Asus P5W DH Deluxe cold boot, you too?

[GFORCE100]

Hi all,

Out of interest, how many of your have experienced the awful cold boot problem when overclocking the Asus P5W DH Deluxe?

Thanks,

 

[raincityboy]

Its very common.

I would have tried the P5W DH thread myself...

 

[GFORCE100]

Originally posted by: raincityboy
Its very common.

I would have tried the P5W DH thread myself...

I think I mentioned it in that other thread too.

It even happens at 333MHz.

Seems turning off the system then back on is a temporary solution, there must be an elegant means to achieving the same. Possibly looping the BIOS initialisation code twice??

 

[arbage]

Please check first that IDE cables are OK! More than few bad ones. Bios 1305 seems to be working better and don't use hyperpath

 

[phile]

According to ASUS, the cold-boot when overclocking is by design, and actually serves a purpose. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the exact explanation, but it has something to do with resetting the chipset strap.

-phil

 

[GFORCE100]

Right but turning the power off doesn't do that, the BIOS does so why not just load the BIOS initialise cost twice is my arguments? Seems very unprofessional powering down the system upon each reboot.

 

[GFORCE100]

Originally posted by: arbage
Please check first that IDE cables are OK! More than few bad ones. Bios 1305 seems to be working better and don't use hyperpath

Only the optical drive is IDE, all else is SATA. The system works fine once rebooted by the BIOS.

HyperPath is disabled per information found on another forum.

 

[Thor86]

Cold restarts are normal, but I am assuming you are talking about Cold start problems?

If so, it isn't the board. Also Bio 1305 is the best out there officially from Asus.

 

[GFORCE100]

Just read on another forum that BIOS 711 for the P5B fixes the cold boot problem when overclocking with a high FSB.

Given this, one logically should assume the same will venture to the P5W....

Someone on this other forum flashed the 711 BIOS on their P5B and confirmed the system no longer turns off/on when overclocking with the high FSB.