*** Official ASUS P5W DH Thread ***

[lopri]

DO NOT TRUST THE ASUS PROBE for CPU temperatures. Use CoreTemp. CoreTemp reads the actual CPU die temps instead of reading somewhere on the motherboard (which ASUS Probe is doing). Everest will report both readings. Like this:

Everest
CPU: 40 -> Corresponds to ASUS Probe
CPU0: 50 -> Corresponds to CoreTemp
CPU1: 52 -> Corresponds to CoreTemp

CoreTemp does not report overrated temperatures. For example, when I undervolted my E6300 I got the following reading:

http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=coretemp2lc6.png

 

[imported_drummerboy]

I recently installed the ASUS Ai Booster Utility. Does anyone know if this program is inaccurate?

 

[renozi]

um i dont think Ai Booster is accurate. for example, my E6700 @ 2.67GHz reads 2568.40MHz...1027.36FSB. And the cpu temp is reading 33C which isn't right because everest reads each core as 47C and 48C. this is on cpu die reading as lopri says.

 

[imported_Robbeh]

A word of warning;

I built two systems based on this mobo last week and couldn't get either to post with two different kinds of OCZ DDR2 memory, I ended up having to switch to Corsair to get them working.

 

[Skott]

There's a known issue with this mobo and OCZ RAM. Most folks are using the GSkill or Corsair from what I been reading.

 

[jose]

Is there a sata lock in bios ?

My friend is having all kinds of corruption problems when he overclocks . He get the same problems w/ raid 5 and raid 0 .. He's using 3 - 250g sata drives.

He's got a E6600 w/ 2 gigs of adata memory.

Regards,
Jose

 

[phile]

Originally posted by: Skott
There's a known issue with this mobo and OCZ RAM. Most folks are using the GSkill or Corsair from what I been reading.

I think you are referring to the OCZ mem issues with P965 based boards. To my knowledge, the P5W DH has no issues with OCZ mem. In fact, I have been using a kit of OCZ XTC Platinum PC2-6400 with a P5W DH for about two weeks, without any issues.

-phil

 

[jeffwads]

For the record, I am the one that Jose above is referencing.

Currently, I am running the E6600 at stock 2.4Ghz with a Raid 0 container using 3 WD Raid Edition 250 GB drives on the Intel ICH7R chipset. The driver for the chipset is the current version right off intel site and was installed during the Windows XP Pro setup process. BIOS is 1100. It is stable currently.

My issue with hard drive corruption occurs during any kind of overclock (AI or manual). Everything works dandy at the beginning but after a matter of several minutes to hours, the Windows installation will show signs of serious data corruption. This will occur on a single/double/triple drive setup with any of the raid types (0,1,5). Yes, I tried them all. Even installing the OS under stock 2.4Ghz and doing the OC once everything is in place does not help.

I did not bother with the other raid chipset on the board, so I have no idea how that will operate under the same conditions.

Full Specs:

P5W DH Deluxe
E6600 Core 2 Duo
Adata 533 DDR2 2GB Kit
3 Raid Edition WD 250GB hard drives (new)
OCZ 700W PS
Nivdia GeForce 7900GT


I post this as a warning to those who may be attempting the same. Be careful.

 

[imported_Robbeh]

From my own experience, we had two P5W DH boards, one with a 6600 and the other a 6300, neither would boot with either 667 or 533 OCZ memory (Platinum XTC + Gold XTC iirc), tried them both with Geil and Corsair sticks and they posted first time.

 

[EROEIone2one]

Originally posted by: Robbeh
From my own experience, we had two P5W DH boards, one with a 6600 and the other a 6300, neither would boot with either 667 or 533 OCZ memory (Platinum XTC + Gold XTC iirc), tried them both with Geil and Corsair sticks and they posted first time.

That's concerning to me, I posted in general about running the P5W with two sticks of OCZ Ti-Alpha VX2 DDR2-1000s. No one raised a compatibility objection then.

