*** Official ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (nForce4) Thread ***

[evilmrroboto]

Originally posted by: harvgill
At one point I couldn't post either and removing the battery didn't help. It posted after I used the jumpers.

You mean you moved the reset rtc jumper to 2-3 and waited at least 10 seconds (thats what the manual says) then put it back to 1-2. I don't know what other jumper u could be referring to as there are no other ones.

But as of resetting the CMOS for about 5 different times, some taking about 8 hours with no power and the battery out, I have had no luck getting this thing to go past turning fans with no speech or beep error codes. I think this is really a worst case scenario here and I'll going to have to put up with Asus's crappy customer support and RMA it.

 

[runestone]

Originally posted by: Fent
I'm fairly sure it's plugged into the right place. It one of those things that does not happen every time

I get the same message too, fent. I think it's because the rpm's on my panaflo 120 fan are too low to be recognized by motherboard. I have to press F1 to continue boot. It is plugged into the cpu fan header.

 

[squonk]

Attention bdoubledee Did a newer PS solve your problem ?

 

[puddlejmpr]

Fent,

I also get the vocal "CPU fan failure" message about every 5th boot. Have to pop F1 to proceed. I've taken off the case cover and waited for this to happen. I have actually seen the fan running full speed within the split second it takes me to look in the case after getting the "CPU fan failure" notification. I'm using the Zalmann 7700cu with a 120mm fan. Its only a guess, but I don't think its an RPM issue because I've disabled Cool 'n Quiet and am not using any other software to ramp down (and quiet) the CPU fan, so its running like a banshee right from the get go. I'm running the 600W Enermax Noisetaker PSU, so I doubt seriously its a power issue. The fan is one huge mother and due to the intermittent nature of the problem, I'd bet its caused by inertial delay with the fan just not ramping up fast enough to catch up with the BIOS. I'm running 2 gig OCZ rev2 mem and an FX55. Is anyone with other processor speeds experiencing this?
I am running the stock BIOS and I am not overclocking yet -- I just haven't had the time yet...



A8N-SLI Deluxe
FX-55 w Zalman 7700 Cu heat sink
2 GB OCZ EL Platinum Rev. 2 3200
MSI 6600
2X74GB WD 10K Raptors, RAID 0
300gb Maxtor Diamondmax 10 SATA-2 drive (16mb cache)
NEC ND-3500A and NEC ND-3520A
ENERMAX Noisetaker Series 600W
Lian-Li 1100
Dell 1900FP
Windows XP Pro SP2

 

[scruffles]

just incase anyone else bought an Antec case with a psu it it and wants the asus sli to work on it. I'm running my board with:

3500+ 64, asus sli deluxe, 1 gig corsair, one chaintech 6600gt, stock fan, raptor 10,000 Western Digital

all on my antec 350 watt stock psu that came with my case.

 

[scruffles]

nvm, didn't realize that there wer 2 sata 1 slots, need to put single sata in black sata 1 slot, NOT RED!!!

 

[user1234]

Originally posted by: iscsidude

Originally posted by: user1234

Originally posted by: sreams

Since all the components are sold separately, this is ILLEGAL. What I mean is that if your system with nforce4 Ultra chipset is capable of supporting SLI, and your rightfully owned graphics cards and driver are CAPABLE of working with this chipset, IT IS UNLAWFUL for the graphics driver, which is part of your rightfully owned grpahics cards, to limit the functionality of the cards without a reasonable and well defined technical reason (such as compatibility issues, etc), which we know there is none (since some versions of the driver allow this). NVIDIA cannot decide to turn off the SLI capabilites of the graphics driver on purpose, unless it was technically not compatible with the system.


anyone want to take up the class action suit ?

Hmmm... I wouldn't be so sure this is "illegal". Is it also illegal for AMD to disable higher multipliers on "lower-end" Athlon64 chips? Is it illegal for NVidia to disable Quadro features on GeForceFX chips? The truth is... the law probably allows them to do what they are doing, because they -are- delivering exactly what was advertised (a non-SLI system). Such a case would most likely be thrown out immediately.

-S

The shady thing is that one product (graphics card) disables itself based on the absence of a different product (the nf4 sli chipset), even though the grpahic cards CAN operate without the nft-sli chipset, as shown by the fact that they worked with the nf4-ultra using earlier drivers.

