ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[MarcusTaz]

I have 4GB and an XFI card. try different PCI slots for the XFI, also I cannot use the mic on my XFI with this setup, rather my mic is with the onboard sound and sound is with the XFI, the only way I could get ventrilo to work correctly without me sounding like a robot...


Let's just hope Intel X38 does not do what nvidia did with the 680i and rob everyone's money... What a complete rip off overpriced chipset the 680i is, 400 + for a mobo, give me a friggin break....

[jkresh]

I have 6gb and an xfi in vista 64, I have not had problems with blue screening after memory remapping. I have the xfi in the second pci slot if that helps (I also have the first revision of the board).

If you have performance memory it may need more then 1.8v to be stable at its usual setting, its possible that with remap off and less memory being used its ok at lower voltages but it needs more with remap turned on.

[bichi]

P5WDH; BIOS 2301; Rev 1.02g/66MA0G; 2gB PC-8800 (details in sig)
- replaced QX6700 B3 with Q6700 G0, both at 3.0ghz
- lower power watts at 100% load, compared to QX6700 B3, about 36 watts less (measured with WattsUp Pro)
- lower 100% temps, about 16% less average, both CPU case and Core
- more tests soon.....

- no issues with BIOS settings sticking across multiple boots
[AHCI; (Audio, 1394, LAN ROM = disabled); FSB/MCH/ICH, ACPI, Q-FAN = disabled; Boot Priority, (QuickBoot, Full Screen NUMLOCK = disabled); etc...]

Q6700 - Retail - BX80562Q6700SLACQ - G0 - (Malaysia)
MM: 891332 - FPO/BATCH: L723A656 - PACK DATE: 07/20/07

Short 30min OCCT v1.1.1-b5 Test Results:

[UZ7]

Does anyone know where I can get the latest Drivers for the ALC882M Realtek Audio on this motherboard?

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false

[purecain]

i swapped out my B3 with a new G0 this week, updated the bios and cannot get vcore to stick, i keep on finding it back at auto so i cant bench.

as far as giving my ram more volts, no point its ran much faster with the same timings and volts its on now. it is underclocked at the moment to keep the ratio 1/1 with the cpu. upping the volts is something i did anyway just in case and of course it didnt work. they are getting 2.2v anyway....
the sound thing is doing my head in and now i have all the other hardware i have disabled being picked up everytime i boot.... asus need to get this bios fixed pronto....

oh yeah heres my G0 info.... L725B020 PACK DATE:08/16/07 very new indeed.....

[GLENBOY]

i swapped out my B3 with a new G0 this week, updated the bios and cannot get vcore to stick, i keep on finding it back at auto so i cant bench.

as far as giving my ram more volts, no point its ran much faster with the same timings and volts its on now. it is underclocked at the moment to keep the ratio 1/1 with the cpu. upping the volts is something i did anyway just in case and of course it didnt work. they are getting 2.2v anyway....
the sound thing is doing my head in and now i have all the other hardware i have disabled being picked up everytime i boot.... asus need to get this bios fixed pronto....

oh yeah heres my G0 info.... L725B020 PACK DATE:08/16/07 very new indeed.....

hi there to get the vcore off auto go into the cpu configuation in the bios and just change one of the values then change it back then when you go on vcore you should be able to change the voltage then save reboot and it should stick but if you go in bios again it goes back to auto but if you don't go into bios it sticks, it did with me anyway, the found pci modem/multimedia player was also there with me very annoying i would personally use lawrys modded 2004 bios with the cpu codes for the go steppings

[purecain]

cool thanks for the heads up...

[FabricioGS]

What's the best bios for a Q6600 G0 on this board? Mine just arrived

[purecain]

another bios came out today, that and an update of the creative drivers(and loads of random tweaks) seems to of fixed it. i can now have all 4gb enabled without BSOD and i no longer have any sound issues ingame. THANK GOD!!!!

[nicepun]

another bios came out today, that and an update of the creative drivers(and loads of random tweaks) seems to of fixed it. i can now have all 4gb enabled without BSOD and i no longer have any sound issues ingame. THANK GOD!!!!

Did it fix the vcore issue with your Q6600 G0?

[purecain]

yes it did, nice to see you on the forum nicepun, you been playing bioshock.... good fun aint it m8.... looking forward to the official widescreen patch coming soon and the next ccc which will hopefully allow aa in this game. the game plays really well in dx10, very immersive.... i think i'm gonna have another hour in rapture in a minute... shame theres no co-op...
after installing fraps 64bitvista compatible version i immediatly got BSOD... and its always memory addressing issues.... so thats another program i'm gonna aviod in this os for a couple of versions. i wanted to disprove some of the fps of the hd2900 in bioshock that are being banded about....

[jkresh]

purecain, have you tried overclocking the q6600 with the new bios and if so what results are you getting?

[FabricioGS]

Nevermind, I updated to the latest one (2301) and it's working like a sharm. The only thing I'm missing is the ECC memory option. This one seems very stable, but I'll update later with some orthos screens.

So far I reacher more than 3.1GHz with vcore default (1,325v) set in bios.

