I agree with Retupmoc about those other .003 & .004 versions. I settled on 1002.001
Nice 200FSB shots there too!
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I agree with Retupmoc about those other .003 & .004 versions. I settled on 1002.001
Nice 200FSB shots there too!
The breaking news if this thread is still alive, is the battery in the board is suspected fubar....stability down the toilet and failed bios flashes. Flakey comes to mind. The mobo battery should be pitched and voila some improvement to some...I don't have this board but always wondered why it wasn't totally top dog. Can someone try this and see if the problem was a faulty battery?
linkage http://www.overclockers.com/
scroll down to Are You A Frustrated A7N8X User convinced you have a John Wayne BIOS; it's rough, it's tough, and it don't take §§§§ settings from nobody?
Some have said the beta BIOS 1002.001 helps. More interestingly, others have found changing the battery does the trick.
Thanks...who would have thought a new mobo needs a new battery. It might have been ASUS using from an old box, or Maxell shipping them an old supply if that's the issue. I'll probably pick one up at Radio Shack just for the hell of it, even though I don't have any mobo problems. Not gonna hurt anything.
Well! Those are the exact probs I'm having, I'll get me a new battery and hopefully that'll fix it... dunno bout the messed up sound... but I'll still give it a shot!
i've been sifting through this thread but i've given up on p10.
can someone confirm or deny that the asus a7n8x has the 4 mounting holes. i read someone suggest as if it wouldn't have em. but looking at the vague close-up on the asus site seems to show those mounting holes.
Heheh yeah it's got it. Abit on the other hand dunt.
:toast:
pfiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
just ordered it and got the impression that it wouldn't have 'em. now that would have sucked some major ass.
i can't believe that the oc'ers dream abit wouldn't have em holes.
LOL
DISSOLVED'S ABIT HAS HOLES!
In other news, I put a new battery in... the power of the energizer bunny has me @ 240mhz 2-6-2-2 in the bios right now. I will install OS tomorrow. Gonna let it @ 240mhz overnight in bios.
And this is the results of a new battery? I can boot at 210 or less...but can't seem to boot into windows. So the new battery trick might let me go higher on my FSB?Quote:
Originally posted by sysfailur
In other news, I put a new battery in... the power of the energizer bunny has me @ 240mhz 2-6-2-2 in the bios right now. I will install OS tomorrow. Gonna let it @ 240mhz overnight in bios.
It might be...see post 466...there's been some bad batteries.
I believe the key of the battery issue is that the §§§§e battery that Asus gave is like 2.95V where-as a nice energizer battery was giving me 3.31V (and it's rated @ 3V just like the one that came w/ the comp). Got mine @ K-Mart.
This is hilarious, I've now overvolted the cpu, memory, chipset, gpu, gpu mem, power supply, and now a freaking BATTERY!
So Sys...does it improve stability or o/c any better??
ASUS A7N8X ACPI BIOS Rev 1017 Beta 005 T0
during post, it says 1001.G
at first i was running 8x with fsb@193, now i can't even change the multiplier
7x with fsb@100 doesn't work WTF
This has to be the most amazing and stupid thing I have ever heard about with sending out a new MOBO without checking the quality of the CMOS battery. OMG.....major points off to ASUS for stupidity in marketing and product image, no matter what else is good about the A7N8X. I'm glad it's helping people with so easy of a fix, but OMG talk about having your corporate head up your ass when rolling out a new major product line.
BobDole....the "G" is one of the suckass BIOS rev's. Dump it.
OK Points off asus or Corsair that is the situation with me:(
I can reach a fsb of 200 in async memory at 150 mhz :(
in sync I can post halfway through 200 but it get's stuck :(
I can at 181 in sync and boot the best memory results I've had as of yet :p
Nevertheless I will see in the next few days how high I can actually push it BTW 1002.001 bios beta 2x corsair xms 3500 c2 xp 2400 not oc'ed that much maybe 5 to 10 mhz at the most depending on the frequency /multiplier combination
terramir
Alright...I just got a little more pissed!
I had one 256 module of Corsair PC3500 running fine. It has a hologram sticker on it saying what it is...click here for a picture. And now I just got my other stick in and it looks like the rest of em...with the little white sticker. Should I try to get newegg to try to send me another one with a hologram sticker on it...if in any case thats the problem. It runs fine at slots 1 and 2...but thats not dual mode. When ran at 1 and 3, and 2 and 3, it boots up...but it has problems and stutters....and then eventually locks up. But could this be the A7N8X board or the memory?
BTW...I tried 4-2-2-2 and 5-2-2-2 at 200FSB and both came out with the same results.
Aren't those cmos batteries supposed to be good for 5 years??
