A8N-SLI Deluxe/Premium thread - Page 12

fvbounty · 01-07-2005, 10:49 AM

Good price on the Asus A8N-SLI, $190 and in stock.....

http://www.xpcgear.com/a8nslideluxe.html

Glorfy · 01-07-2005, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by zonetripper

Hey, quick question. What tool are you guys using to flash the BIOS on the A8N-SLI? They don't seem to have this particular model's flash util covered on their website.

-- oh, and EastLuna[DOT]com has 11 A8n-SLIs in stock (for some reason the board here won't let me post a URL?)

Asus update (through windows), comes on the CD supplied with the motherboard

Walt12 · 01-07-2005, 02:42 PM

Or <ALT+F2> as it boots with the BIOS on a floppy in the drive.

Anyone else had any issues with Maxtor drives and this board? I have a 120GB SATA Maxtor (6Y120M0) hooked up standalone on NV SATA3, and it keeps disappearing and generally makes my system very unstable (cold boot issues, Windows very unstable). Is this a problem for anyone else?

RAINFIRE · 01-07-2005, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by fvbounty

Good price on the Asus A8N-SLI, $190 and in stock.....

http://www.xpcgear.com/a8nslideluxe.html

2 more in stock again at www.axentmicro.com for $177.69.

Glorfy · 01-07-2005, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Walt12

Or <ALT+F2> as it boots with the BIOS on a floppy in the drive.

Anyone else had any issues with Maxtor drives and this board? I have a 120GB SATA Maxtor (6Y120M0) hooked up standalone on NV SATA3, and it keeps disappearing and generally makes my system very unstable (cold boot issues, Windows very unstable). Is this a problem for anyone else?

I'm using 2X160GB version of the same maxtor drive, through the Nv SATA (not raid) -to be honest, with no issues at all - plugged into 1 and 2.

fvbounty · 01-07-2005, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Glorfy

I'm using 2X160GB version of the same maxtor drive, through the Nv SATA (not raid) -to be honest, with no issues at all - plugged into 1 and 2.

Are you running them in Raid? And if not what did you have to do in the bios so it will recognize one of HD as boot drive in sata 1 ? Hope this makes sense, any help would be great, get my video cards monday just have to drop them in ( I hope )....

fvbounty · 01-07-2005, 05:41 PM

You already answered about the raid question, my old eyes need new glasses...

Glorfy · 01-07-2005, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by fvbounty

You already answered about the raid question, my old eyes need new glasses...

Hehe just get them lasered - thats what I did

I may or may not raid at some time in the future. The main reason I didn't are:
1) Limited proof of much actual benefit against risk.
2) I'm running a USB floppy, I couldn't get the board to recognise it as A: - I just wanted to get up and running.
3) I'm gonna dual boot linux at some point, and when I did this before it had issues with my raid set up!
Sorry, I suppose thats not much help really!

Walt12 · 01-07-2005, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Glorfy

I'm using 2X160GB version of the same maxtor drive, through the Nv SATA (not raid) -to be honest, with no issues at all - plugged into 1 and 2.

I am sure it's a matter of a BIOS revision.

As a temporary workaround I have hooked it up to the SiL3114 controller JBOD, and it's working fine. So definitely not a drive issue - something about the NV native implementation of SATA/RAID and the Maxtor drive.

RAINFIRE · 01-08-2005, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Glorfy

Hehe just get them lasered - thats what I did

I may or may not raid at some time in the future. The main reason I didn't are:
1) Limited proof of much actual benefit against risk.

If these motherboard manufacturers would all start using RAID 5, then there would be some definite improvement. This RAID 0+1 is B***S*** in my humble opinion. Some of these new batches of nforce are using it. All my servers and EMC Clariion SAN use RAID5 and I only use 1 when I don't have 3 or more drives or space and NEVER 0.

Has anyone given this "Silicon Image 3114R RAID controller: - 4 x Serial ATA with RAID0, 1, 0+1, and RAID5" on the A8N-SLI Deluxe a thorough workout yet using RAID 5?

azproc · 01-08-2005, 10:01 PM

I have 2 WD 200GB SATA drives on the NVRAID SATA ports 1 & 2 running mirrored.

No probs as of yet.

ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe 1002
AMD Newcastle 3500+
2X512MB OCZ DC Platinum PC 3200 Rev. 2.
Sapphire X600 Pro 128MB
Enermax VE-495P Noisetaker 24-pin ATX 2.0 485W PSU
Windows Server 2000

NappyBishop · 01-09-2005, 03:33 AM

Question......... I'm thinking about picking up the A8N-SLI Deluxe on Thursday, but want to know if it will work with my existing Video ( ATI X700 Pro 256MB ) in single mode until I get the money to get 2 SLI cards later ?

Glorfy · 01-09-2005, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by OverPaq

Question......... I'm thinking about picking up the A8N-SLI Deluxe on Thursday, but want to know if it will work with my existing Video ( ATI X700 Pro 256MB ) in single mode until I get the money to get 2 SLI cards later ?

