Quote Originally Posted by pc1x1 View Post
Anyhow I got everything installed:

Asus P5WDH Deluxe
Quad 2 Core 9550
4 Gigs of Corsair XMS2 Ram
Radeon 3870x2
PC Power & Cooling CrossfireX 750W

Bios is 2901.

Here are the problems and my solutions:

Problem:
Computer automatically restarts when shut down.

Solution:
Found to be a USB port issue having to do with Suspend, Ports 3 and 4 are unusable in the motherboard.

Problem:
USB Ports always Powered, does not shut off hubs or external hardrives.

Solution: None, except shut off the power manually from power supply, (switch off)

Problem:
External Hardrives take a little while to be recognized in Windows, seems to be USB issue again?

Solution: None, just wait, afterwards works fine.

Problem:
Catalyst Control Center is Buggy, 9.9 design is horrible, 9.8 they were in the right direction, now its back to being buggy.

Solution: None, use UltraMon for multi monitor support, only use CCC to activate CrossfireX

Problem:
Fails Boot, even not overclocked this motherboard exhibits the same problems as my P5WD2-E, sometimes on restarts it freezes on Boot up, before windows.

Solution: None, hard restart


Anyhow guys, those are my problems, feel free to chime in, I really wish theres was something that could be done to those USB ports, uber annoyance.


Thanks!
My P5W-DH with Q9550 only run 100% stable (24h day) at 320 FSB, (2,72 Ghz)

At stock speed the motherboard has randoms resets. (only with this CPU, with my older 6600 I could get 375 FSB easy)