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More info?)
Just jumping in here with some info. Have the A8N-SLI Dlx board which so
far has run well. I did have the problem with this device in Control Panel
and heard of the AI Booster connecton. However, this was a clean install of
XP Pro SP2 and AI Boost had never been installed??
Finally figured it out but don't exactly remember how, rats! Anyway, the
driver for this device is: ASACPI.sys found in the
%\Windows\system32\drivers file when properly installed. I "think" it was
finally fixed by installing the AMD X64 driver from their website but would
not sware to that.
Anyway, hope this helps!
Len
"milleron" <millerdot90@SPAMlessosu.edu> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 01:55:50 -0400, nospam@needed.com (Paul) wrote:
>
>>In article <2n7pb15qf4r58qnu4q9gckssgg6ffiuf5c@4ax.com>,
>>miller.90@spamlessosu.edu wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:48:21 -0400, nospam@needed.com (Paul) wrote:
>>>
>>> Now, I have the driver for the ACPI utility installed, but
>>> installation of Ai Booster fails with the message "Fail install IO
>>> driver." I've googled that and found that many others have reported
>>> it but no one's given a good explanation or fix for it yet. Maybe
>>> it's on your "check list" <hope, hope>
>>>
>>> Ron
>>
>>My track record on fixing this one is a big zero...
>>
>>About all I could suggest, is looking for the latest version.
>>The last Aibooster I downloaded was 20051, and perhaps there is
>>a later one by now. (Enter "tools" as the motherboard model number
>>on the download page.)
>>
>>http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/utils/AIBooster20051.zip (3.25MB)
>>
>>Since the driver works in an ACPI framework, make sure ACPI is
>>enabled (if there is an option in the BIOS - the setting may
>>not be shown in the manual). I don't know if there is any
>>interaction or issues with Cool N' Quiet, so maybe you could
>>play with that setting as well. As I understand it, when you want
>>to overclock, you have to disable CNQ (maybe that too has been
>>fixed?).
>>
>>Your motherboard CD could have a manual. I got this manual a while back,
>>so perhaps a better one has been written by now. At least it will
>>show you what you're missing.
>>
>>ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/sock478/p4p800/AIBooster_u.pdf
>>
>>I think you could have about as much fun with "clockgen" from cpuid.com
>>and "A64tweaker" for memory settings. "Ntune" might be another option,
>>and I'm downloading this right now for a look (to see if there is
>>a list of supported motherboards). Ntune is pretty specific about
>>the mobo it is written for, and especially considering the creation
>>date of this file, this app might not understand your board.
>>
>>ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/misc/utils/nvidia/nTune2005.zip
>>
>> Paul
>
> ACPI framework is enabled.
> I did download the very latest Ai Booster from Asus -- same hangup
> CNQ is disabled.
> I did get Ntune installed. Does it provide the same functionality as
> Ai Booster? (There's nothing on Ai Booster in my printed manual, and
> there's no Ai Boster PDF on the motherboard's CD.) The manual in the
> link you gave explains it though. I guess it's a Windows GUI for
> overclocking. Since I never do that, I have no use for it, and I'm
> therefore not going to spend more time trying to get it installed.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ron