ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[MarcusTaz]

No, I use both x86 and x64 and even though x86 will only report 3072 the remaining mem is still used you just cannot see it. As far as compatability x64 runs everything I throw at it except for a few old programs that are well really old....

Good luck....

[bichi]

adding to MarcusTaz reply:
- run both XP SP2 (32b) and Vista Ultimate (64b), by swapping OS drives
- usually leave 4gB RAM installed, unless testing OC's
- side effects for me are: 1) more power usage 2) less OC (3.3g vs 3.2g)
- get 3.2gB usable RAM under 32b OS
- otherwise, no other negative side effects running 32b OS with 4gB RAM

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=4178

[rafaeldb]

No, I use both x86 and x64 and even though x86 will only report 3072 the remaining mem is still used you just cannot see it. As far as compatability x64 runs everything I throw at it except for a few old programs that are well really old....

Good luck....

What you mean its being used? I just installed Vista 64 in a second partition to check it out and thought about doing the same thing, throw Vista 32 out and stick with 64, but I read a lot about poor performance with games
How is the 32 bit apps performance on vista 64?

[Ragdd]

Is it normal when you activate AHCI in bios for the JMicron SATA-port, that the Jmicron PATA-port is disabled?

[sesdave]

If any of you are thinking of installing Vista x64 in a seperate partition you may find this general Vista information I previously posted of use.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=5310

Take note that a recent Vista x64 update patch has disabled the ability to permenantly disable driver signing which can be a pain. If you google for info you can identify which KB and either dont install it or uninstall it if already applied. Apart from that I am getting to quite like Vista x64 now that I have made it more like winxp - lol! It definately likes 4Gb or more of memory but so far no problems with games or applications.

[Ragdd]

My friend bought an new Asus P5W DH Deluxe 1.04G board and an Intel C2D E6850. Memory is 2GB OCZ DDR2 667 Mhz dualchannel.

With the stock 2004 bios, the computer booted, but gave an micro-code error. He updated with the EZ-update deature the bios to version 2103 which supports the new cpu.

He had the problem that the FSB is only working at 1066 Mhz and not 1333 Mhz. He even tried the 2206 bios.

Two problemes.
1) PC won't post after warm reboot.
Can only use power on and off button.

2) FSB is running at 1066 Mhz instead of 1333 Mhz.

How can you change the FSB in the bios?
FSB is set in bios to 333 Mhz
Memory to 667 Mhz with 1.9 volt and 4-4-4-12 timings.

[rafaeldb]

If any of you are thinking of installing Vista x64 in a seperate partition you may find this general Vista information I previously posted of use.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=5310

Take note that a recent Vista x64 update patch has disabled the ability to permenantly disable driver signing which can be a pain. If you google for info you can identify which KB and either dont install it or uninstall it if already applied. Apart from that I am getting to quite like Vista x64 now that I have made it more like winxp - lol! It definately likes 4Gb or more of memory but so far no problems with games or applications.

The only thing holding me back to stay with vista 64 only is gaming, I don't play games that much but I enjoy occasionally, plus I'm a little bit worried about my 32 bit apps performance, I got 4gb mainly for Maya and 3D studio, but I will use a lot of Photoshop, after effects and Premeier, softwares that dont support 64 bit yet.

I have one more question, I read bichi post and he mentions something about setting your maxmem, after that I went to the ms site that he had a link and there they have a command 3gb where I could tell windows to use the other 1gb for the kernel. what is the advantage of that?

[bichi]

I have one more question, I read bichi post and he mentions something about setting your maxmem, after that I went to the ms site that he had a link and there they have a command 3gb where I could tell windows to use the other 1gb for the kernel. what is the advantage of that?

from Boot INI Options Reference:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...n/bootini.mspx

/3GB
Increases the size of the user process address space from 2 GB to 3 GB (and therefore reduces the size of system space from 2 GB to 1 GB). Giving virtual-memory- intensive applications such as database servers a larger address space can improve their performance. For an application to take advantage of this feature, however, two additional conditions must be met: the system must be running Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows NT 4 Enterprise Edition, Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Datacenter Server and the application .exe must be flagged as a 3-GB-aware application. Applies to 32-bit systems only.

/MAXMEM=
Limits Windows to ignore (not use) physical memory beyond the amount indicated. The number is interpreted in megabytes. Example: /MAXMEM=32 would limit the system to using the first 32 MB of physical memory even if more were present.

Experimented with above switches, mostly for gaining stability of scientific applications, as opposed to server and enterprise types.
- did not find any advantage with "/3GB" switch with "sci apps" that I use at home
- experimented with same switch with Sony Vegae 7.0e NLE and still did not find any advantage
- "MAXMEM" was interesting, guessing less opcode overhead, if more than 3+gB RAM installed
- did not find any advantage either (but I do leave /MAXMEM=3072 set when 4gB RAM installed, too lazy to switch when changing RAM configuration)

[pee4]

I just upgraded from E6600 at 3.6Ghz to Q6600 G0 at 3.1 Ghz.

I can't get stability with Q6600 any higher than 3.15 Ghz (350 FSB) no matter what settings I use in the bios.

My P5WDH is the old model (1.65v MCH) with 2206 Beta bios.

Any suggestions welcome.

By the way, the 8x multiplier doesn't work. Not that I care about that.

[sesdave]

I just upgraded from E6600 at 3.6Ghz to Q6600 G0 at 3.1 Ghz.

I can't get stability with Q6600 any higher than 3.15 Ghz (350 FSB) no matter what settings I use in the bios.

My P5WDH is the old model (1.65v MCH) with 2206 Beta bios.

