Anybody have any idea what the ADH header is for? I cant find any pinout or use for it from google searches.
jose: Glad to hear you got it working. After a number of Asus boards I must say that I have absolutely no faith in Asus SATA ability.
Off-topic history: Had an A8V Deluxe with 4 SATA ports, two on a SiL controller and two on VIA. If I ran one pair of disks in RAID1 on either controller it worked fine, but as soon as I connected two pairs of RAID1 disks, one on each controller, the system would freeze for five seconds every fifteen seconds, and the event log would be full of timeouts. It wasn't possible to format the drives either. Tried this on two boards whit latest BIOS and both showed the same problem.
On-topic RAID problem: Got the P5W and was looking forward to being able to run two pairs of RAID1 drives. I connected my system disk (36GB Raptor) to the SATA1 port on the ICH7, two disks (320GB Barracuda) on port 3 and 4 and intended to connect the last two drives (120GB Barracuda) to the SiL controller, but wanted the OS up and running before I did that.
Installed Windows, and no problem finding the disks on the ICH7. Problem came when I installed the EZ-Raid backup software - Windows bluescreened during the install and then went into a boot loop. I tried everything - flashed the BIOS to 1101, installed the EZ-Raid software *before any other drivers *after all other drivers *before SP2 *after SP2 *with drives connected *without drives connected *without any other expansion cards in the system except graphics, nothing helped. Since every try required a Windows reinstallation it was pretty annoying. I even reflashed the SiL controller with their latest firmware and ran the SteelVine management program instead of Asus EZ-Raid, same thing, bluescreen during install and then boot loop. However, I now saw that it was IaStor.sys that got the bluescreen. Using Intels latest ICH7 and 975X drivers didn't help.
Finally I thought I found the solution: Install the system disk on the JMicron controller, that way I could install the OS without having to install the IaStor.sys for the ICH7 (and I could get a third 320GB, put it on SATA1 and run RAID5 on the ICH7). When Windows was up and running, I then installed the SteelVine software without hickups, and then installed the ICH7 driver and utility. The system was stable! ...until I connected the first disk to the SiL controller. VERY slow bootup, login, then blue screen of death.
I was now fed up with this, realized the MB wouldn't cut it and got a cheap 2-port SATA PCI card that I connected the 120GB drives to. That didn't work either - not enought headroom to initialize the bootrom on the JMicron controller then. No JMicron, no system drive.
I'm now going to give all Asus controllers the boot, get a proper RAID card - the AMCC 3Ware 9590 12-port, and connet all SATA drives to that and disable all the built-in crap. However, with my luck Asus has probably manage to f***k up the PCI-E implementation as well and the 9590, which is a x4 PCI-E card, probably won't work in the second PCI-E 16x slot, although it should.
I never should have given up on my old Commodore 64 with the wonderful floppy drive...
The moral of this story is: If you want an Asus MB, get one that has at least three more SATA ports than you will ever use, as that is the "Asus factor" headroom you need to set aside.
Best regards
/Andreas
Note: Asus now seems to have removed 1101 from their BIOS updates
Off-topic history: Had an A8V Deluxe with 4 SATA ports, two on a SiL controller and two on VIA. If I ran one pair of disks in RAID1 on either controller it worked fine, but as soon as I connected two pairs of RAID1 disks, one on each controller, the system would freeze for five seconds every fifteen seconds, and the event log would be full of timeouts. It wasn't possible to format the drives either. Tried this on two boards whit latest BIOS and both showed the same problem.
On-topic RAID problem: Got the P5W and was looking forward to being able to run two pairs of RAID1 drives. I connected my system disk (36GB Raptor) to the SATA1 port on the ICH7, two disks (320GB Barracuda) on port 3 and 4 and intended to connect the last two drives (120GB Barracuda) to the SiL controller, but wanted the OS up and running before I did that.
Installed Windows, and no problem finding the disks on the ICH7. Problem came when I installed the EZ-Raid backup software - Windows bluescreened during the install and then went into a boot loop. I tried everything - flashed the BIOS to 1101, installed the EZ-Raid software *before any other drivers *after all other drivers *before SP2 *after SP2 *with drives connected *without drives connected *without any other expansion cards in the system except graphics, nothing helped. Since every try required a Windows reinstallation it was pretty annoying. I even reflashed the SiL controller with their latest firmware and ran the SteelVine management program instead of Asus EZ-Raid, same thing, bluescreen during install and then boot loop. However, I now saw that it was IaStor.sys that got the bluescreen. Using Intels latest ICH7 and 975X drivers didn't help.
Finally I thought I found the solution: Install the system disk on the JMicron controller, that way I could install the OS without having to install the IaStor.sys for the ICH7 (and I could get a third 320GB, put it on SATA1 and run RAID5 on the ICH7). When Windows was up and running, I then installed the SteelVine software without hickups, and then installed the ICH7 driver and utility. The system was stable! ...until I connected the first disk to the SiL controller. VERY slow bootup, login, then blue screen of death.
