Asus P5WD2-E Premium Intel 975X

[SlackerXL]

CPU temp full load 43c so not bad!

in the next few days i will be upgrading my drives to 2 atlas II 15k scsi in raid O on PCI-X dual channel. so it continues the PC bug! think i need help!

any doctors in the house!


will push it up over the weekend and see what this CPU will do, but idealy would like a V droop mod as its still jumping a wee bit.

Very nice clocks and temps indeed Vapor matt

just a hedzup
i still have my 2 Atlas V 10K u320 73GB and Perc3/DC U160 idling
as winxp and scsi raid is a bad combination... (poor performance)
(there are a few tricks
but to get them to work properly
it mostly depends on the controller itself)

so i suggest you give it a try with win2003
or in case you have a U320 controller that runs smoothly under winXP
please let me know which model etc as i'm looking to get one too


PS:
for max cpu load and max temps
(very stressfull memory testing also)
i suggest SnM.... it beats the hell outta Prime, Spi & memtest...
(just disable the thermal monitoring feature
so that the prog doesn't stop whenever it feels like)

[leejsmith]

does anyone have the marvel raid working on the p5wd2-e ? i need to get some ide drives connected but everytime i install the drivers it just says installation failed.
i downloaded the latest driver yesterday but still no joy.
also what version of asus update are you using i cant get that to run to update my bios.

apart from those little problems it's running nice.

i have a 920d runnign at 300fsb for 4200 @ 1.415 vcore. it droops about +- 0.05v under load and at idle.

i can run at 320 fsb with 1.45vcore but after about an hour programs start to get unstable super pi starts to fail quicker the more i run it.
@ 1.45 in the bios it drops down to 1.38v and at idle upto 1.5.

my system is water cooled with a swiftech d4 , storm g4 1 x 120.2 , DD zchipset and maze 4 gpu.

with system temps of 28C the cpu under dual prime load @ 4200 is about 48C so i have plenty of scope to get higher.

[JoeBar]

I find 0401 Bios for P5WDG2-WS, but not for P5WD2-E on the Asus Site!

I was reffering to -WS. P5WD2-E's latest bios is 0301
Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[JoeBar]

well got my new P5WDG2-WS and yes it still has the V droop but not as bad as my old board. i have added lots of cooling to the fets and such.

anyway heres where i am so far with my 940. gota let that as5 settle a little more and iam sure i might make the 300 fsb 5g


http://img488.imageshack.us/my.php?i...4615mhz6uc.jpg
http://img488.imageshack.us/my.php?i...01399008ku.jpg
http://img397.imageshack.us/my.php?i...dmark069im.jpg


I will let you know how it goes! but would love a V droop mod for this baord!!!

Great clocks!
Seems that u finally like your WS...

[I_G]

does anyone have the marvel raid working on the p5wd2-e ? i need to get some ide drives connected but everytime i install the drivers it just says installation failed.
i downloaded the latest driver yesterday but still no joy.

Try this: put the driver file somewhere easy to find, like the desktop, then use Device Manager to manually update the driver. Don't let the wizard search on it's own. Use the 'I will choose' option to browse to the folder where the driver is and that should do it.

[leejsmith]

i didnt try that this tme but did before i downloaded the current version.

Try this: put the driver file somewhere easy to find, like the desktop, then use Device Manager to manually update the driver. Don't let the wizard search on it's own. Use the 'I will choose' option to browse to the folder where the driver is and that should do it.

[leejsmith]

that worked on the new driver version

i didnt try that this tme but did before i downloaded the current version.

[hicookie]

any idea about ddr2 vdimm mod?

[Donni]

I was reffering to -WS. P5WD2-E's latest bios is 0301
Sorry for the misunderstanding.

no problem , latest bios is 0302

[The Stilt]

any idea about ddr2 vdimm mod?

I´ll upload the pictures tomorrow.
The mods are pretty much the same as the P5WD2 mods were.

[I_G]

that worked on the new driver version

[nFo]

I´ll upload the pictures tomorrow.
The mods are pretty much the same as the P5WD2 mods were.

Are the Vmods ready ?
And what's happend with: http://www.akiba-pc.com ?

[The Stilt]

Finally had some time to upload the pictures

[Vapor matt]

very nice mods there, so neatly done aswell, would these mods work on the WS board?

wouldnt mind a droop mod for the WS if anyone has one.

Nice work stilt

[hicookie]

nice job ,The Stilt:

i wiill remod again thanks for ur info

[hicookie]

Stilt,where i can measure the voltage?(blue X?) or just wathing the aibooster display?

[markodude]

Good thread, cant wait for my -WS to come here in the UK - have been delayed since Jan Thankfully the 975XBX is working OK
Keep me posted on the vDroop mod for this board, I may want to do one, I will be using the old pomona test clip and fan header as ground, saves the warranty

[leejsmith]

My p5wd2-e /920d system is starting to reset. The first few times was after i went up from 300fsb to 307fsb 1.435 vcore so i dropped back down to 300 fsb and 1.4125 which has been stable now for a couple of weeks but it's reset twice tongiht while just surfing.
i am going to run a stock for a few days (including the vgpu mod on my vid card) then test ram and then cpu.

[JoeBar]

Nice job The Stilt!

Good thread, cant wait for my -WS to come here in the UK - have been delayed since Jan Thankfully the 975XBX is working OK
Keep me posted on the vDroop mod for this board, I may want to do one, I will be using the old pomona test clip and fan header as ground, saves the warranty

It's really strange that u don't still have -WS available. Here we have it for nearly 1 1/2 months now.

BTW Vapor matt what bios does your -WS came with?

[The Stilt]

Stilt,where i can measure the voltage?(blue X?) or just wathing the aibooster display?

I´ll post the measure points tonight.

[Vapor matt]

Hi joebar

well the bios my board shiped with was 0301. it seems fine so far with no issues that affect myself.



Hi slackerXL

well iam still waiting on the arrival of my SCSI card to test out SCSI raid O on win XP. the controller is a Adaptec SCSI Card 39320A-R so dual channel.

Iam hopeing it will perform well, but if not i will have to work on it or change OS

will keep you informed when its all up and running.

So far iam pleased with the board, it does have a droop problem but its not as bad as my old 955X board was. i would still like a droop mod if anyone has any idea's.

[Byron]

Vapor Matt,
please keep us posted with results of that raid

Good Luck

[JoeBar]

Hi joebar

well the bios my board shiped with was 0301. it seems fine so far with no issues that affect myself.

It's very strange that all our mobos came with 0301, while asus has 0401 as "initial release" on their site...

[SlackerXL]

Hi joebar
Hi slackerXL

well iam still waiting on the arrival of my SCSI card to test out SCSI raid O on win XP. the controller is a Adaptec SCSI Card 39320A-R so dual channel.

Iam hopeing it will perform well, but if not i will have to work on it or change OS

will keep you informed when its all up and running.

thanks m8
i'd love an update on this one as i'm currently looking for a new controller (preferably a U320 used one)

[Steensen]

Looks nice yoor results.

I'm currently looking for a new setup, and so far, I've chosen to buy a 920, but I don't know, what memmory to buy, and i'm split between buying the P5WD2-E-Premium and P5WDG2-WS MoBo's, and have gotten a lot of inspirration from this threat.

What remains without a clue, is whitch 2GB DDR2 memmory I'm going to buy.
Whitch is the best choise:
the cosair TWIN2X2048-6400 or
the cosair TWIN2X2048-5400C4PRO
Or if youve got a third alternative, please let me know. Thx.