ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[MarcusTaz]

Gents,

I have the following components:


Antec P180 w/Swiftech H20-120 CPU Cooling
Antec 650w Tri Rail PSU
Intel Q6600
Asus P5WDH Deluxe
4x1GB Crucial Ballistic PC-800 BL2KIT12864AA804
ATI HD 2900XT 1GB DDR4
WD Raptor 150GB 16MB Cache

My question is this,

My system is so new I am thinking of returning my Mobo for an ASUS P5K DELUXE/WIFI-AP P35. I know this may sound silly but I love the DH for the remote. I can shut down/hibernate the pc without having to open my case etc... I can OC my Q6600 to 3.4 Ghz 375 FSB and my memory is 756.8Mhz 1:1 according to CPUZ. I am really happy but I cannot seem to get to that 3.6Ghz 800Mhz 1:1 400FSB even if i use the 8x to drop it to 3.2 ghz 400 FSB is just not stable at all... I am just wondering if it is worth it to get the P35.. It is not that much money maybe $25 more. But will my current DH remote work with it? Any advise would be aprreciated.

Oh on another not I flashed my bios using the Asus Windows Update program. And you all know what happened. Well it erased my eprom and I was stuck with an inoperable board. I just made the switch from AMD and have always used Asus boards and I have never ever had this problem with a flash failing and erasing an eprom. Well another Motherboard later and a hotflash using AFUDOS and all is well. I wish I found this thread before I made that error.

Again any advise would be aprreciated. I have not had an Intel since my 3.05Ghz 478 533Mhz HT proc. It is all new to me again with OCing this. Should I expect more in Ocing a Q6600? Can I acheive 4Ghz stable? And finally will my little remote work with this P35 board.

Thank you in advance.