Asus a8n-e..

[corsa]

...cousin just broke it on his Premium, poorly made IMO. :disgust:

 

[SeeingWhite]

Originally posted by: corsa
...cousin just broke it on his Premium, poorly made IMO. :disgust:

LOL, yeah not good.

 

[Wayward]

Update: AN8-E won?t restart or shut down.

I had the computer up and running fine but without raid. I decided to give the raid another shot; so I set up the raid in bios and booted into Windows, loaded the driver, and rebooted. Windows booted up fine, and I initialized the disks in Disk Manager. However, again the computer would not shut down or restart. I read somewhere that raid on this board only likes certain SATA connectors. (My raid 1 consists one PATA drive and one SATA drive.) I switched the drive from SATA connector 2 to SATA connector 4, made the changes in the bios, and booted up. Now it shuts down and restarts fine! Maybe this info will help someone else. Thanks

 

[SeeingWhite]

Thanks for the info Wayward. BTW, I didn't know that you could RAID a SATA drive and PATA drive. I guess I just always assumed they had to be the same type of drive.

 

[sourceninja]

I would love to get the chipset fan to scale in linux like it does in windows. But I just can't seem to figure out how. In windows the computer is quiet as a mouse. In linux that fan is at 6k rpm's all the time and will not scale.

 

[blurp]

Originally posted by: sourceninja
I would love to get the chipset fan to scale in linux like it does in windows. But I just can't seem to figure out how. In windows the computer is quiet as a mouse. In linux that fan is at 6k rpm's all the time and will not scale.

It ain't the chipset fan changin' speed from Windows to Linux. Chipset fan is always at the same speed. It is probably the CPU Fan with QFan that changes speed in windows and run at max in Linux.

My CPU fan runs at 820 rpm at idle (silent) and increases at 2280 at load (still not so loud) with QFan enabled.

 

[sourceninja]

No, QFan is disabled in the bios.

My fan runs at 6000 rpm during bootup. Once windows loads the fan slows down so much it is no longer audible (durring bootup the sound is very loud). In linux the fan never slows down. This did not happen in windows until after I installed the nforce4 drivers.

 

[sourceninja]

Never mind, I'm an idiot. It was the video card that was making so much noise. It is fixed now.

 

[nimbuses]

Hello to all
Anyone tried out the new BIOS FW 1013?

 

[blurp]

Originally posted by: nimbuses
Hello to all
Anyone tried out the new BIOS FW 1013?

Works fine here. Great actually.

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: blurp

Originally posted by: nimbuses
Hello to all
Anyone tried out the new BIOS FW 1013?

Works fine here. Great actually.

Actually i have had one strange thing happen since upgrading to 1013 which may or may not have anything to do with the BIOS, my Opteron 170 easily oc's to 2.6ghz... I run it at 2.4ghz 90% of the time & for the past two months its been rock-solid, however since 1013
I seem to lose my internet connection after it sits idle for more then a few hours using the
Nvidia nic... rebooting does nothing, however resetting fsb to 200mhz solves the problem instantly & a USB nic is not effected.

Anybody else experience this since the BIOS upgrade, or is it maybe because of somthing completely unrelated I'm overlooking?

 

[bilz]

Hi I'm having the following problem.

I've been using the A8n-e motherboard for half a year now (since January) and it's been working like a charm. Yesterday I shut down my PC as usual and this morning when i powered it up again, the mouse wasn't working.

I have a ps/2 mouse and keyboard. I've tried two different mice with the same result. Optical light is on (red glow) but it just doesn't move. Furthermore keyboard works normally in windows XP SP2 but when i go to BIOS it doesn't work. (can't move through the menus)

In my device manager in windows XP there is no entry for the mouse.

Oh and i haven't flashed BIOS or OC anything.

Any suggestions?

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thx

 

[SeeingWhite]

Strange. Try loading your bios defaults in the bios, and then adjust your settings back to how you had them before, and then restart. Thats all I can think of short of a bad MB or a corrupt bios. I guess you could also try reflashing your BIOS, too.

 

[imported_Asus]

Can I reflash my BIOS whit the same BIOS version because I think the 1013 BIOS is not working right..any hoo can I do that or no way? or can I go back to a older BIOS..I did not save my old BIOS opps ..thanx
Asus

 

[SeeingWhite]

Originally posted by: ProviaFan
Ok, I've been using my A8N-E for the afternoon with an X2 at stock... so far, so good, with two copies of F@H keeping everything at 100%. I found that it was most convenient to update the BIOS by putting the BIOS file only (naming it A8N-E.BIN) on an empty floppy and pressing ALT+F2 to flash from within the BIOS. That method worked fine for me, at least, when I booted up for the first time with the X2 and needed to flash from the old non-supporting BIOS to the new dual-core ready BIOS.

I quoted this post from 6/2005 because this is probably the easiest way to flash your bios. You should not need to rename the bios file like ProviaFan did, however. And yes, you can reflash the same bios. Make sure you reset your "bios defaults" in the Bios once you do the flash.

 

[napalm684]

Ok new timer here. I have a slight problem. My PC Probe alarm just went off due to my MB temperature spiking over 50 degrees C. I did some research and I cannot for the life of me find what the max operating temps for the nforce 4 ultra chipset on this board are. Can anybody clue me in? I don't want my beast overheating here.

 

[e30]

napalm684, on the A8N-E, the so called "MB temperature" is _not_ the chipset temperature. this sensor must be installed anywhere else, but definitly _not_ near the nforce4.
as far i experienced, this temperature seems to be more like a 'ambient temperature'.
i have always about 36°, except after cold boot.

so, if you get temperatures over 50°C, i could be possible that your cases air circulation is not okay.

what's your cpu temp idle and under load?


since nvidia GPUs are designed for temps higher than 100°C, 50°C should really be no problem for the nforce4 (at least the two chips look similar ) - some users reported temperatures around 70°C, measured with 3rd party temperature sensors between nforce4 chipset and coooler.

