A7N8X+too+many+problems

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After lurking in this group a while I've
noticed the A7N8X popping up frequently.
I don't even want to get into the problems
I've gotten into with this board. I bought
a A7V133 in 2000 I think, I used it up until
5 or 6 months ago. I thought I would build a new
system and did my home work, read reviews made a
few posting in some other groups seeking advice.
I can't remember who suggested the A7N8X, but that was
what I came up with, I bought a new AMD cpu and a gig of
Kingston ram, nVidia GeForce video card. I spent
some money I didn't try to do nothing the cheap way.
nForce driver problems seemed to be one of my biggest
problems getting the right version in the right place.
After it failed to boot [CMOS setup] was the error I got.
I have some investments and day trade some so I got to have
a system to get to my accounts. I got so pissed off I
pulled the mobo and put the old A7V133 back in, flashed
the BIOS and I running better now than with the new A7N8X ever did.

Anyway, to make a long story short I need to purchase another
board that is compatible with the AMD cpu and Kingston ram that I
got. When I was working as an IT I would ask the system user, what
they wanted to do with it as to get some kind of idea as how to
build the system. I'm retired and mostly check on my investments
all week, on weekends my grand boys come over with their game pads
to abuse my system, their mom want put with them crashing her
stuff. X3D Viewing glasses is what really screwed up my computer
to start with. I couldn't believe the abuse the A7V133 received
and is still running. That's why I didn't hesitate to go with A7N8X.
I still like ASUS boards, one bad experience won't change that.
Any knowledgeable suggestions?

 

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b35853 wrote:
>
> After lurking in this group a while I've
> noticed the A7N8X popping up frequently.
> I don't even want to get into the problems
> I've gotten into with this board. I bought
> a A7V133 in 2000 I think, I used it up until
> 5 or 6 months ago. I thought I would build a new
> system and did my home work, read reviews made a
> few posting in some other groups seeking advice.
> I can't remember who suggested the A7N8X, but that was
> what I came up with, I bought a new AMD cpu and a gig of
> Kingston ram, nVidia GeForce video card.


I have one of these boards. Two, actually. The very first one I
purchased was V1 - which fell over every few minutes. I returned it
after a week.

The later board, V2, with a decent BIOS version, is one of the most
stable boards I have ever used.

It's no longer the quickest out there, but to me stability is more
important.

I've used it with all sorts of memory, various graphics cards, sounds
cards, SCSI raid controllers, etc - it's never, ever given me a problem.

I would make sure you don't have V1 (unlikely). Also make sure you have
an up-to-date BIOS (I tend to avoid the very latest, and go for the
version preceding that and never try BETA versions). The board is
fairly picky about its BIOS settings, so try loading default settings
and methodically changing the settings you need to alter.

I must admit I don't let anyone near my systems; my children have their
own to play with, and by now they are capable of reinstalling the
software when they become overloaded with spyware and other such junk
they accumulate over time.


Odie
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"Odie Ferrous" <odie_ferrous@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> b35853 wrote:
>>
>> After lurking in this group a while I've
>> noticed the A7N8X popping up frequently.
>> I don't even want to get into the problems
>> I've gotten into with this board. I bought
>> a A7V133 in 2000 I think, I used it up until
>> 5 or 6 months ago. I thought I would build a new
>> system and did my home work, read reviews made a
>> few posting in some other groups seeking advice.
>> I can't remember who suggested the A7N8X, but that was
>> what I came up with, I bought a new AMD cpu and a gig of
>> Kingston ram, nVidia GeForce video card.
>
>
> I have one of these boards. Two, actually. The very first one I
> purchased was V1 - which fell over every few minutes. I returned it
> after a week.
>
> The later board, V2, with a decent BIOS version, is one of the most
> stable boards I have ever used.

I heard the a8n-e, is the most up to date version, best bios, newest
version, no more fan noise...etc

xman






>
> I must admit I don't let anyone near my systems; my children have their
> own to play with, and by now they are capable of reinstalling the
> software when they become overloaded with spyware and other such junk
> they accumulate over time.
>
>
> Odie
> --
> Retrodata
> www.retrodata.co.uk
> Globally Local Data Recovery Experts

 

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"" wrote:
> After lurking in this group a while I've
> noticed the A7N8X popping up frequently.
> I don't even want to get into the problems
> I've gotten into with this board. I bought
> a A7V133 in 2000 I think, I used it up until
> 5 or 6 months ago. I thought I would build a new
> system and did my home work, read reviews made a
> few posting in some other groups seeking advice.
> I can't remember who suggested the A7N8X, but that was
> what I came up with, I bought a new AMD cpu and a gig of
> Kingston ram, nVidia GeForce video card. I spent
> some money I didn't try to do nothing the cheap way.
> nForce driver problems seemed to be one of my biggest
> problems getting the right version in the right place.
> After it failed to boot [CMOS setup] was the error I got.
> I have some investments and day trade some so I got to have
> a system to get to my accounts. I got so pissed off I
> pulled the mobo and put the old A7V133 back in, flashed
> the BIOS and I running better now than with the new A7N8X ever
> did.
>
> Anyway, to make a long story short I need to purchase another
> board that is compatible with the AMD cpu and Kingston ram
> that I
> got. When I was working as an IT I would ask the system user,
> what
> they wanted to do with it as to get some kind of idea as how
> to
> build the system. I'm retired and mostly check on my
> investments
> all week, on weekends my grand boys come over with their game
> pads
> to abuse my system, their mom want put with them crashing her
> stuff. X3D Viewing glasses is what really screwed up my
> computer
> to start with. I couldn't believe the abuse the A7V133
> received
> and is still running. That's why I didn't hesitate to go with
> A7N8X.
> I still like ASUS boards, one bad experience won't change
> that.
> Any knowledgeable suggestions?

