A8AE-LE

I recently purchased an HP Pavilion computer with the Asus A8AE-LE mb. The MB appears to be HP proprietary; hence, I can find no info about it on the Asus site, and only cursory info on the HP site.
I'm trying to find a comprehensive user manual for this board, similar to what Asus provides for their other boards. Anyone have any info on this?
Also, this mb utilizes Cool and Quiet technology (which is apparently activated on my computer), but HP provides no info on how I can access the temperature, cooling fan rpm, etc. info that's supposed to be available using Asus software. Any help here would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Same here! If anybody knows where to find info on this MB please post!

hi there . i have same sys you have i think . its a HP 4100e.. with the amd 64.2 processor running at 4400+ .. and same MB you have .. and i cant over clock it . did anyone ever get back to you on it .. i cant seem to find any replys on your messag for help plz reply. to my email stanhope_chad@hotmail.com thx a lot

Chad, I never got the info that I was looking for. I did find out that I could access the temps via the BIOS, but that doesn't help while I'm actually booted and using the PC. The ASUS Probe sioftware won't load on this machine.

3D-ILLUSION, your link takes me to the "cursory info on the HP site" that I described in my initial post. I'm looking for a comprehensive MB users manual, such as ASUS provides for its branded MB's. Thanks for the response.

I think you may be right about a comprehensive manual not existing for this motherboard. I have one also that came with my store bought Presario SR1834NX. I have tried the Asus website and spoke with a phone tech who told me they have no manual for the A8AE LE because it is an OEM motherboard, so I would have to go through HP/Compaq. I called HP and let me warn you now if you don't know....their tech support is in India..OK..nuff said. It was a nightmare with the person I dealt with who took about 20-25 mins to download 7 different manuals pertaining to my computer, none containing the detailed motherboard info I was looking for. I need things like jumper settings and such. Well PRETTY PLEASE...If anyone does per chance happen to find a manual of this type..PLEASE let me know!!!

I know this has nothing to do with the topic but I have a Compaq computer also with the same motherboard and was wanting to know if maybe an AMD Opteron 185 would work on this motherboard. The Opteron requires a Socket 939 which the motherboard has. I talked to someone at Compaq, and they told me that the maximum they tested is a A64 X2 4800+ and that is what I should get but alas I cannot find it. Do you think the Opteron would work with this motherboard?

Here are the Mobo detailed specs link: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc [...] 96280#N849


The jumpers are identified. This is a custom board made by Asus for HP and there are no related documents for this board.

HP Tech support says [transcript from online chat re my hp Pavilion m7100e]:

This motherboard can be upgraded with the following processors
Athlon64 X2 4800
Athlon 64 4000
Sempron 3200

I just ordered the [OEM] Athlon64 X2 4800+, for $219, from PriceGrabber.com (geekdeal 'storefront') and am hopeful it will work!

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=294618

Happy to report success with the X2 4800+ upgrade. Smooth as silk!

Only problem was "media center receiver service" kept displaying nastygrams and I had to disable it.

i helped a friend install an opteron 180 last year. his fans are always on and always blowing hard.

i just got a hand-me-down from a different friend who had the same machine. i upgraded it to the 3.15 bios and it's all good.

now i need to find a reasonable price on a processor. that's going to be the difficult part.

that being said, hp used different revisions of the motherboard, so tread warily.

I own a HP Pavilion a1357c with a AMD Athalon 64X2 4200+ 2.2 GHz processor. I downloaded a Product Spec sheet from HP and the product spec sheet says the PCI Express x16. Does this help?

1700mb is a lot of ram, lol.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc [...] 23&lang=en
Tells that it is a PCI Express x16 Hope this helps someone been looking forever for this and just found it

Dave, why lock the thread? Many have this MB, many have questions. Why should you care if this thread is here, open and a source of info for the needy? Really...stick to your own lane.

Along these lines, I was wondering if someone couldn't provide some help/insight into the following with this motherboard:

I have an HP A1210n (Athlon 3500+) with the ASUS "Amberline" A8AE-LE S939 motherboard that has an ATI Radeon Express 200 IGP (RS482) and the absolutely horrible ATI SB400. I ordered the system restore discs from HP since they wouldn't burn at all from the HP 'supplied' software on the system recovery partition. Due to some hardware issues, I would like to replace the old ASUS A8AE-LE ATI motherboard with an ASUS M3A78 ATI/AMD 780G/SB 700 with a corresponding AM2+ CPU & DDR2 RAM replacement. The question becomes, will I have to reinstall the OS with the new MB/CPU/RAM on the same old hard drive even though the new 780G/SB700 are using the same Catalyst drivers? Or will I be lucky enough that all I have to do is install the replacement CPU/RAM/MB bundle into the case and reattach the hard drive, DVD, power/fan connectors?

