Basic Features: Asus P5WD2-E Premium

Specification Asus P5WD2-E Premium
CPU Interface LGA775-based Pentium 4, Pentium 4 XE, Celeron D, and Pentium D processors
Chipset Intel 975X - MCH
ICH7R - ICH
Pentium D Support (Dual-Core) 820D, 830D, 840D, 840EE,
920D, 930D, 940D, 950D, 955EE
Front Side Bus 1066 / 800 / 533 MHz
Front Side Bus Speeds 100 - 450 MHz (in 1 MHz increments)
Memory Speeds Auto, DDR-2 400, 533, 667, 800, 711, 889, and 1067MHz
PCI Bus Speeds Auto, To CPU, 33.33MHz
PCI Express Bus Speeds Auto, 90 MHz to 150 MHz (in 1 MHz increments)
Dynamic Overclocking AI Overclocking - Auto, Manual, AI NOS, Overclock Profiles up to 30%
Hyper Path 3- Auto, Enabled, Disabled
PEG Link Mode
Core Voltage Auto, 1.2000V to 1.7000V (in 0.0125V increments)
DRAM Voltage Auto, 1.80V, 1.90V, 1.95V, 2.00V, 2.05V, 2.10V, 2.15V, 2.20V, 2.25V, 2.30V, 2.35V, 2.40V
MCH Chipset Voltage Auto, 1.50V, 1.55V, 1.60V, 1.65V
ICH Chipset Voltage Auto, 1.05V, 1.20V
FSB Termination Voltage Auto, 1.20V, 1.30V, 1.40V, 1.50V
Memory Slots (4) x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2 667/533/400, non-ECC, ECC, un-buffered memory
Expansion Slots (2) x PCI-E x16
(1) x PCI-E x1
(1) x PCI-E x4 (universal slot)
(3) x PCI 2.3
Onboard SATA Intel ICH7R:
(4) x SATA II
Marvell 88SE6141:
(4) x SATA II
Onboard IDE Intel ICH7R:
(1) x UltraDMA 100/66/33
Marvell 88SE6141:
(1) x UltraDMA 100/66/33
SATA/IDE RAID Intel ICH7R:
(4) x SATA II
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and Intel Matrix Storage technology

Onboard USB 2.0/IEEE-1394 (8) USB2.0 ports
(2) IEEE 1394a FireWire Ports by TI TSB43AB22A
Onboard LAN Marvell 88E8053 Dual PCI-E x1 Gb LAN
Onboard Audio RealTek ALC882M, 8-channel + 2-channel multi-streaming capable HD Audio Codec featuring Dolby Master Studio technology
Power Connectors 24-pin ATX
4-pin 12V Plug
8-pin EATX 12V
Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Parallel
1 x Audio I/O Panel
1 x Optical S/PDIF Out Port
1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out Port
1 x External SATA II Port
2 x RJ45
4 x USB
Other Features AI Net2
Asus NOS
Asus Ai Booster Utility
CPU Lock Free
Stack Cool 2
SATA-On-The-Go external connector
BIOS AMI 0114 (11/25/05) & AMI 0206 (12/22/05)

The Asus P5WD2-E is a member of the AiLife product family and as such is a fully featured flagship board targeted towards the Intel enthusiast. The board ships with an extensive accessory package along with several dynamic overclocking features such as AI NOS (Non-delay dynamic Overclocking System), AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner with preset profiles), ASUS PEG Link (automatic performance tuning for single/dual graphics cards), ASUS HyperPath 3 (bios setting to reduce memory latency), Asus C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall), and the ASUS Ai Booster Utility Precision Tweaker software that allows control over certain system settings within Windows. The board also features the Stack Cool 2 design to dissipate heat to the opposite side of the motherboard and a fanless heat dissipation system. Update- Asus has informed us the Marvell 88SE6141 RAID functions are not supported on this board with the current bios.

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  • Dfere - Thursday, May 18, 2006 - link

    Just bought this and I am having a problem even getting this to post. Fans boot and HD starts to boot. No video image, monitor resets and then blanks.

    I stripped out unnecesary components- still no joy.

