ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[t_ski]

Yep

[Lurker246]

you sold your asus p5w?

Yep

Get the pitchforks out !!! Burn him !!

[clip]

ahaha

I did manage to get the 9800GX2 half working with this board.

Disable 2nd card in device manager

Bios - P5WDH2406.zip

Chipset - Intel_INF_V8301013_2kxpvista.zip

Trick to get Asus Update to work when you get error is to reinstall the chipset drivers from the CD

[w2richwood]

i updated to a p5k premium but i still have my p5w dh its a great board and very good back up computer no reson to sale it
Rich

[Xeon Zombie]

Can i run 8 gigs of corsair ram at 4-4-4-12 at 8x400 or will i have problems?

On the P5W? - Should be able to... When I ran an E6400, I ran it @ 8x400 w/4GB of OCZ memory.

If your memory is spec'ed for 4-4-4-12 @ a certain voltage, just make sure you are supplying the volts it needs.

The SPD thing on this board doesn't always work right, and sometimes produces looser timings than one would desire, however you can manually set those.

There is a trade off though - for some people (myself included) I cannot get to 400fsb with manual timings. (w/4GB) I HAVE to auto set them with SPD. Your mileage may vary. If you are running a huge OC, but your timings a re a little looser than you'd like, for instance 4-5-4-15 or something from SPD, just leave it, the difference is not noticeable by mortal men.

[mikepaul]

I guess I could replace my DH Deluxe if there was still a board that had two IDE ports that handled a Q9450 well. It's just that I expected to be able to use this one until I bailed for a Nehalem setup in a couple of years.

I have a PCI IDE card lying around somewhere but that isn't my idea of the way to use a slot in a NEW motherboard...

[ntvh]

Yes, how hard is it to put the old cpu back in ?

That "G0" modded Bios doesn't support most of the 45nm cpus correctly anyway. QX9650 posts only after a cmos reset, displays the wrong speed and FSB "300 mhz" or something, and Prescott settings are available (Hyper-treading, etc). You're able to get into Ezflash quickly and reflash another BIOS, though. E8400 definitely would fare worse.

Try a flash to 2406 or 2504. If you want full use of speedstep/eist etc you will want 2406, although it's still unknown if it actually _works_ in windows or not here. Broken on newer versions.

Please help me

Reflash to 2406, start system is fine. Then replace CPU E8400...turn on the rid power on fan on water system on but the first post post screen from my compter never on nothing on the screen. What did I do wrong Please help me.

Also none of my USB onboard are working at all after update to 2406...What went wrong? Please help.

Also none of my USE onboard work at all ...what wrong ???
Put back the old CPU everything goes back to normal.

would this MB work for E8400 or do I need to reflash the CPU with higher Bios or need to update the Chips set??? So many questions. Thanks

[DrSlump]

Hi guys, i've two questions for you:
1) I've an fsb wall of a mere 328Mhz for my Q6600 G0, on a bios version 2704. Could a different bios help resolving my issue? Or is the fsb wall an unsolvable problem?
2)Is there a bios that works best with the Q6600 G0?

Thanks.

[Random Murderer]

Please help me

Reflash to 2406, start system is fine. Then replace CPU E8400...turn on the rid power on fan on water system on but the first post post screen from my compter never on nothing on the screen. What did I do wrong Please help me.

Also none of my USB onboard are working at all after update to 2406...What went wrong? Please help.

Also none of my USE onboard work at all ...what wrong ???
Put back the old CPU everything goes back to normal.

would this MB work for E8400 or do I need to reflash the CPU with higher Bios or need to update the Chips set??? So many questions. Thanks

the e8400 is not supported until bios 2504.

Hi guys, i've two questions for you:
1) I've an fsb wall of a mere 328Mhz for my Q6600 G0, on a bios version 2704. Could a different bios help resolving my issue? Or is the fsb wall an unsolvable problem?
2)Is there a bios that works best with the Q6600 G0?

Thanks.

what revision is your board? you can find the revision number next to the ram slot that's closest to the lga socket.

[DrSlump]

the e8400 is not supported until bios 2504.

what revision is your board? you can find the revision number next to the ram slot that's closest to the lga socket.

1.03.. why?

[Random Murderer]

1.03.. why?

1.03 should have no problem. i've owned both 1.02 and 1.03 and the 1.03 was better at clocking.

[DrSlump]

1.03 should have no problem. i've owned both 1.02 and 1.03 and the 1.03 was better at clocking.

Well i'm having problem with the Q6600 only. The E6600 i had before the upgrade worked with no problems @360-400fsb, with all voltages@default.
Now past the 328Mhz, i can change any setting or any voltage i wish, without (or little gain) in stability.
333Mhz seems to be impossible to reach without loosing stability, very very strange.

[secretworld]

Well i'm having problem with the Q6600 only. The E6600 i had before the upgrade worked with no problems @360-400fsb, with all voltages@default.
Now past the 328Mhz, i can change any setting or any voltage i wish, without (or little gain) in stability.
333Mhz seems to be impossible to reach without loosing stability, very very strange.

