P5WD2-E Up and Running

[Sloppy]

Yeah it did Joe, I tried with the 4 pin and the 8 pin, nothing changed.

[boostedevo]

These vcore flux's are really annoying

Hopefully The Stilt is will have a vdroop mod for the P5WD2-E up soon???

[The Stilt]

Hopefully The Stilt is will have a vdroop mod for the P5WD2-E up soon???

My board is currently running somewhere in Europe with UPS
It should arrive quite soon.

[boostedevo]

I won't buy one until you get yours then

[JoeBar]

ASUS should be ashamed for not being able to fix the "boot bug" up to now.
The problem is known for such a long time, but it looks like they don't care about it.

I agree with u! It's very annoying for a top of the line board!

I see also many reports about vcore fluctuation. Is it really worth to upgrade to -E then?

[kyosen]

Hey Joe,
Same here, cpuz doesnt show the timings =/

Try CPU-Z 1.31.2
You can get it from here:
http://bakkap.free.fr/

[Joe Camel]

Try CPU-Z 1.31.2
You can get it from here:
http://bakkap.free.fr/

YES!!!

you ROCK man!!!!

works like a charm

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:


moved on from EXTREME air to EXTREME water...
G5 storm, twin single pass Fedco heater cores in series, 4x 120+ CFM Nidec 120s, D4 pump running @ 16v (12v=stock) ; pump's mosfets are fan cooled


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[ryant]

I agree with u! It's very annoying for a top of the line board!

I see also many reports about vcore fluctuation. Is it really worth to upgrade to -E then?

after reading all this iam getting the p5wd2 premium ,too many problms on the p5wd2 e premium...thanks. guys u answer my question i dont think is worth it i think they will overlock the same ,but one with less bugs ...

[crotale]

My board is currently running somewhere in Europe with UPS
It should arrive quite soon.

That's nice! I'm also looking forward to the mods. Running some tests now and it seems that it's ~0.1s faster in SuperPi 1M than P5WD2 clock to clock.

Haven't measured and compared the soldering points between the boards yet, but they look identical so I guess the mods are very similar.

To kill/confirm some rumors:

- I have booted at 333 (not tried higher) and I have run up to 380FSB (limited by air cooler)
- Yes, the board shuts down during restart in some cases.
- Yes, it droops pretty badly:
BIOS: 1.500v
Idle: 1.505v
Load: 1.466v

[Joe Camel]

here is my "droop chart"... like i said, mine seems to be in "always" droop mode.


..............IDLE.........LOAD..........IDLE..... .....LOAD...........IDLE........LOAD

BIOS.......1.475.........1.475........1.50........ ....1.50............1.55........1.55
CPU-z......1.44..........1.42..........1.46........... .1.43............1.49.......1.46
DMM.......1.363.........1.339........1.373........ ..1.358..........1.414......1.385

(load=dual P95)

http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php...54&postcount=6

anyone found plugging in the 2nd (plastic capped) p4 power connections helped/hurt voltage/OC? (i have not plugged it in yet)

[charlie]

looks like a nice board, I'm expecting a 950ES so it'll need a good board!

C

[Joe Camel]

checked BIOS hardware monitor VS DMM:

.............12v............5v............CPU (1.55 setting)

BIOS.....12.249........5.043.........1.512-1.544
DMM......12.04.........5.00...........1.452-1.456


plugged in the 2nd p4 plug.... seems to have made a *SLIGHT* improvment...
but its within the margin of error for sure

...........IDLE......LOAD
BIOS.....1.55.....1.55
CPU-Z...1.50.....1.46
DMM.....1.430...1.405



these are measurements off the MOSFET as pictured in my link above
PSU is a stock Sparkle 550 SLI



charlie,

played around with this 6600GT (@ 590/1.14)

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8876432

for a 920 on water with a stock cooled 6600GT ... i think its safe to say this has some 3D potential


now for the 950 & 2x X1900's

[Byron]

guessing that the vdroop, vmch and vdimm mods are the same as p5wd2-p mobo?

[Shinuza]

looks like a nice board, I'm expecting a 950ES so it'll need a good board!

C

Same here

[paakkis]

Vdroop mod for the P5WD2-E

[JoeBar]

Thanks for the link.

[Eastcoasthandle]

Has anyone checked out the SMBus to see if there is an I/O Conflict with the mb resource? Photo Link to show you what I am talking about. Intel appears to have a fix for it if you do have the problem. Whats so interesting is not the fact that my 915 CS has this problem but has the fix for the 975 CS as well!! Might be worth 3 second check just to be safe.
Thread
I applied this method because when I updated my most recent 915P chipset drivers it did not include everything specially my USB. I had to d/l the zip file, extract and install each device manually. However, this suggestion is offered from someone who only updates Chipset drivers from Intel, not Asus.

[PcCI2iminal]

i'm testing my new P5WD2-E and the droop is insane ,the P5WD2 i955X is great for 65nm chips but the i975X oc better





room temp is 15C

[Eastcoasthandle]

PcCI2iminal or to anyone else that reads this post:

Do you know if I am going to have problems installing a XP-90C HS? That NB HS is tallker then normal for me and not sure if I will have clearance issues. The reason why I ask is that the heat pipes on the XP-90C are installed facing either Norht and South (up or down) not east and west (left or right) as you have your HS' heat pipes setup in your photo (which I had known that prior to purchase).

[PcCI2iminal]

@Eastcoasthandle

XP-90 is for all 775 boards


read this thread
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...d.php?t=200307

[Eastcoasthandle]

PcCI2iminal

Hey, I finally received the P5WD2-2 Prem...where can Improve
link