ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[Falkentyne]

No, P5W DH Rev. 1.02G can overclock and adjust voltage for both Wolfdale and Yorkfield CPUs. The only limitation is that voltage can't be set to any value lower than 1.4V. However our board has only two GTL reference voltage dividers. And this makes it quite poor at overclocking quad-core CPUs. So if you want to change CPU, then go for E8600 or change motherboard.

My 1.04G board can run my QX9650 @ 4 ghz and 1.3868-1.376v (real), and I've gamed at 1.392v and 4.1 ghz, as well as passed 3dmark06 CPU test without any problems (but i'm sure it wouldn't pass prime here).

Note that you can't even adjust the GTL REF on this board.
(newbie question: Isn't GTF Ref related to stabilizing cpu's at higher FSB speeds but with less vcore? or is it for stabilizing CPU's even at low FSBs?)

I wouldn't come halfway CLOSE to 4.1 ghz (much less 4 ghz) if I didn't have an unlocked multiplier....I remember I couldn't even pass 1 loop of Prime at 380x10 (3.8 ghz) and 1.4vcore (!) although I was at 1.65v vmch; perhaps 1.75v would have helped there, while 333x12 (4 ghz) and 1.3875vcore runs for hours and hours....
(this is with vdroop mod btw).

You really don't want to run a quad on this board with intention to overclock it unless you have an unlocked multiplier.