Wednesday 15 April 2015

Problems With An Asus P5wd2e Motherboard

The Asus P5WD2-E motherboard has three notable, documented problems. The motherboard works correctly in most situations and is a generally well-reviewed piece of hardware. It is compatible with Pentium 4 HT generation processors, but will not work with Core2Duo processors.


Keyboard Recognition


This particular board may run into problems recognizing specific keyboard models. If you run into this problem, try plugging the keyboard into a different USB or PS/2 slot. You can also try using a USB to PS/2 or PS/2 to USB adapter to plug the keyboard into a different slot.


Voltage Spikes


Gary Key, a reviewer from AnandTech, found that the P5WD2-E model experiences minor CPU voltage spikes when overclocking a dual-core processor. This problem can cause the CPU to run hotter than it should and can cause damage to the component over time. The easiest way to work around this problem is to not overclock the processor on this motherboard.


Operating System


Some users report problems with the motherboard using the first version of Windows XP and Windows XP SP1. However, the hardware has no problems working with Windows XP SP2 and later versions of Windows.

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