*** Official ASUS P5W DH Thread ***

[Litlratt]

It failed at step 3. Restarted manually and tried cd, floppy and usb flash to no avail. Bios chip is corrupt.

 

[Deusfaux]

Originally posted by: Deusfaux

Originally posted by: Deusfaux

Originally posted by: phile
Another user recently discovered how to properly convert the Ez-Raid ports into a single non-RAID port. IIRC, you need to completely remove the Ez-Raid jumper. Better you scan back until you find the post in question.

-phil

Originally posted by: DeusfauxApparently by removing both EZ RAID jumpers, and ....

HOWEVER, for some stupid reason I just cannot get it to work.

anyone have any other advice? should i just RMA it?

Solved finally.


Somehow after countless resets I was able to get it to work if the LG SATA was NOT in the EZ_RAID 1, and the Seagate was.

I could swear I attempt a setup similiar to this near the beginning, and it resulted in being unable to detect the Seagate when it was in EZ_RAID 1

but here I am with 4 SATA devices under ICH7R control, which was my goal.


So I'm not sure how some people claimed to get their SATA optical working off the EZ_RAID 1.... either they are mistaken, or something was up with my board, OR something to do with LG SATA opticals maybe.

 

[myx]

Ok, my board got back from the shop , they didnt change it, they said they tested it and no problems with my board.
What can I do next? Except buying a new board?

By the way, I tried running orthos for couple of times and each time it was stopping due to errors. But if I run memtest from a bootable cd I get no errors. Where is the problem? Could the rams be faulty? They didnt give any errors on another board that I used to test them, like 2 months ago, nor do they give any errors on this board (with bootable memtest cd)

 

[CRChickadee]

Originally posted by: Litlratt
It failed at step 3. Restarted manually and tried cd, floppy and usb flash to no avail. Bios chip is corrupt.

Seems like you and I had the same problem.. I also had no issues with updating bios, though I used a flash card or floppy.

A week prior to my system failing I received several notices in Vista (64) that a USB devide had failed. I assumed it was the device that had gone bad. I didn't take the time to track it down then, as it did not seem important.

I wanted to update to 1901, and put it on my USB flash card, and booted into bios and EZFlash. The PC would not see my flash disk.... ! Numerous times and no luck. PS: I have since also discovered that if memory management is set in bios to optimize (enbaled) for Vista 64, EZFlash will not see my USB flash disk!

Put the bios on a floppy, re-booted into bios and EZflash and the floppy was seen. Began the flash process and half-way through the PC froze up, and remained that way until I reset it 10 minutes later.

Once I reset the PC, it would not post. I was sure it was a bad bios.

After contacting ASUS, them sending two replacements to Central America, I have my system back up and running fine. Turns out ASUS says the PC/bios freeze was coincidental, as the MB must have failed right at the flashing event. Remember the bios is supposed to have an involitile area that can restore your bios in the event of such a bios flash problem. All you are supposed to have to do is boot from your floppy, the ASUS CD, or the like.

The reason my PC did not post following the attempted bios flash was the MB failure.

I now have 2 extra bios's sitting around in case of a bad bios flash which may turn tragic (thanks to ASUS for the freebies which they sent prior to the MB being diagnosed as bad), but the issue was not a bios issue in the end.

 

[myx]

Problem solved, aparrently there is an incompatibility between the p5w dh deluxe and my ram sticks. So...I changed the mobo, bought an Abit AB9QuadGT and seems to be pretty stable so far. With what can I do more testing? (gonna try memtest86 v1.70 and orthos, suggest anything else?)

 

[phile]

Glad you finally figured out the problem. As for testing, memtest and Orthos is pretty-much all you need.

-phil

 

[Tegeril]

Originally posted by: myx
Problem solved, aparrently there is an incompatibility between the p5w dh deluxe and my ram sticks. So...I changed the mobo, bought an Abit AB9QuadGT and seems to be pretty stable so far. With what can I do more testing? (gonna try memtest86 v1.70 and orthos, suggest anything else?)

Out of curiosity, what RAM are you using?

 

[myx]

4 sticks of this Transcend JM388Q643A-8

 

[mikepaul]

After spending over $900 to rebuild my PC last July/August including the DH Deluxe, I'm starting to realize I should have planned on better cooling. Cutting a hole in the old case worked OK especially during Winter, but now I'm noticing occasional glitches like my video conversion program disappearing as if the computer had rebooted on me, despite long tests done in colder times showing nothing unstable at all. And my next CPU upgrade will likely be skipping 4 cores and going with 8 cores/hyper-threading (16 effective cores) in 2009 or so.

