ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[t_ski]

For my testing I ran Orthos "blend" test and took a reading at exactly 30 minutes.

You are at 44C idle with the V1? I find that hard to believe. From everything I've read, the V1 should beat the Max Orb, which I had tested above at ~30C idle. How did you apply the AS5? It should be in a thin line across the center (lining up with the notch on the IHS). What about your BIOS fan settings? Are they all at stock?

[mikepaul]

For my testing I ran Orthos "blend" test and took a reading at exactly 30 minutes.

You are at 44C idle with the V1? I find that hard to believe. From everything I've read, the V1 should beat the Max Orb, which I had tested above at ~30C idle. How did you apply the AS5? It should be in a thin line across the center (lining up with the notch on the IHS). What about your BIOS fan settings? Are they all at stock?

No fan control, all spinning at will.

I've been following the rice-sized-dab-in-the-center instructions, which is supposed to be squashed out evenly enough to be OK. I read the razorblade-spread ones out there but decided the I'm not that good. Just now, I searched for other instructions and see the Official AS5 ones with the line up the center, but my tube of AS5 has started spitting out clear fluid along with the good stuff so I may have to get a new tube.

I guess since I've never seen temps as low as the 30s while OC'd since getting the P5W DH, it's always been good enough to get by on but not great.

I'll work on it. Thanks...

Huh. Dropped back to no OC and the temp fell no further than 41C so far after 15 minutes. Maybe the heat needs time to dissipate, but I'd expect just like post-Orthos testing that it'd fall faster than THIS...

[t_ski]

I've been following the rice-sized-dab-in-the-center instructions, which is supposed to be squashed out evenly enough to be OK. I read the razorblade-spread ones out there but decided the I'm not that good. Just now, I searched for other instructions and see the Official AS5 ones with the line up the center, but my tube of AS5 has started spitting out clear fluid along with the good stuff so I may have to get a new tube.

If you have a clean disposable surface to work with, you might squirt out what you can and mix it up, then carefully apply it in a line like AS recommends. I would think a small rice-sized squirt like we did on the AMD CPUs would not be enough to fully cover the core on these Intel chips.

What program are you using to monitor CPU temps?

[mikepaul]

What program are you using to monitor CPU temps?

Core Temp. The version I just got is the one displaying the two temps in the tray in my pictures. The author didn't get back to me on my question about displaying 8 temps for an octal-core, though...

[t_ski]

Core Temp. The version I just got is the one displaying the two temps in the tray in my pictures. The author didn't get back to me on my question about displaying 8 temps for an octal-core, though...

I was using SpeedFan to monitor mine (CPU reading, not Core 1 or Core 2). If you'd like, try running that and see how your numbers compare. I'm at school ATM, but I might try Core Temp later on.

[riiaku]

I was using SpeedFan to monitor mine (CPU reading, not Core 1 or Core 2). If you'd like, try running that and see how your numbers compare. I'm at school ATM, but I might try Core Temp later on.

hey dude can u help me out with my question, i updated the bios to 2004 mod, but i didnt reset the CMOS by removing the battery, is that bad? Do i have to remove the battery every time i update the bios? cause my vista is going crazy now started a couple days ago. and i updated about a week ago.

[w2richwood]

it wont hurt unplug all power remove battery put cmos jumper on 2/3 let set for a few min. then put everything back and boot in to bios set your opions
Rich