ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[Rattle]

mine is chugging along nicely

[pphx459]

mine is chugging along nicely

Very nice.

So wuts the highest stable oc with that beauty?

[Rattle]

Very nice.

So wuts the highest stable oc with that beauty?

dunno I have benched it briefly at 3700 but havnt really tried to max it out any...

[pancito]

Rattle can you put a screenshot of your memset settings?

I was trying to get 3.6 on Water, but as soon as i overvolt other then the MCH it fails. 3.4 is what i can get with my E6400. 3.2 on Air so of course I was not happy on the Price/Performance.

[Severance]

What are u guys using to overclock in windows? setfsb and clock gen are not working for me. When i apply settings in any of these programs they seem to be working but i have no increase in performance. testing using softsandra and marks are the same. I could use ai booster but i need something that will apply changes without restarting. thanx for any help.

P5WDH delux
x6800 extreme
asus 1950xtx crossfire edition
corsair 8500c5

[pancito]

What are u guys using to overclock in windows? setfsb and clock gen are not working for me. When i apply settings in any of these programs they seem to be working but i have no increase in performance. testing using softsandra and marks are the same. I could use ai booster but i need something that will apply changes without restarting. thanx for any help.

P5WDH delux
x6800 extreme
asus 1950xtx crossfire edition
corsair 8500c5

SysTool, you have to select ICS954123

http://www.techpowerup.com/systool/

[Severance]

SysTool, you have to select ICS954123

http://www.techpowerup.com/systool/

thanx alot for the help i will download and try it.

[Rattle]

Rattle can you put a screenshot of your memset settings?

I was trying to get 3.6 on Water, but as soon as i overvolt other then the MCH it fails. 3.4 is what i can get with my E6400. 3.2 on Air so of course I was not happy on the Price/Performance.

FSB Term 1.3
MCH 1.55
ICH 1.05

only mem settings I set manually are 4-4-4-8 and 400mhz 1:1
all else is auto'd, hyperpath is killed and the usual others.

I dont even have or use memset, if you really need the settings though, post a link to the applicable version and I'll post them up for you.

[Child of Wonder]

This might be a problem with the board so I thought I would ask for any advice anyone could offer troubleshooting this problem.

Here are the components:

Conroe e6600
Asus P5W DH Deluxe BIOS was 1305, now 1602.
2x1GB GSkill PC6400 5-5-5-15
2x250GB WD 250GB SATAII
16x NEC DVD-RW
Antec Truepower 550W (Thermaltake Toughpower 650W on the way)
ATI X1900XT

To start with I couldn't get Windows to install to one of the drives. I would get BSODs and errors during install. Ran Memtest86 for a few mins without errors. Updated BIOS and then was able to install Windows. Tried to install onto a RAID 0 array using Intel built in controller but again got BSODs. Downloaded latest RAID drivers from Intel and was able to install to the RAID array without issue.

Since I got XP installed OK, I downloaded the latest Windows updates and drivers. Then I OCed the CPU to 3GHz at stock voltages. Came up like a champ. Ran 3dMark06 and it went fine (got a 6559).

Decided to run dual instances of Prime95 overnight to test the system. Watched it for a while and temps got up to 37C and that's it (cold in the basement).

In the morning the desktop was blank like the system had rebooted itself. As soon as I moved the mouse it BSODed and rebooted. Now it BSODs when I try to get into Windows, even at stock speeds on the CPU and RAM.

Ran a Memtest again and immediately got errors at 1220MB and 200MB (would seem to indicate both sticks bad).

I'm going to put in a new PSU tonight and test it again. If I still have problems it seems either the motherboard or RAM is causing the problems. I don't have another DDR2 board or I'd move the RAM there and Memtest it on that board.

Any other troubleshooting tips I can try while I'm working on it?

Thanks.

[kimozabe]

I have a similar problem.

Today i built a new rig containing:

E6600
P5WDHDLX
2gb Xtreem 1ghz 5 5 5 15
8800GTX

Windows installed fine but BSOD's during first boot.

Blue bar goes by couple times then BAM, bsod and instant reboot.

Ive disabled almost everything in bios. i also updated to newest bios with usb flash thingie.

All stuff is brand new. What can it be?

/K

[Pol1977]

I have a similar problem.

Today i built a new rig containing:

E6600
P5WDHDLX
2gb Xtreem 1ghz 5 5 5 15
8800GTX

Windows installed fine but BSOD's during first boot.

Blue bar goes by couple times then BAM, bsod and instant reboot.

Ive disabled almost everything in bios. i also updated to newest bios with usb flash thingie.

All stuff is brand new. What can it be?

/K

Your graphics card needs a very powerful PSU... Which PSU are you using?

[kimozabe]

Your graphics card needs a very powerful PSU... Which PSU are you using?

be-quite 600w.

[Sparx]

I have a similar problem.

Today i built a new rig containing:

E6600
P5WDHDLX
2gb Xtreem 1ghz 5 5 5 15
8800GTX

Windows installed fine but BSOD's during first boot.

Blue bar goes by couple times then BAM, bsod and instant reboot.

Ive disabled almost everything in bios. i also updated to newest bios with usb flash thingie.

All stuff is brand new. What can it be?

/K

How about a sig?
sparx

[VIctorj]

Well...now im pissed off.

This freaking board is randomly shutting down...weird thing is cpu fan keeps spinning, but it just shuts down.

This didnt happen with my other C2D(had the ihs ed so had to rma it.)
am i missing something?

It doesnt do it with a horrible celeron that i have laying around..

Its all at stock speeds.

e6400
pr2dh deluxe
gskill 1gb 4-4-4-12 ddr800
fps fortron epsilon 600w
x1900xt

Thanx guys!

PS:Im having a lot of trouble with this board... :/