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Lizard244 · 11-05-2005, 10:13 AM

I recently rebuilt my machine with ASUS A8V Deluxe, AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 2-1GB memory sticks. I have having a couple of problems on booting:
1. It asks me to insert book media and return at a point during startup. I just hit enter and it boots. In the BIOS, I've played around with the boot order and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Any idea what's going on?
2. I have a removable HDD bay but can't seem to get it working correctly. It had worked OK when on a cable by itself, but I added another HDD and it won't work right. So I added an IDE controller card and put the new hard drive on a separate cable, but now the machine wants to boot from the drive connected to the IDE controller card. My boot drive is a SATA drive, so it's not just a matter of swapping cables around. It seems on boot it goes to the IDE controller card BIOS first and then to the other. I'm just confused. Any thoughts/ideas?
Many thanks!!!

Air · 11-05-2005, 10:37 AM

1. Update your bios, older ones have issues with cold boots.
2. Make sure that first boot device is set to your SATA-controller.

Air · 11-14-2005, 05:39 AM

1016.002 BETA out, only fix seems to be the bootlogo.

Kaleid · 11-17-2005, 02:16 PM

Has anyone managed to get the promise SATA controller to work with WinXP 64?
I tried all the drivers on the Asus page but none of them work.

theman_abx · 11-29-2005, 03:48 PM

does anybody have experience with 2x512 ocz value with the a8v deluxe? this stuff is $66.50 at newegg. but, im not sure if it will work with my mobo. i was going to get corsair VS, but its $80. can anybody help?

Air · 12-07-2005, 12:58 PM

A8V Deluxe BIOS 1017
Support new CPUs.
Fix full logo disappear when clear CMOS
Add warning for USB overcurrent situation
Fix report wrong CPU model name

viperatx · 12-08-2005, 03:45 AM

Lizard244,
well make sure the VIA controller is enabled, and set the boot sequence to the sata drive in the boot order. then disable the seek cd at start up if there's that option(i have this same motherboard but i don't recall all the options). Put the sata drive in as first then the cd rom. Mine is set up to boot from my sata raptor. I reinstalled my OS when I got my new raptor hard drive so changing from serial to sata, i didn't have too much of a problem. I only had a problem installing the operating system on the sata drive itself, had to download a disk from asus with the correct drivers first.

robbym70 · 12-13-2005, 03:55 PM

Hey all,

So glad I found this forum. I did my first home build in August of this year using the Asus A8v Deluxe. Knock on wood I haven't had any major issues boondoogling me so I fell lucky on that account. I have some minor questions I'll be posting over the next few days and weeks but let me start with something simple.

I learned about rev 1 vs rev 2 before I purchased from New egg and was concerned I would be getting the rev 2. They told me it was rev 2 they had sent and sure enough somewhere on board is a sticker that says rev. 2.

That's fine and dandy but when I run any diagnostic program like cpuz or Everest I always see it listed as rev 1.xx

I'd really like to belive they didn't just put the sticker on there to pretend it's a revision 2. Can someone help verify one way or the other. I admit I have not tried this question with Asus support but I will if I have to...Must say I'm not too impressed with their support website.

Thanks

RobbyM70

Boogie · 12-13-2005, 05:22 PM

Mine is a rev 2 and cpuz says 1xx also. Don't worry about it.

IMO rev 2 is better, has locks. Why you worried about rev 2?

robbym70 · 12-14-2005, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boogie

Mine is a rev 2 and cpuz says 1xx also. Don't worry about it.

IMO rev 2 is better, has locks. Why you worried about rev 2?

What I mean to say is...I want to be sure I have a rev 2 board.

What settings in the bios re: locks can I look at to verify one way or the other?

Thanks

Nettwerk · 12-24-2005, 02:51 PM

What is the max htt the rev 2.0 board do? 280?

Mythbreaker · 01-03-2006, 02:58 PM

I have 2 problems with The A8V motherboard:
Number 1: When i set the 2T setting in Bios to "Disabled" it triggers all kinds of errors in Windows XP and the computer randomly reboots.
Number 2: I went on the VIA site and saw that the K8T800PRO Chipset supports Ultra V-link, yet this motheboard supports V-Link 8x only. Why is that?

