ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[lawrywild]

Awsome m8, any chance you could give me a screenshot of a cpu in a box which is G0 ?

just to make sure , if its possible, if not nvm.

Not sure I can show you a SCREENshot but here's a photo:

[X7007]

Not sure I can show you a SCREENshot but here's a photo:

totally awsome m8, exacly what i needed

[Falkentyne]

Forgive me for the noob question,
But will a QX6850 (g0) work on the p5wdh?
If so, will it work at full speed? I know this is a 1333 FSB CPU....

[nickfd]

Not sure I can show you a SCREENshot but here's a photo:

^-- there's my box with the g0 q6700. I'll be trying out your bios and the CPU in a couple of days, lawry. I need to pick up some more as5 + remover + prepper, and find some time to do it. Always a pain to clean up your old cpu and mounting plate from as5!

[nrs250]

I read this post:

I just updated the BIOS on my Asus p5w dh delux to the latest 2206 Version.
For some funny reason. when i disable the onboard sound in the BIOS. And save. It keeps enabling again. It wont let me disable it.

Has this been fixed with any BIOS version, reversion or mod, including P5W-DH-ASUS-Deluxe-2004-G0-45nm-Edition (Modified by lawrywild)?

Also is anyone running PC2-6400 at 800MHz with this chip (Q6600) and board.

I want to sell my E6400 (OC to 3.2 Ghz) on BIOS 1703, update the BIOS, buy the G0 Stepping Q6600, but am reluctant to move to this if the BIOS versions are so flaky on a fundamental level.

[Lemmingsbeest]

Same problem exists by me...check also speedstep...problem is here it stays disabled...I have the 2103 bios now on my p5wdh and the Q6600(65nm)...Works oke for me...2205 and 2206 give the problem with sound card and speedstep...I hope that asus will bring out a good bios update...

[nrs250]

Are you saying that with BIOS 2103....

No Sound Card Problem..
No Memory Issue....

Oh... and the Speedstep issue- not a major feature for desktops I guess.. (posted by Lemmingsbeest above)

Anyone have a Q6600 45nm with a bulletproof BIOS revision on basic items like sound and memory?

Chip is $300. I would like to have a working sound card for $300 and be able to use my Corsair Dominator RAM as well. It would not be OK not to run memory at 800MHz at least. I would like memory to run at spec minimum... leave OC'ing alone for now.

I don't know why Asus would claim to support the Q6600 with a major issue like that. Its like saying.. this car works fine....just don't make right turns....

I am running 1503 BIOS because I have a stable 3.2 GHz OC on an E6400 on WC.. For every 10 revisions ASUS puts out there there is like 1 real improvement.

[X7007]

Are you saying that with BIOS 2103....

No Sound Card Problem..
No Memory Issue....

Oh... and the Speedstep issue- not a major feature for desktops I guess.. (posted by Lemmingsbeest above)

Anyone have a Q6600 45nm with a bulletproof BIOS revision on basic items like sound and memory?

Chip is $300. I would like to have a working sound card for $300 and be able to use my Corsair Dominator RAM as well. It would not be OK not to run memory at 800MHz at least. I would like memory to run at spec minimum... leave OC'ing alone for now.

I don't know why Asus would claim to support the Q6600 with a major issue like that. Its like saying.. this car works fine....just don't make right turns....

I am running 1503 BIOS because I have a stable 3.2 GHz OC on an E6400 on WC.. For every 10 revisions ASUS puts out there there is like 1 real improvement.

Q6600 is 65nm not 45nm m8, use the lastest bios and disable the sound card from windows, it wont bother you after anymore.