i'll receive a new board from a supplier tomorow...maybe a new rev...better with my ballistix (The only reason i'm getting an other Asus is the passive cooling and lower pwmic...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinnacle
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i'll receive a new board from a supplier tomorow...maybe a new rev...better with my ballistix (The only reason i'm getting an other Asus is the passive cooling and lower pwmic...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinnacle
3rd board today and its a 1.01 and not the 1.01g I had last :( Boooooooooo....
Does anyone know if most of the bugs are cured with the 1.01g? Mine just ran too hot and I pulled the cooling system (got pix!) and hosed the board :mad:
Cheers
I've applied for my RMA. I told them I was using a venice 3200(same multi, same FSB, just in case they hate oppies) and that the dividers were broken and it didn't boot half the time(both true). Have other people found they'll replace the units on these grounds? Lastly, when I get a replacement(getting one one way or the other) should I give it a go to see if it's improved from my current one, or just sell it straight away?
I just flashed to bios 1205 and they added 2 more options to the bios
Clock skew A
and
Clock skew B
All we had with the 1103 bios was Clock skew.
Should be no problem and the later question is up to you ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by specofdust
damn...48c idle stock vcore...this board sux...:(
Its not your mobo's fault that ur cpu idles high. The sensors might be reading it off, but would you rather have it read high or low like a DFI?
I ordered one (hoping to receive it tomorrow) but having seconds toughts now. With Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe is on sale and everything that board will sure see some serious discount from retailers who want to get rid of their stocks.
edit: I got the board today. What a stupidly designed board it is! They put all the bells and whistles but, the board won't let you use all of them simultaneously. For example, If I wanna use my second card for sli (of course I wanna use my second video card!), I can't plug front panel usb cords because the vga cooler blocking them off. Internal sound cards are bound to be toasted between two video cards.
And this board runs hot!!! 45CCPU 51C System on IDLE!!!...OPEN CASE...STOCK VOLTAGE. And I'm running the bare minimums, didn't even installed the sound card and the secondary Vcard yet. How come this is an overclocker friendly board? You gotta be living in north pole to overclock this buring SOB! It better be giving me at least 15fps difference on Oblivion or else.
Any news on the new bios? Worth trying?
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Originally Posted by pfgp
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Its odd but I do not have the sort of problems that you guys have. I used Tony's ram tweaking guide and made some slight adj as I go along. No warm boot issues whatsoever. In fact, this is a pretty solid board. For people will warm boot issues, you might want to give Tony's guide a try.
Then please post a link.Quote:
Originally Posted by situman
Can anyone post a pic of the vdimm=3,3V rail mod?? Thanks in advance!
I have an A8N32 and an XP-90. When mounted, should the XP-90 be hanging over the memory slots on the A8N32 or should it be the other way with the heatsink hanging over towards the left side of the board where you plug in your keyboard, etc.
well b4 I went to water cooling I used a XP90 and it fitts both was and works fine both ways - one way it keeps the mem cool and the other it helps keeps the mobo cooler by blowing over the passive cooling radiator- its your callQuote:
Originally Posted by Nocturnal
or just fit the extra fan on the passive cooling radiator and have the XP-90 blowing on the mem as well
I have problem with my A8N32-SLI DX. When I use MemTest86 version 1.65 I not see my memory freq. and memory letence:-( Where is problem?
Anybody have same problem?
hey guys er this might b a dumb question but I just got this board and i'm a bit clueless. Well anyway does it matter if i plug my ram in dual channel using the black slots instead of the blue?
I had a better oc with the blue. Is your hs in the way?
Hi Folks!
I asked in the forums this, But it seems this is the Official thread for the A8N32-SLI-DeluXe, well, hope you can answer all of my questions, I have a Manchester 3800-X2 at 2600, prime stable at 1.3275 on bios, but PC probe on windows show me 1.36, It doesnt matter that, but the thing is:
1.- when idle, the Vcore goes up to 1.39, Why is That?
2.- Why Sandra Show my cpu like its supposed to work between 1.45-1.55 Vcore and 1.8-2.8 Ghz, can I overclock that much and be safe at 1.45 on air?
3.- thank you very much.-
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Max.-
Well my hs can still fit but i'd get better airflow if i could set the ram back a bit.
I guess i'll just stick with the blue slots.
TheMiracle: see your BIOS-you can enabled OVERVOLTAGE CPU (+200mV)
or-try new BIOS
Has anyone ran Promise EX8350 controller on PCI-E x16 slots in this mobo (it won't fit the x4 slot, without bending the heatpipe)?
I'm having hell trying to make it work... first it didn't recognize the WD Raptors; when I updated the BIOS for both, it was worse - could not boot from anything if the controller is attached, regardless if it has any disks on it!
Reverting back to earlier BIOSes didn't help :( Now I can't boot even (with early BIOSes at least it booted properly...)
BTW, what is IHS, and what are pros/cons of removing it? (yes I tried google, but it seems I am not searhing well enough, as I found nothing ;-)
I have an ex8350 but have not tried it in the a8n32. It should work fine. I read somewhere that a person took the heatpipe assembly off and installed aftermarket hsf's, then used the 8350 in the x4 slot. Just give it a try in the x16 slot; if it doesn't work, it won't hurt anything.
If you're into getting the absolute maximum overclock out of your system with lowest possible temp, and voiding the warranty on the cpu, you can remove the ihs. It's the heat spreader on the top of the cpu. Dubious benefits at best, maybe 2 or 3 degrees c lower. Care must be taken when attempting this, as it exposes the cpu to damage if not properly done, and installing certain heatsinks can break the cpu carrier if the hsf is tightened down too much.
If you're using an ex8350, I would assume you're not into extremely high overclocks and possible instability. That's a card designed for high capacity arrays used mostly in business applications. That said, it's a great performer compared to many other raid controllers, and priced very competitively. I use mine in an Asus NCT-D server board with excellent results. Seems to outperform Areca's in x16 slots on Tyan S2895's consistently. I'd like to try it in one of the 2895's, but hate to tear down a perfectly good working system just to compare performance. And the idea of moving the 8 500G Seagates doesn't appeal to me either.
I'm quite into stability, but I will OC to whatever stock allows. For example, my PC-DL 2x2.4 OC to 3 top stability.
The reason I saked for IHS is I thought it stand for integrated heat sink (not spreader), and thought it is the heatsink that comes with fan - I found out from DFI street what it is, today, no I won't try it ;-)
As for the card, I don't want to void the warranty on the mobo, I was running it in the x16 PCI-E slot.
It seems Raptor 150s are not compatible with this card (the 74s work...).
C'est la vi :(