That is, I really don't want to have to wipe the hard drive clean and reinstall all apps, data, etc. If I have to, I might as well make an entire new system.

How was HP able to sell so many of these boards when it takes hours to copy via USB?

TheOtherBubka-

Yes you will have to reinstall starting at zero. The problem is that the OS is customized by HP for the previous setup. When installing an OEM copy of the OS the software configures itself to the equipment at hand and will accept the new equipment and the new drivers as needed. The restore function will look for what was there before and it is veeeery likely that you will run into problems if the MB that the OS is expecting is not present. I'm not saying that you will but it is very likely that the OS install will run into some problems. Have all the updated drivers standing by. My girlfriend has this MB which is why I monitor this thread. The case (too tight, not enough fan placements) and PSU (too small and under powered without adequate plugs for upgrades) for this system should go also. My suggestion is to use it for what it is a utilitarian home PC. I have installed a better CPU and GPU and more and better ram within the limits that the MB and bios allowed. She gets about 7800 on the 3Dmark06. The real problem with this system is the MB it is a socket 939 and better CPUs are not to be found and also the bios will not allow any adjustment or over clocking. HP does this I'm sure for warranty sake. Plan for a new system with all new components.

u can get a few good cards like the Radeon HD 4350 PCI-E card which needs no power connectors or anything and i think a 300 or 450 watt power supply but yes its a good idea to have 3GB or 3.5GB (3 x 1GB & a 512MB) of RAM inside ur PC

Hello! Did the new processor just "plug & play"? Were there any settings that needed to be changed manually or was it completely automatic? I'm running Windows Vista x86 and I'm wondering if a CPU upgrade will be transparent to the OS, or if a repair will be required?

I have the same MOBO. I just upgraded from an old Sempron 3200+ to an Opteron180 (S 939). The CPU speed is still 1.79 ghz, not 2.4! Can someone help me. I know I am treading into territory that I don't know well, but when I looked at the specs on HP's site, they stated that an upgrade to an Athlon 64 X2 4800+ would be fine. The Opterons specs are virtually identical except for more cache memory and a slower system bus (1000 vs 2000). I have read elsewhere that people have used this CPU on this board with few, if any problems. I have an HP/Compaq Presario SR1603WM. Any help or suggestions? Did I make a $185 mistake, or can I do something about this?

Do you have the latest BIOS installed? I believe it is 3.15 and is available from HP.com. It installs in Windows so it's easy to do. Hope this helps!

I would try to find a few reviews of the CPU that include benchmarks. That may help you determine if it's performing well on your system. The power saving features in the OS and the BIOS might throttle down the CPU when it's not working (such as when the system goes into standby mode), but normally if you put a load on the CPU it should go to 100%.

Hello All

Please don't close this thread. I have an HP m7100e that is going on 4 years and I love it, only had to upgrade ram from 512mb (2X256mb) by adding a 1GB stick. Just need to buy a Digital TV tuner card.
Plays videos and music no problems, just not at the same time. The digtal audio out works great with my surround sound system. I have an XFX GeForce 8600 GY, otherwise I couldn't enter Prokion temple in Last Chaos. So I think the PCI-e slot is 16x, otherwise how can you tell if it's making use of the 16x or not.
Came with an AMD 3200+ cpu and MCE2005. One question, how can you tell what your DDR timing settings are, does anyone know and can you post the information here please.

Thanks and ya all take care.

I have the EXACT problem can someone please tell me where the connectors go in detail or a picture that would be GREAT.

To the guy that said because of no post, he knows it is the motherboard. Uh, did you know no video card or no RAM will cause a no post?

A friend of mine has a Compaq with the A8AE-LE in it with a Athlon 64(V) 3500 2.2Ghz processor. The other day the computer went dead, and having tried a few things, he believes its the board. I know it's an ATX board, but if he wanted to, could he just go to NewEgg.com or something and pick up a Socket AM3 board and a AMD Phenom II X2 chip, and some new RAM - or would it not fit the available space in the case? (I read that the A8AE-Le is 9.6x9.6" - most ATX are rectangular, aren't they?). What about connectors - did I read correctly here that he likely only has 1 case connector... will that work with other MBs? Thanks.

would you like to sell the asus A8AE-LE board. let me know need replacement

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