ASUS A8n-e Premium NForce 4

[Mari0Br0s]

Originally posted by: mattburk
I called tech support at asus today and they said to expect the board by the end of may beginning of june.

I hope they didn't though you were asking for A8N-SLI Premium, because this board will be available soon, the BIOS are already on the ASUS site.

http://www.asus.com/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=A8N-SLI%20Premium

 

[mattburk]

I hope your right too, I did stress the Non sli board

 

[geogecko]

I gave up. ASUS will still get my money anyway, but it's annoying that they just won't come out and say a board will not be coming out. Seems like to me, if they never plan on bringing it out, it would be easier just to tell everyone that the board will never exist.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Not out YET?

 

[cornholio2]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Not out YET?

I give up waiting for this. I'll get the A8N-E standard and a 3500+ Venice. Do you think this will boot up assuming the mobo doesn't recognize the CPU yet?

 

[geogecko]

Can ASUS A8N-SLI/A8N-E Series motherboard support newest Venice and SanDiego Core Athlon64 Processor?

Yes. Rev E Athlon64 Processors are supported by A8N-SLI/A8N-E Series motherboard. Please update your BIOS to latest version.

A8N-E 1003 or later
A8N-SLI 1005 or later
A8N-SLI Deluxe 1007 or later

For more detail, please visit
http://www.asus.com/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

 

[cornholio2]

Originally posted by: geogecko
Can ASUS A8N-SLI/A8N-E Series motherboard support newest Venice and SanDiego Core Athlon64 Processor?

Yes. Rev E Athlon64 Processors are supported by A8N-SLI/A8N-E Series motherboard. Please update your BIOS to latest version.

A8N-E 1003 or later
A8N-SLI 1005 or later
A8N-SLI Deluxe 1007 or later

For more detail, please visit
http://www.asus.com/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

will this boot up if the bios is 1001 in order for me to update the bios to 1003? I don't have a spare CPU because this is my first build. so it will be venice or san diego and this mobo straight build. I will install venice and then boot it up.will this boot up?

 

[geogecko]

Hmm...good question. I would assume if you have another computer, and can download the most current BIOS and put it on a floppy, then you should be able to boot the computer from the floppy (with the Venice core in it), and update the BIOS. I think the computer will be fine if you do it this way. I just don't think Windows would recognize it if you didn't update the BIOS first...who knows.

 

[cornholio2]

I have an old computer(INTEL) so I can download the new bios to the floppy.the main problem is booting up this mobo(A8N-E) with the new cpu(AMD REV. E) before updating the bios.some are saying that they did it successfully but i'm not 100% sure if they're really telling the truth.

 

[geogecko]

I'm pretty sure it would work. The main functions of the new core, I think, are some new instructions (additional). If you don't update your BIOS, then Windows probably just won't know that the new instructions are available. So, it's kind of like not using the full potential of the new processor. It will still run in the motherboard, but just not with it's new features, until of course, you update the BIOS.

That is how I read into it. Your best bet would be to contact ASUS, but I bet they will say the same thing. Heck, otherwise, you would have to buy two processors if you wanted to use the Venice, one that isn't, so you can update the BIOS, and then replace that one with the Venice one after you are done. I'd say just give it a shot. It's not like you are going to be frying the CPU, it's the same socket, if they were going to change voltages on you, they would change the socket.

 

[cornholio2]

I was checking the new bios 1003 and it says 1. Support new CPUs. If 1003 is not used, then it won't boot? Am I making sense here?
I want to contact asus thru their e-mail but it is asking me about mobo and some stuff which i don't have.

 

[geogecko]

Just put "NA" in the * fields that you don't have. I tried it, filling every field, and still couldn't send the form...

 

[cornholio2]

crappola.server connection failure.

 

[cornholio2]

I was reading some issues also about DFI mobo that they get the bios 1-25 from monarch and was able to post and update it to 3-10 using the new rev. E. is this case applicable also to asus?

 

[marky9074]

Just to update, I have had two Gigabyte boards now a K8N Ultra 9 and K8n Ultra SLI (bought a standard and supplier sent wrong board....)

Passive heat sink, doesnt get very hot so well impressed. Also the passive Gigabyte 6600GT which comes standard overclocked runs pretty cool.

Only problem with Gigabyte is....non standard firewire pins on mobo. You need to use Gigabyte cable or have a case where the front ports are individual pins rather than a socket if you get my drift.

Bios is crap for overclocking.......maybe some bios hackers out there? Apart from that all OK

 

[Waylay00]

Bump

 

[LrngToFly]

I just put together 2 A8N-E MBs w/ Venice cores. I purchased from newegg and they came with bios 1001. I had two different behaviors:

1st: booted, said "checksum error" - f1 to continue, del to enter setup. I figured this checksum error was due to the venice CPU. I put in a floppy formatted w/ DOS start & ASUS' flash upgrade utility & 1003. Hit F1 and updated bios just fine and was on my way to installing system

2nd system: booted, no checksum error. bios is also 1001. (mind you, I don't have Windows installed, so can't do anything...) put the floppy in, update to 1003. reboot- this system, with 1003, now gives me that checksum error! I enter the bios settings, change a few things, reboot. now I get long beeps from the computer that never stop. doesn't display bios page or anything. I think oh shit- bios is corrupted, I now have a dead motherboard on my hands... Well, I unplug psu, take out battery, set that jumper to reset bios settings, put battery back in, plug back in (all according to manual) and then it boots just fine w/ 1003 and I was only my way with installing software on that system too.

