ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[ntvh]

Thank you and Thank you very much. Will try right now.

[mw818]

Greetings!
I am new to over clocking, and setting up manual values in motherboards, for years i've been a simple system builder with no reason to over clock. It's time for me to upgrade my rig but unfortunately it's not possible for me to upgrade everything at this time.

I have a P5W-DH rev 1.02g
Does this board support 45nm technology?
If so, both dual and quad cores?

I was looking at a E8500 but might make the jump to a Q9400 for a longer life.

Also, I am new to setting values to bios settings / overclocking, i've always just set everything to auto. Is there an informative post where i can learn what to set the values to?

Thank you!

-Mike

[tomcug]

Mw818, your board supports all 45nm CPUs. But you won't be able to set CPU voltage below 1,45V. Only Rev 1.04G supports voltages lower than 1,45V with 45nm CPUs. Ntvh, setting MCH voltage to 1,75V is more than enough to reach 445MHz. My board reached 450MHz with this voltage.

[mw818]

thanks for the reply tom, do you know how the lack of those voltages will affect me// what does that mean? sorry, very new here. Thanks, Mike

[MaximumPig]

first i would like to say that the ppl in this thread probably know more about this board than ppl at ASUS do.


with that out of the way, here is my CPU-z



9.0 multi

[tomcug]

Mike, if you set 1,45V in BIOS, you'll get 1,41V under load, which is quite safe for those 45nm CPUs. If you have good cooling, then you don't have to worry about this. I think you can reach 4GHz at this voltage using E8500. MaximumPig, it's quite strange. Try downgrading your BIOS to 2704 revision.

[jpmermoz]

Mike, if you set 1,45V in BIOS, you'll get 1,41V under load, which is quite safe for those 45nm CPUs. If you have good cooling, then you don't have to worry about this. I think you can reach 4GHz at this voltage using E8500. MaximumPig, it's quite strange. Try downgrading your BIOS to 2704 revision.

Hi tomcug, please could you tell me how did you change vcore?
I have a p5w dh deluxe 1.04g motherboard, bios 2801, and processor e7200 2.53ghz.
I've already tried clearing CMOS but nothing happend, and I tried with bios 2704 too
When I go to Jumper Settings, it says "VCORE: AUTO" and I can't change it!
Here's a photo:



Thanks man

[tomcug]

Jpmermoz, I simply entered BIOS after installing E7200 and saved settigns. After that I could change CPU voltage. You problem is somehow strange. Try downgrading BIOS to 2602 revision which doesn't officially support E7200 and removing CMOS battery for few minutes. I think that should help you. Could you also post a photo from CPU Settings section in your BIOS?

[Yolanda]

I had sometimes such strange thing, that BIOS allow to set CPU Vcore only to Auto, it happens only after CMOS clearing or flashing new BIOS. Simply save settings in BIOS helps, and after second BIOS load, I can set my Vcore.

[jpmermoz]

How can I downgrade BIOS to 2602?? Once I tried to do that but to version 2701, and I couldn't..
Should I use ASUS Flash Utility? Afudos?
And there won't be no problem after doing that right?
Here's the CPU Settings photo:

[MaximumPig]

my latest CPU-z:





In order to get the 9.5 multi I switched to 2704 but that didn't do it. Then I cleared CMOS by not just using the jumper but also removing the battery, and then I had the 9.5 multi.

so I would recommend that anyone having problems --- remove the cmos battery and also use the jumper to be sure all the bios settings are cleared out. I suspect I could have gotten 9.5x with 2801 if I had cleared the CMOS and battery first before flashing back to 2704.

I can't seem to get stable above 367 fsb probably because I have 4 sticks of mediocre memory, 4x1GB of Corsair Twin2x2048-6400C4D

what type of CPU volts should I need to hit 400? 1.45 or so?

[markq4xprt]

have anyone encountered this problem?

in vista ultimate im transfering files from one hdd to another both are 1tb 32mbcache

it just takes long on the calculating time remaining when moving files from the 1tb to another hence it should not be like that since im only transfering 1g of file


things ive done

tested all drives in xp and all are ok
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled - doesnt improve
Remote Differential Compression - doesnt improve

im using bios 2801
e6420 oc`ed to 3ghz
2x1g ddr2 800 team dark rams




seagate 320 16mb sata - vista os

seagate 750 32mb sata - files
seagate 1tb 32mb sata - files
seagate 1tb 32mb sata - files
seagate 320g 16mb ide - files
wd 320g ide 16mb- files
ibm 80g ide - xp back up os

[mw818]

Well I made a jump today and bought an E8500 with E0 stepping

here is an SS of my cpu-z



For the cooler i am using a ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED

I would like to overclock this PC, however i'm very new to overclocking. Anybody have some info i can read to educate myself? (basically what to tinker with, and how to test if its stable)

thanks!