User1234,
I've been in this business for 25 years and rest assured this happens on a daily basis. Nothing illegal. You get what you pay for in terms of performance. The vendor has every right to turn on or off any functionality based on what you paid for. It happens on high-end processors when the customer buys a 24 way and upgrades to a 32 way or storage when more disk is desirable. No worries.

I can remember moving a jumper 20 years ago to allow a 160 LPM printer to run at 300 LPM. Cost the customer more money, but also cost us (and customer) more in maintenance. This is pretty much SOP.

Maybe we could drop the litigation issue...

meh, what's wrong with you ? Don't you now that even alienware released a fully functional SLI system last month based on a Xeon motherboard with xeon chipset that has two pci-e x16 slots. But now with the new nvidia graphics drivers it will stop working in sli - because it's not a nf4-sli chipset. Do you think alienware would be cool with that ? (they already sold a bunch of these systems)

fact is id doesn't say anywhere that nvidia's sli ready video cards will only work with a special nvidia chipset - and up to now they worked with a variety of chipsets.

 

[iscsidude]

Originally posted by: user1234

meh, what's wrong with you ? Don't you now that even alienware released a fully functional SLI system last month based on a Xeon motherboard with xeon chipset that has two pci-e x16 slots. But now with the new nvidia graphics drivers it will stop working in sli - because it's not a nf4-sli chipset. Do you think alienware would be cool with that ? (they already sold a bunch of these systems)

fact is id doesn't say anywhere that nvidia's sli ready video cards will only work with a special nvidia chipset - and up to now they worked with a variety of chipsets.

I still don't get it.
All we have to do is use conductive paint on the NF4 Ultra and it looks to the software like an NF4 SLI.

I may try this on my daughters machine, but not for mine......

In any case, I just ordered an A8N-SLI today.
Hoping beyond all hope that the bad experiences on this thread are out weighed by those folks having good luck with this board.

After all, I don't think those people with stable, working boards are reading this thread. At least I hope that is the case.

Thanks to all for input. Without your help, I would have woefully underpowered this beast and used inferior memory.

I now know the memory, PSU, vid card, CPU, disk, et al that I will use for this project.

Should receive everything by Tuesday.

 

[evilmrroboto]

Can anyone tell me whether or not you have completed an RMA though Asus themselves. I have no choice but to do one through them cause the website I bought the A8N from has a 5 day return which was fine cause my mobo worked for a week, then stopped. But all i have read about Asus's RMA procedure is that it takes forever and you might get something that works. I really just want to see if anyone has had a good experience with this process.

 

[Dj Panz ITA]

1003 Final Bios is out .

Ciao a tutti

http://rapidshare.de/files-de/...27/1003_Final.ZIP.html

 

[ShoNuff]

Originally posted by: Dj Panz ITA
1003 Final Bios is out .

Ciao a tutti

http://rapidshare.de/files-de/...27/1003_Final.ZIP.html

Where did this come from?

 

[Dj Panz ITA]

Originally posted by: ShoNuff

Originally posted by: Dj Panz ITA
1003 Final Bios is out .

Ciao a tutti

http://rapidshare.de/files-de/...27/1003_Final.ZIP.html

Where did this come from?

Try this


ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS...-SLI%20Deluxe/1003.zip

 

[Shaga]

1. Modify A8N-SLI DELUXE BIOS version to 1003.

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BIOS version: 1003-010 Date:01/19/2005

Checksum: EE00H

1. Modify HT safe value from 5X to 4X to fix somtimes K8 sempron CPU fails to boot
2. Modify CPU Vcore for 1.40V (Low Power CPU) for MR
3. Hide 'CPU Voltage' Item options from 1.55V~1.65V when using 1.40V CPU, because the low power CPU doesn't support upper 1.55V
4. Modify Linear Overclock formula to fit H/W request
5. Add a SETUP Item to control the CPU fan fail message threshold RPM

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BIOS version: 1003-009 Date:01/17/2005

Checksum: 5200H

1. Re-translation item strings, value and help to French.
2. Don't porting GPO5 to fit H/W request

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BIOS version: 1003-008 Date:01/13/2005