I have about the same here only a little better. 340 is max, 350 works also but then the network starts making errors (crc errors in large rars opened over the network, which work fine with a little lower fsb, when copied over with a lower fsb, they work fine on the machine with a high fsb when unpacking, when copied over with high fsb they fail even at lower fsb, so it is definitely the network which crappes out, but until opening rars you would never know ).
I don´t think anyone has found a way for really high fsb with a Q6600 G0 on this mobo.

[ntvh]

Quote:
Originally Posted by ntvh
Please help me

Reflash to 2406, start system is fine. Then replace CPU E8400...turn on the rid power on fan on water system on but the first post post screen from my compter never on nothing on the screen. What did I do wrong Please help me.

Also none of my USB onboard are working at all after update to 2406...What went wrong? Please help.

Also none of my USE onboard work at all ...what wrong ???
Put back the old CPU everything goes back to normal.

would this MB work for E8400 or do I need to reflash the CPU with higher Bios or need to update the Chips set??? So many questions. Thanks

the e8400 is not supported until bios 2504.

I just reflash the Bios to 260x.

Do I need to remove the jumper on the MB or take the battery out on the MB to reset the MB before install the E8400 . Many thanks.

[DrSlump]

I have about the same here only a little better. 340 is max, 350 works also but then the network starts making errors (crc errors in large rars opened over the network, which work fine with a little lower fsb, when copied over with a lower fsb, they work fine on the machine with a high fsb when unpacking, when copied over with high fsb they fail even at lower fsb, so it is definitely the network which crappes out, but until opening rars you would never know ).
I don´t think anyone has found a way for really high fsb with a Q6600 G0 on this mobo.

Yes! The same errors i have: crc errors. So it's the mainboard, not the cpu. I'm really disappointed, because it means a really bad design in the voltage control unit and/or the pcb.

[iboomalot]

What is the max FSB for the PW5 with a newer chip like a E8500/8400 ??

Thinking about upgrading my e6700

[ntvh]

I just reflash the Bios to 260x.

Do I need to remove the jumper on the MB or take the battery out on the MB to reset the MB before install the E8400 . Many thanks.
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Please help me do I need to do those steps above, Please help me

[ntvh]

anybody?? Please help

[DrSlump]

I just reflash the Bios to 260x.

Do I need to remove the jumper on the MB or take the battery out on the MB to reset the MB before install the E8400 . Many thanks.
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Please help me do I need to do those steps above, Please help me

I think it's indifferent. Put in the cpu, don't worry.

[ntvh]

It is painful to upgrade from my old Cpu to E8400... have to reset RTCram remove Battery. I have to remove my waterline..etc.. to reach to RTC. and also have to reinstall Windows XP to new HD ( reboot to windows screen then stop ). It is painful very very painful.

Anyway, I don't know or it's only me or it happen to anybody else.

So here is the steps to upgrade old CPU to E8400

1- DL Bios 260x ( anything below that # won't work) ( still use same system)
2- Change file name to xxxx.ROM, then burn to Floppy, use EZ Flash
3- insert Floppy and flash it
4- Chk at post bios see 260x is it there or not ? if YES remove old CPU. If not redo flash Bios
5- Remove old CPU, reset RTC RAM, Remove Battery on MB ( if you skip one of those steps..it won't work) Someone on this forum gave me wrong/ missing step to do remove it..that is why it is take so long to make my rid work again. But thank you to those guys anyway.
6- if your Windows OS hung during boots up....go buy or take your extra HD to reload Win OS again.

That is all folks. enjoy

[Falkentyne]

You don't nor ever have had to remove the battery. All that is required when clearing CMOS is to cut the power completely by unplugging or turning off the power supply.

At least....you SHOULDN'T have to remove the battery.......

[ntvh]

You are back. Don't or do as you said.....( kind of little late ) it is already done. Thank you anyway, Falkentyne! I wisk you would reply little bit early so I can have more time for my fishing stuff. How about the BIOS stuff???

[Falkentyne]

Sorry I don't know about any other bios settings. I'm using 2406 and afraid to go newer because of stories of people unable to set voltages lower than 1.45v. And I still don't know if 2704 is an improvement; I saw *ONE*....count em...ONE post supporting 2704, and several bashing it as badly as 2602....

I also asked a question several pages ago which was totally ignored:

Is ANYONE using 2704 with a 45nm CPU having the FULL voltage range available (1.225v-1.7) and NOT just 1.45 and up?

Is ANYONE using 2704 and HAPPY with it, similar to the last version which seemed to work correctly, 2406?

Is ANYONE using 2704 and have SPEEDSTEP/EIST/C1E working, WITHOUT needing to enable the CPU multiplier feature?

[ntvh]

Oh Well, that is life. But You are still the MAn. Thanks, Bud.

[Random Murderer]

You don't nor ever have had to remove the battery. All that is required when clearing CMOS is to cut the power completely by unplugging or turning off the power supply.

At least....you SHOULDN'T have to remove the battery.......

on both of my p5wdh boards you need to remove the battery AND do the jumper, no matter how long the computer is unplugged. it even says to do both in the manual.