In other news, an FYI - antaresdigital in-stock P5Ws are apparently shipping with BIOS 701 chips, or so it would appear (chips are marked 701). Perhaps they reflashed it before shipping it out, no way to tell for me until that Conroe comes in. The new BIOS from ASUS wasn't marked with the version number, but if I had to guess it's probably 801 or above.

 

[touchstone1]

OK, I'm answering my own question here in case it helps someone else.

The P5W DH has superlative USB support at boot; it recognises everything connected (mouse, hubs, drives, memory sticks etc.) and supports almost everything in the boot options.

Basically, select your chosen drive priority in each 'category' (removable, hard drives, optical), then select your preferred priority of category to boot from. For example optical, then hard drive, then removable.

 

[touchstone1]

Regarding SATA AHCI...

I've read that to use SATA AHCI, the SATA controller driver should be loaded during XP setup, *not* after the OS is installed. In fact, enabling AHCI after XP setup 'may cause boot failure'.

Does anyone have any experience with SATA AHCI? Is it worth reinstalling XP to be able to use this feature of the motherboard? I've hardly installed anything on top of XP yet, so now's the time to do it if at all...

Thanks in advance for any advice...

 

[mikepaul]

Just a quick question: are there any mandatory connections beyond power and ATA hard disk that would prevent a P5W-based computer from booting, like the remote-control stuff? So far, it APPEARS that I've had two bad CoolerMaster 550W power supplies (fan won't spin), but if there's another reason the computer would refuse to boot it'd be nice to know...

 

[sweetrugger]

Originally posted by: mikepaul
Just a quick question: are there any mandatory connections beyond power and ATA hard disk that would prevent a P5W-based computer from booting, like the remote-control stuff? So far, it APPEARS that I've had two bad CoolerMaster 550W power supplies (fan won't spin), but if there's another reason the computer would refuse to boot it'd be nice to know...

Do you have the correct BIOS for your CPU (ie, the updated chip if it's a Conroe)?

 

[mikepaul]

Originally posted by: sweetrugger
Do you have the correct BIOS for your CPU (ie, the updated chip if it's a Conroe)?

Yes, the chip arrived last week while I waited for the PSU to be RMA'd by CoolerMaster. I believe I installed it correctly, given the marked corner. The green light on the P5W is on, but pushing the power button on the case just blinks the light inside the power supply and does little else.

On the phone, the CoolerMaster tech said jumpering the green wire to a black wire should cause the fan to spin, but neither PSU did/does that.

Just in case some non-obvious motherboard issue could be at fault, I'm asking here too...

 

[touchstone1]

A quick heads-up for any Dabs customers ... my P5W DH (received about ten days ago) was delivered with a 701 BIOS (marked on the BIOS chip with a paper sticker). I was able to install and flash up to 1101 with the E6600, no problems.

 

[egandt]

I have a Core 2 Duo and an ASUS p5W DH, but my problem lies with a Plextor PX-755 (16x SATA DVD+/-RW), I have it connected via the eSATA port on the P5W HD, but the perofrmance of teh drive is poor (actually the drive is worthless), the write speed and read speed from the drive is less than 2x, now the question is if this is related to the bios configuration somehow I've looked around the manual but I see nothing to cover this.

Ideas?,
ERIC

 

[jose]

Originally posted by: jeffwads
For the record, I am the one that Jose above is referencing.

Currently, I am running the E6600 at stock 2.4Ghz with a Raid 0 container using 3 WD Raid Edition 250 GB drives on the Intel ICH7R chipset. The driver for the chipset is the current version right off intel site and was installed during the Windows XP Pro setup process. BIOS is 1100. It is stable currently.

My issue with hard drive corruption occurs during any kind of overclock (AI or manual). Everything works dandy at the beginning but after a matter of several minutes to hours, the Windows installation will show signs of serious data corruption. This will occur on a single/double/triple drive setup with any of the raid types (0,1,5). Yes, I tried them all. Even installing the OS under stock 2.4Ghz and doing the OC once everything is in place does not help.

