ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[begundal]

i have 1.04G with BIOS 2004

when i boot i got New CPU Installed message press F1 to enter setup F2 to load default values and continue this happens very often
my first conclusion was the bios battery is weakened but when i entered the bios setup nothing change, they all set the way i set them, than i save the bios and exit. sometimes the new cpu installed message gone and more often i have to enter bios setup and exit and save changes many many times
finally after reading the user's manual i found a bios setup option in Boot > Boot Settings Configuration > Wait For "F1" If Error > Disabled
with that oiption disabled new cpu installed message still appear but doesn't wait for me to press anything, and continues entering windows xp

unfortunately my PC2-6400 4x1GB PNY RAM is detected as PC2-5300, and i need to manually put DDR2-800 in Advanced > Jumperfree Configuration > DRAM Frequency
so my workaround still has flaw, i managed entering windows but with PC2-5300

and for the last problem in ASUS website faq it said to use 4GB ram i need to enable memory remap feature in Advanced > Chip Configuration > Memory Remap Featured
i can't seems to find that option in BIOS setup and the BIOS only read 3200MB ram
and i'm using P4 631 if that matters

any comments would be much appreciated

[anzial]

I hate ASUS with passion. Technical support is the worst of anyone else, I swear I'll never buy another product from them. To explain why - my board died over a month ago, in June. Asus fiddled with RMA for a month only to send me an earlier rev of the board (1.03 instead of 1.04). When I complained, they claimed that I've sent in 1.02 according to the serial number (which was numerically larger than the 1.03 they have sent to me!). OK, I insisted so they carried out an investigation (a few more days). Well, they confirm I've sent in 1.04 and offer an equal replacement. Guess what? A week later I recieve another 1.03! WTF! I wish Asus was just wiped off the map, they do not deserve to exist.

EDIT: Alright, I'm venting a little, but really, just how stupid they think I am? I mean, each time they attach a piece of paper where it is indicated that I'm supplied with rev. 1.04 board but on the board itself it says 1.03... Jeez, what a bunch of incompetent fools.

OK, I won't say anything anymore Sorry about this, I just had to share this with someone. It's US ASUS, btw

[MarcusTaz]

I hate ASUS with passion. Technical support is the worst of anyone else, I swear I'll never buy another product from them. To explain why - my board died over a month ago, in June. Asus fiddled with RMA for a month only to send me an earlier rev of the board (1.03 instead of 1.04). When I complained, they claimed that I've sent in 1.02 according to the serial number (which was numerically larger than the 1.03 they have sent to me!). OK, I insisted so they carried out an investigation (a few more days). Well, they confirm I've sent in 1.04 and offer an equal replacement. Guess what? A week later I recieve another 1.03! WTF! I wish Asus was just wiped off the map, they do not deserve to exist.

EDIT: Alright, I'm venting a little, but really, just how stupid they think I am? I mean, each time they attach a piece of paper where it is indicated that I'm supplied with rev. 1.04 board but on the board itself it says 1.03... Jeez, what a bunch of incompetent fools.

OK, I won't say anything anymore Sorry about this, I just had to share this with someone. It's US ASUS, btw

relax man, life is not perfect. I actually never had an issue like this with Asus and every warranty experiance which have been at least several fromvideo cards to motherboards have all been excellent. Just realize not everything goes perfect all the time, people make mistakes and trust me you are a lot better off with Asus then some other companies and their warranty procedures...

[anzial]

relax man, life is not perfect. I actually never had an issue like this with Asus and every warranty experiance which have been at least several fromvideo cards to motherboards have all been excellent. Just realize not everything goes perfect all the time, people make mistakes and trust me you are a lot better off with Asus then some other companies and their warranty procedures...

Hehe, if you had so many warranty experiences with Asus, maybe YOU should look for another supplier Just kidding

[sesdave]

Hehe, if you had so many warranty experiences with Asus, maybe YOU should look for another supplier Just kidding

Anzial - you really have bad luck with Asus dont you - lol!. Remember I posted that I had bought a P5K deluxe to try out and said what a great board it was well I deleted the EEPROM by trying a BIOS flash with Asus update. Hadnt expected that would happen with standard software even though I know it is safer to flash from a floppy or USB at boot - Pity the chip is soldered to the board.! But out of bad comes good as I have RMA'd it and now have a P5K premium which is even better for overclocking.

