ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[pentium777]

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Oth...002-WHQL.shtml

here you go Intel Matrix Storage Manager 6.2.0.2002 WHQL

BETA right?

[GLENBOY]

yes its beta working fine though just installed on mine no probs

[ThickFog]

When I ran my board with the 20-pin ATX connector I had problems with firewire and the jmicron controller. The jmicron seemed to work ok in certain configs, but if configed wrong the system wouldn't even post (even the video wouldn't init). In XP I would have 32 ieee1394 host controllers in device manager when using the 20-pin ATX.

I would check the voltage on the ATX connector pins 11, 12 and 23 (look here). If those are good then maybe the connector is bad.

I knew my luck had to end sometime.. so im getting the bios lockups again. windows restarted randomly, and now i get get past the hit tab or f8 screen.

On the 24 pin power supply cable, on the 20pin connector (not the extra 4 I have to plug in) i seam to be missing one of the pins entirely, the square is there but no cable or metal connector. Normal?

[NghtShd]

ThickFog
Glad you got it running.

Nghtshd, are you thinking the atx connector on the Power Supply is bad?
sparx

The board seems to be behaving similar to how mine did with the extra 12v, 5v and 3.3v connections missing. If it is a power issue then it could be the PSU or possibly the connection to the board or one of those wires.

[ThickFog]

The board seems to be behaving similar to how mine did with the extra 12v, 5v and 3.3v connections missing. If it is a power issue then it could be the PSU or possibly the connection to the board or one of those wires.

12v is the extra 4 pins in the atx connector, and the 3.3v is the one next to the cpu? were is the 5v?

Is that missing pin normal ? (post above)

[NghtShd]

12v is the extra 4 pins in the atx connector, and the 3.3v is the one next to the cpu? were is the 5v?

Is that missing pin normal ? (post above)

Yeah a missing pin 20 is normal on newer PSUs. Pin 23 is +5v, pin 11 is +12v and pin 12 is +3.3v. Of course, you shouldn't only check those, I just know my board runs without those connected at all, but is very unstable and weird acting, so I'd check them first.

[davexl]

I can't seem to find info on the following two settings: CPU Internal Thermal Control and DRAM Thermal Throttling.

Could anyone enlighten me?

DRAM Thermal Throttling - I think this hurts an overclock, I have always disabled it.

CPU Internal Thermal Control: does no harm to an overclock - I have 3.6GHz plus ocs that are 48hr+ Orthos stable that have this enabled. I can't see anything that it actually does, but as it might be responsible for throttling the CPU to prevent heat damage (speculation) I leave it on.

[JokerCPoC]

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Oth...002-WHQL.shtml

here you go Intel Matrix Storage Manager 6.2.0.2002 WHQL

Hey is there an XP x64 version of this driver?

[Sparx]

I was able to install the Thermalright 120 ultra as a replacement for the Big Typhoon but the Ortho Load temps dropped only a small amount from 68C to 64C which is only 7F, which is basically nothing.

The idle temps went from 42C to 36C. I have to say the mounting system of the 120 Ultra is better than the Typhoon, but this conversion was a waste in my situation, a waste of time and money.

I also received the HR-05 MCH (northbridge) thermalright heat sink but was unable to install because the hardware included does not mate up with the loops on the PW5 DH. In additon it would be a very tight fit with the big cpu heat sink so close.

I hope I can return the Hr-05 for a small restocking fee. Maybe after the AS5 burns in a little the temps will drop some, but I doubt they will. If you have a BIG Typhoon with decent temps save your money and stay with it.

sparx

[TWY]

DRAM Thermal Throttling - I think this hurts an overclock, I have always disabled it.

CPU Internal Thermal Control: does no harm to an overclock - I have 3.6GHz plus ocs that are 48hr+ Orthos stable that have this enabled. I can't see anything that it actually does, but as it might be responsible for throttling the CPU to prevent heat damage (speculation) I leave it on.

Thanks..

I'm quite puzzled on the DRAM throttling one though.. Wonder how this works, and I don't think there are any sensors on the RAMs to begin with..

[triggerc]

the swiftech mcx159-cu definitely fits, and its only a little worse than the hr-05

[davexl]

I was able to install the Thermalright 120 ultra as a replacement for the Big Typhoon but the Ortho Load temps dropped only a small amount from 68C to 64C which is only 7F, which is basically nothing.

The idle temps went from 42C to 36C. I have to say the mounting system of the 120 Ultra is better than the Typhoon, but this conversion was a waste in my situation, a waste of time and money.

I also received the HR-05 MCH (northbridge) thermalright heat sink but was unable to install because the hardware included does not mate up with the loops on the PW5 DH. In additon it would be a very tight fit with the big cpu heat sink so close.

I hope I can return the Hr-05 for a small restocking fee. Maybe after the AS5 burns in a little the temps will drop some, but I doubt they will. If you have a BIG Typhoon with decent temps save your money and stay with it.

sparx

I suppose it comes down to expectations - I got a 10C drop in Load temps by replacing my Typhoon with the Ultra-120. But it is replacing a great cooler with an awesome one. I don't think we will see much more dramatic gains in the future.