Checksum: CD00H

1. Fixed asus update 64bit OS fail
2. Change the SLI mode setting from 'SLI' to 'auto' when user switch to Dual card mode by SLI windows utility
3. Fixed CPU voltage will pull high in the begining of POST and then pull down after memory sizing
4. Do one more time PCI_reset to fix fail to boot from bootblock after support DualGPU card

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BIOS version: 1003-007 Date:01/11/2005

Checksum: 5E00H

1. DMI information : Fixed AMD Athlon64 CPU's Processor Family will be wrong shown as 'Opteron'
2. Add DMI type08 information : 'CPU Fan','Power Fan','Chassis Fan * 2','Chipset Fan'
3. Fixed when CPU multiplier select 4X or 4.5X and HT set to 5X , system will hang on 29h , it is because the HT speed cannot be faster than CPU speed (AMD Spec)
4. Fixed AMD Sempron can not boot up because wrong HT setting.
5. Fixed DDR CL value will be wrong after resuming from S3 (only MR PCB)
6. Support nVidia DualGPU PCIE VGA card.
7. Rewrite EZ-plug checking code to support both Normal/QuickSwitch PCB

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BIOS version: 1003-006 Date:01/06/2005

Checksum: 3D00H

1. Correct Hyper Transport item string for multi-language..
2. Support Setting SLI/Normal mode by windows utility
3. Change CopyRight year from 2004 to 2005
4. Modify AMD K8 939 3800+ PST table to fix failing to enter OS when enable cool'n'Quiet , the solution is change the lowest VID from 1.1V to 1.2V

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BIOS version: 1003-005 Date:12/30/2004

1.Fixed PCI Clock locked on 33MHz (PLL to CPU) fails to work

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BIOS version: 1003-004 Date:12/22/2004

1.Change VID Max Value from Vcore_Default+100mv to 1.65V

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BIOS version: 1003-003 Date:12/15/2004

1.support PEG for ATI X850 PCIE card
2.Modify DDR speed :in Class A, when 4 DIMMs pluged , DDR400 will down to DDR333
3.Set DDR timing reg TRP,TRCD min value to 3

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BIOS version: 1003-002 Date:12/09/2004

Checksum: 3C00H

1.Fixed when overclock over 220MHz , HT doesn't down to 3X
2.Change MR table D , overclock over 240MHz , DDR200==>DDR266

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BIOS version: 1003-001 Date:12/03/2004

1. Modify Cool 'n' Quiet string and default value

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BIOS version: 1002 Date:11/26/2004
Note: 1. Please update this version of BIOS with /CD command.
2. Please discard previous BIOS 1002.
If system uses old 1002. Please flash BIOS with /QI command.

Checksum: 7600H

1. Fixed DDR timing cannot be change for MR
2. Change the string to 'System Manufacturer' and 'System Name' in DMI type 01.
3. Fixed ATI X700(LE) fails to enter OS

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BIOS version: 1002-001 Date:11/24/2004

Checksum: 6000H

1. adjust PCIE VGA memory timing
2. Add function that Maximum FID will determine CPU multiplier range.
3. Modify CPU Voltage range for Ai-Booster.
4. When set Ai NOS ,CPU frequence will change to 200.
5. recover Nvidia 2d performance table with 3d, now we only run 3d table mode
6. Set DDR timing to 2T when 4 DIMMs are present for MR spec
7. Only when DDR clock set auto needs to do Patch_DIMMClock
8. Disabled PCIE spread Spectrum when PCIE clock over 100MHz , it will cause PCIE overclock fail
9. Show NOS OC information on 80h port for MR
10.Change PEG overclock method from Table to algorithm
11.Set nVidia PCIE VGA card fan speed to full-speed
12.Modify n-tune information of PCB model name and version
13.Enable S1 when in SLI mode
14.Remove Graphic Card memory timing overclock for MR
15.Fixed NOS function fail when enable by AI-booster in real-time at first time
16.Fix choosing French then storing the second time to enter BIOS in BIOS can't find German issue
17.Fix LAN Length information over string issue.
18.Fix Primary and Secondray information on summary post error.