Any suggestions welcome.

By the way, the 8x multiplier doesn't work. Not that I care about that.

If its volts holding you back on that revision of board you could try this MCH pencil mod (and the rest if you needs them) to get more volts for MCH,DRAM etc http://sg.vr-zone.com/?i=3876. If all else fails I can recommend the P5K premium that I upgraded to from the P5W DH as a great o/c board to get the most out of GO CPUs and memory.

[Pete]

As of right here and right now whats the best bios to use for clocking and every day use?

Not a clue what i got at the moment but she a at times, but i'm @ 3.5Ghz with a super pi of 14.500

[holwill]

As of right here and right now whats the best bios to use for clocking and every day use?

Not a clue what i got at the moment but she a at times, but i'm @ 3.5Ghz with a super pi of 14.500

We meet again lol! 2004 works fine for me 400 daily,425 seems to be the limit on my board.

[Ragdd]

"My friend bought an new Asus P5W DH Deluxe 1.04G board and an Intel C2D E6850. Memory is 2GB OCZ DDR2 667 Mhz dualchannel.

With the stock 2004 bios, the computer booted, but gave an micro-code error. He updated with the EZ-update deature the bios to version 2103 which supports the new cpu.

He had the problem that the FSB is only working at 1066 Mhz and not 1333 Mhz. He even tried the 2206 bios.

Two problemes.
1) PC won't post after warm reboot.
Can only use power on and off button.

2) FSB is running at 1066 Mhz instead of 1333 Mhz.

How can you change the FSB in the bios?
FSB is set in bios to 333 Mhz
Memory to 667 Mhz with 1.9 volt and 4-4-4-12 timings."

Solved by disable Hyperpath 3 in bios.

[w2richwood]

nice clock pete im waiting to get a new cooler my self then maybe i'll get more and 2004 bios works good for me with ae6400 es chip

[Pete]

We meet again lol! 2004 works fine for me 400 daily,425 seems to be the limit on my board.

Indeed we do. 2004 eh. Okay i'll have a look and see.

nice clock pete im waiting to get a new cooler my self then maybe i'll get more and 2004 bios works good for me with ae6400 es chip

Yeah not too bad, will have better cooling soon. Okay looks like 2004 is the one to use.

@ 404 FSB currently!

[Pete]

1707 is what was on the bord. Now have 2004 on there, took forever to get the prog to flash as Asus's website down, bit torrent for the win!

It seams kinda happy enough for such a crap bord

[Chrysalis]

Is it normal when you activate AHCI in bios for the JMicron SATA-port, that the Jmicron PATA-port is disabled?

Yeah seems to be, the same happened to me.

[Killnine]

I have a 1.02G version of the board (is this 1.65 vMCH?).

I wanted to do the pencil mod for vDroop but the pictures on VR are for the 1.0G, which has a different resistor arrangement.

Can anyone take a picture of their board (I think the 1.04G is the same as mine) with this pencil mod? I would be forever grateful!


ALSO -- I just got a Q6600, should I use the latest bios (22XX) or should I use those modded bios (2004?) that are for G0 and 45nm chips?

[EJTREM3]

I just upgraded from E6600 at 3.6Ghz to Q6600 G0 at 3.1 Ghz.

I can't get stability with Q6600 any higher than 3.15 Ghz (350 FSB) no matter what settings I use in the bios.

My P5WDH is the old model (1.65v MCH) with 2206 Beta bios.

Any suggestions welcome.

By the way, the 8x multiplier doesn't work. Not that I care about that.

i have the same problem
i need change board? or exist another solution?

[Sans]

I am running bios 2205. My Problem is one that many Vista users are suffering from right now. I get the atikmdag error when running 3D intensive games. This error causes black or flickering screens followed by a bubble in the task tray telling you that a display driver has stopped responding and has been recovered.

TDR Explained

This problem isn't just ati or nvidia it's both:
ATI
Nvidia


Some people have had success when they sync or link their ram. I didn't see that option in the bios anywhere. Is running the fsb and ram in a 1:1 ratio the same thing as syncing?(And if so what options do I go into to make that happen for DDR2 800 Ram?)

[pee4]

Thanks for the replies sesdave & EJTREM3.

I think I'm going to buy an Asus P5K-E WIFI to replace the P5WDH for overclocking the Q6600 G0 until the X38 chipset motherboards come out.

The Deluxe and Premiums are a lot more expensive.

Any thoughts appreciated?

[EJTREM3]

i considered to buy a less cheaper motherboard, like gigabyte p35 ds3p or abit ip35 pro

[pee4]

I had the infamous Gigabyte 8IRXP as recommended by Tom's Hardware as the world's first board to achieve 3Ghz. What Tom failed to mention (because it would have made his achievement less spectacular) was the board had a major reboot problem when overclocked.

No more Gigabyte for me.

My friend has had a couple of Abit boards die.

So I've been buying Asus.

[MarcusTaz]

I have a 1.02G version of the board (is this 1.65 vMCH?).

I wanted to do the pencil mod for vDroop but the pictures on VR are for the 1.0G, which has a different resistor arrangement.

Can anyone take a picture of their board (I think the 1.04G is the same as mine) with this pencil mod? I would be forever grateful!


ALSO -- I just got a Q6600, should I use the latest bios (22XX) or should I use those modded bios (2004?) that are for G0 and 45nm chips?

The OEM 2004 bios works fine for my B3 steping Q6600 but I know Larry put up his modded bios that works fine from what I have read...

[EJTREM3]

i have gigabyte in the pass and its very well motherboard. i love it.
i think its better por ocing then asus.