviously had the memory set to DDR2-800 and 4-4-4-12 at that point anyway.

I presume this switching off won't cause any damage?

EDIT - I did get this response in another forum though (apparently from the Asus techies):

This behaviour is caused by system's limitation. For over-clocking, the
internal PLL of NB would not lock on the high clock right away, so that means
system could not hold on the clock frequency immediately after reset. That's
why we add a auto-power down scheme to fix this issue. Of course, this
behaviour only occurs at over-clocking scenario.