*** Official ASUS M2N-E Thread ***

[imported_kiwik]

Get a soundcard asap, your ears will thank you for it.

 

[ping86]

Originally posted by: kaktus
I found two configuration that work fine: 1> 250x10 - 1,4v - ht x4 - ram at 667 that go 416mhz with 4-4-4-12 (i have to try 4-4-4-10)2t. 2: 260x10 - 1,45v - htx3 - ram at 667 that go 433mhz with 5-5-5-10. People says that with amd dual core is not more important if the ram go in sincrony. If i put them in sincrony with 313x8 (i no tryed that), they will run at 313mhz, but they are kingston 800... they born to go at 400... is no good to see them at 300.... The problem is the limitate voltage from the m2n-e, so I have to choose between quikly timings or quikly frequence.... I don't know what to do.. P.S. with the core at 2500mhz, i tried to put ram as 800, so they gone at 500mhz and the voltage was not sufficient to boot the system.

ur vdimm is 1.95v alr?if like that if u wan ur ram to run as ddr800 u need buy high performance ram that comfirm u can run is high freq. in little voltage. but i think is good enuf for u alr. cos the mobo is not high-end mobo for overcflocking.
can i know how much the AMD 3800+ in ur country? now my place only sell RM280 = USD$81

 

[kaktus]

[/quote]

ur vdimm is 1.95v alr?if like that if u wan ur ram to run as ddr800 u need buy high performance ram that comfirm u can run is high freq. in little voltage. but i think is good enuf for u alr. cos the mobo is not high-end mobo for overcflocking.
can i know how much the AMD 3800+ in ur country? now my place only sell RM280 = USD$81[/quote]

Ok, now i know, but before i don't thinked about.... Now my last -ok tested- configuration is 2650mhz with 1,475v. and ram works at 441mhz in 5-5-5-10. Temperature (with 2 hours of horthos), max 52cpu/30mb. Amd 3800x2, in Italy cost about 90/100euro, 3800+ 10 euro different. Bye!

 

[kaktus]

Today i've read the last list price .... 3800x2 -78euro, 4200x2 -98euro, 4600x2 -109euro

 

[Smartazz]

I think that I'm about done with this board. It has so many problems regarding stability, even when running at stock speeds. I'm going to reinstall the OS and see if that helps, if it's a motherboard problem for sure, then I'll probably get the E4300.

 

[ping86]

at my country only sell abt 59 euro. bye

 

[johnno]

I have had no problems at all, and am really pleased with this board.

I had my 3800 x2 @ 2.6 and it was totally stable. I've now got a 6000+ and this thing is flying.

For me I could not ask for more for the price.

 

[Stevez1]

Look I've been running this board 24 hrs around the clock for 6 months without a single problem using a 3800 X2 overclocked to 2.4 and it still can run at 2.6 but who wants to chance it running it 24hrs on Vista no less and running on XP for 3 months.

Some of you have no clue what you are doing with your memory settings given not every stick is equal. Second allow for a gradual burn in period raising the SB speed a little every few days leaving your computer on at least 10 hrs a day too. In fact the best burn in to the highest speeds might take a few months but you won't have to mess with memory setting nor raise the voltage much if at all. AMD doesn't have the time to burn in the chips for very long, they just test and separate the chips from the wafer batches. However they are very capable performers with a slow burn in using stock electrical settings.

Don't even try using the Asus overclocking software that comes with it as it causes all sorts of problems . Overclock from the bios only!! Make sure you have a quality power supply of 475-500 watts, more isn't needed with the ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro fan . Please, don't even try installing Windows 2000 will you? I'm running Vista without a hitch after running it with XP for the first 3 months and do fresh a fresh install of Vista not an upgrade!!

Calling this board crap because you can't push it to the moon nor have a clue what you're doing with the memory isn't fair to those who might consider buying this motherboard.

