ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[Supa Chiney]

Hello,

I got this Prob with my mobo since i bought about 2 months ago. The thing is that everytime im playing music using the optical cable every once in a while the sound cuts by itself, like for half second. Updating drivers didnt seem to work. anyone have had that prob?

[romfi]

Also at ASUS ftp as Beta BIOS version.

2704 Bios:

http://rapidshare.com/files/10195246...eluxe-2704.rar

[mikepaul]

Are the Xeon CPUs usually interchangeable with 'regular' ones?

On slickdeals.net someone posted that the XEON QUAD CORE X3350 ($314 with coupon) is the 'same' as a Q9450, but I see no Xeons on ASUS's P5W DH compatibility guide...

[Lurker246]

Hello,

I got this Prob with my mobo since i bought about 2 months ago. The thing is that everytime im playing music using the optical cable every once in a while the sound cuts by itself, like for half second. Updating drivers didnt seem to work. anyone have had that prob?

Is your system overclocked? I use to get weird audio problems when pushing the voltage/processor speed a bit too much.

[Supa Chiney]

yeah its Oced to 3ghz

if i remember good the voltage is set to 1.2750 (im at work right now)

[Lurker246]

yeah its Oced to 3ghz

if i remember good the voltage is set to 1.2750 (im at work right now)

Your o/c seems fine I never had an audio problem with that speed/voltage. It was only when I was running 1.4v at 3.2+ trying to get stable.

Have you tried changing the audio in the BIOS between Vista / Non Vista?

[Supa Chiney]

yeah i've tried both settings in both XP and Vista I dual boot... i saw someone that had the same problem on Asus forums but no one posted a solution..

[Korgan]

Anyone tried Beta BIOS 2704? Changelog?

http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...eluxe-2704.zip

[nicko]

yeah i've tried both settings in both XP and Vista I dual boot... i saw someone that had the same problem on Asus forums but no one posted a solution..

Which player are you using?

[Supa Chiney]

WMP 11, but that didnt happen with my previous mobo(Msi platinum) using optical cable also...

[ChronoDog]

Anyone tried Beta BIOS 2704? Changelog?

http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...eluxe-2704.zip

Not much to say about it here, 2504 worked really weird for me, wouldn't let me over 380 on the FSB, 2602 let me up to about 445 stable, 2704 seems to be the same way.

The only changes so far:
- The minimal modifiable voltage is now 1.45v (2704) instead of 1.4v (2602)
- The POST seems to go a little bit faster now.
- The C1E and EIST functions Enable/Disable both don't show at all in the BIOS now, not even after a full CMOS clear and 1st boot.

Specs below.

P.S - I remember seeing it in this thread, but I can't find it now... how do I make one of the EZ-Backup (or wev it's called) ports into a regular SATA port?

[travisc]

Can't change my CPU ratio with Q6600... I've tried several bioses... 2604, 2704, 2406... and can't change my cpu ratio from 9x... it lets me change it, but upon reboot my clock speed is FSB*9, no matter what ratio i set.

[travisc]

btw... i can run 3.2ghz - 356x9 @ 1.375v... temps are hot though!... it's a B3...

but I'd rather run 400x8, want some higher fsb/memory speeds... wanna get my superpi under 16s. crazy part is, i run a 16.1 at this speed... if i run 375x9 = 3.38 ghz = 17.x...

[ripz]

Hi.
Just tried the new 2704, and it looks good to me. In fact, it's looking better than the 2406 which was giving me strange issues with the wireless and @ post.

[alexlyc]

P.S - I remember seeing it in this thread, but I can't find it now... how do I make one of the EZ-Backup (or wev it's called) ports into a regular SATA port?

Take out all the raid jumper on top of the red sata port. You can use the EZ-Backup SATA port for data drive only tho. And you can't boot from any optical device using those ports, cuz that's what Asus tech told me. And I read somewhere in their forum that when you make the ports regular, only one will work.

