ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[BuBBle.D]

Yeh this board also killed my 2 Cellshock stick a month ago. The PC just did not post after turning it on in the morning. Been running them at 2.2 volts. The strange thing was that both of the sticks were dead, which left me worried that it likes to kill ram at higher vdimm. Oh and also the board overvolts your ram so 2,2v in bios for example is 2,25v real.

Currently running 4 sticks at 758hz 3-3-3-6 at 2.15 (2.2) real for a few weeks and so far so good. Hope they dont die on me (again) soon.

[lawrywild]

Yeh this board also killed my 2 Cellshock stick a month ago. The PC just did not post after turning it on in the morning. Been running them at 2.2 volts. The strange thing was that both of the sticks were dead, which left me worried that it likes to kill ram at higher vdimm. Oh and also the board overvolts your ram so 2,2v in bios for example is 2,25v real.

Currently running 4 sticks at 758hz 3-3-3-6 at 2.15 (2.2) real for a few weeks and so far so good. Hope they dont die on me (again) soon.

Ya it was both sticks here too. Just got an RMA No from Crucial so hopefully get the new pair back before christmas.. My Vista x64 is causing hell for these 2GB..

[experttech]

No one using this RAM?

I am planning to buy this RAM (G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail ) - does anyone have any experience on how this performs on the P5W DH Deluxe mobo?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231122

Any better suggestion around the same price?

[Mr.X]

I decided to skip the new quadcores and just go ahead and buy a Q6600. I just couldn't resist anymore. What BIOS works best for OC'ing the Q6600?

[w2richwood]

im using 2403 seems to be stable but i dont have a quad but it will support quad cores. maybe someone with a quad will come a long
Rich

[bichi]

I decided to skip the new quadcores and just go ahead and buy a Q6600. I just couldn't resist anymore. What BIOS works best for OC'ing the Q6600?

- no radical OC
- 2406 is stable with Q6700, G0, at 3.0ghz for two months now
- temps nice and cool at extended full loads, unlike old QX6700 B3
- old P5WDH rev 1.02g/66M0AG
- FSB: 300; multi: x10
- OCZ OCZ2G11002GK 2x1gB or 4x1gB; PC2-8800; vDIMM = 2.15vdc; 500mhz; 3:5; 5-5-5-15/18; 6113/6093
- eyeballing QX9650 45nm, since reading successes with this old board....

[p5wdh]

Please send me the working settings for e6750 with 550watts hec powersupply and corsair 3gb ddr2 800 bios 2406...thanks

[crazeconnolly]

Hi all

I am upgrading my pc with the Q6700. I wanted to get a new air cooler. At the moment i have a Sythe Ninja. What would be the best Air Cooler to keep this cpu cool while overclocking a little. I had looked at the Tuniq Tower. Are there better Coolers than this? Help appreciated.


c.

[w2richwood]

from what i've heard thermal right ultra 120 extreme is the best that what im using but i dont have a quad but it works great with my e6700 at 3.4 34c idle 56 57 load
rich

[firsttimmer]

Hi Bichi,

Would you mind sharing your FSB/Multilpier settings for your 3.0 OC? I just got my q6700, and i am running 266x10, but when i first booted, it was running 266x8. With BIOS 2406, i am able to change the Q6700 multiplier between 6 to 10.

Am i doing this correctly?

Thanks


Tom

- no radical OC
- 2406 is stable with Q6700, G0, at 3.0ghz for two months now
- temps nice and cool at extended full loads, unlike old QX6700 B3
- old P5WDH rev 1.02g/66M0AG
- FSB: 300; multi: x10
- OCZ OCZ2G11002GK 2x1gB or 4x1gB; PC2-8800; vDIMM = 2.15vdc; 500mhz; 3:5; 5-5-5-15/18; 6113/6093
- eyeballing QX9650 45nm, since reading successes with this old board....

[crazeconnolly]

Hi all

Over the past few days i ahve been on various forums inquiring about the Q6700 and the Q6600 chips and their compatibility on the P5W DH Delux. A member of overclockers gave this opinion

" 975X can get up to 300 FSB + Quad without too much trouble, but higher than 350 is a challenge. Inbetween 300 - 350 usually doable. You shouldn't have a prob getting 3 Ghz out of a Q6600 but I wouldn't guarantee higher than that. The P5W DH has a lot of BIOS updates though so I'd check out Xtremesystems and other overclocker forums to see if there have been any advances in 975X + Quad overclocking "

Would i be able to get 3ghz or more from a Q6700 on my board seeing as it has a 10X multiplier. Help much appreciated as it will encourage my decision on purchase.

c.

[megabit]

Sorry guys for shameless bumping my post below, but would like to hear you opinions!

I have this MB in a dual boot computer (XP x86 / Vista x64). Under XP, when using Vegas rendering, I cannot get full utilization of the Quad I have... Or to be more precise: when I set Vegas video to 8bit, it renders at 100%, but in the 32bit video mode - only some 50-60% (still all 4 cores, though).

Under Vista x64, I'm always getting 100%.

This makes me think something is wrong with the 4GB of RAM management. Vista x64 can use it all, how much is XP supposed to use? In the system properties, it says 3.0 GB -- shouldn't it be some 3.2GB?

Whitch switches do you have in the boot.ini file? I only have "/noexecute" and "/fastdetect". What is PAE and how it should be used? Ach, anf of course I have RAM remappring feature enabled (so that Vista can see all 4 GB of it); tried to disable and see how it affects XP - no diffeence...