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BIOS version: 1001-016 Date:11/18/2004

Checksum: AC00H

1. Disable S1 when 2nd PCIE VGA card is present in SLI mode

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BIOS version: 1001-015 Date:11/18/2004

Checksum: 0500H

1. Adjust H/W monitor CPU & MB temperature
2. Fixed system hang on POST 94h when connected CDROM/DVDROM but without power supplied(QT#240)
3. Add "CoolnQuietFlag" flag,when cool 'n' Quiet enable.We can't use Ai-Booster.
4. Add ChipsetFan data & Chassis2Fan data in fan buffer.(QT#75&193)
5. Save DDR Voltage default value in CMOS2.It will be use when select DDR Voltage in Auto.(QT#75&193)
6. Update silicon 3114 IMAGE rom version to 5.1.3.9 FOR QT TEST.
7. Add function when we set Ai tuner to Auto or Standard.It will set all to default.
8. Set OC profile in realtime.

PS. Please verify AI-booster open bugs.
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BIOS version: 1001-014 Date:11/16/2004

Checksum: 1B00H

1. Change Back silicon 3114 IMAGE rom version to 5.1.3.7 FOR H/W REQUEST
2. Fixed want press user button.The CPU Freq isn't correct.(QT#75&193)
3. Add function that Ai-Booster Hyper Transport Freq value reference by BIOS setup.(NEW AI-BOOSTER)
4. Fix System Manufacturer and System Model items is not blank in DMI(QT#239)
5. Add define that Ai-Booster can montior Chipset Fan.(Need New AI-Booster support)(QT#75&193)

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BIOS version: 1001-013 Date:11/15/2004

Checksum: A700H

1. Patch Marvell Lan Card String (QT#40)
2. Add more delay time between Do-PCIE-reset
3. When user select Auto item in Ai-Booster.That will load default value at CMOS.(QT#75&193)
4. Fill SATAB SVID & SSID
5. support when sensor with monitor Power Fan.(QT#75&193)
6. Fixed that change performance mode and restart system.The CPU freq doesn't correct.(QT#75&193)
7. Fixed that set performance mode than realtime action.(QT#75&193)

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BIOS version: 1001-012 Date:11/12/2004

Checksum: 8F00H

1. Fixed H/W monitor Chassis fan will show too low RPM when use 5000RPM fan(QT#167)
2. Fixed fail to disable NV LAN BOOT ROM by SETUP(QT#237)
3. Add support CPU multiplier , CPU voltage , DRAM voltage ,NOS for Ai-Booster setting realtime action.(QT#75&193)
4. Fixed that will save user present value for Ai-Booster.(QT#75&193)
5. Modify that will use current FID for Ai-Booster CPU multiplier value.(QT#75&193)
6. Add NOS overclock value show on 80h port for H/W RD request

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BIOS version: 1001-011 Date:11/11/2004

Checksum: DE00H

1. Change MR T5 to T8 mode
2. Change NOS threshold value to dynamic value by CPU loading
3. Fixed that change any Ai-Booster function.It will not restart and keep the item value.
4. support Ai-Booster set Q-Fan function.
5. support Ai-Booster set CPU multiplier function.
6. Set MR T8 & T6 NOS as 3% when using FX-53 CPU
7. fixed some PCIE VGA cards detect error
8. Fixed Cable length display error.(QT#159)
9. Support Vcore adjust by 0.0125v step
10.Fixed system will reboot when waiting for password(QT#195)
11.Fixed elixir DDR33 512MB fails to overclock 5%
12.Change DIMM order in DMI information.(QT#55)
13.Fixed AI-NOS function fail after resuming from S3(QT#226)
14.Remove Not report pci slot number for onboard device function.It will cause silicon 3114 fail to install OS
15.Update silicon 3114 igame rom version to 5.1.387 FOR H/W REQUEST
16.skip memory testing when F8 Hot key was pressed.

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BIOS version: 1001-010 Date:11/10/2004

Checksum: C500H

1. modify the PEG Root Control item value
2. Change "Onboard Marvell LAN" item setup D4 value to Enable.(QT#207)
3. Update silicon 3114 igame rom version to 5.1.3.7 FOR H/W REQUEST
4. Remove USB S4 wakeup support because USB use +5V_DUAL power.(QT#182)
5. Not report pci slot number for onboard device.(QT#104)
6. Fix coding error to cause system time error after many reboot.(QT#183)
7. Patch SIO GP11,12 as GPI to fit H/W request
8. Remove n-tune Update my BIOS item.(QT#38)
9. Fixed PCI-Express LAN wakeup function fail problem.(QT#102)
10.Update Awdflash.exe V1.08
11.Support 2nd lan check on POST(QT#156)
12.update NVRAID ROM to 4.76
13.Update NVPEXS.INC to 201.0462
14.Update NVMM to 4.71
15.Fixed CoolnQuiet function fail issue.

