ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[sesdave]

thanks for all the replies, I appreciate it.

feeling is mutual hehe. More like bad week!

Thanks for the tip on memory timings! Although I tried 340 1:1 at 3-3-3-9 and 340fsb 3:4 at 5-5-5-15 and the 3:4 setting had overall faster load times from start up to running some apps.
Something caught my eye in your article:

I was having problems getting the right ratio before my cpu burnt. I could only run the pc successfully at 1:1 or 3:4. Are there specific ratios that are best for the p5w dh?

:p

Note the article conclusion was optimum CPU/memory performance 1:1 @400 FSB with tightest timings unless the FSB was clocked higher. It implies no gain of running @400 FSB with a 4:5 lots of people are running okay with 4:5 dividers above 400 but the board/BIOS doesnt work well with all memory. Re temperature from GTX -have a look at the Akasa exaust blower - if you mount it a coupl.e of slots below your card you should get a temperature drop. Also worth replacing the paste on teh card with AS5.Are you running the fan ay 100% - if not use Riva to do so - that will drop the temps quite a bit. E6600 vs E6700 is an interesting google! Personally I would sticj with an E6600 - there is no guarantee that an E6700 will overclock higher.