*** Official ASUS K8V/DELUXE (K8T800) Thread ***

[darktiger]

I had some problems with that MB, it turned out it was my memory. My ConsairXMS CL2 that I have OC over 220fsb, did not work. I tried my KingstonHyperX 4000 and my Micron PC3200 and my system is Rock Stable. I orginally thought it was my soundcard, or some PCI IRQ conflict, but check your memory. This MB is very picky about memory.......

 

[DarkMadMax]

- 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.

 

[fbrdphreak]

I hear you on the selling it part. I hated the first VIA board I had and this just brings it back. MSI all the way man.
One other part you might want to check is your memory. I've heard of people having limited success with PC-2700 RAM, but never PC-2100. This board is apparently picky w/MEM so I would pick up some PC-3200 or higher to try in there before you give up. Good luck

 

[Swimmer12]

Ok guys here is a funny one.... I have the K8t800 Asus motherboard.. and a maxtor sata hard drive... So far I have tired everything in my little bag of tricks to make this setup work... I have check the bios to make sure that the Sata is enabled... The bios doesnt detect the hard drive at all.... I have changed cables... i have used a different power source... Molex and Sata... I have installed windows and hit f6 loaded the drivers and still nothing... Any ideas??

 

[cmv]

I'm screwed!

Everything went well until the 3rd or 4th reboot for installing XP. I put the 120GB WD SE PATA drive on the 2nd onboard IDE channel (not Promise). Put the CD on the first channel. Booted up. Installed XP. Got the hot fixes. Went to v5.windowsupdate.yadda.yadda and got XP SP2 rc2. Then I come back from taking out the trash and the thing is on the BIOS recovery screen after the reboot. I left the Asus disc in the CD drive so it found the BIOS image. So it erased the BIOS and then tried to reload it and hung.

::edit:: removed some ranting and ravings...


TO GET BACK TO THE PROBLEM

I did the clear BIOS bit (with the battery out) and the first time it came back up but I powered down to try a different CD drive just in case. All the subsequent powerups have led to ZIP. Black screen, monitor in power saving mode, etc...

THIS BLOWS

 

[ConcreteRancor]

Hi everyone, this is my first post here.
I just bought a K8V SE Deluxe, and I'm having a lot of trouble with it, maybe because I'm trying to do stuff with it that most people don't try to do.
This is what I have for the rest of my system:

Athlon 64 3200+
2x512MB DDR
ATI Radeon X800 Pro
Thermaltake 480W PSU
4 Case Fans

Hard Drives:
20GB HD
30GB HD

Drives:
DVD-ROM
CD-RW
ZIP Drive
Floppy

Basically, I'm having trouble with the RAID drive setup. What I WANT to do is this:

Primary IDE --> Master: DVD-ROM Slave: CD-RW
Secondary IDE --> ZIP Drive
Third IDE (a.k.a. RAID slot) --> Master: 20GB HD Slave: 30GB HD

Is it possible to set this up in such a way that the two hard drives are recognized separately and not combined under a RAID array? They are not SATA drives, otherwise I'd try doing it that way. I want to keep the two drives separate because I want the 20GB one for the OS and system files, and the 30GB one for games. Also, the 30GB one is full of files that are backed up to it, and I REALLY don't want to lose those. Is this at all possible?

I tried setting this up without the 30GB HD, thinking I could add it later, but the Windows XP installation isn't detecting my HD. Can someone please help me? I've been working on this for two days straight and I haven't gotten anywhere. Ideally, at this point, I'd be looking for a complete checklist of things to do to get this to work, but any help at all would be welcome.

 

[cmv]

Is it possible to set this up in such a way that the two hard drives are recognized separately and not combined under a RAID array?

So the hard drives are connected to the PATA port of the Promise onboard RAID card? Someone wrote earlier that you can go in the BIOS and tell the Promise part that you want regular IDE, not RAID. So go into the BIOS and look for that option. If that fails, open the fine manual (if you want find that option, should be in manual).

 

[Marklo]

By virtue of hours of web surfing and fiddling I can answer some of my questions.

1. Memory - the manufacturers recommendation for this is 2.5-3-3-8. I'm running at 2.5-3-3-6 with ddr 333 set. Tried faster timings but xp won't start up. So I'll probably leave this alone unless I need to try to squeeze more speed out of the system.