[tomcug]

Mike, I see you bought a new CPU . E8500 with E0 stepping is very good for overclocking so you should be able to overclock it to 3,9-4GHz at stock voltage. You should start with those settings:
CPU Frequency: 400MHz
DRAM Frequency: 800MHz
Performance Mode: Auto
PCI Express Frequency: 100MHz
PCI Clock Synchronization Mode: 33.33MHz
Memory Voltage: 2V
CPU VCore Voltage: Auto
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.3V
MCH Chipset Voltage: 1.65V
ICH Chipset Voltage: 1.05V
This will give you 3,8GHz and those settings should be stable with stock voltage. Don't forget to enable SPD Timings in BIOS, because your system won't be stable without that. You can use ORTHOS to test your system's stability. If those settigns will be stable, then you can try overclocking a bit more.

Jpmermoz, use ASUS Flash Utility in BIOS to downgrade to 2602 revision.

[jpmermoz]

Tom, I've downgraded to 2602, and cleared CMOS, but i'm still having the problem
Do you know any other possible solution?
Thanks

[MaximumPig]

did you remove your cmos battery and flip the jumper at the same time?

[tomcug]

You can also try this:

VCore only option Auto - EITHER Flash using AFUDOS and the tags "afudos /i****.rom /p /b /n /c" (without quotes) , then clear cmos as the manual describes [Credit - OPB] OR Disable Speedstep and Enhanced C1 Control in the Cpu Configuration section of the BIOS. [Credit - DjLeco]

[mw818]

Hey Tom,

Thank you!

I set those settings in the bios and now here is what my CPU-Z looks like



Looking at my voltage is everything OK?

Also I did set SPD to ENABLED it looks like this:



I do have 4-4-4-12 ddr800 dual channel, why would SPD slow it down?
Sorry, i'm very new!

Also, What programs would you recommend to control my fans? I would like to have it software side and not bios side, i'm assuming its better because it's customizable

Thanks Tom! You're a HUGE HELP!

edit:
i forgot to mention i have a 450w power supply
and im running bios version 2801

[tomcug]

Mike, if you set SPD timings, then you always get 5-6-6-18 timings. But you have to do that, because our motherboards have some troubles with custom timings and FSB speeds exceeding 370MHz. For controlling fans speed I'm using Asus PC Probe II.

[jpmermoz]

did you remove your cmos battery and flip the jumper at the same time?

Yes I did..
and also i've tried with afudos just like tom says.
I miss my e4500

[MaximumPig]

ack now i'm realizing that when my pc awakes from sleep the multiplier has dropped to 9
i don't suppose anyone knows a workaround or fix? This is with BIOS 2704 and E8500, Vista x64.

[tomcug]

I'm experiencing the same issue . When my PC awakes from sleep mode, then multiplier drops to 9.0x. I don't think there is any fix available.

[mikepaul]

ack now i'm realizing that when my pc awakes from sleep the multiplier has dropped to 9
i don't suppose anyone knows a workaround or fix? This is with BIOS 2704 and E8500, Vista x64.

You could try not sleeping...

[ntvh]

Hi,

First of all, I would like to say Thanks you to all members who help / educate me about how to OC. You guys are the best.

Second, I 'm trying to make my CPU E6600 2.4GHz 1066mhz FSB to the max.

here is my data Welcome all suggestion
Bios ver = 2801
CPU Freq = 423
CPU Mhz = 3.80
Mem v = 1.80v
Dram freq = 635
MCI v = 1.85v
FSB term..= 1.30v

What can I do to make the temp from the" core temp " progarm goes low right now the temp are c0= 53 c, c1 = 52 c

With that temp if I load or use Nero to work on movie, the temp at core temp program show me like 67 c or 68 c. Then Shut down

Please help Thanks

[armend]

Hey guy's, I don't know whether anybody has an similar problem, but..
I have an P5W DH Deluxe, E6600, 4 GB of Kingston 667, 2 WD 500 GB SATA2 disks in Raid 0, 1 DVD RW SATA drive, 550Wat PS unit, 5 more less regular coolers, now... whenever I'm trying to install the second DVD sata drive, in Bios this is recognized but when windows starts there is nothing, tried with updating bios, changing sata ports, install ide drive etc, nothing.
I tried the same thing in one of my friends PC, he has P5K Asus mobo, strange enough I had the same problem, when installing individually all the drives work fine, now I'm really confused, I suppose I'm missing something, don't know yet what.
So, if someone has encountered the same problem, could you please help, pleeeaaaseee, I'm really desperate to fix this issue.

Thanks in advance