[w2richwood]

yes take off all jumper for easy raid then go in bios enable easy raido and on boot you have four sata ports one of the easy raid ports i ran a raido on 1 n 3 and a 80g one easy port and could boot from raido or 80g hope this helps
Rich

[Korgan]

Does anyone know how to make the board to boot above 409Mhz FSB? My 8400 boots fine at 409Mhz FSB (3,7GHz). When I change to 410MHz the CPU is running at aprox. 500Mhz, very slow I can boot at 409MHz FSB and then raise the FSB using clockgen to 445MHz without problems.

Max FSB using clockgen => http://lordm.net/files/korgan-ownage/410.JPG

[kusdra]

Does anyone know how to make the board to boot above 409Mhz FSB? My 8400 boots fine at 409Mhz FSB (3,7GHz). When I change to 410MHz the CPU is running at aprox. 500Mhz, very slow I can boot at 409MHz FSB and then raise the FSB using clockgen to 445MHz without problems.

Max FSB using clockgen => http://lordm.net/files/korgan-ownage/410.JPG

Check your settings against and try again, decrease DRAM frequency.

[ChronoDog]

Does anyone know how to make the board to boot above 409Mhz FSB? My 8400 boots fine at 409Mhz FSB (3,7GHz). When I change to 410MHz the CPU is running at aprox. 500Mhz, very slow I can boot at 409MHz FSB and then raise the FSB using clockgen to 445MHz without problems.

Max FSB using clockgen => http://lordm.net/files/korgan-ownage/410.JPG

Yep, sounds like the memory is holding you back. Also, increase the MCH volts to at least 1.6v to go above 410mhz stable.
The weird thing is that on that picture you get 11.453 seconds at 455x9, whilst I get 9.[something] seconds at about 100mhz less on the CPU, so you should totally check what your memory is set to

[Lurker246]

Hi guys,

Just thought I'd post this up in case anyone has got Crossfire issues with Cat 8.3.

Cat 8.3 won't run crossfire on this board with 2900's (don't know about 3870's) in XP-32 bit (Confirmed by another user on Overclock.net) All sorts of issues like stuttering (5fps - 100fps back to 5fps..etc, artifacts and screen corruption in 3d apps after coming out of sleep mode. When running 3dmark the display changes when running the CPU tests resulting in a blank screen. Went from 17k to 10k in 3dmark although enabling PEG link in bios to auto brought it up to 12k for what it's worth.

Cat 8.3 with Vista 64 on the other hand is fine, So thanks ATI for dragging me kicking and screaming onto an MS 64-bit OS

[Korgan]

Yep, sounds like the memory is holding you back. Also, increase the MCH volts to at least 1.6v to go above 410mhz stable.
The weird thing is that on that picture you get 11.453 seconds at 455x9, whilst I get 9.[something] seconds at about 100mhz less on the CPU, so you should totally check what your memory is set to

Thank you for the response! I cannot see how you get 9sec at 4000MHz? I have checked alot of screenshots from overclocked 8400@4Ghz and they all are about 12sek?

My memory is at 1:1 divider and is Kingston HyperX PC8500, so the memory should not be an issue. I am using max volt for the MCH (1,65v) and have removed the bracket with the ASUS logo and added a 60mm fan to cool it. Temperatures are fine on the MCH.

The strange thing is that I can overclock it above 4Ghz stable with clockgen. But if I try to boot above 409MHz FSB the CPU sets to 500MHz for each core. Even a E8400 is very slow at 500MHz

[freeza]

Same here.

[Korgan]

2704 beta works lika a charm. I can now boot it @ 430MHz FSB

[lawrywild]

Thank you for the response! I cannot see how you get 9sec at 4000MHz? I have checked alot of screenshots from overclocked 8400@4Ghz and they all are about 12sek?

Most likely a SuperPi bug imo

[ChronoDog]

Thank you for the response! I cannot see how you get 9sec at 4000MHz? I have checked alot of screenshots from overclocked 8400@4Ghz and they all are about 12sek?

Memory @ 445mhz 1:1 4-4-3-5, that isn't my 24/7 FSB, but the highest I benched it at. At the 24/7 settings of 400x9, same timings and mem speed, SuperPi Mod 1.5 does 1M in a little under 13 seconds

Another thing though, pretty stupid to ask, but still - have you disabled EIST, C1E and HyperPath 3? And a few other things, check the first post in this thread...