ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[Yolanda]

Mm you flash new bios? Does it work and shows correctly Core 2 Duo E8400 at 3.00 GHz or something? Can you enter the BIOS setup program? If so, press F8 and select proper boot device or select it in setup.

I usually flash all new bioses to this mainboard and always use my USB flash drive, I start system, press Alt+F2, then system restarts with built-in flasher, it automatically scan floppy, cd and usb, then it finds file "P5WDH.ROM" on my flash drive it flashes itself and after a minute restarts.
You should rename bios file name, than copy it to flash, to name I write. By manual it cannot work with new 16gb and higher flash drives.
Latest version is 2704 now, I think try it.

[Falkentyne]

Whoa...
Ok that explains it.

You need a BOOTABLE floppy disk in order to flash. It has to have an operating system on it, not just be blank with the flasher...
Make a MS DOS bootdisk and put the flashing programs on it, and away you go. Windows XP can create a bootdisk for you in the formatting options.

But since your computer *DOES* POST, when you put your old CPU back in, why not simply enter BIOS, go to Ez-flash, and flash from there (the flash files should already be on the floppy anyway)? That's what I did when the 2004 modded bios didn't work properly on my computer...

[Yolanda]

Whoa...
Ok that explains it.

You need a BOOTABLE floppy disk in order to flash. It has to have an operating system on it, not just be blank with the flasher...
Make a MS DOS bootdisk and put the flashing programs on it, and away you go. Windows XP can create a bootdisk for you in the formatting options..

It's true for old boards, but our P5W can flash itself then only P5WDH.ROM exist on floppy, cd or usb drive. No other files or flasher required. Just press Alf-F2 at start and build-in flasher starts.