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BIOS version: 1001-009 Date:11/09/2004

Checksum: D000H

1. fixed system hang on when only changing VID. solution: please remember to fill both FID and VID if you want
to change any one.
2. Fixed PCIE DMI information error.
3. Add define to use different routing for different PCIE mode.
4. Support 2 PCI_Express x16 slots.(QT#55)
5. Change Maximum USB connector to 10.(QT#55)
6. Add 1394 connector DMI information.(QT#55)
7. Add SATA connecter DMI information.(QT#55)
8. Change K8 Current Memory Type to DIMM.(QT#55)
9. Change K8 Maximum Memory Module Size from 4096MB to 1024MB.(QT#55)
10.Support AutoLoad awdflash.exe from CDROM.
11.Support beep sound on some errors(QT#20)
12.Fixed in memory test, and press Tab key, system will reset.(QT#133)
13.Add Patch to fix ATI 9200SE VGA card boot fail issue.(QT#103)
14.Fixed Audio DMI information error.
15.Change type 08 Ethernet connector number to 2.
16.Fix onboard Marvell 88E1111 LAN LED malfunction under Win2000(QT#72)

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BIOS version: 1001-008 Date:11/08/2004

Checksum: 8E00H

1. Fixed HT always fixed on 4X and change default HT speed from 4X to 5X for A03 chip
2. Patch MAXWELL Lan Card String (QT#40)
3. change VGAOC setting by table mode
4. Modify some setup item strings for PM's request.
5. change rule for MR spec, performance enhance item control VGA memory timing control.
6. update NV PXE 2.01.046
7. Update NVMM 4.70
8. S3 resume fail issue.
9. change GPI of NOS and EZ-plug for PCB 1.02 request
10.Modify CPU clock Item when Choose over DDR400MHz
11.only show 'nForce 4' string of Chipset Model on POST intead of detail information (QT#100)
12.Fixed Memory clock will be set to auto when AI-overclock profile select 'manual'
13.Update MR table for Vcore
14.Modify MR Table.D for DDR speed
15.modify DDR overclock of HT width & HT speed for Table.G
16.Support MR PCB version check by GPI
17.added 2 more items to control media review MB
18.added Nvidia 6800 GT GPU mem clock table
19.Update logo.(QT#165)
20.Change Halt on item default value to "All,but keyboard" to avoid QT#130 issue.

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BIOS version: 1001-007 Date:11/04/2004

Checksum: A800H

1. Fix AI-Booster issues (QT#75)
2. Refill Silicon 3114 SSID,SVID after resuming from S3 (QT#157 item 2)
3. Support CPR for new overclock method (QT#17)
4. Fix AI-NET2 ISSUE (QT#156)
5. Modify "DDR550 Up" string to "DDR600"
6. Update Silicon image ROM version to 5134 for H/W request.
7. Revise IDE Secondry Master RAID item name.(QT#135)
8. Update MR table.G of Vcore settings
9. Not Show USB Flash Type in Boot menu. (QT#13)
10.Modify SLI Item to Advanced Group for PM's request.
11.Modify Onboard Lan controller strings for PM's request.

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BIOS version: 1001-006 Date:11/03/2004

Checksum: DF00H

1. Add Item relation for Onboard Lan & Lan2 (QT#42)
2. Refill Silicon 3114 SSID,SVID after resuming from S3 (QT#157)
3. Update silicon 3114 image ROM version back to 5.1.2.9 for EE request.

