Recent content by Akele

Yes, I wasn't exactly happy to find that Scan had sent a pre-used board. I've ordered plenty of PC components from Scan in the past and have never been sent preused goods. I probably should have just returned the MB straight away when I saw that it wasn't new; however, I had all the components...

Well... if my motherboard wasn't broken before it is now. In a rather unfortunate turn of events I have inadvertently destroyed several of the pins in the CPU socket. Here's the sad story of how my motherboard met its demise: I contacted Scan, the retailer of my motherboard, about the problem...

Hi TY-1 No, when I bought the motherboard I bought it at full price as new. Here's the link I used: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-sabertooth-z87-intel-z87-s-1150-ddr3-sata-iii-sata-raid-pcie-30-(x16)-dport-hdmi-atx I've checked the packing slip and the invoice and there's nothing on...

Hi John Thanks for your suggestion. I've checked the BIOs and iGPU Multi-Monitor is set as disabled by default. Also, the PCIx16 Link speed it auto by default. I tried setting it to Gen3, but this stopped the motherboard from recognising the graphics card. I've posted the issue over at...

Thanks for the suggestion TY-1. I've contacted Asus tech support via their site and I've posted a thread on their forums. One thing that make me suspicious the board may well be faulty (aside from the fact it's not working properly) is that it appears to have been a customer return. When I...

Hi all I thought I'd post this here just in case anyone has experienced the same problem / has any suggestions. I'm probably going to return the board, but just in case I'm missing something obvious I though I'd run this by you all. Anyway... my Asus Sabertooth Z87 motherboard only...

After much tweaking of my tCL, tRCD, tRAS, tRP, ect settings I've come to the conclusion that my DFI LanParty SLI-DR Expert board doesn't much like my 512x4 OCZ EL PC-3500 Gold GX memory. While my ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe was able to run the memory at 2-2-2-6 (2T) the DFI board has a fit if I try to...

Thanks for the replies. You're right Regulator07; I've had a look at the board and it seems that to take the heat pipe off the board would require taking it off the nf4 chipset and the mofsets. I don't think it'll be particularly easy getting a heatsink to fit on the mofsets so I think I'll just...

Oh, if anyone could recommend a board to replace my Asus A8N-SLI Premium I'd be most greatful. I'm considering the Asus A8N-SLI Delux or the Abit AN8 SLi Fatal1ty. Any other suggestions? I went for the Premium over the Delux as I'd read that the fan was noisy on the Delux and it was a poor...

Sorry if this has been mentioned before but I thought I'd better warn people of a serious design issue with this board. When the A8N Premium board is orientation in a way other than standard the AI Coolpipe does not work at all. This results in the nforce4 chipset becoming blisteringly hot. :Q...

I can't offer you any personal experience of the OCZ ram but I think it's the stuff I'm going to plump for as well. I'm looking for the absolutely ideal (well, as ideal as possible) setup for my new AMD x2 4400+, Asus A8N-SLi Premium and BFG GeForce 7800GTX. I was planning to stick with my...

Dabs.com (UK) had some of the 4400+ processors in stock on Friday and one in stock today. The only reason I know they had one in stock today is because I bought it. :) The 4400+ seem almost impossible to get hold of in the UK at the moment.