i installed windows before anything else. then i installed all of the drivers that came with the mobo disk. then i used magic bios to install the latest bios (804). i haven't had any problems, really, so far with anything pertaining. except as mentioned before, the ntune monitor won't work (supposedly not supported by this bios) which i don't know why.
i am having problems with my front case usb ports. it's so weird. it's hooked up correctly (even compared to the usb slot card that came with the mobo). they're getting power and even my usb headset works, but when i hook up my PSP, it says the device is not recognized by windows
FYI and to whom it may concern: if anyone is having problems hooking up front audio on this mobo, make sure you put the "mic power" aka "mic bias" wire on the NC pin on the mobo. i fretted this problem for days because i had mic power on the +5V pin....grrrr
i've also tried updating to the latest nforce drivers through the nvidia site. i would not recommend trying this because my system wouldn't even boot to windows. i ended up booting to last known good, doing a system restore, and reinstalling the drivers from the disk.
i also don't recommend installing the wasay backup utility on the disk. something weird happened which also included the blue screen of death and i had to uninstall it, with it leaving about a 500 meg separate partition on my hard drive.....for what use now? after doing all of this, i lost all my files that were on my main partition i hope this helps some people out. anyone have anything to say about any of this? please don't bash me too hard because this is my first build