ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[BuBBle.D]

Yea thats the info i found googling like crazy that mems run ok at 800mhz but anything above that is nearly impossible.
I guess then ill have to go for 800 3-3-3.

[Mr.X]

I just ordered an additional 2GB as well, I hope I won't have any problems. I'm currently running at 400x8 (1:1) with pretty loose timings.

[w2richwood]

yes up mch and memory volt a lil may help with 4 gb of ram

[mikepaul]

Yea thats the info i found googling like crazy that mems run ok at 800mhz but anything above that is nearly impossible.
I guess then ill have to go for 800 3-3-3.

I didn't find where the extra memory speed was more important than the extra CPU speed, so I stuck with what worked at 410Mhz.

I already run the RAM at the stated max of 2.1V, so I don't really want to play a lot...

[w2richwood]

thats a nice clock on the e6300 btw i wouldnt guve it up eather
Rich

[Brahmzy]

Adding 2 more sticks straight ruined my OC - I tried EVERYTHING and ended up having to drop my OC by 300MHz. Just going x64 Vista alone I lost 100MHz of stability.

[w2richwood]

that dont sound right sounds like somethings not setup right
Rich

[Grendel66]

2403 now official..

[w2richwood]

have you tryed this any change from the beta ?
Rich

[Khalmyr]

Eastcoasthandle so they fixed the 4:5 problem?

Can you run now at 400FSB : 1000RAM???

That's really good news man.. I'll get some 2 x 2Gb G.SKILL kit tomorrow then..

[UZ7]

Did a file comparison and it seems there is no change from the previous Beta.

[w2richwood]

thank you good to know havent used it yet but heard it works good for new chips
Rich

[Eastcoasthandle]

Eastcoasthandle so they fixed the 4:5 problem?

Can you run now at 400FSB : 1000RAM???

That's really good news man.. I'll get some 2 x 2Gb G.SKILL kit tomorrow then..

No, it's not stable at 1.75V MCH. I also read that the Maximus Formula doesn't either

[Khalmyr]

No, it's not stable at 1.75V MCH. I also read that the Maximus Formula doesn't either

Right now I'm running my pc at 425 * 8 @ 1.85v vMch

Been like that for a while, I wonder if that's enough to run at least at 400 * 8...

Definitely P5W is getting behind because of silly FSB limitations...

Oh well, it's a fairly old chipset.

Gonna have to get a P5K-SE or something if i want to run my ram at 500mhz+ without spending money on mobo.

Thanks for answering though man

[Zeus]

Eastcoasthandle so they fixed the 4:5 problem?

Can you run now at 400FSB : 1000RAM???

That's really good news man.. I'll get some 2 x 2Gb G.SKILL kit tomorrow then..

I'm not sure with 2x2Gb RAM but with 2x 1Gb 400 4:5 is was no problem for me on this board:



I had an old rev with just 1.65Vmch, penciled a bit up to ~1.75V

[Khalmyr]

I'm not sure with 2x2Gb RAM but with 2x 1Gb 400 4:5 is was no problem for me on this board:



I had an old rev with just 1.65Vmch, penciled a bit up to ~1.75V

That's nice.

What did you have to do to get that board to 447fsb? Saw it in your sig 4Ghz E6600.

[w2richwood]

wow thats for sure pushing the limits on this board nice clock
Rich

[Zeus]

That's nice.

What did you have to do to get that board to 447fsb? Saw it in your sig 4Ghz E6600.

It took some tweaking to get there, i had to boot at 9x435 which is barely stable enough to boot into windows, open memset and set trd from 6 to 7.

Ofcourse Vmch was maxed out.

[crazeconnolly]

hi there


can someone please tell me the command to update the bios using AFUDOS.
i have forgot the command. lastbios i updated was 1901.
also. what bios would be the best to update to.

thanks

[d.chatten]

hi there


can someone please tell me the command to update the bios using AFUDOS.
i have forgot the command. lastbios i updated was 1901.
also. what bios would be the best to update to.

thanks

Rename the bios file to P5WDH.ROM and use this command > afudos /ip5wdh.rom /n /pbnc

[w2richwood]

unless your using a later chip like a 1333 fsb i would use 2004
Rich

[psy4fun]

On week ago my machine start BSODs. Yesterday, a last BSOD cause my Windows installation to not boot anymore. After running chkdsk from another Win, 8 GB of corrupted data was found. So, I formated everything and start a new fresh Windows installation.

Now, I come back and Windows did not boot again. Suspecting from a hardware failure, I disconnect everything and began testing each hardware peace, one at time. Quickly I discovery a memory problem: from my 4 memory sticks, only one is working right now. If I install any of other 3 sticks, in any combination possible, the machine even boot.

I didn't have another machine to test theses memory sticks right now. But I'm not believing the memory could be the problem. The memory was running just 1:1 and with 2.1v, i.e., not overclocking, not overvoltaging, nothing which could damage theses sticks.

What could be happening?

[psy4fun]

I forgot to mention one more thing, an important one: the memory is actually configured as AUTO in the BIOS (also, everything else is now configured as AUTO). When posting, the screen show the memory as PC2-5300. But CPU-Z is telling me the memory is running at 400FSB (PC2-6400)!

Completely crazy, isn't?

[Mr.X]

I just put in the additional 2GB I had ordered and I couldn't get it to boot into Windows at 1:1.
I raised the memory voltage to 2.1v (not sure if I should push it further) and mch to 1.65 which is the max available setting with my current Bios.
Had to set it to 4:3 to boot. Any suggestions?

[Eastcoasthandle]

It will be a sad day if its true that Window 7 (or whatever they decide to call it) is release showing that 4 Gigs of ram is not required...per rumor.
However, from what I heard you have to increase the voltage on the ram and increase Mch. However, that depends on what your ram is rated for. I am not sure if 1.65V MCH is enough but maybe someone with a similar setup will show you how.