Well I believe the X700 is only available as a Pcie card, as such any single Pcie card should work for you till you get the money together!

DKViper · 01-09-2005, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Walt12

Tried 1003.005, won't let me boot above 232 HTT, whereas I was at 240 no problems with 1003.003. Anything (apart from the PCI lock) new in 005 that needs to be adjusted?

Also I have cold boot issues + an occasionally disappearing 3rd drive (RAID0 on SATA1 & 2) ... 120GB Maxtor SATA. Similiar to some of the problems above.

The 1003.005 BIOS doesn't adjust the HTT multiplier. This means that you get a HTT speed of 1,160MHz when you overclock the CPU to 232MHz. Even if you set it to 4X in the BIOS, it is still at 5X, so you have to adjust the speed and the HTT multiplier using nTune after having booted.
I am using the 1003.005 BIOS and boot at 230MHz. The first thing I do is to set the HTT at 4X. Then my system is perfectly stable

Glorfy · 01-09-2005, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by DKViper

The 1003.005 BIOS doesn't adjust the HTT multiplier. This means that you get a HTT speed of 1,160MHz when you overclock the CPU to 232MHz. Even if you set it to 4X in the BIOS, it is still at 5X, so you have to adjust the speed and the HTT multiplier using nTune after having booted.
I am using the 1003.005 BIOS and boot at 230MHz. The first thing I do is to set the HTT at 4X. Then my system is perfectly stable

Doesn't work like that for me with this bios.. I jusr adjust it to what I want (X3 or X4) in the bios and it sticks....

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01-07-2005, 02:42 PM	#168
Walt12 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Auckland Posts: 41	Or <ALT+F2> as it boots with the BIOS on a floppy in the drive. Anyone else had any issues with Maxtor drives and this board? I have a 120GB SATA Maxtor (6Y120M0) hooked up standalone on NV SATA3, and it keeps disappearing and generally makes my system very unstable (cold boot issues, Windows very unstable). Is this a problem for anyone else? __________________ Cheers A64 3200+@2.43 @ 1.45v \| TT 735 Polo HSF \| Asus A8N-SLI Dlx BIOS 1003.006 beta \| 2x HyperX PC3200 (BH-5) 512Mb 203MHz 2-2-2-10 @ 2.9v \| 2x Albatron PC6600GT's in SLI @550/1100 71.24 drivers\| 2x 36GB Raptors RAID 0\| Maxtor 120GB SATA \| NEC3500A \| Samsung 172X TFT
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01-07-2005, 05:41 PM	#172
fvbounty Eat Wild Pacific Salmon Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Alameda Ca Posts: 5,167	You already answered about the raid question, my old eyes need new glasses... __________________ New Gaming rig - Asus P5E3 Deluxe Wi-Fi - Intel QX9650 - CORSAIR TWIN3X2048-1600C7DHXIN 2GB PC3-12800 - 150 gig Raptor - 320 gig WD 3200YS - Corsair HX 620 watt PS - EVGA 512-P3-N841-A3 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB - AMD FX 55 - XP-90C & SilentCat 9 - Asus A8N-SLI with Swiftech MCX159 - 2X1024 Corsair 3500LLPro 2-3-2-6 1T - 2X BFG 6800GT OC Zalman VF700-CU - 1 WD 74 Gig Raptor boot - 1 Seagate 7200 sata data - Nec 3500A - Plextor 716AL Slot Loader - Enermax EG 701 AX 600 watt PS - Silverstone Temjin TJ03B case with side window - G7 lazer mouse - Cannon Pixma I8500 printer - Windows XP Pro SP2 Slipstreamed - Dell 2405FPW lcd
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01-08-2005, 10:01 PM	#176
azproc MD of Technology Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 604	I have 2 WD 200GB SATA drives on the NVRAID SATA ports 1 & 2 running mirrored. No probs as of yet. ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe 1002 AMD Newcastle 3500+ 2X512MB OCZ DC Platinum PC 3200 Rev. 2. Sapphire X600 Pro 128MB Enermax VE-495P Noisetaker 24-pin ATX 2.0 485W PSU Windows Server 2000 __________________ Azproc ASUS P5W DH Deluxe - 1101 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 - 2x512MB OCZ PC2-5400 Gold XTC 4-4-4-12 - Seagate 7200.10 320GB - soon to be replaced ASUS EN5750 128MB - Thermaltake TR2 430W - 17 Samsung 710N - XP Pro SP2 Gigabyte GA-8KNXP - F12 - Intel P4 2.4C HT @ 2.88GHz, 240MHz Clock using 5/4 - 2X512MB OCZ Plat. 3200 Dual running 2/3/2/5 - SB LIVE 5.1 - Seagate SATA 120GB - former ATI (BBA) X850XT @ 554/591 - now XFX 7800GS Xtreme @ 460/1350 Thermaltake 480W FC - 20.1 Viewsonic VX2025WM LCD - XP Pro SP2 - 3DMARK 03/05/05 = 11708/5739/5860
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01-09-2005, 03:33 AM	#177
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