Note bios is 0213; *back then i had 2x512MB DDR400 Corsair Valueselect Modules

Reservoir_Dog · 01-03-2006, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mythbreaker

I have 2 problems with The A8V motherboard:
Number 1: When i set the 2T setting in Bios to "Disabled" it triggers all kinds of errors in Windows XP and the computer randomly reboots.
Number 2: I went on the VIA site and saw that the K8T800PRO Chipset supports Ultra V-link, yet this motheboard supports V-Link 8x only. Why is that?

Note bios is 0213

Its because your ram cannot cope with 1T, i am lucky because i have the same ram, 2*1 gig ram valueselect but it does 1T and 2,5 3 3 6, not bad i think....

On the second question, i dont have an answer, sorry

Greetings!

Mythbreaker · 01-06-2006, 12:22 PM

yeah ... thx. Now i have antoher problem. Games such as Doom 3 randomly crash. Even with the 2t set to enabled

robbym70 · 01-10-2006, 05:55 PM

go to the corsair ram website and look for the support forums...they will help you diagnose the problem. You will probably have to run memtest86. This is a program that diagnoses ram modules and helps pinpoint problems. Ive got corsair value select (4 X 512 2.5 -3 -3 -8 2T) and it runs rock solid but only at 350 mhz and 2tSettings. . For the last two months I've been playing around with $$$ memory from both corsair and ocz. I wanted to run at 1T settings but my board was unstable--random lock ups, bsod's etc etc. I switched back to the value select and am back to 2T timings. Performance hit is noticable but not too bad and I don't have to waste my time diagnosing problems..