2. Given up on ddr 400, but I've got the system running quite happily at 220Mhz FSB. I'm sure that it'll do 240, but again I'll leave it alone until I need more speed (or I get bored)

3. Figured out how to load the Promise controllers fron WinXP, downladed some benchmarks, so I may try this over the next few days. If i get a result I'll post it here.

Otherwise the rig (graphics card notwithstanding) is running well. Haven't had a crash since Tuesday & I've been deliberately trying to stress it.


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JeanTech Fusion case w 300w PSU
Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 Ghz 1Mb Cache
Asus K8V (can't get the SE or the Deluxe over here) 1.003 Bios
Twinmos DDR-DIMM PC3200 512MB DDR CL2.5 Memory 184-P x 2 (in bank 1 & 3)
Coolermaster KK8-7152A Fan
HP 300c DVD writer (on primary IDE set as CS - set as master in Bios)
Samsung DVD Rom (on primary IDE set as CS- set as Slave in Bios)
Samsung 120Gb U-ATA 133 PATA HD (on secondary IDE channel)
Geforce 2MX (cost me nothing so it'll do till the budget stretches to something modern)

 

[KeithMawhinney]

I am having exactly the same problem. Did you ever get this resolved. I have talked to some h/w bods who say that this is an IRQ problem and that I should use a jumper on the Sound Card to change the IRQ but I am not too sure about that.

Thanks in advance

 

[ConcreteRancor]

I tried that already. Went into the bios and set it to IDE use. During boot, the computer detects that the hard drives are there, but when I go to install Win XP, it says that it cannot find any storage drives.

 

[cmv]

Originally posted by: ConcreteRancor
I tried that already. Went into the bios and set it to IDE use. During boot, the computer detects that the hard drives are there, but when I go to install Win XP, it says that it cannot find any storage drives.

Does the XP installer have drivers for the Promise device built in? If not, you need them on a floppy (or maybe the Asus CD will work) and then you hit a key when booting up the installer that lets you load additional drivers.

 

[ConcreteRancor]

Hmm... well, yes, it has drivers, and yes, I downloaded them off of the support CD onto floppies. But nothing happens when I press F6 when Windows Install tells me to. Thing is, it says that I can load the drivers later on, saying that it cannot detect any large storage device, and if I would like to install drivers by pressing S.

Do I HAVE to do it by pressing F6?

I don't THINK the keyboard is broken on that key, but I'm considering using a different keyboard and seeing if it will work.

 

[Swimmer12]

No hit f6 once.... If you are using a microsoft keyboard make sure that stupid f-lock is turned on... it deactivated just as you need to press it... Once you hit f6 it will load a few drivers and the stop when it comes to RAID drivers... Choose the right driver for your install and keep going... I have done this like 15 times and I have never gotten it to work... If you do please let me know your bios settings and hard drive brand if it is a SATA drive..

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: ConcreteRancor
Hmm... well, yes, it has drivers, and yes, I downloaded them off of the support CD onto floppies. But nothing happens when I press F6 when Windows Install tells me to. Thing is, it says that I can load the drivers later on, saying that it cannot detect any large storage device, and if I would like to install drivers by pressing S.

Do I HAVE to do it by pressing F6?

I don't THINK the keyboard is broken on that key, but I'm considering using a different keyboard and seeing if it will work.

Here's what you have to do to get the XP Install to recognize your IDE controllers. Get on a computer and get the VIA and Promise drivers, either on the CD or DL them from Asus' site. In each of those directories is going to be a 'MakeDisc.exe' or something like that. Run it and make a floppy for each set of drivers. Make sure your BIOS recognizes the HDDs (as yours does) and first thing in the XP install, press F6. After loading some stuff, it will ask you for your drivers. Put in the first floppy (either one), press S and select the WinXP driver. It'll go back to the same screen, change floppies, press S, and select the other XP driver. Then continue and it SHOULD recognize your drives. Now, I set it up with an SATA drive and it WOULD NOT recognize it during install on the Promise controller, no matter what I tried. I even tried switching it to the Promise controller after XP was installed and Windows BSOD'd on boot, so I dunno what's up with that. So you may need to use the VIA controller if possible, I don't know if you can use PATA RAID on the VIA tho. But follow those instructions and you should be good.

 

[ConcreteRancor]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

That did it for me! It turns out that I was completely missing one of the drivers! I mean, I had it on the disk, but I didn't scroll down the list of drivers on the disk earlier, so I missed the ATA/ATAPI driver that I needed. That one did it for me! Thanks so much fbrdphreak!

