- I tried Antec 300 W PSE , powmax 580 W - it doesnt even goes past asus logo with 300 W and with 580W it does not start fans most of the time(when it does it boots though , but stabilty is unnaceptable) - Of course by this time I had nothing except video card (even tried my 6 years old S3 Trio) , PSU , keyboard and mobo assembly in setup. I have Crucial 2100 256 MB CL 2.5 Stick and another no name 512 Mb PC 2100 Cl 2.5 (tried in any combination in all slots) .
Thing is on this mobo nothign ever works - even when it boots integrated device (USB ,LTP,COm,ethernet and such) appear and dissapear. Mouse connected to USB port is laggy .Ethernet shuts randomly off. Video becomes corrupted -etc etc etc. - All sign of completley f@cked up system. -
At one point I almost believed both of my PSUs are screwed up .But after giving up I installed my old mobo -and everything works fine (like it did 3 for years ago) -no freezes ,no crashes , no bugs, no nothing - rock stable same PSU ,same memory , same video ,same peripherals. And Epox KHA+ + AMd 1800Xp Palomino core should consume about as much as Asus K8V SE Deluxe + AMD64 newcastle.
Well I think I wasted already too much time on this piece of sh!t and enough is enough - I dont even know if I want RMA it ( asus tech after regualr "check psu , unplug drives, PCI cards, etc" started blabling about "EMI interference" BS ). - with my luck I can have exactly same buggy board again. -And I dont care if does not accept my memory ,my PSUs ,EMI or the hair on my ass . - Its buggy with perfectly allrgiht components (which proved to be reliable on a few different setups)
I got my old baby in ( epox kha+ 1800XP palomino core-ohh god now I love my rock stable 3 year old setup) and thinking about selling this piece of crap and buy Epox 8KDA3+ instead.