ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[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...