ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[audiofx81]

Anyone have any clue why my pc wont boot many times, i have to mess with it to get it to post after reboots often. Its very annoying ive tried every bios as well. Now i am getting more drives this week. 3 sata HDs total and 1 sata dvdr. I will not being running raid. Any particulars for a setup. im really at the point where i will never use asus again my last 2 asus boards had issues also. Im thinking of goign back to intel boards never had an issue. Thanks alot!

[Smy]

is there any diffence with 1901 bios and 2001 bios

[Liquid3D]

Here's the list if it helps. I'd love to know what the BETA does.

P5W DH Deluxe Beta BIOS 2004
Latest beta BIOS

P5W DH Deluxe BIOS 1901
Enhance compatibility between EZ-Flash II and USB Flash
Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

P5W DH Deluxe BIOS 1707
Support Intel SpeedStep in Vista
Update JMicron option rom to 1.06.63
Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

P5W DH Deluxe BIOS 1602Fix CPU frequency incorrectly display problem on AiBooster
Enhance HDD compatibility

P5W DH Deluxe BIOS 1506
Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
Enhance memory compatibility

P5W DH Deluxe BIOS 1407
Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
Fix EN7900GTX PCIE VGA Card compatibility issue when PEG Link Mode is set at [Faster]

P5W DH Deluxe BIOS 1305
Update JMicron OptionRom to V1.06.56a

P5W DH Deluxe BIOS 1201
Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

P5W DH Deluxe BIOS 1101
Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

P5W DH Deluxe BIOS 0801
Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com.tw/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

P5W DH Deluxe BIOS 0701
Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

[z751119]

Here's the list if it helps. I'd love to know what the BETA does.

P5W DH Deluxe Beta BIOS 2004
Latest beta BIOS

maybe they only change the number of version

[sesdave]

Anyone have any clue why my pc wont boot many times, i have to mess with it to get it to post after reboots often. Its very annoying ive tried every bios as well. Now i am getting more drives this week. 3 sata HDs total and 1 sata dvdr. I will not being running raid. Any particulars for a setup. im really at the point where i will never use asus again my last 2 asus boards had issues also. Im thinking of goign back to intel boards never had an issue. Thanks alot!

You first need to post all details of your current setup CPU, PSU etc and all your current BIOS settings so the people on this forum can provide suggestions that may be able to help you. This setup guide may be of use http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardw...ict197995.html.

[audiofx81]

You first need to post all details of your current setup CPU, PSU etc and all your current BIOS settings so the people on this forum can provide suggestions that may be able to help you. This setup guide may be of use http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardw...ict197995.html.

E6600
P5W DH Deluxe
2 Gigs Corsair memory xms2
Pioneer sata dvdr
Seagate 7200rpm SataII HD
Tagan PSU 500w

I am not trying to overclock at all.

[sesdave]

E6600
P5W DH Deluxe
2 Gigs Corsair memory xms2
Pioneer sata dvdr
Seagate 7200rpm SataII HD
Tagan PSU 500w

I am not trying to overclock at all.

A 500w PSU might be a bit light - what graphic card have you got.? If its an 8800 you probably want more juice ! Check all your connections - 24pin and 4 pin 12v. Post all your BIOS settings - In my experience setup tends to be more stable if you enter values rather than use defaults/auto irrespective of overclocking or not - especially for the memory settings on this board.

[audiofx81]

A 500w PSU might be a bit light - what graphic card have you got.? If its an 8800 you probably want more juice ! Check all your connections - 24pin and 4 pin 12v. Post all your BIOS settings - In my experience setup tends to be more stable if you enter values rather than use defaults/auto irrespective of overclocking or not - especially for the memory settings on this board.

Yes i am using defualt settings. Dont want to overclock or anything of that nature. Its been a long time since i was hardcore into computers and so much has changed ofcourse. I also want to know if this is ideal.

Boot Drive: Sata1
DVDR: Sata3
Data Drive: Sata 4
Data2 Drive: Jmicron.

The way it appears to me if im not using raid i really only have 3 sata ports w/o using jmicron. Also I can not find the right driver to enable AHCI and actually get windows to boot w/o retarting my machine at black bootup screen (xp pro 32). i get an error when running the intel matrix storage driver says my system does not meet requirements. I did install the 975x chipset driver.

Also my ps is a tagan 580w i said 500w before, my video card is x1600 ati chipset. i dont play pc games

[sesdave]

Yes i am using defualt settings. Dont want to overclock or anything of that nature. Its been a long time since i was hardcore into computers and so much has changed ofcourse. I also want to know if this is ideal

Did you install the drivers for AHCI when installing windows - if not you can try this to save a reinstall. I havent tried it but the thread posts say it works!
http://www.motherboardpoint.com/t110...tallation.html
Are you running stable yet - did you follow the guide I posted and try entering all the settings in the bios even if you are running at stock. There is a lot of information around on setting this board up - try this
thread for more info http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=112776 and this one to get lower board temps from NB/SB chips. http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.p...&highlight=p5w
The E6600 is a great overclocker - Doesnt matter if you play games - it fun to have a faster propcessor for nothing!. You dont need to push it like the rest of us - once you are stable on stock try increasing FSB and see how high it will run stable with no vcore increase.