[uOpt]

sesdave, please tell me you are joking that they soldered the BIOS chip onto the board so that a bad flash bricks it

[MarcusTaz]

Hehe, if you had so many warranty experiences with Asus, maybe YOU should look for another supplier Just kidding

LOL, well the deal was I built a few rigs with the older P4P800 series and using an antec caes with the front usb header caused issues on 4 of them. Seems the header was not grounding properly (antec's fault) and it would cause the SB to fry. So that and one 6800 special gamer edition that served me for many year of overclocking and fail. The card was over 3 years old and Aus did not ask one question. I sent it in and 10 days later I had it back fully repaired. They are one of the best at warranty in my experiance...

Not to far off subject I love my P5WDH and I just RMA my Q6600 B3 stepping for a G0 stepping. I love www.frys.com and their 30 money back guarantee. They are awesome, about as good as newegg but they do not have as much component level. But sometimes they have killer deals with free shipping and for me no tax in NJ...

[ecksdeE]

Hey guys. I've been reading this thread for the past 6 hours..and still I couldn't find an answer to why my overclock isn't going over 3.0GHz. You guys seem to have so much more success than I am with this board. My overclock goal with my e6400 is 3.2GHz and I am currently unable to reach that goal. I need some help getting there and help is very much appreciated =).

I have a system set up with the following components:

Intel e6400 + Scythe Ninja Rev. B
Asus p5w dh deluxe BIOS 2206
OCZ platinum xtc 2x512 DDR2-800, Rated @ 4-5-4-15
eVGA 7600GT
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 320-GB Hard Drive

Current stable (Orthos 8 hours) BIOS setup as follows:

CPU Frequency: 375 (Trying to get to 400)
DRAM: 750 (Trying to get 800)

Performance Mode: Turbo
PCI Express Frequency: 100
PCI clock synchronization mode: 33.33

Memory Voltage: 2.2
CPU Vcore Voltage: 1.4000 (tried to increase by 0.0125 increments to 1.5V)
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.30
MCH Chipset Voltage: 1.65
ICH Chipset Voltage: Auto (tried 1.20)

Config DRAM timing by SPD: Enabled (Tried 5-5-5-15 and 6-6-6-18)
DRAM ECC Mode: Disabled
Hyperpath 3: Disabled
DRAM Throttling: Disabled

C1 Control: Disabled
Virtualization Tech: Disabled
Intel Speedstep: Disabled

IDLE
Ambient Temperature: 24C
CPU: 38C
Core : 53C
LOAD (with TAT)
CPU: 50C
Core:65C

If everything stayed the way it was described above, except CPU frequency is set to 400 and DRAM @ 800, it will boot successfully into Windows, then be very unstable. If I let my system run for a while (surf a bit, chat a bit), I will eventually get a BSOD. When I start to run SuperPI or Memtest, the system will immediately freeze.

What other settings do I need to adjust to achieve 3.2GHz? Help is very much appreciated.

[Gig4moller]

I can't think of anything other than your CPU, to be honest.

[crazyea]

maybe turn off turbo mode?

Also I use 1.4v fsb and 1.55v mch

[MarcusTaz]

you have:
"FSB Termination Voltage: 1.30"

try 1.4 volts

[crazeconnolly]

so when is the next STABLE Bios available lol

meltdown this is.

[bichi]

....I posted that I had bought a P5K deluxe to try out... well I deleted the EEPROM by trying a BIOS flash with Asus update. - Pity the chip is soldered to the board.! But out of bad comes good as I have RMA'd it and now have a P5K premium which is even better for overclocking.

sesdave, please tell me you are joking that they soldered the BIOS chip onto the board so that a bad flash bricks it

Looks to me like its soldered to the board
- will also post in P5K Deluxe thread
- time to warm up SMT soldering tools....

[nicepun]

Just like the P5Bs, the bios chip is soldered.

[ecksdeE]

maybe turn off turbo mode?

Also I use 1.4v fsb and 1.55v mch

I can't think of anything other than your CPU, to be honest.

you have:
"FSB Termination Voltage: 1.30"

try 1.4 volts

Thanks for the suggestions. I tried setting performce mode to auto/standard, 1.4v/1.3v for termination voltage and 1.55mch/1.65mch (tried all combinations) and I get the same results. I can always boot into Windows with everything running smoothly at first, then get a BSOD if I let it run; or freeze completely if I try anything memory intensive (Orthos/memtest).

