ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[aelo]

Hi,

I've no problemes with the new service pack 3.
My System runs great, I've never had any real problems with the Board (Revision 1.02G, Bios 2704).
The other parts of my system are Core 2 Duo E6600, GeForce 7900Gt (before: 7600GT), 4Gb Ram, 4x 1GB DDR2-800 Corsair TwinX XMS CL5.

regards
aelo

[phillai]

I got a problem encoding - After a while it will just switch off.
Sometimes straight away sometimes after about 60%...

But it always switches off when I'm encoding!!!

Everything else works for me so I'm quote puzzled why my PC switches off when I'm trying to encode.

Can anyone help me out?

Is there a program to 'stress test' my setup so I can possibly see what is wrong?

[mikepaul]

I've no problemes with the new service pack 3.
My System runs great, I've never had any real problems with the Board (Revision 1.02G, Bios 2704).
The other parts of my system are Core 2 Duo E6600, GeForce 7900Gt (before: 7600GT), 4Gb Ram, 4x 1GB DDR2-800 Corsair TwinX XMS CL5.

Well, I never ran SP3 with my E6300 so maybe it's some new instruction on the Q9450 that isn't executing properly. Whatever it is, the July 2008 Nvidia drivers didn't work any better: play some Flash animation on a website and watch it reboot.

I did find out the cause of my 'virus/malware' problem: the controller software for the Freezone Elite I installed IS the reason the desktop crashes after 6 hours. The popup windows that may all say they are trying to launch restart.exe must be due to the fact that the software screws up the ability to read the temperatures (Core Temp returns 105C when run at the same time, normal temps when run alone) and eventually tries to shut the machine down. It chugs along OK without the controller software so I uninstalled it. The refrigerator-like noise is comforting rather than annoying.

On the bright side, when I set the Elite to 24C, the Q9450 running at 2.32Ghz (underclocked because 2704 sucks) is about 48C on the hottest core at idle. That's nearly 10C cooler than air had me. If/when I get to overclock, it should be just fine...