    I have an Thermaltake XaserIII 480 with adapter and EZ 4 plug molex connected.
    SATA 1 Port using WD 80 gig HD
    Pentium D 805 w/ stock heatsink.
    Inno3d 6200 TC video in 1st PCI 16 slot.

    2X1 Gig PNY memory in Black series of slots.

    I will be trying to use only one stock of memory, and then will be taking MB out of case and trying to boot on non-conducitve surface. Anyone else got advice?
  • TechJunkie - Friday, March 3, 2006 - link

    I've had it now for almost a week and have started noticing problems. Many forums are now littered with complaints, mainly aimed at the Marvell issue.

    I mistakenly had set up my system the first time with the Intel chipset and using "Standard IDE"... system worked fine other than the issue with the Marvell. Benchmarks ran fine and 3DMark06 looked great.

    I then reinstalled the OS, this time doing the PITA F6 procedure and set up the drives on the Intel controller using RAID (but didn't actually set up a RAID, simply wanted the AHCI with the ability to in the future set up RAID).

    This morning I tried to run the 3DMark06 benchmark and while it ran to completion, the graphics screen seemed all corrupted throughout...I'm thinking power problem but it didn't have this issue last go around. Can setting up the drives differently have caused this from a power perspective or is this just one of the possibly many things wrong with this board?

    I am wondering if I should RMA it back to zipzoom and get the Intel board, which has always been my choice, except this time the extra SATAII ports provided by the Marvell persuaded me to give ASUS a shot...ironic, isn't it!

    In your opinion, based on what you know, will the issues with this board be resolved by BIOS/driver updates? It is a PITA to take my rig apart to swap out the motherboard but I will bite the bullet and get the Intel 975X board if this board can't be fixed via BIOS/driver updates.
  • medic91b2 - Monday, February 6, 2006 - link

    I've had this m/b for a few week's and I have to say that it has many bug's in it. As far as i know, no one has gotten the marvell sata driver's to work and on the intel side people have gotten many mixed result's. I gave up trying to make a raid on this board. Asus support is nowere to be found, I think if any one want's to rate it then yhey should test all of the components of the board
  • Gary Key - Saturday, February 11, 2006 - link

    quote:

    I've had this m/b for a few week's and I have to say that it has many bug's in it. As far as i know, no one has gotten the marvell sata driver's to work and on the intel side people have gotten many mixed result's. I gave up trying to make a raid on this board. Asus support is nowere to be found, I think if any one want's to rate it then yhey should test all of the components of the board


    Email me and I will provide you with an updated bios that solves the USB issue and voltage spikes. I still have not had an issue with the Marvell RAID setup and two Raptors.
  • Zucker2k - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - link

    Gary,
    Could you please e-mail me the updated bios? email: qommonsense@gmail.com. Thanks.
    Richard.
  • Joepublic2 - Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - link

    As far as the motherboard goes, it looks pretty good. NB/SB are passively cooled, the layout is good and the MOSFETs are heatsinked (I've heard of problems with the voltage regulators on cheaper intel boards failing, often because they got too hot). I like how Anandtech's motherboard articles are very critical and mention things that other sites seem to glaze over, such as if the board's voltage regulator is three, four or eight phase.

    quote:

    considering this processors penchant for electricity


    should read "processor's"
  • Gary Key - Thursday, January 19, 2006 - link

    quote:

    should read "processor's"


    It is corrected. I had it marked on the final edit but missed it before publication, excuse the Homer moment please. :-) It is a good board but we felt like Asus did not go all the way on it and should have considering the price point. Although the board is not in retail yet we were somewhat disappointed with the bios also. Asus is working on a new release at this time and we hope to be able to test it in the next roundup.
  • ghg - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link

    Hi

    When may we expect the ANANDTECH 975x shootout ?

    BR

    Gary G.
  • Gary Key - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link

    quote:

    When may we expect the ANANDTECH 975x shootout ?


    We should be finished in about three weeks. We have two additional boards in house and another two on their way. We will also have an overclocking shoot out with the Presler and Cedar Mill chips.
  • ghg - Friday, March 3, 2006 - link

    Hi

    Any news about the 975x shootout ?

    BR

    Gary G.

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