ASUS Striker II Extreme

[Roger_D25]

I need help... I loaded 702 bios and now OS will not load it saids it can not find hard drives? I am using Vista 64 and repair console doesn't see a hard drive installed. I tried reinstalling windows and it will install fine untill it has to reboot, an then I get a boot error. I have tried reloading both XP and Vista and tried to reflash to bios 0511 which I was using. I have tried bios 0701, 0702, and 0703, I have 0603 currantly installed. I loose hard drives after every install now. I have ran all the test on my drives and they pass and raid controller passes all test also. I feel like my MOBO is FUBAR again, the on boad chip is corrupt. I left battery out of MOBO for 24 hours also it made no difference, so should I RMA MOBO again or is my propblem else where ya think?

Sometimes when you flash the BIOS gets reset (in fact you should always load defaults settings after flashing, at least I do). In anycase go through all your BIOS settings and make sure your HDD settings are setup correctly for your setup! The default BIOS settings are not always proper for your particular HDD setup, that is most likely why your not picking up the drives when you load Windows.

OBR - Any luck yet, doesn't make much sense? I've talked to two friends over at Guru3D who have been able to clock over 450Mhz with their Q6600 on the S2E (they were using 0508 and 0511 respectivly). Good luck man, must be frustrating!