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BIOS version: 1001-005 Date:11/02/2004

Checksum: 8800H

1. Fixed SATA CDROM connect on NV11 sata port can't boot issue.
2. Some items string translate into multi-language and fix some multi-language issues
3. Change Motherboard Manufacturer string to 'ASUSTeK' (Need to flash BIOS with /cd)
4. Modify CPU FSB to fit AI-Booster options
5. Update silicon 3114 image ROM version to 5.1.3.4
6. Fixed When set NV raid enable ,all IDE HDD won't be shown in Nvidia Raid utility
7. Change the H/W monitor Fan string to fit PCB printing
8. Downgrade LDT bus clock while CPU frequency is over 220MHz(MR only)
9. Support MR table D for memory frequency
10.Support K8 over DDR400MHz for MR use
11.Modify error message of SLI power detection
12.Modify AI-overclock string from 'disable' to 'disabled'
13.Use "F8" Key to enter Popup Menu instead of "ESC" key for channel project.
14.Fixed Password issue.
PS:Set full password with the same bit like "11111111" then enter BIOS and type the full incorrect password with the same bit like "444444444" will cause BIOS Setup still can be accessed.
15.Add support set Ai-Booster FSB setting that effect in real-time.
16.Fix some fan (lower than 3000RPM) will show wrong value when Q-fan Enable
17.Add DDR voltage control Item relate with Overclock Profile setting.
18.Update A8N-SLI DELUXE LOGO.
19.Fixed after install WIFI NI-488.2 test tool then system will always reboot

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BIOS version: 1001-004 Date:10/27/2004
Note: The DMI information is changed on this version of BIOS. Please use /cd command if your BIOS is below this version.

Checksum: 6E00H

1. Add SECONDARY SENSOR ADT7467 support
2. Fixed "Day of Month Alarm" cannot select "0" and add it's help string
3. Fixed CPU show wrong speed in SETUP when ratio setting 11.5x,10.5x...,4.5x
4. Fixed PCI Giga Lan cannot be assign IRQ
5. Add onboard device DMI information
6. Fixed coding error causes overclocking function fail.

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BIOS version: 1001-003 Date:10/26/2004

Checksum: 2A00H

1. Change Cool n Quiet disable string from 'Disable' to 'Disabled'
2. Adjust LDT buffer count for performance and fix floppy can't work on A3 chipset
3. fix TAB key function respond too slow
4. Support PEG-link-mode function of 2nd PCIE-card and memory timing adjust

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BIOS version: 1001-002 Date:10/22/2004
Note: Please do not flash BIOS with awdflash utility.

Checksum: 1A00H

1. Support Auto detect SLI/Normal mode by GPI
2. Add error message when in SLI mode , VGA power connecter fail
3. Change full screen logo for A8N-E SLI.
4. Add SETUP Item "nvidia SLI mode" selectable
5. Modify DDR voltage STEP from 2.6V to 3.0V
6. Support PEG link function
7. Fixed somtimes fail to detect SLI/Normal mode
8. Add IDE MO supported for boot.
9. Modify SATA HDD order in SETUP Menu
10.Patch BootBlock can't flash SST49LF004B
11.Fixed update MAC address fail by Awdflash tool
12.Support PCI modem card wake up from S5
13.Fix AMD K8 FID VID change to default value after resuming from S3
14.added ATI and Nvidia PCIE VGA cards overclock function combination
15.fix FSB wrong show 202MHz because of the inaccuracy
16.Initial Revision for support nVIDIA nTune Utility
17.Fixed IDE ZIP boot fail when emulate as HDD mode
18.Fixed NV RAID items Enable/disable relative fail
19.Fixed when without connecting Lan cable , POST will not show message
20.Fixed the EZ-plug function sometimes fail to work because the GPI status donesn't b
21.Support AI-booster of CPU multiplier , CPU voltage , DRAM voltage
22.Fixed POST hang on 8Bh after installing WinXP with Silicon 3114 RAID HDD
23.Support NVMM 4.69.
24.Support Ck804 LDT width selectable
25.Add define to do PCIE VGA reset by superIO GPO when detecting ATI series PCIE VGA f
26.Support Marvel88E8001 BootROM controller
27.Remove DDR DIMM rows information in 2nd page
28.Remove "Previous status" of AC power loss function
29.Fixed NV Lan can still wake up from S5 when BIOS PME setting is disabled
30.Support 2nd AI-NET function and fixed AI-NET2 function is too slow of Secondary LAN

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BIOS version: 1001-001 Date:09/27/2004
Note: Please do not flash BIOS with awdflash utility.

Checksum: 3600H

1. Bring up BIOS for A8N-E SLI 1001-001

 

[bdoubledee]

Originally posted by: squonk
Attention bdoubledee Did a newer PS solve your problem ?

YES!!! Thanks for all the halp. I gat an Antec TruePower 550 and it works great!