Another little hint, unscrew the plastic fan that comes on the AMD chip fan unit and mount it using MMM doublesided tape on the bottom of the case blowing toward the chipset/board area or in the case of my Antec case it's mounted higher up on the disk rail cage blowing toward the board. It actually lowers the motherboard temp a decent amount while being silent (I cut the speed in half using some volatage regulating splitting wires left from the old Zalman fans I used to use. The Artic Cooler fan runs silent and cool. Using 2 1G sticks of Crucial Memory making sure they gave me Micron chips and not their cheaper chips..

Hope I was some help.

 

[jiangxue]

mmm i'm a noob clocker and i've had this board for quite a while but just tried clocking it a few days ago....

after fiddling around with bios settings quite a bit I've managed to get my rig (as in my sig) stable at 2.6ghz.

***CPU-Z and Super Pi 1m calculation screenie***

However I'm not too sure bout things like the HT Link.... anyone can gimmi some tips what value it should be?

I can actually boot up to windows with my bus speed at 275 but super-pi will error midway..... and sometimes it won't boot up at all. ha!

Any way I can clock this further?

Oh yeah, this was done with Corsair Valuerams...... haven't had the cash to invest in the better rams yet.....

Any tips to enhance the clocking will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance! =)

 

[blueMachine]

I just built a new PC with this board. I'm having some trouble getting the video to work. Here's what I have:

- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz Socket AM2 Processor
- POWERCOLOR X1550 512MBDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card
- KINGSTON 2GB DDR2 PC5300 Dual Channel Kit

When I start up the machine, everything seems to be working fine, fans spin, DVD drive opens/closes. Then I hear 1 long beep and 3 short beeps, when I googled that, it's a video problem, which is obvious in my case. I tried removing the video card, I still heard the same beep pattern (I really hope I don't have a bad mobo). I'm a newbie and completely clueless right now. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[johnno]

Originally posted by: jiangxue
mmm i'm a noob clocker and i've had this board for quite a while but just tried clocking it a few days ago....

after fiddling around with bios settings quite a bit I've managed to get my rig (as in my sig) stable at 2.6ghz.

***CPU-Z and Super Pi 1m calculation screenie***

However I'm not too sure bout things like the HT Link.... anyone can gimmi some tips what value it should be?

I can actually boot up to windows with my bus speed at 275 but super-pi will error midway..... and sometimes it won't boot up at all. ha!

Any way I can clock this further?

Oh yeah, this was done with Corsair Valuerams...... haven't had the cash to invest in the better rams yet.....

Any tips to enhance the clocking will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance! =)

That's a great overclock

Use Google to find lots of answers about overclocking. And try Orthos stress test for checking stability.
http://sp2004.fre3.com/beta/beta2.htm

 

[johnno]

Originally posted by: blueMachine
I just built a new PC with this board. I'm having some trouble getting the video to work. Here's what I have:

- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz Socket AM2 Processor
- POWERCOLOR X1550 512MBDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card
- KINGSTON 2GB DDR2 PC5300 Dual Channel Kit

When I start up the machine, everything seems to be working fine, fans spin, DVD drive opens/closes. Then I hear 1 long beep and 3 short beeps, when I googled that, it's a video problem, which is obvious in my case. I tried removing the video card, I still heard the same beep pattern (I really hope I don't have a bad mobo). I'm a newbie and completely clueless right now. Any help would be appreciated.

Could be a power supply problem problem, is there power to the vid card?

 

[blueMachine]

The video card connects to the PCI express x16 slot and no other wires are attached to it from the mobo. When it's attached to the slot, the fan on the card spins so it's getting power from the mobo. The 3 short beeps remain regardless of whether the card is in or not.

 

[jhpope]

Originally posted by: blueMachine
The video card connects to the PCI express x16 slot and no other wires are attached to it from the mobo. When it's attached to the slot, the fan on the card spins so it's getting power from the mobo. The 3 short beeps remain regardless of whether the card is in or not.

there should be a power hookup on the back of the card. i have a powercolor x1950pro. it is a 2x2 pin hookup

edit: oops i just looked at that card on ebay and i guess it doesn't need an extra power hookup. try the other pci slot maybe? or might be a video card problem. your computer prob won't boot w/o a card cause there's no onboard video.

