*** Official ASUS P4C800/Deluxe (875P) Thread ***

[DaveR]

I may have discovered something! I set the Promise to IDE and nonraid. It sees the 2 SATA drives and the PATA 250GB. I booted MaxBlast from a Floppy they let you create and partitioned the 250GB drive OK. When I reboot and set my RAID stuff to work, the PATA is NOT seen!

I wonder if this config has to use the RAID 0 on the ICH5R?

 

[rosamond]

I apologize if this question is answered elsewhere in this thread...but it IS 140 pages long and I might have missed one or two.

I was wondering, in the BIOS, what should the Performance setting be at? It is in AUTO by default, but should I switch it to TURBO? What is this doing anyway?

Also, I turned off Spread Spectrum, as it seems the most common advice. But again - why? What does this setting do and why should it be disabled?

Thanks for a great thread on this great board!

 

[thecollectivewi]

I just put together my new pc using the P4C800-E Deluxe. I have a Radeon 9500pro video card and its only coming up at 0x AGP and I cant seem to figure out how to get this setup for 4x or 8x AGP.

Am I doing something wrong here? Any suggestions.

 

[DaveR]

One item I have not seen discussed in a while is the BIOS of the P4C800E-Deluxe. Mine came with 1014 and I am using the Promise RAID0.

I may try the ICH5R but wonder if I sould leave the BIOS alone or go to 1016?
I ask as I am OC'ing to 275MHZ now and have seen some say that when they went from 1014 to 1016 it did not OC as well.

So, should I leave well enough alone?

TIA

 

[DaveR]

Wow, a week with no posts. Computer, I switched my RAID0 from Promise to ICH5R and it does test a little faster. Will post numbers but it does not seem as though anyone cares any more!

 

[Piper1]

I'm running a P4/3.2EGHz 800M 478P/1MB (Prescott) on my P4C800-E DELUXE with 512 of DDR400. The chip is only running at 2.8Ghz (locked 14x multiplier - 200MHz memory = 2800MHz). I'm running 1014 BOIS and see there is a 1016 BIOS that appears to state it resolves the issue with locked CPU's not running at the stated speed. Anyone have further info on this? Will the 1016 actually fix my issue? This is my first Pentium in years as I'm switching from my old AMD XP so the new P4s and their motherboards are still new to me.

 

[DaveR]

You may want to check the forums on abxzone. They seem to have an active ASUS group in the Intel Chipset MOBO group.

Originally posted by: Piper1
I'm running a P4/3.2EGHz 800M 478P/1MB (Prescott) on my P4C800-E DELUXE with 512 of DDR400. The chip is only running at 2.8Ghz (locked 14x multiplier - 200MHz memory = 2800MHz). I'm running 1014 BOIS and see there is a 1016 BIOS that appears to state it resolves the issue with locked CPU's not running at the stated speed. Anyone have further info on this? Will the 1016 actually fix my issue? This is my first Pentium in years as I'm switching from my old AMD XP so the new P4s and their motherboards are still new to me.

 

[Nuker43]

I have a serious problem

My voltage settings are not right. Everything but my +3.3v is running lower than 2.8v and this is causing my computer to restart when it has some serious loads.

What is causing this? My power supply? Or is it a setting in bios? Should i turn some voltage settings down? up? help this is bugging me and no one is helping me from other boards!

 

[Kuznetsov]

Originally posted by: Nuker43
I have a serious problem

My voltage settings are not right. Everything but my +3.3v is running lower than 2.8v and this is causing my computer to restart when it has some serious loads.

What is causing this? My power supply? Or is it a setting in bios? Should i turn some voltage settings down? up? help this is bugging me and no one is helping me from other boards!

Well have u tried using another power supply?
Of course when your 3.3 is at 2.8 you gonna reboot.
What brand PSU u using?
No theres no setting in bios that does that.

 

[Willian]

I have just updated my BIOS to version 1016, Im not hearing my post beeps when I boot up. I looked all through the bios and I made all my correct settings. Is this normal?

 

[computer]

Originally posted by: Willian
I have just updated my BIOS to version 1016, Im not hearing my post beeps when I boot up. I looked all through the bios and I made all my correct settings. Is this normal?

This mobo only beeps when USB devices are connected. (If it beeps when NONE are connected, something is wrong).

 

[Willian]

Originally posted by: computer

Originally posted by: Willian
I have just updated my BIOS to version 1016, Im not hearing my post beeps when I boot up. I looked all through the bios and I made all my correct settings. Is this normal?

This mobo only beeps when USB devices are connected. (If it beeps when NONE are connected, something is wrong).

I have a USB cordless Logitech MX 700 mouse and a cordless USB Logitech Wingman gamepad thats all, No post beeps at all.

 

[computer]

Well if they work I wouldn't worry about it if there are no errors on the POST screen. I haven't tried 1016 yet, it may be different with respect to beeps than the other versions. It MIGHT only beep for Legacy USB devices.

 

[Willian]

Originally posted by: computer
Well if they work I wouldn't worry about it if there are no errors on the POST screen. I haven't tried 1016 yet, it may be different with respect to beeps than the other versions. It MIGHT only beep for Legacy USB devices.

