ASUS P5B-Deluxe; Problems & Fixes

[chuckbam]

RMA it, mrt2. im not sure if asus will cross-ships.

They will cross ship. I did it two times. Very easy, no questions asked system. You just tell them why you "think" the board is defective.They don't ask about any date of purchase or anything. Support PH: 502-995-0883,

They give you an RMA and e-mail you the forms. You need credit card information. You fax back the forms and they e-mail you back very quickly that they were received. They ship out the new board in 48 hours (business days), I pay an extra $15,99 for second day FedEx. Ground FedEx is free. You put the board in the packing material that you received with the replacement. And, it must be received back to Asus in 14 days.

[mrt2]

THANKS for the info Chuck... so you guys definitely think I should RMA this board? It's not a factor with the RAM and voltage having issues?
Also what's the major difference between this board and the wifi model? Is it just the wifi chip or has it been proven that one performs more stable than another?

By the way,none of you guys have ever needed to do the switch out RAM trick to get your computer to boot with high end RAM (ram rated 2.10 or higher)? Where you'll have to cut the power... boot with the generic RAM, change your settings and voltages, then reboot and then boot with the high end RAM? Is this something that's not suppose to be normal with this board? Thanks for all the help guys.

[Omarko]

with teh "crash free 3" feature ... does the system actually POST anything when you turn on the PC after a failed BIOS updated ?

my P5B deluxe failed bios update and the screen is just blank ... I left the support cd inside, also tried puttinb bios on a USB stick ... nothing happens ...

[chuckbam]

with teh "crash free 3" feature ... does the system actually POST anything when you turn on the PC after a failed BIOS updated ?

my P5B deluxe failed bios update and the screen is just blank ... I left the support cd inside, also tried puttinb bios on a USB stick ... nothing happens ...

Get an RAM for a crash free3 bios failure. When you reboot, it should start beeping and looking all your drives for a specially named bios file. It is in the support CD. It only works sometimes. I returned a board for that. I will never use the windows bios update again.

[mrt2]

Ok, how can I be sure that I should RMA my board and not my RAM instead? EVERY TIME I use the generic RAM my board boots fine, but when I use the high-end OCZ RAM it doesn't boot. How can I be sure this isn't a failure of the board to produce the right voltage for my RAM? Or if it's a failure of the RAM itself?

[SLINROB]

Ok, how can I be sure that I should RMA my board and not my RAM instead? EVERY TIME I use the generic RAM my board boots fine, but when I use the high-end OCZ RAM it doesn't boot. How can I be sure this isn't a failure of the board to produce the right voltage for my RAM? Or if it's a failure of the RAM itself?

From what I know OCZ and Asus P5b deluxe is a very bad combo. You would do better with crucial or gskill.

[mrt2]

From what I know OCZ and Asus P5b deluxe is a very bad combo. You would do better with crucial or gskill.

Well where do I go from here then? I've had them both since January and I don't think NewEgg will give me a refund now will they? And Neither Asus or OCZ will give me a refund I don't think... just exchanges... so am I just SOL? What do you guys suggest?