ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[G40RoCkEt]

Well people, after change my PSU to a new Corsair TX750W, i can reach the 380FSB easy, as you can see:




It's a weird, but with my old PSU (thermaltake pure power 680w) i not pass orthos for more than 1H.

Seems that the PSU is a very important thing to oc sucess.

So, for now, 3.6ghz in cpu with 2.1V in 4 x 1GB DDR2 is not so bad.

CPU Frequency: 380MHz
DRAM Frequency: 760MHz
Performance Mode: Auto
PCI Express Frequency: 100MHz
PCI Clock Synchronization Mode: 33.33MHz
Memory Voltage: 2.1V (if have 2x1GB, only 1.8V)
CPU VCore Voltage: Auto
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.3V
MCH Chipset Voltage: 1.65V
ICH Chipset Voltage: 1.05V
SPD - Enable (timmings - 5-6-6-18)

Good and old motherboard

[festipaul]

Well people, after change my PSU to a new Corsair TX750W, i can reach the 380FSB easy, as you can see:

It's a weird, but with my old PSU (thermaltake pure power 680w) i not pass orthos for more than 1H.

Seems that the PSU is a very important thing to oc sucess.

So, for now, 3.6ghz in cpu with 2.1V in 4 x 1GB DDR2 is not so bad.

CPU Frequency: 380MHz
DRAM Frequency: 760MHz
Performance Mode: Auto
PCI Express Frequency: 100MHz
PCI Clock Synchronization Mode: 33.33MHz
Memory Voltage: 2.1V (if have 2x1GB, only 1.8V)
CPU VCore Voltage: Auto
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.3V
MCH Chipset Voltage: 1.65V
ICH Chipset Voltage: 1.05V
SPD - Enable (timmings - 5-6-6-18)

Good and old motherboard

That's exactly what I am running but in vista 32, stable as well. However I am much hotter....idle 45 C, load 57 C what cooling are you using? Should I be worried at my temps?

[G40RoCkEt]

That's exactly what I am running but in vista 32, stable as well. However I am much hotter....idle 45 C, load 57 C what cooling are you using? Should I be worried at my temps?

Paul, i use a good Noctua cooler as you can see in the image of my computer:




EDIT: Paul your temps i think is fine. I have the cpu in 26º at IDLE, and 38º-40º FULL

So, after 3:30H of orthos, i run one 3dmark06 test with my 380FSB and my new Corsair 750W.

Test are fine and after finish the test i played in GRID game.

Well, first racing, in the second lap , have a BSDO (machine_check_exception)....

Seems , that 380FSB with 4 x 1GB, is to forget with this board... Or should i put some vcore voltage in cpu?

I still have the problem in vcore cpu - bios allow me in 1.45v - 7V. Less than 1.45v i cannot define.

So, back another time to 370FSB with my 4 x 1GB. - STABLE LIKE A ROCK AGAIN.

In the future i will change my memories, and put some 2 x 2GB DDR2 800 KIT.

For now, i still have a little happy with this OC.

[firestarter.pt]

Finally got an E8600 to replace the E6600 but without changing the good old P5W DH, here is the result:



My easiest overclock ever! Thanks to all that helped me before getting the 400 fsb bootable and stable

[G40RoCkEt]

Finally got an E8600 to replace the E6600 but without changing the good old P5W DH, here is the result:



My easiest overclock ever! Thanks to all that helped me before getting the 400 fsb bootable and stable

Nice oc firestarter.pt,

Did you fix the core voltage in bios seetings? Or left in AUTO?

If you fix the core voltage, what P5W DH revision you have and bios version?

In mine revision (1.02g) the minimum that i can select is 1.45v

[firestarter.pt]

My board revision is the same as yours and I also can not set the voltage bellow 1.45v but it's no problem because it's a very good value for a moderate overclock.

Surprising with this CPU for the first time ever I'm able to boot this motherboard above 400 mhz fsb, I'm benchig at 10x 420 = 4.2 Ghz at the moment and it looks stable but I still have to test it with Orthos and after I'll try even more but I'm more than happy with 420 I never expect to go beyond 400...