ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[zbogorgon]

why is not posible to change multi beyond 11 with X6800 on this pofuk board ?

i tried bios 2004, 1901, others wont flash ?

[WeldZilla]

Well yes scaramonga I should clarify that. This has been a truly great board for some of us who knew how to get at it's goodness. Funny I have set up a dozen of these boards for people 4 of them bought new and 8 of them that were duds that the owner was just thrilled to unload!!! and every last one of them is running at 400+ daily and all will run over at 425 fsb just fine. I set them up based on their cooling ability so 1 of them besides mine runs at 425 daily, 4 run at 416, 3 at 412 qnd 4 at 400. not a one of them has needed anything. They just run and run. Yup you guys keep selling them cheap and I'll just keep buying them. I actually got one for $85 and a e6600 bad batch piece of crap for $160 and it is the one that also runs 425 daily............

All of them are running on the 2004 bios and all of them are running G.Skill 6400HZ ...... Oh scaramonga check out the scores in my sig I hardly find them laughable............

WZ

[BulldogPO]

Dudes, what is that problem I´m having.
Everytime I boot my computer Vista reports that there is problem in networkconnection(wired) and I have to repair it after every boot.

[mashakos]

... every last one of them is running at 400+ daily ...

at what multiplier and voltages?

Good joke - I presume that was a mistype and you meant 400 FSB because I think you will find hardly anyone (if anyone at all) has hit 500 on this board.
To get you started on the way to overclocking nirvana use this link to an overclocking guide and take it from there.

what about the ppl with p5w in the 600 club???

[sesdave]

at what multiplier and voltages?



what about the ppl with p5w in the 600 club???

Correct me if I am wrong but I understand that club to be for people running memory @ 1200 with 2:3 or 4:5 dividers - not for CPU running with FSB=600

[mashakos]

Correct me if I am wrong but I understand that club to be for people running memory @ 1200 with 2:3 or 4:5 dividers - not for CPU running with FSB=600

yeah you're right, the two over there have fsb's in the 300 range...

[Cornel]

i saw someplace in this post a list of what shold be enabled and what shold be disabled i bios to get the best overclock.
Anyone know where that list is?

[sesdave]

i saw someplace in this post a list of what shold be enabled and what shold be disabled i bios to get the best overclock.
Anyone know where that list is?

I posted a link on this page to an OC guide which refers to most BIOS settings and starter voltages. Here it is again http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardw...ict197995.html

[lawrywild]

No... or... it dont show up in Windows. I've tryed to add the gfx adapter manually, but that didnt work.

Does the card work in the second slot on its own? Maybe the pci-e slot is dodgy

[Ron]

This has bee a great thread. I read all of it before I set up my P5W-DH and things have gone smoothly. I have a question regarding memory timings. I have an E6400 on this board running at a 430FSB with the 8x multiplier=3.44GHz Orthos stable for 14hrs, 2x1GB G.Skill 6400HZ's @ 1:1=860MHz @4-4-4-5, Memtest stable for 20hrs. What are the benefits from running 4-4-4-5 vs the standard SPD timings of 4-4-4-12? Do I stand a higher chance of getting a corrupted operating system with the tighter timings? dVIMM is set at 2.1v.

[lawrywild]

I guess you have a higher chance yeh, but aslong as they remain memtest stable then you should be fine. 4-4-4-5 is only slightly faster than 4-4-4-12 though.

[graham_h]

how to flash back the bios ? from 2004 to 1707
can you use afudos off a thumb drive ?

[GueD'S]

Quick question, i search but didnt found it now, wich slots is the better choice to put ram? Orange or black? Thanks.

[Liquid3D]

For the BIOS flash what I find easiest is to download the utility Asus Update v7.09.02 which works through Windows. Then download the zipped bios file here 1701 and open that file. Open Asus Update and choose "Update BIOS from File" in the drop-down menu as seen below. You can also choose Chek BIOS Version from that ame drop-down menu. Before you flash anything make sure our CPU isn't overclocked and your system settings are stable (I'm sure you know this).

For the memory question orange DIMMs are primary dual channel.

[sesdave]

how to flash back the bios ? from 2004 to 1707
can you use afudos off a thumb drive ?

Using Asus update to flash back to an older BIOS has never worked for me as it always says current BIOS is a later version and wont flash. Use this link
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/show...postcount=4569
to my previous post for instructions on flashing to an older BIOS and how to setup a USB flash drive as bootable.

[lawrywild]

how to flash back the bios ? from 2004 to 1707
can you use afudos off a thumb drive ?

Yes, you can, you need to make it bootable first, (search that on google), then put ms-dos files onto it and afudos 2.17 with the bios file. Then boot it and type

afudos /iBIOS.rom /pbnc /n

[graham_h]

Flashing back to an older BIOS I can help with as I have just tried 2004 and gone back to 1707. Download AFUDOS 2.11. Get the BIOS version you want and rename it to P5WDH.ROM. Create Boot Floppy or USB Flash boot - create Boot flash with either HP one posted or this http://www.weethet.nl/english/hardwa...musbstick.php#. Copy AFUSOS and BIOS to floppy or USB Flash. If you are using Flash USB configure BIOS to change the boot sequence so that the USB flash drive is boot before a hard drive, and also disable "Legacy Diskette A" on the BIOS Main pageBoot . Insert drive/floppy - Boot to DOS and run afudos /ip5wdh.rom
I have just remembered that I forgot to to disable all CPU configuration settings especially virtulisation when I flashed the BIOS to 2004 which might explain my spurios BSOD with that version and why I am getting them when I flashed back. I might give it another try as others are giving it good posts - might be worh checking you CPU settings. You wheted my appetite as I am getting RAM with more potential so I have been looking into the dividers - more info on 4:5 2:3 dividers from EVA2000 http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...7&postcount=33 points to memory with trd=6 being the culprit. He also refers t MB/NB temps - I stuck a 40mm fan on my NB which I found helped a lot. Here some more which all poiunts to TRD=6 as the problem .http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/.../t-115729.html