So I'm probably going to replace the case with one that supports non-air cooling, then work on what that cooling will be. The case needs flexibility like openings that might let cooling hoses in. I currently have a full-tower with 6 external 5-1/4 slots and a bunch of internal and external 3-1/2 ones, most of which are in use, so the new one should come close to that.

Any ideas?...

 

[Deusfaux]

Looking at results form AT and places, my burst speed looks low on the seagate. they're all on the ICH7R

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/deusfaux/segate.gif

And then I have no idea what the hell's going on with the raptors?! 8mb sectors then 32mb sectors test

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/deusfaux/raptors8.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/deusfaux/raptors32.gif

 

[Pippo]

Hi guys here is my problem;
I assembled my new pc with this MB, 2 GB or Ram, E6600, Seagate SATA 400GB with XP SP2.
My problem is that the drive is recognized but the size is limited to 137Gb; I expected to solve the problem by installing SP2 on XP but it didn't affect this issue, in the bios i tried to change the setting from standard ide to ACHP, or whatever that acronym is, but I had a failure while loading Windows.
How come I can't see the full size; which changes should i do, if any, to the bios settings(release 1301)?.
thanks in advance for your replies; it is 0040 here in Italy and I better get some sleep.
ciao,
Piero

 

[Tegeril]

Well, got my motherboard back and the problem remains

I'm left with CPU/GPU/PSU as potential culprits.

 

[Butterbean]

Originally posted by: Pippo
Hi guys here is my problem;
I assembled my new pc with this MB, 2 GB or Ram, E6600, Seagate SATA 400GB with XP SP2.
My problem is that the drive is recognized but the size is limited to 137Gb; I expected to solve the problem by installing SP2 on XP but it didn't affect this issue, in the bios i tried to change the setting from standard ide to ACHP, or whatever that acronym is, but I had a failure while loading Windows.
How come I can't see the full size; which changes should i do, if any, to the bios settings(release 1301)?.
thanks in advance for your replies; it is 0040 here in Italy and I better get some sleep.
ciao,
Piero

The way I install XP is to use the disc that comes with my Western Digital HD. I choose "Custom" for the formatting and then I select the full size. I don't have to fix anything after that. I am sure people here have another way but that is what is simple for me.

There is a way to change capacity after installing XP by right clicking on "My Computer" and the choosing "Manage" and then choosing "Disk Mangement"

When you have Bios set to ACHI and not IDE you have to install Intel ICH7R drivers using F6 prompt and a floppy drive or Windows will quit. If your a non enterprise, single user then its my opinion the ACHI won't do much for you anyway and I would say just install on IDE. I doubt you'll need command qeueing and hot swapping and you never going to see a 3.0 tansfer rate. I have seen people measure performance both ways (Simpli SOftware) and there is hardly a difference for a single user.


Bios 1301 is old and some fixes with restarts and Vista issues have been implemented. Its worth upgrading that imo but you can do that when your up running. The safest way is to use floppy. I just flash from Windows with Asus Update. Floppy drives and I never got along well.

Buena sera

 

[2411]

HIi guys, I"m going to build a new system with a QX6700. Is this the board to use?? I beleive you are the experts!!

 

[GFORCE100]

Originally posted by: 2411
HIi guys, I"m going to build a new system with a QX6700. Is this the board to use?? I beleive you are the experts!!

If a word yes, but more so if you want to overclock. Either this or an Intel Bad Axe 2 motherboard would go very well with a QX6700.

 

[Butterbean]

If I was going to get a Quad Core I would get the new Intel Bearlake due out any week now. Four cores send more info into the FSB than dual core and there was some bottlenecking from 4 cores on existing system buses - one reason 4 cores weren't much better than 2 cores for most things. The Bearlake goes to 1333 fsb, PCI-X 2.0, Intel ICH 9 & 10, DDR 3 (&2) 10-bit or 12-bit display engine, HDMI support and other things like Viiv (which I am not sure is a good thing yet lol). These things might not be a big improvement but the new Intel mobos are out any day (of course they will cost more). I'm not sure what Asus has planned for ICH 9 etc.

 

[2411]

I"m going with the Quad for FSX. Microsoft is comming out with a service patch to utilize Quad Core processors. I also play alot of games and do Photo stuff. Money is not a big issue. I just want the best I can get. How many new Bearlake Chipsets will there be comming out with 3?

