ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[bete]

It's rated for 2.1v. 2.2v is okay under warranty.

[pr33tz]

What would it be running at if it's on auto? 1.8v?

[NghtShd]

I have this setup but its seems like the keyboard doesn't work well with the motherboard. My problem is i don't seems to be able to press DEL key to go into the bios screen but connecting another PS/2 keyboard to the motherboard works with the DEL key press. Anyone have this problem? I'm using bios 1602. In windows xp pro the keyboard works fine.

Are you pressing the DEL key after the USB had initialized? I use a USB keyboard and it works fine, but I have to wait for the USB controllers to init. I'll see the message "Entering BIOS setup..." and then after the drive detection (including Jmicron) the BIOS setup loads.

[lawrywild]

What would it be running at if it's on auto? 1.8v?

yeh

[Gascogne]

Which bios is best for overclocking?

[lawrywild]

theyre all pretty much the same, use 1602

[Yonya]

theyre all pretty much the same, use 1602

Unless you are running an X6800, when the 1602 won't allow you to fully raise the multiplier correctly....

Allegedly.

[lawrywild]

His sig says E6700.

[pphx459]

what is your batch ver of your CPU? A or B .Thanks

Batch B.

I have read through the pages but i am a little confused to which is causing my system to become unstable cpu or ram? my PC is Stable 4hrs Orthos (stress cpu small fft's) but when i go blend i get about 5mins then the blue screen arrives. I have tried reducing the ram divider and upping the ram volts to 2.3 and the cpu temp is 58c full load (TAT) but still no joy! any help in getting blend stable is appreciated.

Seems that your CPU has reached it's limit. I find the blend tests to be way more accurate than running tests with small fft's. I typically test the system with dual prime 95 and custom settings tho.. (imo, it seems to give the most accurate results). Whenever you get a blue screen at whichever setting, then chances are the system is not stable.

You can try changing the multiplier to 8 and running the tests again at 400fsb...

I have changed nothing in the subsystem. When I first started running this 6400HZ I ran it at 4-4-4-8 everywhere. I thought it was great to be able to run those timings at any fsb I could boot at. Then one morning I tried 3-4-4-8 and it booted just fine then it was 3-4-3-6,then it was 3-3-3-6 I now run this setting everywhere for the last few weeks and now this mem does not like 4-4-4.... at all anymore. Which is fine by me. I just thought it was a bit odd. when I go above 425 fsb I run my volts at 2.4 to run at any mem speed.
My board hits an absolute wall at 426,no matter what it will not boot there. Jump over 426 and it will boot up into the low 430's. I am happy with this but, Asus is hopefully not done yet with their updates there are still issues to be fixed here.. I run my mem on the turbo setting also if that helps anyone.
It is definetly a love hate relationship with these boards.

I can't believe we have almost identical findings. I'll have to lower my timings next... :p

[JimB]

Hi JimB, I'm wondering what RAM you have exactly. I have this one: http://www.geilusa.com/proddetail.asp?linenumber=74

It's also Geil 2.1V 4-4-4-12 rated, but I can't boot higher than 340 FSB without SDP enabled...

Yeah that's the exact same memory as I have.
My first set of this RAM I had to return.
It wouldn't post past FSB 336 1:1, and failed prime 95 at all speeds; even stock.
A memtest86 showed it to have a fault.
The replacement RAM works much better.

[ntvh]

Thank you

pphx459

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They said batch B is run way better than the A. OC easy with MAX Ghz with low Vcore. You are LUCKMAN. Thank you

[pphx459]

lol thanks, I did get lucky with this one. My first one was L627A and it did a max of 395fsb..

I actually asked for the L630A.. lol

[Rattle]

mine is chugging along nicely

[teowws]

Are you pressing the DEL key after the USB had initialized? I use a USB keyboard and it works fine, but I have to wait for the USB controllers to init. I'll see the message "Entering BIOS setup..." and then after the drive detection (including Jmicron) the BIOS setup loads.

oh...come to think of it, i was pressing DEL key when the big ASUS P5W-DH screen appears and never after the USB init but i press DEL key when i see my keyboard backlit light up so i was thinking the USB hub is powered up. This is not user friendly , imagine i have to keep watch of the USB init before i can do any thing. Can't think of this happening on my previous experience with other motherboards.

[pphx459]

mine is chugging along nicely

Very nice.

So wuts the highest stable oc with that beauty?

[kyleslater]

Unless you are running an X6800, when the 1602 won't allow you to fully raise the multiplier correctly....

Allegedly.

Correct. I'm going back to the 1500 series. Though the 1602 had some nice fixes... Except for that multiplier...

[WeldZilla]

I think the very best OC'ing bios for my setup was the 1305. It is very close and the new bios is staying on my computer. I am pleased with it. Let's face we can swap our bios' til we are blue in the face but til Asus comes out with more and better bios updates we will be chasing our tails. I have not had the oppurtunity to run several different types of mem on my system. I have been a G.skill user for quite some time so I bought for this my first venture into DDR-2 So in that regard my mem choice was based on what had worked well in the past and I had heard good things about the 6400HZ the fact that I got a couple really good sticks is as you all know ......the luck of the draw.
So come on Asus finish this board!!! So it will go down as a great board and not a great disappointment. Even tho' I will tell you I for one am happy overall with my setup..

WZ

[ntvh]

I went to the store tonight and got luck with the B ver. Will try when my water blocks arrival. Thank you.

[mat8861]

Anyone has tested this corsair dominator PC8888 - 1111MHz with CAS 4?
http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair...8-8888C4DF.pdf

[VIctorj]

Guys....something strange here: I found a way to get into hardware monitoring...
If you disable USB legacy support...it gets in hardware monitoring just fine...doesnt hang.

[Yonya]

I always found it would let me in 2nd time after a reconfiguration of settings...

[SKiLL3D]

@ASUS!

time for a new BIOS i say again:
more RAMsettings and configuring Vcore without having to disable EIST/C1E

iLL

[lawrywild]

@ASUS!

time for a new BIOS i say again:
more RAMsettings and configuring Vcore without having to disable EIST/C1E

iLL

I just tested 1703 and it's the same as 1602

[lawrywild]

New asus pc probe II dated today if anyone's interested

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/misc/...eII_V10405.zip

[Prelim]

one simple question?

did asus completly forgot the TRFC issue?...im waiting since 3 months ago...no sucess.

I readed somewhere there is a moded bios homemade (by an XS user) with trfc options, is that true?