I did not bother with the other raid chipset on the board, so I have no idea how that will operate under the same conditions.

Full Specs:

P5W DH Deluxe
E6600 Core 2 Duo
Adata 533 DDR2 2GB Kit
3 Raid Edition WD 250GB hard drives (new)
OCZ 700W PS
Nivdia GeForce 7900GT


I post this as a warning to those who may be attempting the same. Be careful.

Hey ......

Did anyone get this mobo to overclock while using raid 0 or 5 ?

Any ideas why were having problems ??

Regards,
Jose

 

[Cheekykid]

Does this board support quad cpus?

 

[renozi]

Supposedly. On the box it says Core 2 Duo/Extreme and Next-generation multi-core cpus from Intel...so yes?

 

[mikepaul]

MY problem was: an Antek 2-slot slot-fan locked up the power supply when attached. Thanks to an Antek (interestingly enough) power supply tester, I tracked it down last night. Except for XP SP2 install issues, all is well. Or, so far, no other install issues have come up yet...

 

[gserack]

I'm looking at getting an e6700 and the Asus P5W DH motherboard.

What I'm trying to find out, can I run two NVidia 7900 GT video cards in the board?

**NOT FOR SLI**

I need to drive 4 monitors, and each card can drive two.

All I ever see is posts about SLI, and I couldn't care less about SLI. I just want four monitors.

Anyone?

 

[milnerw]

Right here is the crack guys. Generally im fairly apt with machines but this one has really stumped me.

I Have just built two new core 2 machines one for me and one for my old man and old dear.

Mine :

Intel E6400
Asus P5W DH Deluxe ( 1101 bios)
1gb Corsair XMS2 TWINX PC6400-C5
XFX 7900GT Factory clocked at 520 / 1500
SB XFi Xmusic
WD 250gb HDD
WD 120gb HDD
WD 78gb Raptor HDD
OCZ 480w power supply.

Parents :

Intel E6300
Gigbyte GA 965P-DS3
1gb Corsair XMS2 TWINX PC5400-C4
WD 160gb HDD
ASUS 7300 GS
Enermax 450w psu

Ok right first up i have not had one issue with the E6300 machine but the E6400 machine has had no end of trouble.

Issues with E6400 machine.

1. I cannot manualy change the FSB in single mhz steps but i can using an "Overclocking Profile" were i can get it too 2.67 Ghz
2. The XFX 7900 GT has artifacts only in 3dmark06 on the "Deep Freeze" test with a score of 5097 ( 4241 with CPU at stock ) with the CPU @ 2.67 . Yet when i put it in the E6300 machine it has no artifacts and hits 5487 with the cpu clocked at 2.1 (same as the E6400 stock) with the PC6400 ram.

I have used all the latest drivers and bios updates.

This is an huge issue as it seems that it is motherboard.

Other Notes

E6400 2.67ghz @ 43c
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe Motherboard @ 52c

Is there anything that i can do ?

 

[jose]

I think this board is problematic to say the least...

Why doesn't anand post their bios settings to help everyone out ?

Most people bought this board based on their review..

Regards,
Jose

BTW, any specific ram slot to be used ? does it matter which pair of color coded slots to use ?

update, made some progress. locked both the pci-e to 100 and the pci bus to 33.3..

Now it's working...

 

[lopri]

Originally posted by: egandt
I have a Core 2 Duo and an ASUS p5W DH, but my problem lies with a Plextor PX-755 (16x SATA DVD+/-RW), I have it connected via the eSATA port on the P5W HD, but the perofrmance of teh drive is poor (actually the drive is worthless), the write speed and read speed from the drive is less than 2x, now the question is if this is related to the bios configuration somehow I've looked around the manual but I see nothing to cover this.

Ideas?,
ERIC

That really sucks. Especially with the shiny (and expensive) Plexter SATA drive. I really wanted to try a SATA optical drive but I couldn't decide due to the fear of something like what you're experiencing. Sorry I have no help for you but you have my sympathy..