ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[t_ski]

I think I will pick up some Artic Silver, and actually try popping the board out of the case and make sure its seated properly since I cant see a whole hell of allot besides the top of it (anybody else have as much trouble as I did trying to get that damn heat sink on there…that twist/turn clip technology is simply genius…..)

T Ski it’s a G0. Sorry, I should have mentioned that.

Yeah, if it's a G0 temps should be real low. I'd have to agree that it's probably the mount then.

[JustusIV]

Sorry if this is a bit off topic but, i am buying the E8400 from new egg as we speak for my Asus P5W DH Deluxe, but i am wondering what ram i should buy with this? i plan to over clock a bit but not to the extreme.

[P5WDHdeluxe]

Ballistic Crucial is my opinion...

[xMrBunglex]

Sorry if this is a bit off topic but, i am buying the E8400 from new egg as we speak for my Asus P5W DH Deluxe, but i am wondering what ram i should buy with this? i plan to over clock a bit but not to the extreme.

you shouldn't need more than DDR2 800 with this motherboard. the P5W just can't hit really high FSB. my motherboard is the weak link in my system for overclocking. my G.Skill DDR2 800 HK's can run faster than my mobo.

[JustusIV]

bought "G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ" I will post results

[JimmyDDD]

hey lawrywild, I used the same configuration as yours, but I am having problems. My temperature of my cpu and motherboard is at most 81 F. But for some reason it randomly reboots my pc and when i go to vista x64 to see what is going on, it never even lists a reason for the cause of the random reboot. any advice on what is going on and what I can do to fix this? Thanks

[Random Murderer]

Jimmy, what BIOS are you using? there was a somewhat recent BIOS that addressed some Vista related issues.

[JimmyDDD]

2504, i looked at bios updates but did not see any mention of that

[Random Murderer]

2504, i looked at bios updates but did not see any mention of that

the BIOS that had the fix was 1707, so you have the fix.
It's probably BSOD'ing, if you don't have it set up correctly the BSOD won't even show, your PC will just reboot. I forgot how to set it so it doesn't reboot, but a quick google search should remedy that.

[~aoe~]

In System Properties, Advanced tab, Startup and Recovery settings, uncheck 'Automatically restart' in the System failure section.

[Lurker246]

Sorry if this is a bit off topic but, i am buying the E8400 from new egg as we speak for my Asus P5W DH Deluxe, but i am wondering what ram i should buy with this? i plan to over clock a bit but not to the extreme.

Many people have used G-skill on this thread (Me included). I'm using the 6400 HZ and can definitely recommend them. They give you lots of headroom, mine go as far as 1000 Mhz 5-5-5-15, I generally keep them around 834Mhz @ 4-4-4-4 though.

[P5WDHdeluxe]

[1] While doing an average o/c i.e E6600 from 2.4 to 3.0 GHZ with this board is a good idea to disable Hyperpath & Dram Throttle?
I don't get why we should disable these 2 options but in several forums it is written that they should be off? Being Enabled these 2, is there any chance of damaging smthg?

This is an old question of mine still without answer..
anythin' on that?

[MacClipper]

This is an old question of mine still without answer..
anythin' on that?

You can try leaving them enabled but do test for rig stability cos they are probably intended to make the system faster (iirc Hyperpath tightens timings) if your components are up to scratch.

HTH.

[Random Murderer]

This is an old question of mine still without answer..
anythin' on that?

not a chance on damaging something, but throttling should be disabled for performance's sake.
Hyperpath doesn't really matter unless you hit an fsb wall.

(iirc Hyperpath tightens timings)

sort of... it changes the boot strap of the north bridge and limits the fsb by doing so.

[mister_no]

Here an new bios with Yorkfield-Support; made by me!

http://rapidshare.com/files/86220167...field.rom.html

[Lurker246]

This is an old question of mine still without answer..
anythin' on that?

Alot of the hints & tips for overclocking this board date back to when it was released when there were alot of problems o/c'ing the board due to bad bios'.

I've played around with both settings from BIOS 2004+ as I've only been using this board since September 07 and they never effected my performance.

[P5WDHdeluxe]

thanks alot guys for your answers!
i would also to ask if there are some "Must Do" settings for every o/cing situtation for our board.

i.e "Must Do":
Pci-E: 100
Pci clock synch: 33.33

Are there any others for a safe and harmless o/c?

[secretworld]

thanks alot guys for your answers!
i would also to ask if there are some "Must Do" settings for every o/cing situtation for our board.

i.e "Must Do":
Pci-E: 100
Pci clock synch: 33.33

Are there any others for a safe and harmless o/c?

Beyond fsb290: Hyperpath3 disabled

[Random Murderer]

thanks alot guys for your answers!
i would also to ask if there are some "Must Do" settings for every o/cing situtation for our board.

i.e "Must Do":
Pci-E: 100
Pci clock synch: 33.33

Are there any others for a safe and harmless o/c?

eh, i keep my pci-e bus between 110 and 115...

[Lurker246]

eh, i keep my pci-e bus between 110 and 115...

I second that, but only if I overclock my gfx card. It's more stable running at 110 compared to 100. But if your GFX card is stock I'd use 100.

[P5WDHdeluxe]

i thought... for pci-e, everything above 100 is possible to harm (burn) your pci-e slot in a 24/7 oc/ed system because of the overvoltage on this slot....

[Random Murderer]

i thought... for pci-e, everything above 100 is possible to harm (burn) your pci-e slot in a 24/7 oc/ed system....

?
never heard that. what i do know is that sometimes it adds stability to an overclock, so i do it whether the system needs it or not...

[t_ski]

The only thing I have heard, is that if you set the PCI-e bus too high, it can mess with your SATA controller(s) and corrupt data.

[lawrywild]

The only thing I have heard, is that if you set the PCI-e bus too high, it can mess with your SATA controller(s) and corrupt data.

Which is 100% true. Even worse if you're running RAID. I leave my pci-e at 100. Over 110 and you're taking a big risk.

[xMrBunglex]

i tried 115 MHz on my P5W once and Windows wouldn't load. i have SATA RAID-0, so i put it right back to 100 MHz. i think only people with newer chipsets can overclock their PCI-E successfully anyway. 975X doesn't seem to like it.