You might try redoing your heatsink install.
Agreed. On a side note, I was concerned that my P5WDH that just arrivedBarry Watzman said:I understand, but all of this stuff ... the processors and the
motherboards that support them ... are VERY new, and there was not (and
probably still is not) full support from day 1. I have a gigabyte
motherboard, and they are on the 6th bios since June ... the last one
just improved the support for the two LOW-END Core 2 Duo's (the ones
that only have 2MB of cache instead of 4MB, the 1.86 and 2.13 GHz clock
speed versions). It's coming together, but there are lots of people who
don't EVER update their BIOS', and the boards that people are getting
today were manufactured probalby 60 days ago. So if you are having ANY
kind of problems or issues with anyone's Core 2 Duo motherboards or
systems, one thing you want to do is update to the latest bios. Things
will settle down, but they are not there yet (or perhaps they are just
getting there). The wording on the box can't be taken too literally, or
taken to imply that boards from the first 60 days' production are
"perfect" and bug-free.
Agreed. On a side note, I was concerned that my P5WDH that just
arrived would not be ready for the E6600 and I'd have to install a
floppy just for the BIOS flash update to 1305( I wish they'd put a
sticker somewhere on the box as to which BIOS is loaded). But from
what I've read in the mobo manual, the ASUS P5WDH has a BIOS
recovery/flash program built right into it and can read ROMs from even
a USB flash key and will automatically upgrade with that BIOS all
without being in DOS. It also can rewrite a corrupted BIOS so
apparently no need for a BIOS Savior. Very happy with this.
Yeah, I thought so as well. BUT, according to page 4-9 in the P5WDH User'sPhil said:Actually, there is no way to flash the BIOS unless the machine can POST. As
far as the P5WDH is concerned, you need BIOS 0701 or later to POST with a
the E6300 to E6700 chips, and BIOS 0901 to POST with a X6800. Chances are,
if you buy a P5WDH now, you will be getting a conroe compatible BIOS.
-phil
Yes, very clever, Mitch. Kudos. I have an iRiver that has been flashed as aMitch Crane said:Yes that's a nice feature. I don't have a regular USB memory stick, so I
put my mp3 player into UMS mode, copied the 1305 BIOS file to the MP3
player, rebooted and updated my BIOS with the file stored on the MP3
player. Pretty slick.
Yeah, I'm still puzzled by this as well. Where is this program stored? IfPhil said:That's an interesting claim on ASUS's part, because that was certainly not
the case for those who had initially received boards with
conroe-incompatible BIOS versions. There was absolutely no way to flash the
BIOS using any of the available methods. You would hit the power switch and
nada. Fans would initially spin-up, and then shutdown after a few seconds.
-phil
Phil said:It sounds like what you're talking about is not the Crashfree feature, but
EzFlash. If I'm not mistaken, Crashfree is what allows you to boot into BIOS
after a failed overclock, without having to reset the CMOS. Crashfree
automatically restores factory settings just to get you back into the BIOS.
As far as I know, the machine must be able to POST in order to use the
EzFlash feature. At least that's what I have observed from other users. I
can't speak from any experience on this matter. I had a P4 630 ready to go
when I got my P5WDH with early BIOS. Actually, I kinda kick myself for not
experimenting with my conroe, prior to flashing the BIOS.
-phil
Phil said:It sounds like what you're talking about is not the Crashfree
feature, but EzFlash. If I'm not mistaken, Crashfree is what
allows you to boot into BIOS after a failed overclock, without
having to reset the CMOS. Crashfree automatically restores factory
settings just to get you back into the BIOS. As far as I know, the
machine must be able to POST in order to use the EzFlash feature.
At least that's what I have observed from other users. I can't
speak from any experience on this matter. I had a P4 630 ready to
go when I got my P5WDH with early BIOS. Actually, I kinda kick
myself for not experimenting with my conroe, prior to flashing the
BIOS.
Yeah, I'm still puzzled by this as well. Where is this program stored?
If it's in the BIOS itself and that gets corrupted,
then wouldn't the program also not work?
Perhaps some non-volatile memory location on the motherboard.
During POST, what is detected first in order, the HDDs or the CPU?
If the former then perhaps that's when the CrashFree program kicks in.
The manual states that any storage device that
contains a file called P5WDH.rom will automatically
be read and written to the BIOS chip.
They tell you to rename the latest BIOS as such
before copying it to the floppy or whatever. Strange.
Rod Speed said:In the bios.
There can be more than one bios.
It will if there is more than one bios.
That is what the bios is.
The cpu.
Its obviously possible to have the most basic part of the bios
which doesnt get overwritten by a bios flash to check whether
the part of the bios which does get overwritten is viable and if
it isnt, it just loads the flash from whatever it can find it on.
And not a shred of rocket science is required to implement
that if the most basic part of the bios decides that the part
of the bios that can be flashed is corrupt etc.
Nothing strange about it what so ever.
Rod!! Damn nice to see you're still alive and as gracious
as ever. Hehe. I haven't seen you since the P2B-S days.
Please don't chide me for being off topic, but how's it going?
How's your grandchildren? You must have some by now, right?
Nope.
Anyway, so you know for sure that the board has a second BIOS?
Please don't get impatient with me, but would it be ok if I asked
for some documentation on that? Is it in the manual somewhere?
So, in your opinion, do you think then that this CrashFree BIOS
utility could have helped those that had a pre- 0801 BIOS if they
would have just put the updated rom file on a USB FD or Floppy?
Rather then having to hotflash the chip or using another
CPU to boot from and then updating the BIOS.