gone to an athlon 64 x2 & Asus A8N32-SLI =hell on earth... - Page 3

VSEKH · 04-05-2006, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barjoysee

pressing F6 right now

..using 6.66 drivers..if not ill be erm flashing..as you've listed VSekh the bios seems to do nothing for my specific issues...but I've exausted i believe all other ideas ....ah well here goes install 31....

Good luck. Hope these drivers workout for you.

**specmike** · 04-05-2006, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VSEKH

Here's what bios 1103 fixes according to the Asus website:

A8N32-SLI Deluxe Bios version 1103
1- Support VCT Function for both LAN.
2- Show pink and red color when oversetting Dram voltage.
3- Fixed System show wrong Memory Installed Size when Enable Memory Hole Function.
4- Update AI Booster Code to improve overclocking ability.

Keep in mind that those are ONLY the issues that ASUS publicly acknowledges. No MOBO maker or technology company lists all of their corrected issues in a release. If they have found it in-house or improved something that is not a widely related issue, then they don't publish that fact. They don't want to tell on themselves or publicly admit to having more issues than necessary.

Trust me, 1103 resolves much more than those 4 issues. As I said, it may or may not help in this specific case but, it cannot hurt.

Mike .

Barjoysee · 04-05-2006, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VSEKH

Good luck. Hope these drivers workout for you.

nope ...sorry Vsekh...32+ seconds with these..bios next..

Barjoysee · 04-05-2006, 02:58 PM

just put new bios on ...nope 32 seconds ...ill try another install again in case that fixes it...install 33 ...here we go

VSEKH · 04-05-2006, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barjoysee

nope ...sorry Vsekh...32+ seconds with these..bios next..

Roxio's Easycd Creator took 32+ seconds to install?

**specmike** · 04-05-2006, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barjoysee

just put new bios on ...nope 32 seconds ...ill try another install again in case that fixes it...install 33 ...here we go

Ahhhh......the joys of building your own computer. More relaxing than fishing

Barjoysee · 04-05-2006, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VSEKH

Roxio's Easycd Creator took 32+ seconds to install?

no sorry thats how long sisandra took ...to load up

VSEKH · 04-05-2006, 06:21 PM

I installed Sandra on my machine. It loaded up pretty quickly, but the hard drive benchmark took a long time to run. Attached is a Filesystem benchmark of my C:\ partition for my dual 74GB raptors:

Barjoysee · 04-05-2006, 07:11 PM

yep thats bang on what mine get id be interested to know if your average access time was mines 23ms and its not the result thats my issue its how long sandra takes to load up..
Just found out my new modular PSU has a too short a 4pin 12v rail ..so ive had to order a new one for my Silverstone TJ07 Case ...hope that ones ok

..

VSEKH · 04-05-2006, 09:06 PM

Here are my results with average access time of 24ms:

SiSoftware Sandra

Benchmark Results
Drive Index : 99 MB/s
Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better.

Performance Test Status
Run ID : MYCOMPUTER1234 on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 at 5:17:47 PM
SMP Test : No
Total Test Threads : 1
SMT Test : No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance : No
Processor Affinity : No
Operating System Disk Cache Used : No
Use Overlapped I/O : Yes
IO Queue Depth : 4 request(s)
Test File Size : 2GB
File Fragments : 1
Block Size : 1MB
File Server Optimised : No

Benchmark Breakdown
Buffered Read : 83 MB/s
Sequential Read : 137 MB/s
Random Read : 32 MB/s
Buffered Write : 52 MB/s
Sequential Write : 137 MB/s
Random Write : 82 MB/s
Average Access Time : 24 ms (estimated)

Drive
Drive Type : Hard Disk
Total Size : 69GB
Free Space : 56GB, 81%

Performance Tips
Notice 5008 : To change benchmarks, click Options.
Notice 5004 : Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-life' performance.
Notice 5006 : Only compare the results with ones obtained using the same version!
Notice 5209 : Consider using the Removable Storage/Flash Benchmark for Flash devices.
Tip 5202 : Use cache on to measure Windows performance.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.

