A7V8X-X m/b's and ATI Video cards

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Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

ok after two days of frustration i finally figured out my problem! here's
the scoop:

the A7V8X-X motherboard has issues with ATI based cards. (I'm using an Asus
Radeon 9600SE) My problem was constant rebooting in Windows XP Pro. When I
found an old PCI video card and installed it today, the system ran stable
for hours on end. (Note: the computer rebooted during install of Window XP
Pro many times - a simple half hour install took over 4 hours! Even then,
XP acted weird. I formatted the drive and installed a fresh copy of XP once
i got the system running stable with the PCI card.)

I found the bios for this board on Asus' support webpage:

http://www.asus.com/support/support.aspx


in the "Hot Download" section. Flashed the bios using EZ Flash, and the
system has run stable for over an hour now.

I am posting this in hopes someone else with the same problem can get the
information quicker by reading this post - I was suprised that no one had
posted a similar problem with this board and video card. i hope this helps
someone else!

The new bios is the 1009 bios. My board came with 1007 bios.

Thanks to all out there who responded to my posts! This is a helpful group
we have in here!

J C

 

[john]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

so are you running the 9600 now with the new bios?

i have been messin around with a a7v8x-x and a 9800 pro with catalyst 4.3
and 2 moniters,
xp home, 512 pc 3200, 2 x 80g maxtor, dvd and cdrw, zalman cpu heat sink and
fan.
pretty stable temp 40c.

would reboot during windows update and whenever i would start a game.


let us know if you are using the 9600 with the new bios.

thanks
john






> ok after two days of frustration i finally figured out my problem! here's
> the scoop:
>
> the A7V8X-X motherboard has issues with ATI based cards. (I'm using an
Asus
> Radeon 9600SE) My problem was constant rebooting in Windows XP Pro. When I
> found an old PCI video card and installed it today, the system ran stable
> for hours on end. (Note: the computer rebooted during install of Window XP
> Pro many times - a simple half hour install took over 4 hours! Even then,
> XP acted weird. I formatted the drive and installed a fresh copy of XP
once
> i got the system running stable with the PCI card.)
>
> I found the bios for this board on Asus' support webpage:
>
> http://www.asus.com/support/support.aspx
>
>
> in the "Hot Download" section. Flashed the bios using EZ Flash, and the
> system has run stable for over an hour now.
>
> I am posting this in hopes someone else with the same problem can get the
> information quicker by reading this post - I was suprised that no one had
> posted a similar problem with this board and video card. i hope this helps
> someone else!
>
> The new bios is the 1009 bios. My board came with 1007 bios.
>
> Thanks to all out there who responded to my posts! This is a helpful group
> we have in here!
>
> J C
>
>

 

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Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

yes, i am running the 9600se with the new bios. i haven't "put it throught
the paces" yet but its stable where it wasn't before.

jay cee

"John" <johnpc@adelphiaDELETE.net> wrote in message
news:kbOdnS36j9DU9-XdRVn-ig@adelphia.com...
> so are you running the 9600 now with the new bios?
>
> i have been messin around with a a7v8x-x and a 9800 pro with catalyst 4.3
> and 2 moniters,
> xp home, 512 pc 3200, 2 x 80g maxtor, dvd and cdrw, zalman cpu heat sink
and
> fan.
> pretty stable temp 40c.
>
> would reboot during windows update and whenever i would start a game.
>
>
> let us know if you are using the 9600 with the new bios.
>
> thanks
> john
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > ok after two days of frustration i finally figured out my problem!
here's
> > the scoop:
> >
> > the A7V8X-X motherboard has issues with ATI based cards. (I'm using an
> Asus
> > Radeon 9600SE) My problem was constant rebooting in Windows XP Pro. When
I
> > found an old PCI video card and installed it today, the system ran
stable
> > for hours on end. (Note: the computer rebooted during install of Window
XP
> > Pro many times - a simple half hour install took over 4 hours! Even
then,
> > XP acted weird. I formatted the drive and installed a fresh copy of XP
> once
> > i got the system running stable with the PCI card.)
> >
> > I found the bios for this board on Asus' support webpage:
> >
> > http://www.asus.com/support/support.aspx
> >
> >
> > in the "Hot Download" section. Flashed the bios using EZ Flash, and the
> > system has run stable for over an hour now.
> >
> > I am posting this in hopes someone else with the same problem can get
the
> > information quicker by reading this post - I was suprised that no one
had
> > posted a similar problem with this board and video card. i hope this
helps
> > someone else!
> >
> > The new bios is the 1009 bios. My board came with 1007 bios.
> >
> > Thanks to all out there who responded to my posts! This is a helpful
group
> > we have in here!
> >
> > J C
> >
> >
>
>

 

[Rob]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

John wrote:
> so are you running the 9600 now with the new bios?
>
> i have been messin around with a a7v8x-x and a 9800 pro with catalyst 4.3
> and 2 moniters,
> xp home, 512 pc 3200, 2 x 80g maxtor, dvd and cdrw, zalman cpu heat sink and
> fan.
> pretty stable temp 40c.
>
> would reboot during windows update and whenever i would start a game.
>
>
> let us know if you are using the 9600 with the new bios.
>
> thanks
> john
>
John,
I don't know if it would help you but since you're running XP you may
want to jump to the Catalyst 4.4 that came out last week. I read
somewhere that there were some dual monitor issues resolved!

Rob