Actually everything is running great. No errors on my post screen

 

[computer]

Originally posted by: Willian

Originally posted by: computer
Well if they work I wouldn't worry about it if there are no errors on the POST screen. I haven't tried 1016 yet, it may be different with respect to beeps than the other versions. It MIGHT only beep for Legacy USB devices.

Actually everything is running great. No errors on my post screen

Well that's all that matters. Could be the new BIOS version is like that.

 

[jhites]

I believe that starting with BIOS 1014A the USB beeps were muted.

Originally posted by: Willian
I have just updated my BIOS to version 1016, Im not hearing my post beeps when I boot up. I looked all through the bios and I made all my correct settings. Is this normal?

 

[Willian]

Originally posted by: jhites
I believe that starting with BIOS 1014A the USB beeps were muted.

Originally posted by: Willian
I have just updated my BIOS to version 1016, Im not hearing my post beeps when I boot up. I looked all through the bios and I made all my correct settings. Is this normal?

TY jhites & computer :beer:

 

[jrs1]

:disgust:

I have just been informed by Asus tech support that the P4C800-E Deluxe cannot support 4 SATA drives. What I am told is you cannot have two RAID controllers working on that board at the same time, i.e. either the Intel or the Promise. That means only 2 SATA drives, both on either, but not both, of the chips....whether they are configured as RAID or regular drives....apparently, I am told, SerialATA requires RAID support.

I believe that you can still support 4-IDE drives on the Intel and 2 on the Promise, along with 2-Sata.

Tech said that the documentation is wrong and this is fact. Brings me to question why Asus ships 4 SATA cables and 4 Sata power plugs.

Can anyone confirm or refute these statements by Asus tech? I will also post this to the P4C800 string.

Thanks.....JOHN

 

[jrs1]

Problem fixed...maybe not solved, but fixed....

Something was wrong with the Promise controller/bios. It was not working. I had re-flashed with updated 1016 bios and nothing changed. After much back & forth (you can imaging) and RMA activity, on a lark, I decided to re-flash. Don't know if it was significant, but, with the WinFlash, I flashed of the internet....which gets the code straight from Taiwan (I think).

On booting, the Promise controller scanned for devices, which it had stopped doing. Iwas able to set on a SATA drive up as a single array RAID. I then switched the Promise controller from RAID to IDE (and had to change drivers for RAID controller in Device mgr) and was able to bring drive up as IDE. I suspect that adding an add'l "IDE" SATA will add easily. Not sure what would have happenned on adding an additional RAID.

The Asus tech support does not all agree on direction for SATA on these chips. As I said earlier, some say you cannot have SATA on both chips. Others say you can have up to 2 on each(=4). I am pretty sure, from my most current experience, that you can have 4 non-RAID. I suspect that the tech support guys may have tried to have two separate RAIDs...maybe this does not work....anyway, I appear, for now, to be fixed.

Thanks for help......JOHN

 

[computer]

Yeah, I was about to say after your first post that I think you can have 4 SATA drives set as Non-RAID, but I don't know about 4 setup as a RAID array. So, you're saying that tech support was wrong, are you running 4x RAID now? I don't know if that is good idea unless it's 2 separate RAID arrays since the performance of the controllers is quite different. (Promise being MUCH faster at buffered read and buffered write).

 

[jrs1]

NO....4x nonRAID....however the tech said this could not be done also....his reason was that the SerialATA support was essentially "RAID"....and you could not have two on this board. Apparently he was wrong on the "RAID" support for SATA....I was able to support 2x Intel nonRAID and 1x Promise RAID.....not sure he was wrong about supporting 2x Intel RAID & 2x Promise RAID.

John

 

[computer]

So, you have 4 SATA drives hooked up now, and they are two separate RAID arrays?

 

[jrs1]

4 SATA....ALL non-RAID......

I did, however, at one interim stage, have 2 non-Raid on the Intel, and 1 RAID (Stripe) on the Promise....I know...one RAID, kinda like the sound of one hand clapping....but it allowed me to do it. I suspect I could have easily had 2 SATA Raid on the Promise, possibly even the 4 (2 Sata, 2 IDE) 0+1 config as described in the manual. I do not know, as I did not try it, if I could have had one Raid array on the Intel and a separate one on the Promise.

JOHN

 

[dmc3106]

Asus P4C800-E Deluxe and Mushkin 4000 Memory Errors!?!?

I received errors on "DIMM0" with 1GB Mushkin 4000 Dual Channel Memory.

RMA'd the memory for a brand new set of the exact same stuff. ....STILL getting errors on one of the DIMM's.

Any ideas on what could be happening here??

I have used the Windows Memory Diagnostic and MEMTEST86 to test.

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
http://www.memtest86.com/

Thanks for any insight!!

 

[computer]

Originally posted by: dmc3106
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe and Mushkin 4000 Memory Errors!?!?

I received errors on "DIMM0" with 1GB Mushkin 4000 Dual Channel Memory.

RMA'd the memory for a brand new set of the exact same stuff. ....STILL getting errors on one of the DIMM's.

Any ideas on what could be happening here??

I have used the Windows Memory Diagnostic and MEMTEST86 to test.

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
http://www.memtest86.com/

Thanks for any insight!!

Did you think to change any BIOS settings before RMA'ing it?