ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[sesdave]

A general point which I hope most agree with - as of late there a quite a few posts b****ing about this board. I thought the purpose of this thread is for people to state P5W problems and get advice from the large audience of people who have good experience in overclocking especially on this board. That way all can achieve the best performance they can from using this board. Be nice to keep it focused on that and the posts informative!.

[holwill]

Well all I have is praise for this board, since August last year it has not missed a beat! I have had no problems with ram timings,no problems with raid 0 and since changing from a l624a to l644g it sits happily @3.6 with manual timings.I can not say the same about previous Abit or Gigabyte boards!

[MacClipper]

I agree that this is one seriously stable mobo - after settling the early teething Jmicron driver issues, been running mine without much problems till now.

Still on BIOS 1506, I wonder if the latter BIOS versions allow a manually selected Vcore and still allow EIST/C1E to work (just like on my previously owned P5B Dlx)?

[Ra7or]

Not true - remember its only a guide not a bible! Only some have to use SPD enabled to boot above 370. There could be many other reasons why you cant run 400 with manual settings on memory. Do you know if you CPU can run 400 FSB - you arent guaranteed that it will. What settings are you using in the bios for your overclock.

I am running with 400FSB, full stable with orthos, but with very bad timmings, I don't know if it is because of the BIOS version, mine its 1901 and I have tried 2004 also.

In the guide I have checked and compared to my settings and it seemed alright.
I think that this mobo can give more FSB, maybe 420Mhz.
Regards

[nicepun]

I don't think we're going to get anymore updates for this mobo, since the chipset mobos are coming out.

[sesdave]

I am running with 400FSB, full stable with orthos, but with very bad timmings, I don't know if it is because of the BIOS version, mine its 1901 and I have tried 2004 also.

In the guide I have checked and compared to my settings and it seemed alright.
I think that this mobo can give more FSB, maybe 420Mhz.
Regards

Are you trying to run 1:1 DDR800 with the memory in you signature . If you are I am suprised it runs at all at that speed with any timings !. You could really do with some 2 x 1GB PC2-6400 at least. What timings are you using..

Edit - Lawrywild is probably right - I checked the RAM list and they my have micron chips - What rev are they.?. If they are Microns they should run DDR 800 - 4,4,4,12 with some extra volts which will be fine.

[lawrywild]

That corsair I think has same chips as my old ADATA stuff which did ddr2-920 4-4-4-12 with 2.2v so it's not bad stuff

[zsamz_]

i'm keepin board cause its stable

tried flashing back bios to 1701 but afudos cant load bios
had renamed it P5WDH.ROM
tried by usb verry weird

[zsamz_]

p5w just died lol
rma here i come

[~aoe~]

Lawrywild: I was just checking the pics of your rig in your sig, and was wondering what chipset heatsinks you are using on the NB and SB. I've been having problems trying to install the Thermalright HR-05 on the NB (retaining clip supplied doesn't work), so am looking for an alternative.

Additionally, you seem to have kept the original mosfet heatsink, which suggests you cut the heatpipes. Is this as simple as it looks, or is there a secret to it?

[lawrywild]

They're thermaltake extreme spirit II's and yeh, it's as easy as it looks.

[Ra7or]

Are you trying to run 1:1 DDR800 with the memory in you signature . If you are I am suprised it runs at all at that speed with any timings !. You could really do with some 2 x 1GB PC2-6400 at least. What timings are you using..

Edit - Lawrywild is probably right - I checked the RAM list and they my have micron chips - What rev are they.?. If they are Microns they should run DDR 800 - 4,4,4,12 with some extra volts which will be fine.

I have tried running with 800Mhz and 600Mhz with my mems, the SPD was enable because even with 1:1 or 4:3 the computer just wont boot with SPD enable.
I think that with this mobo the best is running 1:1, but I just don't have any mem cooler, I am waiting to buy one

You were talking about my mem's ICs?? If I am not wrong My mems are (VS1GBKIT667D2) with Powerchips ICs.
Tanks for helping me

[lawrywild]

Yeah, they aren't Micron for sure sesdave. (my ADATA's weren't Micron )

Mine also did not boot manual timings. It was definately the ram like I've said right from the start of this thread. Same board now with 4GB Ballistix and booting manual timings is no problem at all.