 

[blueMachine]

Originally posted by: jhpope

Originally posted by: blueMachine
The video card connects to the PCI express x16 slot and no other wires are attached to it from the mobo. When it's attached to the slot, the fan on the card spins so it's getting power from the mobo. The 3 short beeps remain regardless of whether the card is in or not.

there should be a power hookup on the back of the card. i have a powercolor x1950pro. it is a 2x2 pin hookup

edit: oops i just looked at that card on ebay and i guess it doesn't need an extra power hookup. try the other pci slot maybe? or might be a video card problem. your computer prob won't boot w/o a card cause there's no onboard video.

the video card requires the 16x PCI slot, which is the only blue one on board. my computer boots w/o the card...there's just not video signal whether it's in it or not.

 

[jhpope]

do you have another video card you can test? is your card new or do you know it works already

 

[blueMachine]

i tested it with another video card and it worked! so it was the video card.

now i just need to figure out how to connect to the internet on my Vista machine. i used to be able to connect to the internet by plugging the Ethernet cable into my Dell...now it doesn't work. i'm using ATT Yahoo DSL with a Belkin wireless router. i've tried unplugging the modem and letting windows "repair" it.

 

[johnno]

have you re installed the mobo drivers? Vista worked ok for me once i did.

 

[DavidDel]

I have just recently purchased the M2N-E with A2M 3800+ ( after seeing this thread, unfortunately).
Now, much to my dismay, my 2 gigs DDR2 Kingston RAM 667 is not being utilized to it s fullest extent. I ran some NLE software on two computers, an intel 3.0 D and this system and it renders almost 1.5X slower on the AMD system. All my other benchmark tests are high, it is just the memory that is low and makes me want to throw the thing out the window. What can I do?
I just finished flashing the Bios to the newest version, didn't help and in some respects, my memory benchmarks are lower. Any fixes for this?

My Frequency according to CPU-Z is 200.9 - I tried to overclock it a little and my CPU ran too hot and my memory benchmark went down. What the heck can I do?!?!

 

[spankmachine]

Hello guyz,

It seems there is enough knowledge about the current board in these forums so i will quite straightforward.

I owe an M2N-E with a sempron 2800+ (don't laugh please). I am between buying a 6000+ (widsor) or 3600+ (bristbane 65nm). It is obvious that i want to overclock the 3600+ to around 2.7 - 2.8 ghz, if i choose it. So i ask thee the following:

1) How much FSB increasement can M2N-E take? I am planing around 285-295. Is it possible? 3600+ multiplier is 9,5

2) I have flashed bios revision 802 and i noticed the following: I cannot change the CPU multiplier (decrease it of course) and more than that, the CPU multiplier option is missing from the bios menu. I can see the option in the motherboard's manual but there is no such option at JumperFree Configuration. I have tried going back to 701,601,501,203 and still no such option.

Any help will be most appreciated.

 

[DasFox]

WOW so this board seems to suck?

Well what's a better AM2 NON-SLI mobo for gaming then?

THANKS

 

[johnno]

Originally posted by: DasFox
WOW so this board seems to suck?

Well what's a better AM2 NON-SLI mobo for gaming then?

THANKS

Only for a few.

It's great for many.

 

[geokilla]

Help guys! I updated my BIOS from 0103 to 0802 using the awdflash. But now, I can't boot into Windows!! I tried updating the BIOS again to 0802 a few times but the same thing happens. During the flashing process, at the end, it said "No Update" to the final section of the BIOS update. It did say Flashing complete, and press F1 to restart. I did this while following all directions that were given in the manual.

I'm currently formatting Windows right now. If that still doesn't work, is my motherboard dead? If it is, then I'm in BIG trouble.

Edit: Never mind, problem solved.

 

[geokilla]

Does anyone know how AMD Live works? Should I enable AMD Live, and is it good for normal everyday use, F@H, and gaming? If it's good, where I can I find the AMD driver for this. Thanks.

 

[Xerox]

the new BIOS ist 802... what about VDIMM in this one?

i'm using crucial ballistix pc2-5300 cas3 and i could overclock them up to 600MHz CAS5 with VDIMM 2,3 but i'm trapped!