That was a huge help sesdave and George of course
trd=6 being the culprit was the problem
Back to where I was

[Liquid3D]

I apologize I forgot I had the same problem trying to flash back with Asus Update, this program was obviously named literally

[graham_h]

no need now anyways
2004 is working fine.
Damn picky board

P5K will sort that out

[mashakos]

so, my cpu and motherboard are dead....

I was trying to install a thermalright MOSFET cooler without taking everything out, I tried to cut the stock cooler's push pins with a scissor. I ended up breaking one of the mosfets. I didn't notice all this till AFTER I turned the PC on and kept turning it on several times.

Two days ago I bought another P5w DH (rev 1.04G) and found out that the CPU was fried. I came to this conclusion after several hours of troubleshooting.

Anyway, to make a long story short... I now have a choice of either an E6600 or an E6700.

I have three questions:

What steppings / batch numbers should I be looking out for?

Is the E6700 worth the extra price? On my old board with stock NB cooling / CPU water cooling, the most stable I got was 340 FSB and 1066 memory on 3:4 divider. This was on high voltage settings. How much of an overclock can I expect from an E6700 with this board?

I have 2 gigs of HyperX PC2 9600 memory. I know it can go up to 1Ghz stable but is there any posibility of reaching it's rated speed of 1.2Ghz on a P5W dh?

I'm sitting on my litle bro's laptop writing this, I need some cheering up

EDIT:
my specs:
*NO CPU*
2gb of Kingston HyperX PC2 9600 1.2Ghz DDR2
P5W DH 1.04G
ASUS 8800GTX
Enermax Liberty 500W
DangerDen Black Ice GTX, Laing DDC pump, 1/2" tubing, Core 2 Duo TDX copper CPU block

[lawrywild]

Unlikely you'll hit 1200 ram on 975x. My P5WDH can't even do 1000 stable, only for some superpi

[mashakos]

Unlikely you'll hit 1200 ram on 975x. My P5WDH can't even do 1000 stable, only for some superpi

hmmm, crap.

So I guess I have to concentrate on ocing the CPU. Where can I find out solid info on core 2 duo batch model performance? I'm having a tough time finding this info from google.

I found a few threads on the P5W DH rev. 1.04G, but I need to know how well it overclocks. Has anyone here tested one?

Does the E6700 run cooler than an E6600 at 3Ghz+ ?

Oh yeah, I got 2 thermalright hr-05's and one hr-09 moset cooler (the one that got me into this mess!). How well do after maret coolers do with this board. I had high IHCR7 idle temps using the stck cooler even after cleaning and using Arctic Silver 5. The readings on SpeedFan were 32C to 37C idle after the pc was on for some time (41C on load). That's why I got the thermalright coolers, I was suspecting that this was the cause for my low overclock.

[sesdave]

hmmm, crap.

So I guess I have to concentrate on ocing the CPU. Where can I find out solid info on core 2 duo batch model performance? I'm having a tough time finding this info from google.

I found a few threads on the P5W DH rev. 1.04G, but I need to know how well it overclocks. Has anyone here tested one?

Does the E6700 run cooler than an E6600 at 3Ghz+ ?

Oh yeah, I got 2 thermalright hr-05's and one hr-09 moset cooler (the one that got me into this mess!). How well do after maret coolers do with this board. I had high IHCR7 idle temps using the stck cooler even after cleaning and using Arctic Silver 5. The readings on SpeedFan were 32C to 37C idle after the pc was on for some time (41C on load). That's why I got the thermalright coolers, I was suspecting that this was the cause for my low overclock.

Have you tried reading or searching on this thread - its all about overclocking conroes on the P5W. If you seek ye shall find!

[mashakos]

Have you tried reading or searching on this thread - its all about overclocking the P5W and problems with it . If you seek ye shall find!

I've been searching for over an hour man, this is a BIG thread!

If you remember any particular post with the info I am looking for, I'd apreciate it if you gave me a link or a few words from the therad I can use in the search form.

[sesdave]

I've been searching for over an hour man, this is a BIG thread!

If you remember any particular post with the info I am looking for, I'd apreciate it if you gave me a link or a few words from the therad I can use in the search form.

Fair point - I am having a bad day! Note that Lawrywild has 4GB of ram which will stress the memory controller (NB) more so the fact he gets near 1000 is pretty good. Plenty are running memory higher than that with 2 Gb but that may not be to their advantage. I previously posted this article http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mem...ory-guide.html which indicates that if you are not setting FSB above 400 then you are best to run 1:1 with tightest timings. The only real difference between e6600 and e5700 is the mutiplier. Bang for buck its the e6600 as they clock pretty good - later ones seem to run a bit cooler nbut its still luck of the draw.Most get 3.4 -3.6 If you get lucky and have good cooling they go higher. Batch 28-32 seem pretty good - there a few post that the latest 44g are not very good for overclocking. Whats your setup - could be your case that is causing the NB temperatures to creep although I run about 33-34 with MCH=1.65v and thats with a 40mm fan on the NB after applying AS5.