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Ian
Excuse my bad english...
I have a lot of problems with a P5GD2-X motherboard
Here's the configuration of my computer
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Case with clear side panel
2 X 120mm fan (one front and one rear)
1 X 90mm fam (in the side panel)
400W Thermaltake powersupply that come with the case
P4 640 (3.2Ghz) with stock heatsink and fan
P5GD2-X Motherboard
WD Raptor 10k HD
1 Gb RAM
ATI X800GT
DVD-RW
Floppy with 7 in 1 card reader
No Q-Fan activated
I use Asus Probe 2 to read temperature
The room temp. is around 24C-27C
Before you ask me, I tried reseat the processor and it help me drop cpu
temp 4C-5C
First Problem: The processor, when idle, has a temperature of 30C which
is ok for me. But under 100% load (I use BOINC to stress to processor),
it reach 60C-63C in about 7-10 min which is too high (am I ok??). It
doesn't go over that temperature. My other processor (a northwood 3.2)
in the same case never went up beyond 48C !! I noticed that the fan
accelerate only when the processor reach 61C. It run at 1500Rpm until
the processor reach 61C and after that it speed up to 1900Rpm -
2000Rpm. Why the fan doesn't accelerate sooner ??? BTW, the board
temperature is between 38C-41C after 1h30 of stress test (idle: 30C)
The Second problem is like the first one but with higher temparature.
When I update the BIOS to version 202 (from version 105) all the
temperature goes up 7C-8C. So the processor temp under 100% load is
67C-69C. The board after 1h30 of stress test reach 48C !!! The thing I
don't understand is that just before I flashed the BIOS, I checked the
board temp: 40C. I updated BIOS, enter windows and without any stress
test, the board temp was now 48C !!! How is it possible juste by
updating the BIOS ???
Third problem: I had read some post about this problem, but I did not
find any solution. 1 time out of 3, the system don't boot. All seems to
be ok, I hear fans, hd and dvd, but the screen never power up. I just
do CTRL+ALT+DEL and after that everything boot normaly. Another thing,
3 times since I have the computer I had error message during boot
process: "Overclocking failed, Press F1 to run setup Press F2 to load
default setting" When I have this message, I enter in BIOS, Save
setting (without any changes) and after that it boot normaly. BTW, I
didn't try any overclocking.
Fourth problem: It's not really a problem, but a question. Is it normal
that the heatsink on the northbridge chipset is so hot that I cannot
touch it more that 1.5 second before I get burn ??? I suppose that it
is not normal, but I don't have any reference.
I tought my problems was resolve when I found why all my southbridge
burn on my P4P800-E Deluxe (see post
http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus/msg/772e04cbff7ba568)
but it seems that it is not the case... If you can help me on any of
this problem, your help will be really really appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Ian
I have a lot of problems with a P5GD2-X motherboard
Here's the configuration of my computer
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Case with clear side panel
2 X 120mm fan (one front and one rear)
1 X 90mm fam (in the side panel)
400W Thermaltake powersupply that come with the case
P4 640 (3.2Ghz) with stock heatsink and fan
P5GD2-X Motherboard
WD Raptor 10k HD
1 Gb RAM
ATI X800GT
DVD-RW
Floppy with 7 in 1 card reader
No Q-Fan activated
I use Asus Probe 2 to read temperature
The room temp. is around 24C-27C
Before you ask me, I tried reseat the processor and it help me drop cpu
temp 4C-5C
First Problem: The processor, when idle, has a temperature of 30C which
is ok for me. But under 100% load (I use BOINC to stress to processor),
it reach 60C-63C in about 7-10 min which is too high (am I ok??). It
doesn't go over that temperature. My other processor (a northwood 3.2)
in the same case never went up beyond 48C !! I noticed that the fan
accelerate only when the processor reach 61C. It run at 1500Rpm until
the processor reach 61C and after that it speed up to 1900Rpm -
2000Rpm. Why the fan doesn't accelerate sooner ??? BTW, the board
temperature is between 38C-41C after 1h30 of stress test (idle: 30C)
The Second problem is like the first one but with higher temparature.
When I update the BIOS to version 202 (from version 105) all the
temperature goes up 7C-8C. So the processor temp under 100% load is
67C-69C. The board after 1h30 of stress test reach 48C !!! The thing I
don't understand is that just before I flashed the BIOS, I checked the
board temp: 40C. I updated BIOS, enter windows and without any stress
test, the board temp was now 48C !!! How is it possible juste by
updating the BIOS ???
Third problem: I had read some post about this problem, but I did not
find any solution. 1 time out of 3, the system don't boot. All seems to
be ok, I hear fans, hd and dvd, but the screen never power up. I just
do CTRL+ALT+DEL and after that everything boot normaly. Another thing,
3 times since I have the computer I had error message during boot
process: "Overclocking failed, Press F1 to run setup Press F2 to load
default setting" When I have this message, I enter in BIOS, Save
setting (without any changes) and after that it boot normaly. BTW, I
didn't try any overclocking.
Fourth problem: It's not really a problem, but a question. Is it normal
that the heatsink on the northbridge chipset is so hot that I cannot
touch it more that 1.5 second before I get burn ??? I suppose that it
is not normal, but I don't have any reference.
I tought my problems was resolve when I found why all my southbridge
burn on my P4P800-E Deluxe (see post
http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus/msg/772e04cbff7ba568)
but it seems that it is not the case... If you can help me on any of
this problem, your help will be really really appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Ian