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fsda <Sh@fdafd.fds> wrote in
news:Xns95E5E89C3FDCBShfdafdfds@66.75.162.201:
> Ron Joiner <joiner@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in
> news:73fHd.213958$Np3.8987520@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:
>
>> Rob Nicholson wrote:
>>> How long has the non-Deluxe A8N SLI been available? It looks like it
>>> would suit my needs perfectly but I'm a bit wary about buying the
>>> first revision with v1.00 BIOS of a motherboard - I've been burnt
>>> before
>>>
>>> I've read a few messages about instability on here.
>>>
>>> I was going to get an AMD 64 3000 and two sticks of 512MB
>>> DDR400/PC3200 RAM to use with a Innovision 6800GT PCI-E video card
>>> (already bought this, by mistake).
>>>
>>> Cheers, Rob.
>>>
>>>
>> I have the A8N-SLI with 1 gig Crucial ram (dual channel) an AMD 3500+
>> and 6600GT. I have found it extremely stable and very fast. I have
>> had mine since Dec 24th, long enough to see problems but none so far.
>> I have stayed with the same BIOS and have resisted the urge to
>> reflash. You will note that people with instability/problems have
>> been using the Beta MB drivers. My advice - don't!
>>
>> I bought Asus because of past positve experience and have no regrets
>> so far.
>>
>> Ron
>
> Not me - my A8N-SLI is unstable, with release BIOS 1.002, and only
> release drivers for everything.
>
> Basically, with no other expansion cards installed (and with RAM on
> the Asus QVL), the machine hardware locks randomly (within 18 hours,
> and not related to any particular activity) when I have SLI mode
> activated with my two eVGA 6800GTs.
>
> If I deactivate the SLI mode in the Nvidia drivers, machine is stable
> for days.
>
> I can say that I am not happy so far. Works fine without SLI, but
> that's the whole point of this board and the $$$ required...
>
> See the thread "anyone have A8n-SLI" - I put full details there...
>
Oh yeah, and I've had some real issues with flakiness of the Nvidia RAID
controller - i.e. not seeing drives during POST.