[ThickFog]

Well now my problem has progressed to one of three situations;

1)I get 100% stuck at the choose del or f8 screen

2)The mobo reads the ram as PC2-5200 and i get an overvoltage error forcing me into bios were all settings are fine (i use sparxs recommendations)

3) i get into windows were, i recive a random restart, with no set time variable

I also checked the voltages, everthing seams to check out. Most of the voltages are a tenth off, and about 0.11-0.3 of noise.

Arg...What can we do now...

[dmilazzo78]

Thickfog,

Reset your mobo to all stock settings and it should be fine then tweek each custom setting one by one that will lead you to your problem

Hope this helps

P.s.. your ram reads at 5200 becuase your probaly have it set to 667 set it to 800 and it will be 6400 then

[ThickFog]

Thickfog,

Reset your mobo to all stock settings and it should be fine then tweek each custom setting one by one that will lead you to your problem

Hope this helps

P.s.. your ram reads at 5200 becuase your probaly have it set to 667 set it to 800 and it will be 6400 then

Flash my bios, or just reset to defults?

Right noe my settings have my ram as ddr2-800, i still ocassionaly get the overvoltage error

[Pol1977]

I was able to install the Thermalright 120 ultra as a replacement for the Big Typhoon but the Ortho Load temps dropped only a small amount from 68C to 64C which is only 7F, which is basically nothing.

The idle temps went from 42C to 36C. I have to say the mounting system of the 120 Ultra is better than the Typhoon, but this conversion was a waste in my situation, a waste of time and money.

I also received the HR-05 MCH (northbridge) thermalright heat sink but was unable to install because the hardware included does not mate up with the loops on the PW5 DH. In additon it would be a very tight fit with the big cpu heat sink so close.

I hope I can return the Hr-05 for a small restocking fee. Maybe after the AS5 burns in a little the temps will drop some, but I doubt they will. If you have a BIG Typhoon with decent temps save your money and stay with it.

sparx

I don't know what you expected, but 4 C under load is a decent difference, especially since you already had a good cooler... I wouldn't say you wasted anything.

Pity about the HR-05 though... I was thinking about getting one of those myself.

[catscit]

I don't know what you expected, but 4 C under load is a decent difference, especially since you already had a good cooler... I wouldn't say you wasted anything.

Pity about the HR-05 though... I was thinking about getting one of those myself.

use the steel bracket from the original cooler on the hr-05, works on my board.

[cuke2u]

Hi OldGuy and many thanks for your reply. I can test is with memtest right? Right now I've dropped the memory timings to 5 5 5 15. I didn't get any crashes with Fear but I will test further....
ChrisC

[Thickbrit]

cpu overvoltage error can usually be avoided by disabling vcore monitoring in the bios.

[ntvh]

thank you guys.
After twist and turn MY MB LAN1 not working any more. So I'm using LAN2. But after twist and turn again my MB sound plug not working at all. Called customer service they do some test on BIOS and they asked me to sent the MB back to them for repair it. What is the F with this MB. So many problems. Is there any better MB from ASUS that use for E6600? Thanks

[DutchBBQ]

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Oth...002-WHQL.shtml

here you go Intel Matrix Storage Manager 6.2.0.2002 WHQL

Or straight from ASUS FTP site:

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/misc/...a_V6202002.zip

[rivlez]

this boards overclocking is very strange. i can get 3.1ghz(443x7) with my e6300 with all stock voltages but no matter what voltages I increase it will not be stable anything past that. hope they release a bios that fixes FSB wall problems, i'm sure this board can do 500+ with the right bios. anyone else run into something like this?

[Levesque]

I finally solved (a part of it...) my long boot problems. It was a faulty (or dying) hard drive.

My dealer exchange it for free for a new one, and i bought a second one to do a RAID 0 config (2X Seagate 7200.10 320Gb). When I power off/on, I'm in Windows XP in around 30 seconds!!!

But... If I reboot and don't power off/on, then it still takes around 2 minutes... or more... Sigh...

Can a "pro" explain to me what's the difference between the reboot and the power off/on cycle? What's happening in the reboot that is not happening (or is happening...) when I power the computer on?

What could explain those differences in boot time?

[Thickbrit]

this boards overclocking is very strange. i can get 3.1ghz(443x7) with my e6300 with all stock voltages but no matter what voltages I increase it will not be stable anything past that. hope they release a bios that fixes FSB wall problems, i'm sure this board can do 500+ with the right bios. anyone else run into something like this?

At 443 you have probably hit the chipsets limit,only increased cooling or voltage to the northbridge will get your fsb higher.Due to the extremely low multi/high fsb of the e6300,i'd say e6300 + p5wdh is a poor choice for overclocking.965 chipset would have been a better and cheaper option if you dont run crossfire.

[rivlez]

At 443 you have probably hit the chipsets limit,only increased cooling or voltage to the northbridge will get your fsb higher.Due to the extremely low multi/high fsb of the e6300,i'd say e6300 + p5wdh is a poor choice for overclocking.965 chipset would have been a better and cheaper option if you dont run crossfire.

i have water cooling on the northbridge and cpu and a nice cooler on the southbridge but still thats its limit. that cpu does 3.6ghz easy on my p5b deluxe.