ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[lawrywild]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but i read that holwill has a G0 stepping, while 7007 has
a B3 stepping.

Ya.. I believe that is what I said

But, 3Ghz, should be an easy target to reach with the core technology, isn't it?
I've readen that the bios 2301 changes some timings settings to a value recommended by intel. Try using that version, maybe you will obtain better results.. i hope.

Thats my doubt: may a psu a limiting factor for cpu overclocking? It would be interesting if holwill could try another psu to push further with the overclocking... or not?

975x is not good for clocking quad cores, period.

[DrSlump]

Ya.. I believe that is what I said



975x is not good for clocking quad cores, period.

I see, so the difference about you and holwill is only the bad luck?
I'm a bit scared about changing my e6600 with a q6600... i would not go under 3Ghz overclocking.

[holwill]

I see, so the difference about you and holwill is only the bad luck?
I'm a bit scared about changing my e6600 with a q6600... i would not go under 3Ghz overclocking.

No bad luck mate, my vid is 1.2625 and if i need to run 1.30-1.3125 to be stable @3.00ghz for 12hrs+ P95 then no problem, both my e6600 needed more than that @3.0ghz. Now regarding bios's I will stay with lawry's till I hear that the official ones will allow me to disable onboard audio. Overclocking wise it would be nice to get to 3.6 again, but probably this board will not allow that in which case I will move onto a P5K-Deluxe or X38 if the price is right. As it stands performance wise I do not feel any differance really as to be expected .I still need to do some more testing which should not take that long as after having this board for over a year I pretty much know its quirks. But as it stands this is a cracking board for Dual Core Cpu's which is what I originally brought it for and will be remembered as one of the most stable boards I have owned .

[lawrywild]

I see, so the difference about you and holwill is only the bad luck?
I'm a bit scared about changing my e6600 with a q6600... i would not go under 3Ghz overclocking.

Not bad luck with the CPU. Bad luck with how the motherboard clocks, yes, but also how the memory and other components work alongside the motherboard.

[holwill]

Not bad luck with the CPU. Bad luck with how the motherboard clocks, yes, but also how the memory and other components work alongside the motherboard.

So lawry what has been your highest FSB so far with the GO? I have played some more tonight and do not think this board is gonna be stable over 340-345
even upping the vcore to 1.50 will not allow it to show any sign of stability with 355fsb.

[berdde]

I have a very strange problem. Initially I thought it's memory but now i think maybe it's the motherboard.

Memory is Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 rated 5-5-5-15


e6600 OC to 3.3GHz
FSB 367
memory 1:1 = 734

Vcore 1.4875
vMemory 2.2
Vdimm 1.4
vMCH 1.6
All CPU options disabled.
SPD enabled, timing set at 5-5-5-18

Orthos/Prime95 25.3 Small FFTs stable for more than 5 hours. But Large FFTs almost always failed at around 1 hour plus 50 minutes. If I lowered the vMemory it failed more early.

Since it is rated at PC2-8500 how come it is difficult to run it at 734MHz? The strange thing is that when not OCing, that is , CPU at 2.4GHz, FSB 266. Then I can jump the memory to 1065MHz and it was stable for several hours in large FFTs. So it seems to be that this motherboard has problem working this memory at 1:1 or hig FSB? When FSB is 367, if I set the memory to higher than 734 (not 1:1 ratio) then it failed more frequently. That is, at FSB 367, the highest memory speed I can get is 734, and it is NOT stable. But when FSB of 266 I can run memory at 1065MHz although it's not 1:1. Well I might be too strict as at FSB367, memory 734, it ran memtest86+ more than four hours no problem. The problem I found is the error at both Orthos and Prime95. Should I worry?

I tried to move memory to slot 1, 3 to slot 2, 4, nothing happened.

Should I replace the memory? BTW the memory module cannot be recognized by my another board ASUS P5K-E but it appear to at least working to some extent in my P5W DH Deluxe.

Comment is welcome. Thanks!

[X7007]

I have a very strange problem. Initially I thought it's memory but now i think maybe it's the motherboard.

Memory is Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 rated 5-5-5-15


e6600 OC to 3.3GHz
FSB 367
memory 1:1 = 734

Vcore 1.4875
vMemory 2.2
Vdimm 1.4
vMCH 1.6
All CPU options disabled.
SPD enabled, timing set at 5-5-5-18

Orthos/Prime95 25.3 Small FFTs stable for more than 5 hours. But Large FFTs almost always failed at around 1 hour plus 50 minutes. If I lowered the vMemory it failed more early.

Since it is rated at PC2-8500 how come it is difficult to run it at 734MHz? The strange thing is that when not OCing, that is , CPU at 2.4GHz, FSB 266. Then I can jump the memory to 1065MHz and it was stable for several hours in large FFTs. So it seems to be that this motherboard has problem working this memory at 1:1 or hig FSB? When FSB is 367, if I set the memory to higher than 734 (not 1:1 ratio) then it failed more frequently. That is, at FSB 367, the highest memory speed I can get is 734, and it is NOT stable. But when FSB of 266 I can run memory at 1065MHz although it's not 1:1. Well I might be too strict as at FSB367, memory 734, it ran memtest86+ more than four hours no problem. The problem I found is the error at both Orthos and Prime95. Should I worry?

I tried to move memory to slot 1, 3 to slot 2, 4, nothing happened.

Should I replace the memory? BTW the memory module cannot be recognized by my another board ASUS P5K-E but it appear to at least working to some extent in my P5W DH Deluxe.

Comment is welcome. Thanks!

With my Cellshock i dont have this problem, but i do need to give them 2.30V to be stable, or SuperPI fails after couple tests, try another bios, the beta.


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what can be the problem ??

[lawrywild]

So lawry what has been your highest FSB so far with the GO? I have played some more tonight and do not think this board is gonna be stable over 340-345
even upping the vcore to 1.50 will not allow it to show any sign of stability with 355fsb.

I don't care to be honest, I just stick with 333.

[DrSlump]

So lawry what has been your highest FSB so far with the GO? I have played some more tonight and do not think this board is gonna be stable over 340-345
even upping the vcore to 1.50 will not allow it to show any sign of stability with 355fsb.

My main board reachs 400Mhz fsb and 3200Mhz cpu, with a v.core=1.4V and memory 1:1 4-4-4-8, v=2V.
Actually i keep my system@350Mhz to have 3150Mhz on the cpu and leave the speed step enabled, so it can scale to 2100Mhz when needed.