 

[johnnymg]

Greetings from a brand new forum member.

Does anyone have a link to the bios/utilities/OS (XP Pro 32) installation sequence for the P5W DH? I know bios update is first but after that I'm a little fuzzy. ???

This new P5W DH will have the following: Win XP pro 32, E6600, 4 GB DDR2 800 mem, XFX 8800GTS. Computer use a 74 GB Raptor for the boot drive and dual 320 GB SATA drives (set to RAID 0) for data. Will be using the computer for Premiere Pro 2 editing and HTPC. Primary concern is stable operation.

EDIT: OK, I located a driver installation sequence on the ASUS forum. Please take a look at post #4 (by jokernut?) of this thread and tell me if this installation sequence is OK:
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=...e=1&board_id=1&model=P5W%20DH%20Deluxe

Thanks much and sorry for the newbie question. ;-)
JohnG

 

[Butterbean]

Originally posted by: 2411
I"m going with the Quad for FSX. Microsoft is comming out with a service patch to utilize Quad Core processors. I also play alot of games and do Photo stuff. Money is not a big issue. I just want the best I can get. How many new Bearlake Chipsets will there be comming out with 3?

These article tells as much as most:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/chipsets/display/20070215115130.html


http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1062/...chipset_performance_preview/index.html

As I said, maybe Asus has something coming out as well. I just haven't read anything about them lately.

 

[Link]

I'm having problem with 4 sticks of 1GB on P5W DH. They are Patriot Extreme Performance 4-4-4-12 modules. I've seen someone running his system stable with the same modules, but I cannot.
I've tried relaxing the timing, gave more voltages, and lowering the speed from 800mhz to 677. None worked so far.
I can boot into WinXP, but the system freezes within 20 seconds. Vista wouldn't even boot.
I've also tried another pairs of the same modules, and they all gave me the same result.

Is this a borad problem, or should I try another brand such as OCZ or Cosair?:|

 

[Link]

oops DP...

 

[phile]

Originally posted by: Link
I'm having problem with 4 sticks of 1GB on P5W DH. They are Patriot Extreme Performance 4-4-4-12 modules. I've seen someone running his system stable with the same modules, but I cannot.
I've tried relaxing the timing, gave more voltages, and lowering the speed from 800mhz to 677. None worked so far.
I can boot into WinXP, but the system freezes within 20 seconds. Vista wouldn't even boot.
I've also tried another pairs of the same modules, and they all gave me the same result.

Is this a borad problem, or should I try another brand such as OCZ or Cosair?:|

Seems to me that is a fairly widespread issue, as many people with different brands of memory, are having the very same problems. Have you tried running with SPD timings, with both Hyperpath 3 and DRAM Throttling disabled? Also, make sure the memory remap option is also disabled, when using 32-bit OS. You should also run a memtest86 diagnostic in each stick individually, just to make sure none of your DIMMS are faulty. Other than that, I have nothing else to suggest.

-phil

 

[imgeorgelin]

Hi All,

I just installed the Win XP on my new P5W DH on a SATA HD connected to SATA 3 (Black). A really annoying thing is that everytime it boots up, a message showing:
"NO IDE Master HDD Detected" and I have to press F1 to continue.

Do anyone know how to fix this? I can boot up fine but it's just very nagging. I searched everywhere and couldn't find a solution. Probably plugging the drive to SATA 1(Red) will fix it but my HR-05 totally blocked it

Thanks!

 

[mebiuspower]

Has anybody tried flashing to the new 2004 BIOS? It says it improves on memory compatibility. Not sure if it will solve the issue of having 4 sticks 1Gb memory on the board?

 

[phile]

Originally posted by: imgeorgelin
Hi All,

I just installed the Win XP on my new P5W DH on a SATA HD connected to SATA 3 (Black). A really annoying thing is that everytime it boots up, a message showing:
"NO IDE Master HDD Detected" and I have to press F1 to continue.

Do anyone know how to fix this? I can boot up fine but it's just very nagging. I searched everywhere and couldn't find a solution. Probably plugging the drive to SATA 1(Red) will fix it but my HR-05 totally blocked it

Thanks!

It seems you have answered your own question. If SATA1 is obstructed, perhaps a right-angled SATA cable will help.

http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Right-Angle-Serial-ATA-Cable/dp/B0001Y8UCU

-phil