I was now fed up with this, realized the MB wouldn't cut it and got a cheap 2-port SATA PCI card that I connected the 120GB drives to. That didn't work either - not enought headroom to initialize the bootrom on the JMicron controller then. No JMicron, no system drive.
I'm now going to give all Asus controllers the boot, get a proper RAID card - the AMCC 3Ware 9590 12-port, and connet all SATA drives to that and disable all the built-in crap. However, with my luck Asus has probably manage to f***k up the PCI-E implementation as well and the 9590, which is a x4 PCI-E card, probably won't work in the second PCI-E 16x slot, although it should.
I never should have given up on my old Commodore 64 with the wonderful floppy drive...
The moral of this story is: If you want an Asus MB, get one that has at least three more SATA ports than you will ever use, as that is the "Asus factor" headroom you need to set aside.
Best regards
/Andreas
Note: Asus now seems to have removed 1101 from their BIOS updates
Just a heads up for those ordering this mobo from ZipZoomFly. Ordered Monday, August 21st. Arrived Wednesday, August 23rd. BIOS 701 according to the sticker on mobo. Rest of my build components arent due to arrive until tomorrow so probably wont get it built til early next week at the earliest due to work commitments this weekend. Once I get it built I'll give an update.
A few questions, so when I feel like cracking the case open again I can adjust things if needed.
The HD light isn't blinking. Now, I could have it backwards, because it and the power light are always off, but since I have no 1st Master drive I was wondering if THAT was the issue? Using only PATA drives, my boot drive is considered 3rd Master, which may not be supported by the drive light. Anyone know if this is the case, or could it just be how I connected the wires?
I used the supplied 2-connector USB slot inside the case (removed slot cover) to connect two USB devices, a 5-1/4" hub and a 3-1/2" card reader. Only the hub seems to be working: is there a limitation on the motherbord's power to each USB connector such that I should use another one (if I can line up another cable)?
I still need to get the sound working, but with XP refusing to reinstall correctly I'm not sure where the problem really is. I'm almost to the point of format/reinstall since repair is going so badly.
Thanks...
The HD light isn't blinking. Now, I could have it backwards, because it and the power light are always off, but since I have no 1st Master drive I was wondering if THAT was the issue? Using only PATA drives, my boot drive is considered 3rd Master, which may not be supported by the drive light. Anyone know if this is the case, or could it just be how I connected the wires?
I used the supplied 2-connector USB slot inside the case (removed slot cover) to connect two USB devices, a 5-1/4" hub and a 3-1/2" card reader. Only the hub seems to be working: is there a limitation on the motherbord's power to each USB connector such that I should use another one (if I can line up another cable)?
I still need to get the sound working, but with XP refusing to reinstall correctly I'm not sure where the problem really is. I'm almost to the point of format/reinstall since repair is going so badly.
Thanks...
Ok im wondering if someone here could shed some light on my problem.
My system is as follows
E6600
p5w dh flashed to latest bios
320gb seagate hdd 7200.10
2gigs of ocz gold xtx ddr2 800mhz ram
bfg 7600gt
lite on DVDrw (master)
LG dvd (slave)
everything is at stock settings, no tampering with anything, fresh install.
Now my problem arises when my disk drives spool up and begin to read a dvd/cd. This causes my mouse to jitter about nothing is smooth, at all.
It took me 10 minutes to burn a cdr last night with Nero, this is on my E6600 machine..... 10minutes. My sempron system takes about 3-4.
I have tried using the Jmicron ide connector but that is even worse, it detects nothing. I have installed the Jmicron RAID controller, installed the latest intel chipset drivers and i see no improvement.
When run 2 instances of prime 95, under 100% load on both cores i get no slowdown, no jittery mouse, everything is perfectly smooth.
But reading a dvd or burning a dvd/cdr this computer becomes slower then the sempron system sitting beside it.
I am stumped, should i RMA this motherboard? Is this problem even remotely fixable?
My system is as follows
E6600
p5w dh flashed to latest bios
320gb seagate hdd 7200.10
2gigs of ocz gold xtx ddr2 800mhz ram
bfg 7600gt
lite on DVDrw (master)
LG dvd (slave)
everything is at stock settings, no tampering with anything, fresh install.
Now my problem arises when my disk drives spool up and begin to read a dvd/cd. This causes my mouse to jitter about nothing is smooth, at all.
It took me 10 minutes to burn a cdr last night with Nero, this is on my E6600 machine..... 10minutes. My sempron system takes about 3-4.
I have tried using the Jmicron ide connector but that is even worse, it detects nothing. I have installed the Jmicron RAID controller, installed the latest intel chipset drivers and i see no improvement.
When run 2 instances of prime 95, under 100% load on both cores i get no slowdown, no jittery mouse, everything is perfectly smooth.
But reading a dvd or burning a dvd/cdr this computer becomes slower then the sempron system sitting beside it.
I am stumped, should i RMA this motherboard? Is this problem even remotely fixable?
kpamir,
I'm going to assume that you have your two optical drives setup as master/slave on the blue IDE channel. Check the current transfer mode for your optical drives.
