ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

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Ok everyone, I've been getting lockups lately and so far my best guess is that it's because of my bios version. I'm using 2403.

I bought 2x2gb sticks of ddr2-1000 from g.skill and the system didnt read all of it. I was ignorant and thought it was a bios issue so I flashed from 1901 to 2403. I could never get the sticks stable to I put my old 2gb in and I'm sending the 4gb back.

Prior to flashing to 2403, my system would run orthos stable for over 12 hours and now, orthos shuts the computer down after about an hour. This morning I woke up, turned my monitors on, opened up team speak, connected, started to broadcast to my friends, and the system froze. It's frozen a few times now.

I also recently purchased an 8800GT, which might be a cause, but I dont see how since it passes visual stress tests for over 12 hours.


Is 2403 unstable at all? Is 2004 ok for EVERYONE? I just built a system for my little brother using the same motherboard, but his still has the 1901 bios chip in it. Would it be ok to put my 2403 into his system when his is not overclocked at all?