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Wigwam

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Originally posted by: RaymondY
About to setup my new workstation to replace my dually Athlon XP1600+. Haven't had a chance to work with the Nvidia Nforce2 series of mobo before. I would appreciate comments/recommendations as to the order of OS/driver install?

After I install WinXP Pro, what next??? Do I need to install the SP1 then the Nforce2 drivers???

Thanks all.


there is a fairly comprehensive coverage of this question by Chizow in the first couple of pages on this thread.
basically he suggests disabling all functions in the bios 1st, installing XP and SP1 then nvidia drivers then enable all bios features [firewire, lan etc] so that they can be recognised by the nividia drivers.
might be overkill but i have reinstalled a few times this way and it is painless
 

Conor026

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Does anyone know if the Zalman flower CNPS6000-Cu hit off the Northbridge heatsink or PSU
when attached to the ASUS A7N8X
 

BigEdMuustaffa

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The Asus, unlike most nforce2 boards has passive cooling on the chipset. This I would think would make it quieter than mb with fans on the chipset. I was looking at the ABIT, and the Albatron. AND this ASUS. I was planning on putting it all into an antec sonata case. Does anyone have an Albatron nforce2 board that can attest to how loud the chipset fan is? thanks....
 

Pliablemoose

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RAID swap question...

Am Running a RAID 1 on wife's system (rev 2 MB), want to swap the unit with a rev 1 MB, anyone know if I can just plug up her raid to the rev 1 MB & swap MB her without reformatting, etc?

I want the rev 2 for myself & test it's ability to OC a little more than she'll let me with her system.
 

RaymondY

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Got my system up today. The A7N8X-Dlx is a nice mobo. THanks for a great thread, it has come in very handy
 

BuckNaked

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New BIOS for the a7n8x Deluxe dated 10/9.... 1007.... link

1. Update SATA ROM to 4.2.15
2. Improve system stability with Hynix and PSC memory modules.
 

mechBgon

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Originally posted by: Buck_Naked
New BIOS for the a7n8x Deluxe dated 10/9.... 1007.... link

1. Update SATA ROM to 4.2.15
2. Improve system stability with Hynix and PSC memory modules.
Thanks BN!

 

Conor026

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I had an AMD XP 3000+,512MB TwinMos DDR-Ram,60GB Western digital calavir,MSI GeforceFX5900Ultra,56kb modem and Cdrw.
I bought an A7N8X deluxe and put everything to together(i did not format&reload).
Now when windows2000 is loading i get this:
Stop:0x0000007B (0xEB81B84C,0xC000034,0x00000000, 0x00000000) inaccessible_boot_device.
And to scan for viruses,remove new hard disks or hard disks controllers.

The drive is working and doesn`t have a virus,the last option is the motherboard or hard controller,is there anything i can do
 

ReLBadboy15

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Hey guys, I'm hoping someone can give me a little help. I'm a newbie when it comes to putting a system together, but I recently built a system including the A7n8x Deluxe and an Athlon XP 2700+. When I fired it up, it went straight to the bios and everything seemed fine, however when it tried to load windows xp (the hard drive is already formatted and is being used from a previous system) it would immediately restart back to the bios. This happened over and over, no matter what settings I changed in the bios. On top of this, I thought the problem might have been my ram since I kept getting "memory test failed" from the POST test, but upon replacing the ram with two Corsair 512 pc3200 sticks (from Asus.com's recommended list) it still occurs, and even tells me I don't have a keyboard plugged in when I definitely do. I'm sure it's just a faulty mobo, I'm sending it back to Newegg.com for a replacement tomorrow....but any support/reassurance would be much appreciated, thanks!