EDIT: 1.55mch @ 3.0-3.2GHz will not pass BIOS. Must be 1.65 for me to get into Windows.

And Gig4moller, I tried the CPU in my bro's P5k-C mobo @ 400FSB and everything ran smoothly =(.

[Chrysalis]

Performance Mode: Turbo
PCI Express Frequency: 100
PCI clock synchronization mode: 33.33

Whats diff between turbo and standard mode, and do both honour the clock speeds for pci-e and pci?

Latest on my video problems.

I disabled intel speedstep and upgraded gfx drivers (had some trouble needed to use safe mode).

So far havent noticed anything major affecting video peformance and will be watching a few things after done this post to test it further, if this works I will try enabling speedstep to see if still ok, if speedstep was the cause of the problem I will be gutted since I wanted to run the cpu with lower power.

[lawrywild]

I've NEVER seen any difference between Turbo and Auto or Standard. Not in speed or clocks. There is a difference between the PEG Link modes on 3D performance and clocks though.

On a random side note, am I the only person who gets annoyed by the FSB always being 0.45555mhz above what is set? I just like to have my stock clocks to be like 2400.00Mhz not 2404.1 Mhz. But it's good at 370 fsb when you get 3333.3 Mhz

[Mcklain]

Hello everyone.

I am pretty sure this issue have been discussed elsewhere or in this thread but I couldnt find the info.

I just installed a e6850 (G0) in my p5w-dh board with bios 2205.
I have a 4gb kit of ocz (2x12024) with 5-4-4-12 stock timmings at 800mhz

http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...b_dual_channel

Now my only problem is that I cannot use my ram at 800 mhz. My bios either gives me 667 or 834. Is there a way to change and stay at ddr 800??

I have a friend that has a p5k premium board with the same cpu and ddr 800 memory and you can set the ram at 800mhz

Thanks in advance

Mcklain

[astaris]

Hello everyone.

I am pretty sure this issue have been discussed elsewhere or in this thread but I couldnt find the info.

I just installed a e6850 (G0) in my p5w-dh board with bios 2205.
I have a 4gb kit of ocz (2x12024) with 5-4-4-12 stock timmings at 800mhz

http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...b_dual_channel

Now my only problem is that I cannot use my ram at 800 mhz. My bios either gives me 667 or 834. Is there a way to change and stay at ddr 800??

I have a friend that has a p5k premium board with the same cpu and ddr 800 memory and you can set the ram at 800mhz

Thanks in advance

Mcklain

The e6850 set the boot FSB to 333 Mhz, but the P5W continues to use the 1066 strap. Now, you get 800 Mhz for the memory with 333 Mhz FSB with the 2.4 Multi, that is however relative to the 1333 strap, that in this board is not selectable. The p5k has this option because her chipset supports officially the 1333 strap. So i'm sorry, but, in this board, it is not possible to select 800 Mhz for the memory with 333 Mhz FSB.

[Liquid3D]

No one could have stated that more clearly

[Liquid3D]

Looks to me like its soldered to the board
- will also post in P5K Deluxe thread
- time to warm up SMT soldering tools....

That's buggered, warming up your soldering iron still might not get you that chip, you may have to wield it like a Light Saber and storm the parts department (get a long extension cord).



DIY is DYING

[sesdave]

That's buggered, warming up your soldering iron still might not get you that chip, you may have to wield it like a Light Saber and storm the parts department (get a long extension cord).



DIY is DYING

Yup - it was dead as a dodo!. Use the force - RMA is the only way!.

[nickfd]

Hey guys, I was lucky enough to be one of the few that got into the slickdeals post to get a q6700 for 385$. From what people are saying, all of these quadcores are going to be g0 stepping.

Just to clarify, I'll be needing to be at 2205 or 2206 bios to have the mb recognize the g0 stepping right? I'm excited to be swapping out my e6600 and getting more processing power!

[R.MnTnA]

I just want to clarify I have this set correctly.
When loading XP x64 with Intel RAID 0 Should I keep 32-bit transfer disabled?Does it even matter with RAID?
Logic tells me that since it's a 64 bit OS I should not enable this option, but I just want to make sure this is correct. Anyone?

TIA

[lawrywild]

Just leave it at default.