Barjoysee · 04-06-2006, 03:58 PM

Well I found out what seems to have been I changed back to my old PSU but forgot to conect the optical drive ...guess what sisandra opened in 2-3 seconds plugged it back in and 32 seconds..
Plugged in another optical drive all ok ???
were does that leave me ? I would say the optical drive has been the issue all along but for the fact that there was no issue with SP1..is it a case of SP2 not liking my old Pioneer 4x dvd burner ?
I've got a much newer pioneer 8x to put in ...and ill see what happens then..PC's don't ya love em ...well sherlock holmes would...

hopefully the ends in sight

...

**pointreyes** · 04-06-2006, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barjoysee

I would say the optical drive has been the issue all along but for the fact that there was no issue with SP1..is it a case of SP2 not liking my old Pioneer 4x dvd burner ?

Oh yeah, an old Pioneer drive can cause a problem. It did for me with Linux SUSE 8.0 or 9.0. I had to do a firmware upgrade to the drive to finally get it to work.

VSEKH · 04-06-2006, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barjoysee

Well I found out what seems to have been I changed back to my old PSU but forgot to conect the optical drive ...guess what sisandra opened in 2-3 seconds plugged it back in and 32 seconds..
Plugged in another optical drive all ok ???
were does that leave me ? I would say the optical drive has been the issue all along but for the fact that there was no issue with SP1..is it a case of SP2 not liking my old Pioneer 4x dvd burner ?
I've got a much newer pioneer 8x to put in ...and ill see what happens then..PC's don't ya love em ...well sherlock holmes would...

hopefully the ends in sight

...

Glad to hear that you found the problem. Hopefully this has resolved your problems and your PC will run at full speed. Try running Sandra again on the raptors.

Barjoysee · 04-06-2006, 04:54 PM

lol spoke to soon !!!
Fitted my 24x memorex cdrw and all ok ...
disconected it and fitted a newer 8x pioneer and bang 32 secs
tried connecting it to the secondry controller rather than primary nope
tried new ribbon cable nope
tried cable select nope
went to device manager & disabled it all ok 2-3 secs !

Compatablity with pioneer drives ??...ill have a look for a new firmware update if not i have a new 16x Shuttle dvd rw comming tommorrow i can try...though it was for my shuttle..

Barjoysee · 04-06-2006, 05:34 PM

well flashed the drive to the newest 1.22 firmware ..still the same guess I'll wait n see what happens when I connect the shuttle burner tomm...just hope it aint made by pioneer !

04-05-2006, 02:58 PM	#34
Barjoysee Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: York, England Posts: 164	just put new bios on ...nope 32 seconds ...ill try another install again in case that fixes it...install 33 ...here we go
(Offline)

04-05-2006, 06:21 PM	#38
VSEKH Fold for ABX Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 11,926	I installed Sandra on my machine. It loaded up pretty quickly, but the hard drive benchmark took a long time to run. Attached is a Filesystem benchmark of my C:\ partition for my dual 74GB raptors: __________________ Folding Rig:Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6, QX9650 cooled with a Zalman 9700NT, Powercolor X300SE, Audigy2zs, 4G DDR2-800 Mushkin memory, Plextor PX-760, Pair of 74GB WD Raptors in Raid0 & Seagate 750GB SATA drives, PC Power & Cooling 610 watt PSU, Coolermaster Cosmos case Gaming Rig: Asus Maximus Formula SE, Intel QX9650 cooled with a Zalman 9700NT, EVGA 8800GTX, 4GB of GSkill DDR2-1000, Audigy XFi fatality, Samsung 203B, Pair of 150GB WD Raptors in Raid0 & 1TB Hitachi Sata hard drives, PC Power & Cooling 750 watt PSU, Coolermaster Stacker STC-T01 case Last edited by VSEKH : 04-17-2006 at 01:29 PM.
(Offline)

