Asus Commando - user experiences ?

[jose]

Hi everyone,

Some ppl. must have gotten their Commando by now..

I've been reading on xtremesystems that some ppl. are getting a buzzing from their systems.

Some claim the mobo is making their psu's buzz...

So what are your initial experiences ?

Regards,
Jose

 

[jose]

What nobody has one yet ?

If you got it, does buzz ? what psu do you have ?

Regards,
Jose

 

[DanBaer]

I have had one running for three days now. No Buzz, quiet, runs well.
I am powering it with a BFG 1 KW PSU.
The CPU is a QX6700, 2 Gb Corsair Dominator PC28500, BFG 8800GTX-OC

I am just starting to play with overclock, so far it seems to be a stable, high quality well built motherboard. The layout is quite good. All the componnents are straight and vertical, all solder joints are clean and shiny. The board is impressive looking, installed easily and is running with no issues so far.

I am running Vista Ultimate RC-1 on it.

 

[Wino]

DanBaer:

What CPU heatsink are you using? Also, what do you think of the passive chipset coolers? Think you'll replace them?

This board is at the top of my P965 list... looking forward to your feedback!

 

[jose]

Well I got tired of the waiting, and after reading on xtremesystems, I decided to get the P5WDG2 ws pro...

I really don't have time to rma because of Buzzing .... It seems to be hit or miss w/ the buzz on this mobo.

I guess the buzz on the street on this "Commando" is that it may actually buzz..

Maybe they should have used a black pcb and yellow connectors and called it the "The Stinger" haha..

Regards,
Jose

 

[jose]

Well, I cave'd and ordered a commando from the egg.

I'll report back on whether it has the buzzing problem.

Although some have indentified the source and claim that on conductive resin or clear nail polish fixes the buzz...

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4676/coilgoopwl3.jpg

And one guy actually tighten the offending coil by twisting it till it stopped...

So, I'll be able to test it out, if it's too much of a problem I'll rma it and keep the p5wdg2 ws pro...

Regards,
Jose

 

[orangesky]

Originally posted by: jose
So, I'll be able to test it out, if it's too much of a problem I'll rma it and keep the p5wdg2 ws pro...

I noticed that, unlike almost every other motherboard, the egg has the Commando's return policy set at Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy.

Hopefully you either won't have to RMA it, or if you do, you'll get lucky and they'll refund you anyway.

 

[lopri]

Conductive resin?!

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

its true. When buying a Commando or P5B-E plus aka rev. 1.02g u got a good chance to get one that will make this noise or produces this noise with ur PSU.

 

[Shimmishim]

Originally posted by: lopri
Conductive resin?!

You have a glue gun? that will work as well.

 

[jose]

We'll I spoke to the egg, and at first they said that "buzzing" was not a defect and therefore would not refund..

But I then explained that the problem is a loose coil was causing the buzz and therefore it was a "defect" so if I get
a buzzer I'll be able to return it.

But I really want to keep the Commando, I'll see if I can manually tighen the coil and if that works then I'll put a glob of gunk(non-condutive) on the coil to ensure that it stays thay way.

Either way I'll see how good or bad the mobo overclocks.. I'll be getting some GSkill ddr1000 ram "D9" chips....

I'm shooting for 4.8Ghz on air... Aim high !!!

Regards,
Jose

 

[DanBaer]

Originally posted by: Wino
DanBaer:

What CPU heatsink are you using? Also, what do you think of the passive chipset coolers? Think you'll replace them?

This board is at the top of my P965 list... looking forward to your feedback!

I am using a Zalman 9500, so far I have noot seen a need to replace the passive coolers. Sorry for the slow reply, have been traveling.
So far this is a great Mobo, no complaints.

Anyone try the 0803 bios yet?

 

[maeshughes]

I almost got a Commando but that buzzing scared me a bit, so I went with the new P5B Premium Vista Edition.

 

[Jodiuh]

I wouldn't call it a buzz, but theres some odd noises for sure. It's very slight, but getting on my nerves.

 

[Freejack2]

No buzzing here, running prime 95 on both 6400 cores @ 3.2ghz.
I'm running the original 0601 bios still but I doubt that has anything to do with the buzzing.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Do many Asus boards have a buzzing noise? Not the same board at all, but my A8R32-MVP buzzes. Also freezes up sometimes
I'm loosing faith in asus, past few boards I've had from them for my PC or a customer's PC have needed RMA'ed. Second board has always been fine but still its a hassle and extra $$$. I may be RMA'ing my board soon now as well....

 

[jose]

Mine does not buzz, but it's not a good overclocker either.

This weekend I'm replacing it w/ a P5WDG2 WS Pro ..

At default settings no overclock it is really fast, but the second I start changing stuff in the bios 803 it becomes noticably less responsive.

All I did was disable all settings in the adv. cpu section and reboot.

Regards,
Jose

 

[Jodiuh]

I'm gonna swap it out @ Fry's tonight, will report back on the buzz/whine. It's not loud, but will vary the pitch depending on where my head is, lol. I can hear it when I enter the office.

 

[jose]

You can put a glob of glue/resin on the coils, that will stop the buzzing.

Jose

 

[Jodiuh]

Oh no it won't! I think my PSU doesn't care for the mobo. Now I have to decide which to replace!

 

[jose]

I have the PC P&C 750w psu with no problems..

 

[Jodiuh]

Swapped w/ a Seasonic S12, whine from PSU much worse. I've found 3 dif whines...

1. the Raptors
2. the psu
3. the board

psu is minor and livable, board drives me mad and so do the raptors. I don't remember hearing this on my P5B. The only thing I can think of would be the way the commando's drawing power from the psu. But then again, you've got some of the cleanest power there don't ya?

I don't particularly care for my 8800 being lower either...it runs hotter in here than the p5b. I might pick up an Intel BX2 or P5b here in a bit...

 

[jose]

We'll my Commando locked up hard this morning, I didn't get the chance to swap mobo's w/ the p5wdg2 ws pro.

I wasn't doing anything except ssh, I switched to another computer running Linux and a X2 4600 and looked at my commando workstation and it said "Your video drivers have failed" it looked to be in a 320x200 resolution w/ 16 colors.

So I turned off the computer and it would hard lock at the bios screen after "initializing usb" nothing would work. Unplugged power, etc, nothing worked, so I unplugged everything "usb -> printer, hub, scanner" then I unplugged the power cord and switched off.

I went eat something (30min) then turned it on. Finally it worked, it gave the failed overclock message.. WTF, I didn't have anything overclocked...

Maybe it was windows "3D Pipes" screen saver that brought my system down w/ it's 8800GTS ....

Anyway I'll do some testing before I pull this commando out & replace w/ the p5wdg2 ...

The one good thing is it doesn't buzz.... it just locks up and does nothing ...

I wonder if this mobo will be another "A8N-SLI" ,,,, I went thru 3 boards before I gave up and got a DFI ...

Still curious that anandtech has no review of this mobo, maybe they know something we don't..

Regards,
Jose

 

[Jodiuh]

Good luck w/ that. I wound up w/ a Bad Axe 2...no buzz/whine.

 

[jose]

Well it looks like only 4 people bought the Commando out of 158K+ users on this forum ..

Last time a buy a cutting edge mobo, but that's what I said when I got the A8N-SLI ..

Well to all you 158K users on this forum, I say "Buy one" , because misery loves company. haha..

Regards,
Jose