My take is that this board is VERY picky on memory

11-05-2005, 10:13 AM	#2551
Lizard244 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1	Boot Problem I recently rebuilt my machine with ASUS A8V Deluxe, AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 2-1GB memory sticks. I have having a couple of problems on booting: 1. It asks me to insert book media and return at a point during startup. I just hit enter and it boots. In the BIOS, I've played around with the boot order and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Any idea what's going on? 2. I have a removable HDD bay but can't seem to get it working correctly. It had worked OK when on a cable by itself, but I added another HDD and it won't work right. So I added an IDE controller card and put the new hard drive on a separate cable, but now the machine wants to boot from the drive connected to the IDE controller card. My boot drive is a SATA drive, so it's not just a matter of swapping cables around. It seems on boot it goes to the IDE controller card BIOS first and then to the other. I'm just confused. Any thoughts/ideas? Many thanks!!!
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11-05-2005, 10:37 AM	#2552
Air Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 8	1. Update your bios, older ones have issues with cold boots. 2. Make sure that first boot device is set to your SATA-controller.
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11-14-2005, 05:39 AM	#2553
Air Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 8	1016.002 BETA out, only fix seems to be the bootlogo.
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11-17-2005, 02:16 PM	#2554
Kaleid Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4	Has anyone managed to get the promise SATA controller to work with WinXP 64? I tried all the drivers on the Asus page but none of them work.
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11-29-2005, 03:48 PM	#2555
theman_abx Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 17	does anybody have experience with 2x512 ocz value with the a8v deluxe? this stuff is $66.50 at newegg. but, im not sure if it will work with my mobo. i was going to get corsair VS, but its $80. can anybody help?
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12-07-2005, 12:58 PM	#2556
Air Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 8	A8V Deluxe BIOS 1017 Support new CPUs. Fix full logo disappear when clear CMOS Add warning for USB overcurrent situation Fix report wrong CPU model name
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12-08-2005, 03:45 AM	#2557
viperatx ABX User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Amarillo, Texas Posts: 107	Lizard244, well make sure the VIA controller is enabled, and set the boot sequence to the sata drive in the boot order. then disable the seek cd at start up if there's that option(i have this same motherboard but i don't recall all the options). Put the sata drive in as first then the cd rom. Mine is set up to boot from my sata raptor. I reinstalled my OS when I got my new raptor hard drive so changing from serial to sata, i didn't have too much of a problem. I only had a problem installing the operating system on the sata drive itself, had to download a disk from asus with the correct drivers first. __________________ Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe \| AMD 64 3200+ 90nm Winchestor OC'd to 2.34GHZ \| Corsair XMS Xpert Series 2GB (4 x 512MB) DDR 400 w/ Programable LED's 2.5-3-3-6 @ DDR468 \| XFX Geforce 7800GT 256mb 256-bit \| Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum \| Sony DVD Burner Model DRU-720A \| Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum/Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case \| HIPER 580W Modular Power Supply \| Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 \| Western Digital 75 gb Raptor \| Western Digital 250 gb Caviar SATA150 \| Swiftech Apex Ultra + CPU VGA Chipset watercooling \| Sabrent 45-in-1 Card Reader \| LIS MPlay Blast Display w/ Remote \| Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE \|2 Shuttle 17" LCD Displays \| Logitech G15 Keyboard \| Logitech G7 Laser Mouse \| Icemat Second Edition Glass MousePad
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12-13-2005, 03:55 PM	#2558
robbym70 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3	Revision 1 or Revision 2 Hey all, So glad I found this forum. I did my first home build in August of this year using the Asus A8v Deluxe. Knock on wood I haven't had any major issues boondoogling me so I fell lucky on that account. I have some minor questions I'll be posting over the next few days and weeks but let me start with something simple. I learned about rev 1 vs rev 2 before I purchased from New egg and was concerned I would be getting the rev 2. They told me it was rev 2 they had sent and sure enough somewhere on board is a sticker that says rev. 2. That's fine and dandy but when I run any diagnostic program like cpuz or Everest I always see it listed as rev 1.xx I'd really like to belive they didn't just put the sticker on there to pretend it's a revision 2. Can someone help verify one way or the other. I admit I have not tried this question with Asus support but I will if I have to...Must say I'm not too impressed with their support website. Thanks RobbyM70
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12-13-2005, 05:22 PM	#2559
Boogie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muncy, Pa. Posts: 84	Mine is a rev 2 and cpuz says 1xx also. Don't worry about it. IMO rev 2 is better, has locks. Why you worried about rev 2? __________________ Asus A8V - D Bios 1015 final Athlon 64 4000+ SD (11.5 x 240) 2 x 1024 Corsair XMS PC3500LL (2.8v) 2.5,3,3,6 Nautilus 500 Water Cooling HTT=800, command 1T, 2:1 DDR400 (2) IDE, (1) Sata drives Audigy 2/ 5.1 Altec Lansing DVD burner eVGA 6800GT (420/1.15) My Web Site
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12-24-2005, 02:51 PM	#2561
Nettwerk Network Security Staff Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 251	What is the max htt the rev 2.0 board do? 280?
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01-03-2006, 02:58 PM	#2562
Mythbreaker Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5	2 Problems I have 2 problems with The A8V motherboard: Number 1: When i set the 2T setting in Bios to "Disabled" it triggers all kinds of errors in Windows XP and the computer randomly reboots. Number 2: I went on the VIA site and saw that the K8T800PRO Chipset supports Ultra V-link, yet this motheboard supports V-Link 8x only. Why is that? Note bios is 0213; back then i had 2x512MB DDR400 Corsair Valueselect Modules __________________ Asus A8V rev 2.0, AMD Athlon 64 Winchester 3000+, 1GB Corsair TwinX PC-3200C2 2-3-3-6, 1T, Gigabyte Geforce 6600GT AGP, 2x WD 80GB in Raid0. Last edited by Mythbreaker : 02-09-2006 at 08:16 AM.*
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01-06-2006, 12:22 PM	#2564
Mythbreaker Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5	yeah ... thx. Now i have antoher problem. Games such as Doom 3 randomly crash. Even with the 2t set to enabled __________________ Asus A8V rev 2.0, AMD Athlon 64 Winchester 3000+, 1GB Corsair TwinX PC-3200C2 2-3-3-6, 1T, Gigabyte Geforce 6600GT AGP, 2x WD 80GB in Raid0.
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01-10-2006, 05:55 PM	#2565
robbym70 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3	go to the corsair ram website and look for the support forums...they will help you diagnose the problem. You will probably have to run memtest86. This is a program that diagnoses ram modules and helps pinpoint problems. Ive got corsair value select (4 X 512 2.5 -3 -3 -8 2T) and it runs rock solid but only at 350 mhz and 2tSettings. . For the last two months I've been playing around with $$$ memory from both corsair and ocz. I wanted to run at 1T settings but my board was unstable--random lock ups, bsod's etc etc. I switched back to the value select and am back to 2T timings. Performance hit is noticable but not too bad and I don't have to waste my time diagnosing problems.. My take is that this board is VERY picky on memory
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