And swimmer, my hard drive is not SATA, if it was I don't think I would have had nearly as much trouble, because there's no end of SATA documentation online. The trouble is finding regular IDE help. But basically, in the bios, I disabled the SATA Rom support, and set the RAID drive to regular IDE use. That seemed to work. So so far, everything's working out fine. XP is installing as I type this. I'll let you guys know if there's any more problems.

Thanks again!

 

[ZoNtO]

Good to hear, my install on the EPP is going up on Sunday!

/me crosses fingers

Anybody used Buffalo PC3200 with the CH-5 chips on this board? I have 2 512 sticks in slots 1 & 3 right now waiting to be installed. Did the make disk utility on my current PC for the VIA sata drivers and am going to have a Raptor and a Western Digital wd2500bb on the VIA SATA controller.

Any recommendations? PM me plz!

 

[cmv]

I sent my BIOS chip to Asus to get reflashed. They only charge $5 for S&H so it isn't all that bad a deal as long as UPS ground isn't a problem (otherwise, major $$$). I couldn't even try a hot flash because I only have ancient 440BX motherboards.

 

[Swimmer12]

Glad to hear that the IDE worked... ConcreteRancor!! I gave up and through the sata hard drive in the trash... well not really and went on and bought what I should have bought the first time... A western Digital hard drive... No problems this time... I am going to write a little letter to maxtor explain the situtation because this is crazy...

 

[timcheng00]

nvm i got to the bios screen

however, any quick tips on using an SATA drive as your only drive?

 

[fbrdphreak]

Here's what you have to do to get the XP Install to recognize your IDE controllers. Get on a computer and get the VIA and Promise drivers, either on the CD or DL them from Asus' site. In each of those directories is going to be a 'MakeDisc.exe' or something like that. Run it and make a floppy for each set of drivers. Make sure your BIOS recognizes the HDDs (as yours does) and first thing in the XP install, press F6. After loading some stuff, it will ask you for your drivers. Put in the first floppy (either one), press S and select the WinXP driver. It'll go back to the same screen, change floppies, press S, and select the other XP driver. Then continue and it SHOULD recognize your drives. Now, I set it up with an SATA drive and it WOULD NOT recognize it during install on the Promise controller, no matter what I tried. I even tried switching it to the Promise controller after XP was installed and Windows BSOD'd on boot, so I dunno what's up with that. So you may need to use the VIA controller

 

[timcheng00]

I only have 1 SATA drive as my only drive. how do make windows install recognize my drive? do i plug it into the SATA1 slot or the PRI_SATA?

and does this board support bootable usb keys?

 

[monkbit]

I've recently acquired 2 WD 36 gig raptors and I want to install them in a RAID 0 configuration. I got everything to work fine using the onboard promise controller, however the drive benchmarks weren't nearly as high as others have been getting with the same drives in a similar config.

I then tried to use the VIA RAID controller. Setting up the array and formatting in windows with an IDE hard drive went fine. I did this when I used the promise controller as well because I wanted to set a 16k allocation unit size.

The problem occured when trying to install windows xp pro. I pressed F6 and all that, but when the driver loading screen was done and it says setup is starting windows I get an error. It says if this is the first time restart and try again, etc. I do not know what caused this problem because it seems like the drives are bad, but they work fine with the promise controller.

I tried installing again with a different driver, but the same thing happened. Has anyone had similar problems with the VIA RAID controller. If so, how did you fix it?

 

[aphex]

Any comments on the onboard audio?

Im debating if i want to keep using the onboard sound or if i should install my M-Audio Revolution back in here....

 

[fbrdphreak]

The onboard audio sucks, so you if you have a decent PCI sound card you can install DEFINITELY DO IT. I had an MSI nForce2 board with the sweet Soundstorm APU on it b4 this board and that sound kicked ass over this crap. Definitely be hookin' up an Audigy ZS or somethin' when I get around to it

 

[ZoNtO]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
The onboard audio sucks, so you if you have a decent PCI sound card you can install DEFINITELY DO IT. I had an MSI nForce2 board with the sweet Soundstorm APU on it b4 this board and that sound kicked ass over this crap. Definitely be hookin' up an Audigy ZS or somethin' when I get around to it

I get huge frame rate drops as well using it. I have all the latest drivers and everything, a 6800GT and the EPP bundle, and I was struggling to keep a constant 40fps at 1024x768 with the onboard audio. Gonna test with an Audigy2