 

[potato28]

Alrite I got a question about the CPU thermal probe... is it known to be off by a bit while idling?

 

[sandeep108]

napalm684, on the A8N-E, the so called "MB temperature" is _not_ the chipset temperature. this sensor must be installed anywhere else, but definitly _not_ near the nforce4.

I think I would beg to disagree, since within 2 minutes of boot-up the 'MB Temp' reading on probe is 38C in my case and sort of stays at that level. Considering an ambient temp. of around 26-28C, there is no way that the general MB temp in the case can rise by 10-12C in such a short time. It can only be the chipset temp.

Napalm: I think your chipset fan or it's thermal bonding with the NB chipset may be failing. I suggest you check and replace if necessary. Maybe if fan is ok, a simple press down on the fan may restore the thermal bonding...?

 

[e30]

sandeep, i have some homework for you today:

1. use a infrared temperature sensor to get chipset cooler temperature
2. un-plug the small chipset fan from board and monitor the "motherboard temperature"

i would wonder if you will get other results than users already have tried these things.

i don't have that much time to post senseless things on internet boards.
_maybe_ it is the voltage regulators temperature, but as i said, i did not check that out.

 

[corsa]

posted back in 21/12/2005

Originally posted by: corsa
Ok, just for curiosity's sake, I have a temp probe (Bell digi-thermo) very accurate..... so i thought I might like to see what my Zalman heat sink was reading, as I do notice it is hot too touch, running stock.
So probe is about 100mm long, and i push it into the heat sink, not quite touching the base where it sits comfortably, case door is off, now onto my finding's

Ambient temp : 27C
Ambient temp inside case : 29C
Asus PC Probe : 34C
Bell digi-thermo : +50C :Q (probes max range is 50C)

The temp when measured rises quickly and I would think its atleast in the high 50's
Now this is not what I would call accurate? should we be worried about this? I would think so as we are talking up to +50C on the heat sink, why are we being fooled here, I would hate to know what its reading on die......any thoughts?

Now the reply from blurp

Corsa, I read many times that the temp sensor for most NF4 MoBos like the A8N-E is not placed on the Chipset. It is more of an ambient mobo sensor and it is worth nothing as you very well pointed out. Many guys noticed that when touching the Zalman HS, noting it was fairly hot.

I have access to an Infra-red temp sensor, might check it with that just out of curiosity ..incedently I noticed after recently removing the surrounding material from the NF4 and reinstalling the Zalman, I noticed it was much cooler to touch..

 

[sandeep108]

Originally posted by: e30
sandeep, i have some homework for you today:

1. use a infrared temperature sensor to get chipset cooler temperature
2. un-plug the small chipset fan from board and monitor the "motherboard temperature"

i would wonder if you will get other results than users already have tried these things.

i don't have that much time to post senseless things on internet boards.
_maybe_ it is the voltage regulators temperature, but as i said, i did not check that out.

Sorry e30, I do not have the time either. This is about helping other users, not to prove who is right or wrong. I gave the reasoning behind my assumption that it is not ambient case temp. reported by PC Probe (since it mis-labels chipset fan as power fan also). Maybe I am wrong, whoever wants can try it out. But ambient case temp. 50C? Unless all case / psu fans have failed, quite unlikely.

From Corsa's post I think that likely it is a bit of both - the sensor is very close to the chipset, thus neither giving correct chipset temp. nor correct ambient mb temp. If and when chipset cooling fails and temps start reaching 60-70C then it is likely temp. at sensor may reach 50C and trigger warning.

 

[e30]

sorry sandeep, i was in bad mood when i wrote my post.
don't think about it any more. sorry.

 

[dawza]

The A8N does not have a chipset temp monitor built-in; the mobo temp is a reading somewhere on the board, but I am not sure where exactly.

At least on the A8N-SLI, the mobo temp reading is probably a distance from the chipset, as my chipset (using a thermal probe) can hit 58C on full load, yet the "motherboard" temp reading never exceeds 42C. It could be somwhere in the VRM region, as my temp probe in the VRM heatsink reads 43-46C on full load.

The NF4 chips get HOT; there are many reports of the Zalman passive heatsinks hitting 80C on load in cases where airflow is lacking. The A8N-Premium heatpipe solution is often reported to reach 65-70C on full load; all of these readings are taken by users with external probes/monitors. Even the DFI boards (I believe DFI outfits some of their higher-end boards with a chipset temp monitor that is accessible via software) with active cooling report 40-55C.

 

[napalm684]

Ok I hate to say this but the information is a little conflicting in these posts. Bottom line should I be concerned about my MB temp hitting over 50C? I will say that my PC gets hot in the summer (no a/c unfortunately). My room temp likes to hover at like 80F so my AMD64 3500+ Clawhammer usually idles in forties and at load I've seen it get to like 52-54 (54 on rare occasion). I do have the new chipset fan that ASUS provided as replacement and I will note that it doesn't keep my chipset as cool as the old one that started dying on me before I replaced it. Also my pc sits under a desk shelf so I'm sure the airflow could be better. Thought suggestions? I did order a 120MM for an exhaust fan and two 80MM for intakes yesterday. Do you think that will be enough with the side intake and top exhaust I already have in place (also PS fan)? Do you think its necessary for me to get a Zalman to replace the stock HSF on my CPU? And for sake of argument what about a new solution for the chipset cooling? I know this is a lot of questions, I guess if you choose to answer one just tell me if I should be concerned at my current temps. Thanks for the help thus far too, seems like a good community here (I'm impressed).