ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[Stealth187]

I've had several cpus in my 1.02g board (e6700, e6750, e2180, e2220) and could never obtain a high fsb. 300-310 is about the most I can get stable...believe me I've exhausted all possible cpu/chipset/jumperfree setting combinations to no avail.

Now I have an e8500, and its the same thing. It will only post at its nominal speed (3.16ghz with 333fsb) if I leave the 'AI Overclocking' option to auto, which is undesirable as I like to manually set everything like voltages and ram speed etc.

If I set 'AI Overclocking' to manual, put the fsb to 333 and leave all other jumperfree options still on auto, it refuses to post. So how the hell is the auto setting making 333 fsb stable? Anyone experienced a similar issue?

Also, once I change 'AI Overclocking' from auto to manual, I have to use the 'load default settings' option in bios to post again - simply changing the option back to auto doesn't work.