Tom
 

predjo

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I have ASUS A7N8X/Deluxe and when i try to put multiplier on 13 or 13,5 i got 5 or 5,5. THat happend with old bios 1006 and now with new one 1007. Did anybody had same problem. I running 166x12,5 and becouse i can't that two i running now 180x12,5. I want speed 166 becouse i have only ddr333. Thank you.
 

justalink

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I had very similar situation...same reboot pattern...I think the same with keyboard (mine would light up, but become seemingly inoperable during the installation of windows xp)

As for my problems, I solved them by copying the drivers for my sata drive onto a floppy (of course you'll need to do that with another computer or put your old one back together). At the point where windows aks if you want to install raid or third party drivers, select that and load from floppy. (P.S. I tried to use a hard drive with windows already installed and it did not like it at all...no workie) After this Windows recognized my hard drive after loading the drivers and I was off to the races.

Note: My system ran fine for a couple weeks and then suddenly I had tons of problems...random reboots, lock-ups, cmos checksum errors, bad memory tests....you name it. I removed devices one at a time, tested psu, checked all drivers, ran mem tests, cleared cmos...blah, blah, blah. From the previous posts I learned, as should have you, to save bios changes before exiting. ("save changes", then you can "exit wtihout saving changes" ) Believe me I thought I was hosed for a couple days. SAVE FIRST - THEN EXIT.

Secondarily, I found a download on AMD's site that related to conflicts between AGP and AMD cpu's. I ran that and it made an change to my registry that is supposed to prevent these conflicts. (Don't know whether that was a part of the solved problem, but for me at the least it has not hurt anything.)

Thanks to all who posted. You were a great help. I Saved much time and potentially money.
 

pelikan

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Reformatting and doing a clean install of windows is a good idea when switching motherboards.
 

wayliff

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Before anyone decides to move on to Bios 1007, please review the NForcers forums for this motherboard.
They have a lot of mixed reviews...specially issued with OCed machines. (2500 Bartons)

Apparently the benefits are for those users that have a Barton 3000.

I have emailed Asus and asked them some more details about it...what they have about this bios it's too superficial.

People claim 1400 uber bios is the best so far.

 

BuckNaked

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Originally posted by: wayliff
Before anyone decides to move on to Bios 1007, please review the NForcers forums for this motherboard.
They have a lot of mixed reviews...specially issued with OCed machines. (2500 Bartons)

Apparently the benefits are for those users that have a Barton 3000.

I have emailed Asus and asked them some more details about it...what they have about this bios it's too superficial.

People claim 1400 uber bios is the best so far.
linked
 

Lager

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Is it ok to install the nForce2 drivers from nvidia without first installing the older version? As in, just install over it? Thanks.
 

Sephiroth

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I may just be an idiot, but does anyone know if an AGP 4x will work on the A7N8X Deluxe?

I know that it has an AGP Pro (8x) slot, but will it accept any other AGP speeds?

Thanks.
 

Maddscientist

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Originally posted by: Sephiroth
I may just be an idiot, but does anyone know if an AGP 4x will work on the A7N8X Deluxe?

I know that it has an AGP Pro (8x) slot, but will it accept any other AGP speeds?

Thanks.


Yes its backwards compatible 2x 4x 8x are all selections you can use.


Originally posted by: deathkoba
Does this board run Windows 2000/2003 server? I'm thinking of putting together a cheap rig for a small workgroup.


Yes of course it can why wouldnt it? If your thinking cheap your already way off course however their are plently of other cheap motherboards way less than this board sells for?


 

thirdlegstump

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Ok I know it works with 2000 but may not 2003 because I don't think there are nF2 drivers for 2003...or can I use the drivers for XP?
 

MDE

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Originally posted by: deathkoba
Ok I know it works with 2000 but may not 2003 because I don't think there are nF2 drivers for 2003...or can I use the drivers for XP?

The XP drivers should work. Server 2003 is basically XP Server.
 

Lawton

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OK, I've searched the thread and I'm not finding the answer...

What are my options after a bad flash? I tried flashing to 1007 in an attempt to get my burner working, and the result is a non-posting board. My board is Rev 1.04 and it had BIOS 1004 going. I used the correct 1007 (file for 1.xx boards).

The board is apparently dead now, except for the constant low-tone beep when I power it on.

I have tried reseting the CMOS. I have taken out the battery while resetting. I have unconnected the board from the power supply with the battery out while resetting...

What's the RMA process here?

 
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