[alexlyc]

With 2206 BIO, I tried the following combination on my G0 Q6600:

• 400 FSB / Auto vcore - Result: can't even boot
• 390 FSB / Auto vcore - Result: BSOD after window loading screen
• 388 FSB / 1.375vcore - Result: stuck at windows loading screen
• 387 FSB / 1.375vcore - Result: Boot into windows, ortho error @ ~2 min
• 380 FSB / 1.325vcore - Result: Boot into windows, ortho error @ ~6 min
• 378 FSB / 1.325vcore - Result: Boot into windows, ortho error @ ~20 min
• 375 FSB / 1.325vcore - Result: currently testing...

ram is set to 533MHz for 1:1 ratio, dram is 2.1v, spd enabled, and multiplier enabled at 9x through out the test.
system spec at follow:
Q6600 G0 / Asus Silent Square / 4x 1GB Gskill HZ DDR2 800 / TT Spirit on both NB and SB, no mosfet / TT Toughtpower 700W / Seagate 7200.10 320GB / ATI X1900 XTX

[jkresh]

best I can do at stock with 2004 is about 2.7 (2.75 crashes in prime after 2.5 hours), though at load stock is 1.22 for my G0. At 2.7 full prime asus probe says 29c with my fuzion (no chipset or gpu in the loop right now so my cooling is somewhat insane). Hopefully 2301 will do better (probably will test it on Sunday as I am driving my brother to school tomorrow).

[BulldogPO]

I can run Orthos for days with my Q6600 B3 3.2GHz FSB 356MHz but not more.
Watercooled system and Vcore is now at 1.475V, mem 1:1 2.25V CL 4-3-3-1 and bios is 2004.

[purecain]

cant even test, got to go on holiday with the missis and my daughter.... only away for a week. i'll be itchin to get back to my pc thats for sure....

[equilibrium]

I just upgraded my BIOS to 2004 from 1305 and now my CPU fan is stuck on 100% operation (it seems to ignore the settings)

Has anyone else noticed this? I might go back to 1305

Are there any other BIOS versions anyone else would recommend?

Silent CPU Fan Profile won't work in BIOS when Vcore is above Auto - Try setting to Optimal Fan Profile, worked for me..

seems to ignore settings, even optimal

[gwolfman]

With 2206 BIO, I tried the following combination on my G0 Q6600:

• 400 FSB / Auto vcore - Result: can't even boot
• 390 FSB / Auto vcore - Result: BSOD after window loading screen
• 388 FSB / 1.375vcore - Result: stuck at windows loading screen
• 387 FSB / 1.375vcore - Result: Boot into windows, ortho error @ ~2 min
• 380 FSB / 1.325vcore - Result: Boot into windows, ortho error @ ~6 min
• 378 FSB / 1.325vcore - Result: Boot into windows, ortho error @ ~20 min
• 375 FSB / 1.325vcore - Result: currently testing...

ram is set to 533MHz for 1:1 ratio, dram is 2.1v, spd enabled, and multiplier enabled at 9x through out the test.
system spec at follow:
Q6600 G0 / Asus Silent Square / 4x 1GB Gskill HZ DDR2 800 / TT Spirit on both NB and SB, no mosfet / TT Toughtpower 700W / Seagate 7200.10 320GB / ATI X1900 XTX

Hi, I have an E6600 and I'm on BIOS 2205 and I am running into the exact same problem as you are. I can't seem to get past the ~375 FSB. Seems like it's my FSB wall but others don't seem to have it so I wonder what's up. Any luck getting past it?

[nicepun]

I just upgraded my BIOS to 2004 from 1305 and now my CPU fan is stuck on 100% operation (it seems to ignore the settings)

Has anyone else noticed this? I might go back to 1305

Are there any other BIOS versions anyone else would recommend?


seems to ignore settings, even optimal

Reset CMOS!! And give it another try. Also, try updating to the latest official 2206 found on the ASUS Website.

[equilibrium]

Reset CMOS!! And give it another try. Also, try updating to the latest official 2206 found on the ASUS Website.

I reset the CMOS with jumper as soon as I upgraded

I might give the newest BIOS a go tho as I've just had my first hardware crash in nearly 1year and the only thing I have done is update the BIOS the settings are exactly as they were with the 1305 BIOS

[John600rr]

I did a little FSB testing with the vMCH pencil mod today and thought I would post:

I've had my P5W DH for well over a year now so I figured I could push on it a little to see if something would break. Here are my results for pushing the vMCH:

**All voltages are measured on the board**

1.65 vMCH: 390 max FSB
1.67 vMCH: 401 max FSB
1.71 vMCH: 405 max FSB
1.75 vMCH: 411 max FSB
1.77 vMCH: 420 max FSB
1.81 vMCH: 423 max FSB (odd POSTing issues start)
1.85 vMCH: 425 max FSB (no where near stable, wouldn't POST 25% of the time)
1.91-2.0 vMCH: Would do 427-428 but had crazy rebooting issues which would put the board into some sort of over voltage protection mode which would limit the FSB down to like 290.

I settled at 420 FSB since it's stable enough and the northbridge is still only warm to the touch.

I am curious, what voltages are you guys getting on the board with the new rev boards which allow for 1.85 vMCH in the BIOS?

CPU-Z of the 420 I settled on:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=234629

[Lee13168]

I need to set north bridge to 1.85 to even get to boot in with fsb above 350. Then it overheats and wont post for like 15min. So my mobo is deffinitly ed up in someway but i just dont want to deal with asus to RMA it.

[Arlequin]

Hello,

First of all im new to this forum and hello to everyone here, its one useful thread
Anyways the question is (i have looked throuh this thread and maybe i have some gaps but i dont know about em)
What is the max stable OC for Q6600 B3 or G0 with this mobo?
I know this MOBO gets quirky with quadcores but i havent been able to find a good answer.
It seems like its good till 3,4 maybe 3,6ghz is it true? Im running my p4 prescott atm on the mobo but my Q6600 is coming soon and i want to know if i have to sell this mobo? I dont want to post records but i would like to achive a stable and high oc for everyday use.
I have my FUZION block waiting for it already. And I am also thinking of building AC chiller unit for my system.
I dont like the idea of selling it its a one more thing to deal with...
So if someone who has Q6600 OC-ed on this MOBO could give me a hint i would be thankful.

[MarcusTaz]

Read in 200's and up, it has been posted time and time again including my bios settings for 3.4GHZ stable...