I was lucky and sold mine right before the price drops on ebay and managed to basically trade budget ram in for D9 Ballistix at no extra expense

Ra7or, if you can, I suggest trying to sell the ram and get some D9 while it's so cheap. I recommend Ballistix ofcourse plus Crucial have an amazing RMA service.

[Ra7or]

Yeah, they aren't Micron for sure sesdave. (my ADATA's weren't Micron )

Mine also did not boot manual timings. It was definately the ram like I've said right from the start of this thread. Same board now with 4GB Ballistix and booting manual timings is no problem at all.

I was lucky and sold mine right before the price drops on ebay and managed to basically trade budget ram in for D9 Ballistix at no extra expense

Ra7or, if you can, I suggest trying to sell the ram and get some D9 while it's so cheap. I recommend Ballistix ofcourse plus Crucial have an amazing RMA service.

Thanks for the advise I am going to do some more OC and than bye bye value pack.

Now that times are changing I am thinking in a 2Gb or 4Gb pack of OCZ, Teamgroup maybe, or Crucial, I don't know yet.
Thanks for everything

[lawrywild]

Woohoo, finally I got a hold of a BIOS editor which will open recent AMI bios files

http://rapidshare.com/files/34110860/AMI_tool_8_RC1.rar

Run AMIBCP.EXE in the archive then open a ROM. Thing is there isn't much to edit in a P5WDH bios

[GFORCE100]

Woohoo, finally I got a hold of a BIOS editor which will open recent AMI bios files

http://rapidshare.com/files/34110860/AMI_tool_8_RC1.rar

Run AMIBCP.EXE in the archive then open a ROM. Thing is there isn't much to edit in a P5WDH bios

There's actually a lot you can change if you open up the tree like structure for various sub-menus.

[lawrywild]

Yeh I know about them ofcourse lol but there is no extra options to unhide in the BIOS.

[roughtrader]

Hi all,

I have a 6420 C2D with P5W DH. Right now I'm using Geil DDR2 800 modules.
I can get 400 MHz FSB, 800 MHz memory, but only with SPD which produces awful timings.
I can also get 333 MHz FSB, 1000MHz memory, 5-5-5-15 manual settings.

I'm thinking to get G.Skill 2GBHZ memory modules because I heard they can post 4-4-4-12 timings in SPD. It seems that regardless of what memory is in the banks, the P5W won't post with 400 MHz FSB unless SPD is enabled.

Do the G.Skill modules actually produce SPD 4-4-4-12 at 800 MHz? Anyone have any other memory recommendations? My target is 400 FSB with 4-4-4-12 timings at 800 MHz.

Thanks,

RoughTrader

[lawrywild]

It seems that regardless of what memory is in the banks, the P5W won't post with 400 MHz FSB unless SPD is enabled.

Erm maybe you want to read 5 posts above yours

[roughtrader]

I haven't read anything definitive about the 2GBHZ's in this thread.
Before I buy, I want to make sure these modules will SPD to 4-4-4-12 with P5WDH. Any info on this?

Thanks,

RoughTrader

[malik22]

Whats the max fsb for a q6600 on this board?

[lawrywild]

No everything will run 5-6-6-18 with SPD timings above 266fsb.

[lawrywild]

Whats the max fsb for a q6600 on this board?

That is entirely dependant on the board itself and the cpu.

[crossg]

Whats the max fsb for a q6600 on this board?

I am only able to get about 340 fsb stable(bios 2004) but I don't believe it 's the max fsb. When I up the Vcore over 1.35v it boots to the welcome screen and reboots. So I have the same question as you. Has anybody had any luck getting over 360 fsb stable on this board. My question is Here

[bichi]

Woohoo, finally I got a hold of a BIOS editor which will open recent AMI bios files

Thanks for the nice tools...

There's actually a lot you can change if you open up the tree like structure for various sub-menus.

Agreed! - will be a timesaver/less errors, if one sets settings that don't need changes every "experimental" attempt....
examples: default CPU, chipset features and QFAN Control settings!