 

[vision33r]

Does anyone know if the A8N-SLI will work with a PCI Video card?

I have a:

A8N-SLI deluxe
350W Power supply


When I tried to boot, the green light on the mobo did light up and the CPU fan did start to spin but no video.. the keyboard lights also did not flash, I don't have speakers plugged in, probably should but I'm guessing it doesn't work with PCI video..

PCI-e video cards on the way from newegg..

 

[squonk]

OK heres my experience with switching 6600 GT's to SLI 6800 ultras last night. I followed these steps on both machines and all is up and running well and stable.

1) unchecked SLI in nvidia software applet and it made me reboot.
2) didnt let machine restart and turned off power to power supply
3) pulled battery to motherboard and set jumper to far right pins to reset bios
4) removed second card and switched daughter card on board to single gpu mode
5) put jumper back in correct bios position and inserted battery.
Machine rebooted to one card properly.
6) In device manager, right clicked on remaining video driver and chose uninstall wich prompts to remove all nvidia software and all nvidia profiles. Picked Yes
7) shut machine down
8) placed bios in reset mode no battery no power
9) removed 1st 6600 GT and popped in first 6800 ultra
10) Made Bios live, Booted up and canceled windows message for finding new hardware
11) loaded nvidia 66.93 drivers and said yes to replace existing files then rebooted and set up display settings and refresh on monitor.
12) Shutdown and placed bios in reset mode no battery or power
13) added second 6800 ultra and changed daughter card to dual gpu
14) Made bios live and booted to detect second card.
15) checked off SLI which makes ya reboot
16) logged in and up and running
17) Upgraded to 67.66 Beta drivers

Note1: This was probably a long way arround things but this is how im getting things to work
Note2: The PC Power and Cooling 510 Turbo deluxe SLI Power supplies have dedicated power lines to each card wich i plugged in as well as left the 12 volt on the board plugged in and that seems to be fine
Note3: The two Ultras in the first machine are Asus, the two in the second are EVGA
Note4: 3DMark05 pegged the 1st machine at 9611 and the second machine at 9599 on first pass with no overclocking. More benchmarking tonight!

(Per machine)
Lian-Li Warrior (Xoxide) Black Aluminum case, blue led lighting (6 fans= 120mm blow hole exhaust top, 2 front 80mm intake, 2 side 80mm intake, 1 rear 80mm exhaust, dual blue cold cathode lights, 2 front usb 2 ports)
Asus A8n SLI Deluxe motherboard
Audigy 2 ZS THX soundcard
2 gig OCZ Platnum Rev 2 low latency 2-2-2-5 DDR 400 ram
Athlon 64 bit Clawhammer processor (FX 55) @2600
2 Geforce 6800 Ultra PCI Express cards Asus 1st machine, EVGA second machine
2 Seagate Sata 2 160 gig hard drives
1 Maxtor Sata 2 250 gig hard drive 16mb Cache
Plextor 16x dvd burner with 4x double layer recording
Samsung 16x DVD ROM ripper
Pc Power and Cooling 510 Turbo deluxe SLI power supply
Gigabyte Rocket 3d Pro CPU fan heat sink
Arctic Silver 5

CPU idle 39C
load 49 C (3 Hours of grinding in EQ2)

Unbelievably SMOKIN and thats without any OC

 

[harvgill]

In case this hasn't already been posted: http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzEx

 

[davidos]

this board worked fine with my old Matrox 4mb PCI video card.... you may need to clear your CMOS jumper first to get it to work...

 

[user1234]

Aha !!!!

From 1003.008 change log : "4. Do one more time PCI_reset to fix fail to boot from bootblock after support DualGPU card "

 

[JMag]

vision33r: I have used a Ati 9200SE 128mb PCI card as a test and it worked fine.

BTW, has anyone had the chance ot use the 1003 Final and check to see if the Maxtor NCQ drives work with it?

 

[TaZZeR]

Originally posted by: JMag

Originally posted by: TaZZeR
I have to cut in, I dont know how many people are having problems with this board but it is a complete joke!!!

I'm on my third motherboard, and still cannot get power to the GFX cards, so a bios update is not an option as no display. Perhaps, one in 30 times I get power to a single GFX card or both, usually only a flash of the power LED and half a spin of the fans.

