Official Asus A7N8X Thread - Page 2

This thread, right next to, needs to be made a sticky.

Other than that, I'm having problems too.

I've got an old Geforce2 GTS working right now, but it does not like the TI4200 4x AGP card. I've tried two different ones; both are known to work in other systems.

Other than display problems, I've got some memory issues as well. My Geil stick won't work at 200mhz. It works at 166mhz, with 6-3-3 CAS2, but not at 200mhz with those timings. And it's supposed to be rated for that.



Other than that, it works much better than the Gigabyte 7VAXP.

"I personally think filesystems should be rewritten from scratch every 5 years..." --- Hans Reiser

Ok, other than lack of serial ata, firewire, extra lan, what will i be missing in performence tweaking by purchasing the non-deluxe version of this board.

i like to play...

i'd always recommend a reinstall of windows when upgrading mobo and chip, if u want to make damn sure!

i like to play...

Best way would be to format fdisk, reinstall.

Just curious.. did you reinstall the nforce drivers?

Normally I would agree with every word you said Ejsmith, however its a little different with XP. Microshaft actually provides an excellent option in the install options. I talked about this somewhere else but I'll recap for those who don't know about it.

With the prior versions of Windows, when doing a major upgrade like a new motherboard, to get it stable, you almost have no choice but to format and start fresh. XP gives you a repair option that should be called "Renew" or "Replace" instead. When you boot from the XP cd, choose Install at the first option, NOT repair. After it searches your hard drives, it then gives you the options to do a fresh install or repair the existing install. This repair option keeps your existing program settings but deletes the entire Windows XP installation and reinstalls from the CD giving you fresh OS registry settings and proper drivers while maintaining all your programs and personal settings. I didn't believe that it would work but I went from an Intel P3/866 with an Intel 815 chipset and PC133 ram to an AMD 2200+, Asus A7N8X, and PC3200 as well as some new peripherals and it works 100% stable with all benchmarks on par. I still have trouble accepting the fact that it worked, heh. So, if you have XP and you're upgrading, give this method a shot. If for some reason it doesn't work you can always wipe and start clean, but it might save you a real headache. Sorry this doesn't help you people stuck in the past with a Win9X flavor. (I don't know if this is an option in Win2k)

<font color=purple> You know its bad when license plate letters all look like file extensions </font color=purple>

how can i find the WCPUID reports and see what my system is running at. I have the a7n8x, athlon 2100xp

Propaganda had nothing to do with it. As a matter of fact, I did it purely as an experiment in laziness after a friend told me it was possible. I was prepared to format and start fresh. Things change, software gets updated and believe it or not, sometimes it actually works, even if it is a Microsoft product. As of today, my system has been 100% stable for three weeks since the "experiment" without a single BSOD or crash of any kind. All benchmarks are on par, the registry is free of any obvious leftovers, and my new baby screams. I know I'm wasting my breath and getting off topic so I'll sum it all up. It comes down to people who know what they are doing and those that don't.

<font color=purple> You know its bad when license plate letters all look like file extensions </font color=purple>

Wondering if any of you guys can find out what I am doing wrong because I cant OC my system.

Ok first off I set it so that it would boot with all errors so that when I OC it will boot. Then I change the Multi and the FSB and no matter what I put in for the multi or the FSB my computer sets the multi back to 15 and sets my FSB to 100 when I check it with WCPUID. No matter what bios I use it always sets my Multi to 15 and My FSB to 100. I have tried a number of diffrent Multies and FSB settings and same results. I took apart my Comp and took a look at the CPU and it is unlocked. I posted this in CPU overclocking and no one there knows what the problem is.

Thanks for your time

System Specs

Athlon XP 2400+ (Factory Unlocked, Stepping H)

Volcano 7+ Heatsink and Fan :}
Asus A7N8X Deluxe (Using new Bios from Asus Webpage and have also tried 1001C, 1001G,)

R9700 Pro

2x256 PC2700 CL2 OCsystem Ram


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I've also been having enough problem with my A7N8X so that here I am, wondering hopw they managed to have 0 problem in the article where they used it here... with an almost identical setup as mine!

I"ve experienced various lockups and reboots, and Internet Explorer randomly crashes (No, I won't rant agains MS just yet). After reading this thread, I did change my two memory DIMMS to the blue slots and it did help a bit in some games (crashes less)

someone also suggested that I disable auto reboot on system crashes, and I was able to get a BSOD saying IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. (I also some others that I forgot to write down)

Here's the config

Athlon XP 2700+
A7N8X Deluxe with BIOS 1001G (I did also try the 1001E)
2 x 256MB Corsair XMS DDR333 (PC2700) in the blue slots
Volcano 9 CPU cooler
Antec TRUE430 PSU that gives ncredibly steady voltage readings (I monitored thos after someone suggested it might be an issue)
ATI All In Wonder 9700 video card with catalyst 3.0 drivers
Windows 2000 Pro SP3
IE 6 SP1

Questions? Suggestions...

I need your heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp (a la Buggs Bunny in Space Jam ;-))

"Try not! Do, or Do not, there is no try" (A certain famous Jedi Master to his apprentice)<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Jetfire on 01/23/03 00:04 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

200 is where it should be. DDR is 2*200 = 400

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

With question to getting CL2 RAM, is it recommended to get a branded one such as Corsair or any budget CL2 RAM would be sufficient, pros? cons?

Hello.

You can say that on *every* single part, except the processor. And even then, there's good dealers and bad dealers.

But, I will agree to this extent. It's better to "support" the people you know are putting out good ram.

Taiwan doesn't check it's stuff anymore. The Geil stuff (that you buy off the shelf, not the samples they send in for reviews) is most likely overclocked.

"I personally think filesystems should be rewritten from scratch every 5 years..." --- Hans Reiser

Has anyone tried it with OCZ PC3200 (oCZ ddr pc3200 512mb cl 2-3-3 2t timings), is it better than corsair parts?

to Peitist. Anything from Corsair, OCZ, Samsung, Geil, Crucial memory. is high quality stuff. Kingmax is also decent but I find it hard to get it in Cas 2!