If it's not the memory management, than perhaps some BIOS prob? But is it possible the same BIOS settings are OK for one OS and bad for another?

Any help greatly appreciated - I have to work under XP for some time, as some other apps do not work under Vista x64, and hate to think I'm wasting a lot of time rendering HDV in a non-optimized fashion

[crazeconnolly]

XP can only see 3GB of ram. I had the same problem. I also have a dual boot xp x86 / vista x64.

[Gig4moller]

I have /3GB and /PAE switches added to my boot.ini line.

[Unbornchild]

XP can only see 3GB of ram. I had the same problem. I also have a dual boot xp x86 / vista x64.

No, 3.5 GB.
Dep enabled, memory remapping enabled.
PAE:

[megabit]

How do you enable PAE and dep - sorry for such basic questionsm but what the do?

[megabit]

OK - I read about PAE and DEP. If I understood correctly, my boot.ini file should have these:

/noexecute=alwayson /pae

Now the System properties says 3,00 GB, Physical Addess Extension.

However, the system still only sees 3,00 GB of RAM. I tried to add the /3GB switch as well, but at the last stage of Windows XP booting, the ATI CCC crashes the system (BSOD). What's wrong?

I also tried to optimize my page file; first I wanted to check its I/O by adding a counter to the Performance-> Counter logs. However, when trying to choose "Page file" as the performance object, I'm faced with a very strange thing: instead of the many object names list, I have numbers only (interes, like 1150 etc). Something went wrong with my system, or is there a fix for it?

[Mr.X]

I just put in the Q6600 I had ordered but I the multi doesn't want to change for some reason. I set it to 8 in the BIOS but it's still 9. Why is this happening?

[jimmsch]

Would i be able to get 3ghz or more from a Q6700 on my board seeing as it has a 10X multiplier. Help much appreciated as it will encourage my decision on purchase.
c.

I see no reason why you wouldn't be able to do this. I would even bet that you could do a bit more with that 10X multi.

Having said that...nothing is guaranteed above stock. All the luck of the draw.

[Falkentyne]

My DH can do 370 FSB no problem with my QX9650. I think I did 370*10 and 1.3v. The voltage may be able to be lowered if I were at 3.7 ghz with a close to 333 FSB instead, since 333 * 12 is stable at 1.3625v for 4 ghz.

380 * 10 was VERY hard to do even at 1.3875v, and I refused to go higher. A core on prime95 quad would crap out within 5-10 minutes. I forgot if 1.3v froze the system hard or not but I think 1.3v and 1.325v both froze hard.
It goes without saying that 400 * 10 was a no post.

Nothing like this happens at 333 FSB at the same mhz.
I'm not sure why 370 *10 is doable with my Quad on the DH while others can't go above 350, though....but again notice the voltage bump required and that 380 * 10 did not get 100% stable, while 333 * 12 was MORE stable (fully) at less vcore.

[Sdude]

Anybody know what Dram Throttling Threshold does?

[lawrywild]

OK - I read about PAE and DEP. If I understood correctly, my boot.ini file should have these:

/noexecute=alwayson /pae

Now the System properties says 3,00 GB, Physical Addess Extension.

However, the system still only sees 3,00 GB of RAM. I tried to add the /3GB switch as well, but at the last stage of Windows XP booting, the ATI CCC crashes the system (BSOD). What's wrong?

I also tried to optimize my page file; first I wanted to check its I/O by adding a counter to the Performance-> Counter logs. However, when trying to choose "Page file" as the performance object, I'm faced with a very strange thing: instead of the many object names list, I have numbers only (interes, like 1150 etc). Something went wrong with my system, or is there a fix for it?

If you're trying to get 4GB to show in Win XP/Vista x86, it will NEVER happen.. don't bother trying, just switch to x64

[lawrywild]

Just updated to 2406 bios from 2004 and clocked my Q6600 back up to 3Ghz. Seems to work perfectly.. usually I'm one of the people who gets problems with the bioses but this time it's not me..yay

[atko]

Hello everybody

I found this amazing thread (and forum) about p5w dh deluxe MB

My system configuration is listed below:
p5w dh deluxe (1602 bios version)
c2d E6300@1,86 Ghz
3 GB RAM
WD 320 GB SATA
ati radeon x1650 ...etc

I have some problems (like slow boot etc) and questions.
Of course, I'm going to read first post now, it contains most very important information

I want to fix problems and improve performance of my computer.
That is why I need Information and I am sure this is the right place for getting them.

Regrads
atko

[romfi]

All, this might be an old news, just thought I'd share anyway
Just got reply from ASUS support on my question about QX9650 support:

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Dear Valued Customer,

Sorry, sir, currently this motherboard does not support this CPU, but we are working to upgrage a new BIOS which can support this CPU, please keep updated from us.


Sincerely and Merry Christmas,

Cooper
ASUS Customer Service Center (Shanghai , China)

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Take it for what it is worth. These guys are pretty responsive and from my experience (may be I am just lucky) they eventually deliver what they promise. It might take time though :-). My take that it won't happen until Intel releases new 45nm CPUs early next year

I did had a chance to play with 45nm CPU on this board using BIOS 2403. I managed to get it up and running and in general it works as advertised - ~20% or more performance gain vs my old QX6700 (B3), ~30W less power consumption, etc. BIOS is clearly not there though - it required CMOS reset each time it did not like the changes I made in the CPU configuration in the BIOS. In particular, it hated me fiddling with the ratio multiplier.