The ones in these boards must be defective, old or both.
Try a new battery. :) I was getting all sorts of crazy bios errors until I installed the new batt.Quote:
Originally posted by terramir
OK Points off asus or Corsair that is the situation with me:(
I can reach a fsb of 200 in async memory at 150 mhz :(
in sync I can post halfway through 200 but it get's stuck :(
I can at 181 in sync and boot the best memory results I've had as of yet :p
Nevertheless I will see in the next few days how high I can actually push it BTW 1002.001 bios beta 2x corsair xms 3500 c2 xp 2400 not oc'ed that much maybe 5 to 10 mhz at the most depending on the frequency /multiplier combination
terramir
Btw... here's some pics..
*Totally stable in bios (overnight now).... will install OS today*
http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardwar...ery/240mhz.jpg
Let's play count the variable resistors! :P (5 are hidden btw) Also note the temp--that is the back of the mobo under the chipset.
http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardwar...test_setup.jpg
Hey sysfailur...You have the 1002.001 with the NB voltage mod on it...i though he only made the 1002.004 or whatever with it. So your bios is the same as 1002.001 but with the mod and possibly other stuff?
OR wait...is that the same thing as the 1002.003/4?
OMG...is that a new Ice Cream Making machine or what? That is so funny after all this time to still see your virgin MOBO laying out in the open spread eagle. Come on sys, you popped her cherry, let's put some clothes on her, and into a case so she can fulfill her destiny! LOL Wait...maybe you don't actually have a PC case.
The 1002.004 was causing a lot of problems, and most of the Uber modifications like NB chip adjustment did not work on actual meter testing. I think most are using ASUS-Beta 1002.001
He did come out with the 1002.001 Uber first. Many of us have it if you need it.
OK, will try the bios battery thing, but a question what kind is it?
PLZ tell me the #'s on there asap.
also one more thing for sysfailure here? what's up with your cooling there?
you cool the cpu with a square air cooler and ya water cool the north bridge? hey the northbridge should be just fine with some arctic silver 3 and a zalman bracket hanging over it :p
And get yourself a thermalright slk-800 everything else drools LOL (my opinion)
terramir
Hahah you make me laugh man. :P My A7N8X hasn't seen a case since I got her!!!! I like my women lying naked on the table (and my mobos too)!Quote:
Originally posted by Mikee
OMG...is that a new Ice Cream Making machine or what? That is so funny after all this time to still see your virgin MOBO laying out in the open spread eagle. Come on sys, you popped her cherry, let's put some clothes on her, and into a case so she can fulfill her destiny! LOL Wait...maybe you don't actually have a PC case.
The 1002.004 was causing a lot of problems, and most of the Uber modifications like NB chip adjustment did not work on actual meter testing. I think most are using ASUS-Beta 1002.001
I do have a case though!!! It's being modded right now though ;)
Some pics of that here: http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardwar...r/halfwaythere
@ Retupmoc: As Mikee says, the NB setting doesn't work. The bios I'm using was the first one to be modded, so I've stuck with it. I couldn't find the 1002.001 bios normal, but I had the 1002.001 UBER bios on a floppy, so I just popped that back in... I had the 1002.004 in previously and that didn't do much good.
@ terramir: There is a number on the batter like 2302 I think or something. You need that number, and you need a 3v. Just take out the battery and go to the store, match it up :)
The cooling on the northbridge is an 85w pelt, watercooled. The yellow watercooler is just a big resivoir and I'm using my lytron radiator (which is duct-taped to the watercooler) being cooled by a 30" house fan @ medium speed. The pelt cooling does help though... as I said I've had the pelt running on the chipset @ 240mhz now overnight and I'm now @ 1C. This is 1.8v on the chipset.
Lastly, I know I know I should have watercooling or som contraption hooked up to the cpu, but I just use a normal heatsink while testing FSB speeds. I'm picking up some waterblocks tomorrow from Gemini Cool which I'll be testing out so in pics now on most likely you'll see a Gemini Cool block on the cpu :) I also ordered myself a Thermalright Sk-7 and 80mm Tornado fan... so I'll have that for the CPU now instead of the Vantec Areoflow.
WHEH this was a large post :P
LOL loked at the manual :p it's 2032 LOL
As for that bios I have it at home somewhere if ya need the original and correction 183 mhz freezes up some times so not stable 183 dcddr xp2400 so 2014 mhz not stable somehow anyhow might need hust to bump it down a mhz or two since it seemed fairly stable to me my grl said it locked up on her twice.
I'll get a new battery today and since I can boot into windows 183X 11.0 and I can boot into the bios 200@10.0 sync and then get stuck it must mean maybe one of these sticks are holding me back
maybe rma one :p
terramir