Dunno why the two systems behaved differently- but I was able to upgrade both from 1001 to 1003 w/ a Venice core.

 

[esit]

I received my A8N-E with the 1001 bios. I was able to boot with the venice core athlong 64 3000+ cpu. Then I was able to flash it to 1003 with no problems.

 

[Waylay00]

Well, someone just found the A8N-SLI Premium in stock at Atacom, so does this mean that the A8N-E Premium will be available in the near future?

 

[Mari0Br0s]

It means at least, that the A8N-E Premium won't be the next released motherboard.

EDIT: Waylay00,

I see that you want a 3700+ Sandiego, this is what I also intend to purchase, but I'm waiting the release of the Athlon 64 X2(dual core) cpu, so the price will drop down a bit. As for the cpu cooler, I prefer a Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu.

I can see, that you havn't decided yet for the motherboard ans the RAM. I'm in the same situation. If the A8N-E Premium won't see the day, I may go for a DFI LanPart NF4-Ultra D with a pair of OCZ memory. But if the A8N-E Premium is released and doing well enough in small overclocks, I may get it, with a pair of Corsair.

 

[Waylay00]

Yep, that's the exact same situation. My first choice was DFI. Then I thought, "Is it worth getting a very high overclock that no one will remember in ten years, or a stable motherboard that runs well at stock speeds". Being that I am not primarily going to overclock, I started looking at other boards, like the MSI Neo4 Platinum, or the A8N-E. This would also be my first build, and from what many say, DFI can be a little tricky to get up and running. But anyways...

 

[cornholio2]

Originally posted by: LrngToFly
I just put together 2 A8N-E MBs w/ Venice cores. I purchased from newegg and they came with bios 1001. I had two different behaviors:

1st: booted, said "checksum error" - f1 to continue, del to enter setup. I figured this checksum error was due to the venice CPU. I put in a floppy formatted w/ DOS start & ASUS' flash upgrade utility & 1003. Hit F1 and updated bios just fine and was on my way to installing system

2nd system: booted, no checksum error. bios is also 1001. (mind you, I don't have Windows installed, so can't do anything...) put the floppy in, update to 1003. reboot- this system, with 1003, now gives me that checksum error! I enter the bios settings, change a few things, reboot. now I get long beeps from the computer that never stop. doesn't display bios page or anything. I think oh shit- bios is corrupted, I now have a dead motherboard on my hands... Well, I unplug psu, take out battery, set that jumper to reset bios settings, put battery back in, plug back in (all according to manual) and then it boots just fine w/ 1003 and I was only my way with installing software on that system too.

Dunno why the two systems behaved differently- but I was able to upgrade both from 1001 to 1003 w/ a Venice core.

NICE!!! MY San Diego and ASUS A8N-E will be arriving tomorrow. I hope I won't have any problem updating the bios using the San Diego installed. For ram I will be using this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220006

just arrived and warming up on my old mobo.

 

[Mari0Br0s]

Originally posted by: Waylay00
Yep, that's the exact same situation. My first choice was DFI. Then I thought, "Is it worth getting a very high overclock that no one will remember in ten years, or a stable motherboard that runs well at stock speeds".

I'm going to overclock it for sure, but I'm not a mad overclocker, so I don't mind if the board BIOS has less options. I've seen some San Diego 3700+(2.2GHz) overclocked at 3.0GHz ay stock voltage!!!! And they were stable, running Prime95 without any error during 48 hours. But, this exploit has been made on an DFI board. I don't expect ASUS board be able to get me that much, but I'll at least reach 2.7GHz.

I always used ASUS board in my machines, never had any problems, that's why I want to continue with them, but if the A8N-E Premium isn't coming out, I'll wait to find some overclock result with the A8N-E with the venice or san diego core. Maybe I'll have to ask Endgame to review it , since not a damn site has reviewed the board yet.

The MSI Neo4 Platinum, DFI NF4 Ultra-D, ASUS A8N-E are my choices.

 

[TheOldhand]

Two points of curiosity regarding the A8N-E:

1. Why the Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu instead of the CNPS7700B-Cu?

2. Any recommendations for 1GB or 512MB ECC modules?
(The only source that I can find is Crucial.)

 

[Mari0Br0s]

Well I want the Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu because the CNPS7700B-Cu won't fit in an Antec SLK3000B tower. The CNPS7700B-Cu will fit in most full tower. But I got a medium one.

About the RAM, you should download the user manual of the A8N-E board, to be sure the RAM you'll chose will work on it, ASUS board are sometimes very capricious on RAM. But why would you want ECC memory? NON-ECC are a lot less expensive, and are pretty good. ECC memory is more for server.