I believe there is a confirmed problem with these boards, and I dont think Asus anticipated the power drain on the 12V rail. I'm using a Enermax Noisetaker 600W, the problem I think is this baby has two 12V rails, one 18A the other 17A, which just is not enough.

see: SLi Asus power problem

I have been in contact with Scan.co.uk and they are apparently working with Asus to solve this issue, in most cases apparently a bios update resloves this as it slows the massive peak power demand on the PSU when the system starts.

I have emailed Asus and apparently they are working on the problem.....

I await a Tagan 480W PSU (single 12V 28A rail) to see if this sorts the problem....

Has anyone else experienced this problem, any one have a quick solution?? Please email, PM or post to help me, this has been going on for 2 months now and I tire of it....

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Asus SLi Deluxe
FX-55
2 XFX 6800GT's
74GB Raptor
Enermax 600W Noisetaker
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All in pieces..... still no working!

You have a freaking beefy load dude... wtf are you thinking about getting an 12v 18amp PSU?

My computer will BARELY maintain stability on an 18amp(12v) thermaltake that I have and I am using a winchester which draws way less power than your FX-55, plus I only have one 6800GT at the moment... (with my thermaltake my 12v line dips form 12.1 to 11.7 during game loads, but when I switched to a Zippy that has 30amps on the 12v line my 12v goes from 12.01 to 11.99 : all tested with a Multimeter)

One thing I would do in your circumstance is: unplug EVERYTHING you don't need.

Also, have you tried a PCI vid card? I keep a spare PCI vid card lying around just for that purpose...

And have you tried it with just one 6800GT installed and not two? Also, you could put a winchester in if you got one... That uses about half of the power an FX uses...

I got a Tagan 480W Single 12V 28A rail today, this has had no effect
I've installed the 1003 bios using a PCI card to get display, no effect
This board is costing me lodas of money and time atm
I've tried only one card, still nothing, just a flash of the power LED and the slightest spin of the heatsink fan.
Can resetting the CMOS have any effect for this kind of problem?
What is going on? I can't believe it, it's my second baord, same problem, in fact worse, I never get power to the PCI-E lanes, the last one perahaps one in 30 times for SLi and one in 3 times for single mode.

Any-one else getting this, I'm pestering Scan and Asus atm, not sure if I've got a faulty board.
There must be people here running similare setups, Scan reckoned on 180Watts on a single rail to get this system on at peak load......

 

[TaZZeR]

Originally posted by: squonk
OK heres my question. I have PC Power and Cooling SLI Power supplies with 2 video power cables for two video cards. The 6600 GT cards in each machine dont even have power connectors on them so obviously im using the 12 volt on the board for now. When the Ultra's arrive today does it makes sense i would use the 12 volt on the board as well as a dedicated line for each card into its power adapter, or just use the two dedicated lines and dont use the twelve volt in the board? Any ideas would be appreciated!

You have to use the Molex on the mobo or the red light will show and wont run, I have the 6800GT's and try to power them using the molex the the 6pin power.

 

[squonk]

Originally posted by: TaZZeR

Originally posted by: squonk
OK heres my question. I have PC Power and Cooling SLI Power supplies with 2 video power cables for two video cards. The 6600 GT cards in each machine dont even have power connectors on them so obviously im using the 12 volt on the board for now. When the Ultra's arrive today does it makes sense i would use the 12 volt on the board as well as a dedicated line for each card into its power adapter, or just use the two dedicated lines and dont use the twelve volt in the board? Any ideas would be appreciated!

You have to use the Molex on the mobo or the red light will show and wont run, I have the 6800GT's and try to power them using the molex the the 6pin power.

Thanks Tazzer my earlier post reveals which way i went last night cause there was no response but still most apreaciated info.

 

[byMaX]

Once again - you guys think that A8N-SLI boards will be able to hit 270 - 275 with 1:1, 1T (with good RAM and Winnie) with bios updates? Some of you must have more experience in this area... Tell me if it's worth to wait... ?

 

[ajmiles]

I would be surprised if ASUS didn't come up with something that meant speeds over 240mhz were possible with 1T Command Rate, but at the same time I doubt it is a sure fire thing. A few more of us need to contact them and make fully sure the BIOS Dev Team know it is the thing we want most... along with our maxtors.