I have soft spot for the Asus A7N8X-X , though like asus have a habit
of they leave it to the buyer to update the BIOS before they use their
brand new motherboard! My A8V Deluxe is the same scenario.

This board also was not happy with Kingston value ram and I
found out why. Kingston ram requires a fraction more voltage than the
other mainstream manufacturers.I fixed this by increasing the voltage
a fraction in the BIOS and bingo problem solved.

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The ram may be a problem, I used Corsair Value 1gb kit, had to manually set
timings/voltage to get a stable sys
Suggest you use ram configerator from a branded ram site

"b35853" <rgiddens@carolina.rr.com> wrote in message
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> After lurking in this group a while I've
> noticed the A7N8X popping up frequently.
> I don't even want to get into the problems
> I've gotten into with this board. I bought
> a A7V133 in 2000 I think, I used it up until
> 5 or 6 months ago. I thought I would build a new
> system and did my home work, read reviews made a
> few posting in some other groups seeking advice.
> I can't remember who suggested the A7N8X, but that was
> what I came up with, I bought a new AMD cpu and a gig of
> Kingston ram, nVidia GeForce video card. I spent
> some money I didn't try to do nothing the cheap way.
> nForce driver problems seemed to be one of my biggest
> problems getting the right version in the right place.
> After it failed to boot [CMOS setup] was the error I got.
> I have some investments and day trade some so I got to have
> a system to get to my accounts. I got so pissed off I
> pulled the mobo and put the old A7V133 back in, flashed
> the BIOS and I running better now than with the new A7N8X ever did.
>
> Anyway, to make a long story short I need to purchase another
> board that is compatible with the AMD cpu and Kingston ram that I
> got. When I was working as an IT I would ask the system user, what
> they wanted to do with it as to get some kind of idea as how to
> build the system. I'm retired and mostly check on my investments
> all week, on weekends my grand boys come over with their game pads
> to abuse my system, their mom want put with them crashing her
> stuff. X3D Viewing glasses is what really screwed up my computer
> to start with. I couldn't believe the abuse the A7V133 received
> and is still running. That's why I didn't hesitate to go with A7N8X.
> I still like ASUS boards, one bad experience won't change that.
> Any knowledgeable suggestions?
>

 

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"" wrote:
> After lurking in this group a while I've
> noticed the A7N8X popping up frequently.
> I don't even want to get into the problems
> I've gotten into with this board. I bought
> a A7V133 in 2000 I think, I used it up until
> 5 or 6 months ago. I thought I would build a new
> system and did my home work, read reviews made a
> few posting in some other groups seeking advice.
> I can't remember who suggested the A7N8X, but that was
> what I came up with, I bought a new AMD cpu and a gig of
> Kingston ram, nVidia GeForce video card. I spent
> some money I didn't try to do nothing the cheap way.
> nForce driver problems seemed to be one of my biggest
> problems getting the right version in the right place.
> After it failed to boot [CMOS setup] was the error I got.
> I have some investments and day trade some so I got to have
> a system to get to my accounts. I got so pissed off I
> pulled the mobo and put the old A7V133 back in, flashed
> the BIOS and I running better now than with the new A7N8X ever
> did.
>
> Anyway, to make a long story short I need to purchase another
> board that is compatible with the AMD cpu and Kingston ram
> that I
> got. When I was working as an IT I would ask the system user,
> what
> they wanted to do with it as to get some kind of idea as how
> to
> build the system. I'm retired and mostly check on my
> investments
> all week, on weekends my grand boys come over with their game
> pads
> to abuse my system, their mom want put with them crashing her
> stuff. X3D Viewing glasses is what really screwed up my
> computer
> to start with. I couldn't believe the abuse the A7V133
> received
> and is still running. That's why I didn't hesitate to go with
> A7N8X.
> I still like ASUS boards, one bad experience won't change
> that.
> Any knowledgeable suggestions?

I ’ve owned several A7N8X-X and Deluxe versions as well. Arguably the
NVIDIA chipset they used was not only the most stable but it got the
most out of socket A processors as well. Overclocking was not a
problem , the Deluxe versions of the board seemed overpriced and
offered little performance gain.Shame I did not read the box with the
first one I purchased because Kingston ram was not recommended by
Asus. Not sure with corsair either bit Kingston recommended voltages
are higher than what the auto settings of some motherboards will
deliver. Kingston value ram is handy from the point of view that even
further increasing the voltage and overclocking are not a
problem.Manual setting, I think Kingston recommend 2.7v for it’s value
ram?
Once sorted out these boards were good to me , a little dissapointing
though that you had to fiddle with with the earlier version to sort it
out.
However I found once sorted it did not have any recurring problems.

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On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 06:05:38 +0100, Odie Ferrous <odie_ferrous@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I have one of these boards. Two, actually. The very first one I
>purchased was V1 - which fell over every few minutes. I returned it
>after a week.

I have an A7N8X V1 and it has been completely solid and reliable
since the day I got it.

-rs-