04-05-2006, 07:11 PM	#39
Barjoysee Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: York, England Posts: 164	yep thats bang on what mine get id be interested to know if your average access time was mines 23ms and its not the result thats my issue its how long sandra takes to load up.. Just found out my new modular PSU has a too short a 4pin 12v rail ..so ive had to order a new one for my Silverstone TJ07 Case ...hope that ones ok ..
(Offline)

04-05-2006, 09:06 PM	#40
VSEKH Fold for ABX Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 11,926	Here are my results with average access time of 24ms: SiSoftware Sandra Benchmark Results Drive Index : 99 MB/s Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better. Performance Test Status Run ID : MYCOMPUTER1234 on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 at 5:17:47 PM SMP Test : No Total Test Threads : 1 SMT Test : No Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance : No Processor Affinity : No Operating System Disk Cache Used : No Use Overlapped I/O : Yes IO Queue Depth : 4 request(s) Test File Size : 2GB File Fragments : 1 Block Size : 1MB File Server Optimised : No Benchmark Breakdown Buffered Read : 83 MB/s Sequential Read : 137 MB/s Random Read : 32 MB/s Buffered Write : 52 MB/s Sequential Write : 137 MB/s Random Write : 82 MB/s Average Access Time : 24 ms (estimated) Drive Drive Type : Hard Disk Total Size : 69GB Free Space : 56GB, 81% Performance Tips Notice 5008 : To change benchmarks, click Options. Notice 5004 : Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-life' performance. Notice 5006 : Only compare the results with ones obtained using the same version! Notice 5209 : Consider using the Removable Storage/Flash Benchmark for Flash devices. Tip 5202 : Use cache on to measure Windows performance. Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip. __________________ Folding Rig:Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6, QX9650 cooled with a Zalman 9700NT, Powercolor X300SE, Audigy2zs, 4G DDR2-800 Mushkin memory, Plextor PX-760, Pair of 74GB WD Raptors in Raid0 & Seagate 750GB SATA drives, PC Power & Cooling 610 watt PSU, Coolermaster Cosmos case Gaming Rig: Asus Maximus Formula SE, Intel QX9650 cooled with a Zalman 9700NT, EVGA 8800GTX, 4GB of GSkill DDR2-1000, Audigy XFi fatality, Samsung 203B, Pair of 150GB WD Raptors in Raid0 & 1TB Hitachi Sata hard drives, PC Power & Cooling 750 watt PSU, Coolermaster Stacker STC-T01 case
(Offline)

04-06-2006, 03:58 PM	#41
Barjoysee Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: York, England Posts: 164	Well I found out what seems to have been I changed back to my old PSU but forgot to conect the optical drive ...guess what sisandra opened in 2-3 seconds plugged it back in and 32 seconds.. Plugged in another optical drive all ok ??? were does that leave me ? I would say the optical drive has been the issue all along but for the fact that there was no issue with SP1..is it a case of SP2 not liking my old Pioneer 4x dvd burner ? I've got a much newer pioneer 8x to put in ...and ill see what happens then..PC's don't ya love em ...well sherlock holmes would... hopefully the ends in sight ...
(Offline)

04-06-2006, 04:54 PM	#44
Barjoysee Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: York, England Posts: 164	lol spoke to soon !!! Fitted my 24x memorex cdrw and all ok ... disconected it and fitted a newer 8x pioneer and bang 32 secs tried connecting it to the secondry controller rather than primary nope tried new ribbon cable nope tried cable select nope went to device manager & disabled it all ok 2-3 secs ! Compatablity with pioneer drives ??...ill have a look for a new firmware update if not i have a new 16x Shuttle dvd rw comming tommorrow i can try...though it was for my shuttle..
(Offline)

04-06-2006, 05:34 PM	#45
Barjoysee Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: York, England Posts: 164	well flashed the drive to the newest 1.22 firmware ..still the same guess I'll wait n see what happens when I connect the shuttle burner tomm...just hope it aint made by pioneer !
(Offline)

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode