ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[Random Murderer]

what power supply are you using? you may be right in thinking you were stable before you overclocked your video card.

[romfi]

i have this issue too, evident.

I wish they'd put EIST back in. I liked having it on.

The funny part is that EIST is there, it disappears only if you use 45 nm CPU. I put my old QX6700 back and EIST works as usual.

[JustusIV]

what power supply are you using? you may be right in thinking you were stable before you overclocked your video card.

I am using Antec Truepower trio 650w. I would really like it stable at 3.6, i think i have more testing to do
*edit*
But since i got some crashing in orthos doesnt that mean its not the video card?
It was fine in orthos before added the pci card 2ide hd's and 1 sata hd

[P5WDHdeluxe]

On our board... in order to increase the Mhz of the memory Ram... the only factor is the Vdimm?
Of course i am not talking about a tight FSB:RAM ratio...
I have the following ram:
http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/conf...G&promo=hx2shp
Even with a 2.25 volt on them and 3:4 ratio, i can't get them over 870 MHz...

Any suggestions? (or my dimm sucks?)

[t_ski]

I am using Antec Truepower trio 650w. I would really like it stable at 3.6, i think i have more testing to do
*edit*
But since i got some crashing in orthos doesnt that mean its not the video card?
It was fine in orthos before added the pci card 2ide hd's and 1 sata hd

I believe what he's saying is that you may not have enough power. I know in the past I had an Opteron 148 that could do 3.1GHz+, but after a while of video card upgrades I found the CPU would barely do 2.9GHz. Turns out I was over-loading the PSU, and in turn starving the CPU.

An easy way to check would be to put a basic video card in and try to OC it. If the basic vid card (which draws less power) allows your OC to be more stable, then your PSU may need to be upgraded.

[P5WDHdeluxe]

I am using Antec Truepower trio 650w. I would really like it stable at 3.6, i think i have more testing to do
*edit*
But since i got some crashing in orthos doesnt that mean its not the video card?
It was fine in orthos before added the pci card 2ide hd's and 1 sata hd

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/p...ulatorlite.jsp
check this one

[Donseba]

hello, what is the function of "dram write recovery time" in the bios ?

[bichi]

New Bios:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so.../P5WDH2602.zip

Thanks for the tip!

BIOS 2602 installed
- P5WDH, 1.02g; Q6700 G0 @ 3.0g; FSB: 300
- running normally for past 48 hours
- BIOS EzFlash/Thumbdrive method.
- quick 15min OCCT test successful.

Testing Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5G (2gB x 2 for 4gB)
- 5-5-5-18 @ PC-7100 (450mhz; 2:3); 2.05vdc
- cheap, $74.00 USD after $40.00 Mail-In Rebate, NewEgg

[AliZel]

I Have a big problem. I've received today the E8400,. After installing the computer is not booting up, there is also no sound of error from the bios. I've tried to put back the old cpu, but the same problem...Did i do something wrong? I did not broke anithing on the mobo, aparently. The bios is 2602 version.

[Random Murderer]

I Have a big problem. I've received today the E8400,. After installing the computer is not booting up, there is also no sound of error from the bios. I've tried to put back the old cpu, but the same problem...Did i do something wrong? I did not broke anithing on the mobo, aparently. The bios is 2602 version.

did you make sure to clear cmos after installing the new cpu?

[AliZel]

From the bios? Or from the jumper?

[Random Murderer]

From the bios? Or from the jumper?

jumper.

[w2richwood]

yes and make sure its unpluged from the wall and remove the battery for ten min..s or so and good luck
Rich

[riiaku]

I have my Q6400 OCed to 3.2 ghrtz, at a 1:1 ratio using OCZ DDR2800 2 gigs platinum revision 2 RAM. I want to throw in another 2 gigs of the same ram, would that impede my OC or affect it in any way? would i have to reduce my overclock?

[nessi]

Anyone tried some clocking E8400\8500 with this mobo yet? Speculating about buying one E8400, and i am waiting for x48 asus mobos.

[Korgan]

Anyone tried some clocking E8400\8500 with this mobo yet? Speculating about buying one E8400, and i am waiting for x48 asus mobos.

I have tried a E8400. Works fine with latest beta bios. With 1,65v to Northbridge it is stable in 400x9=3,6GHz. E8400 on standard voltage 1,2v. When going higher the board gets unstable. I cannot boot above 409Mhz FSB. Over that the FSB sets to 69MHz

Sometimes it stops at bios for about 30sec before booting OS. Did not have that problem with E6600. Hopefully ASUS releases non beta BIOS with support for Wolfdale.

[scorpion73]

Do you know which are the CPUs supported by the new BIOS?
On Asus website, CPU support page, nothing can be found as for the new bios 2602.

My principal interest is to see if finally QX9650 is officially supported by this main

[Eastcoasthandle]

Can someone with a E8400 at 3.6GHz post your 1meg SuperPI score?

[Korgan]

Can someone with a E8400 at 3.6GHz post your 1meg SuperPI score?

13.016sec. I can post a screenshot later. This is with 1:1 divider @ 5-6-6-18 timings.

[Eastcoasthandle]

13.016sec. I can post a screenshot later. This is with 1:1 divider @ 5-6-6-18 timings.

Thanks


Looks like the Maximus Formula offers a little bit of performance at 5-5-5-15 (3:4).

[freeza]

I have tried a E8400. Works fine with latest beta bios. With 1,65v to Northbridge it is stable in 400x9=3,6GHz. E8400 on standard voltage 1,2v. When going higher the board gets unstable. I cannot boot above 409Mhz FSB. Over that the FSB sets to 69MHz

Sometimes it stops at bios for about 30sec before booting OS. Did not have that problem with E6600. Hopefully ASUS releases non beta BIOS with support for Wolfdale.

I have the same CPUwith teh same problems, i tried ocing to 415 mhz and the fsb went all the way down and cpu was running at like 650 mhz and i had to reset the cmos lol.

So you say you use 1.65v? i just switched mine to that last night. mind posting your other voltages? I'm trying to stabilize mine too and would love to know your voltages. thanks!

[P5WDHdeluxe]

when i turn off the switch of the psu and then turn it on, the pc boots up!
why does this happen? How can i prevent this "auto-boot"?

[Eastcoasthandle]

when i turn off the switch of the psu and then turn it on, the pc boots up!
why does this happen? How can i prevent this "auto-boot"?

What's usb devices are connected to the 2 lower usb ports?

[xMrBunglex]

you can disable it in the BIOS to. it's called Power On After Failure or something like that.

[BuBBle.D]

What bios is currently most stable/adviseable? Im using a G0 e6850 with 4 sticks of ram.