Open the Device Manager:
- control panel / system / hardware / device manager
- expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
- right-click the second Primary IDE Channel and choose Properties
What are the values for Current Transfer Mode
If you see PIO Mode for either, we have probably found the problem.
-phil
I'm going to assume that you have your two optical drives setup as master/slave on the blue IDE channel. Check the current transfer mode for your optical drives.
Open the Device Manager:
- control panel / system / hardware / device manager
- expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
- right-click the second Primary IDE Channel and choose Properties
What are the values for Current Transfer Mode
If you see PIO Mode for either, we have probably found the problem.
-phil
Yes it says PIO....... but it wont change. I set the option to DMA if available but it wont change.
Unistall both the DVD drives in the Device Manager and do not reboot. Once both are removed, right-click anywhere and click Scan for Hardware Changes. It should redect the drives. If they are successfully redetected check the transfer modes again. You want to see Ultra DMA Mode 2.
-phil
-phil
I doubt it's the BIOS. Try removing the drives again, this time rebooting before scanning for hardware changes.
Are both drives in PIO mode, or just one of them? You may also want to try setting both drive jumpers to cable select.
-phil
Are both drives in PIO mode, or just one of them? You may also want to try setting both drive jumpers to cable select.
-phil
K,
I am looking @ the device manager, and there are 2 primary and 2 secondary ide channels listed.
The first Primary all the options are available, the second primary which carries the disk drives....... I have selected DMA if available but it still says that they are running in PIO mode.
I am looking @ the device manager, and there are 2 primary and 2 secondary ide channels listed.
The first Primary all the options are available, the second primary which carries the disk drives....... I have selected DMA if available but it still says that they are running in PIO mode.
If both your drives are on the same Primary IDE Channel, right-click and uninstall each of the drives, and then uninstall the IDE Channel itself. Reboot. This happened to me once, a while ago, and trying crap like this eventually worked.
If none of these suggestions helps, try booting with only one drive physically connected.
-phil
If none of these suggestions helps, try booting with only one drive physically connected.
-phil
Ok i tried that a couple of more times but it didnt really do anything, it didnt give me the option of setting the drives to DMA mode.
BUT i think i worked around it i guess. I am currently using the second ide channel and it has improved performence by leaps and bounds when a cd is playing BUT now my drives are listed as SCSI.
You know for a $300 motherboard......... this thing is DEFINETLY not worth it. what happened to u get what u pay for....... im paying but im not getting.
Oh and Phile i appreciate the help man, and i mean that ...... ive been frustrated to NO END with this damn system.
BUT i think i worked around it i guess. I am currently using the second ide channel and it has improved performence by leaps and bounds when a cd is playing BUT now my drives are listed as SCSI.
You know for a $300 motherboard......... this thing is DEFINETLY not worth it. what happened to u get what u pay for....... im paying but im not getting.
Oh and Phile i appreciate the help man, and i mean that ...... ive been frustrated to NO END with this damn system.
I'm happy to lend a hand, where I can. I'm still not convinced that the board is the culprit. It's most likely the well-known WinXP bug/issue where it forces optical drives into PIO mode after a few consecutive drive errors. As I said, this has happened to me.
Read this, it may shed some light.
http://users.bigpond.net.au/ninjaduck/itserviceduck/udma_fix/
Are these DVD drives old?
BTW, the other IDE port (the black one) is not natively recognized by the BIOS/Windows, and thus requires a driver be installed. It's the JMicron controller driver that you need to install.
-phil
Read this, it may shed some light.
http://users.bigpond.net.au/ninjaduck/itserviceduck/udma_fix/
Are these DVD drives old?
BTW, the other IDE port (the black one) is not natively recognized by the BIOS/Windows, and thus requires a driver be installed. It's the JMicron controller driver that you need to install.
-phil
no they are both brand new drives, one is an LG and the other is a Lite on 16xdvdrw drive with ligthscribe.
Iam thinkin maybe its a firmware issue for the drives? yes no?
Iam thinkin maybe its a firmware issue for the drives? yes no?
Kapir,
Read the link I posted in my last message. 99.999% chance it's simply windows. It may sound extreme, but reinstalling windows would likely fix the problem.
-phil
Read the link I posted in my last message. 99.999% chance it's simply windows. It may sound extreme, but reinstalling windows would likely fix the problem.
-phil
I read the link, and did what it said.
It briefly changed things to DMA but as soon as i put a disk in the drive it switched to PIO mode.
I already did the reinstall thing as well.
It briefly changed things to DMA but as soon as i put a disk in the drive it switched to PIO mode.
I already did the reinstall thing as well.
Ok, it this point I would be very suspect of the cable. Have you tried a different cable? Have you tried setting the jumpers on the drives to cable select, as opposed to master/slave?
-phil
-phil
I've been using 1301 for several days. LMAO. I don't know WTH ASUS is up to with the P5W DH BIOS updates.
-phil
-phil
I have tried a different cable, and still i get the same thing.
Would a bios update help?
I reverted back to 801 from 1101 last night.
Ill try the cable select jumper, should i set both of the drives jumpers to that?
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