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    Are NF4 and Diamondmax 10 incompatible?

    The A8N-SLI has probs with bios 1011 and diamondmax 10. maxtor confirmed this. go to lower bios. last i used was 1008 and it was fine.
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    A8N-SLI Deluxe BIOS 1012-001

    there is a problem with 1011 and diamondmax 10. as soon as i updated i have had loads of probs with it. luckily it was only my backup drive so my main stuff still runs.
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    Dual Rail vs Single Rail for Nforce 4 - My Results

    Just a quick post to let you all know my results. I have a A8N-SLI board running a 6800GT, an AMD 64 3200, 2x512mb OCZ PC4400, 2 optical drives, 1 floppy, 2 raptors, and one Maxtor diamond max 10. I originally had the Antec Neopower 480 and was having no luck on a decent overclock. I...
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    *** Official ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (nForce4) Thread ***

    I think you are right. There is a problem with the 1004.01 bios in relation to the HTT multiplier. I ran at 1:1 memory CPU multi x 10 and HTT x4 and could not oc over 232mhz. However on earlier bios versions I could get up to 240 @ 1T. Aibooster and bios says x 4 but I think its actually x5...
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    Which memory do I go with for my system?

    ermm no its not. memory bandwith is much more important for most apps especially gaming. If you have a system running at HTT260 x 10 with memory at 220, a system at 260 x10 1:1 is much faster. There is the problem that you cant go over 250mhz at 1T at the moment but hopefully it gets fixed by a...
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    what psu for a8n-sli deluxe is everyone using?

    OK, lets sort this argument out once and for all. I have a Neopower 480 and a mildly overclocked A8N-SLI. It wont go over 2350mhz Prime stable. Now most people say its the PSU's fault. I must say that I do get some problems on a cold start which points to the PSU. The Neopower is...
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    Which memory do I go with for my system?

    Go for the 3200 CPU. As for memory the OCZ PC4400 Gold or Corsiar PC4400. These will guarantee you memory clocks of 275mhz but they do go further. If you dont plan on overclocking go for OCZ PC3200 Platinum Revison 2 or Corsail PC3200XL as these have tighter timings low down.
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    New official bios release for A8N-SLI

    If you up the volts in bios and dont use AIbooster you can actually get higher volts than before. Before the max I could get was 1.52 but at the moment I am using 1.58. However if I make a adjustment in AIbooster to any settings it shifs the voltage back down. So do your overclocks in bios only.
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    Hi, Need some help. Just got my new ram OCZ PC4400 Gold. Tested each stick at 240mhz 1T and both are fine. When I try dual channel I get errors at lower speeds. Am I right in thinking that its not a ram issue as the both test fine on their own. If so any ideas? Or is it the Mobo or CPU (wonky...
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    A8N-SLI Deluxe: many defective boards identified

    Well I agree with you too. I have asked a few times to know what exactly is powered by each rail and it seems that its only the CPU on one of the neopowers rails - the 15amp one. I am not sure if this is correct and from what ASUS and Antec were saying this also supplies the mobo as well as the...
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    A8N-SLI Nvidia raid vs silicon image raid

    Sounds good to stick with nvidia then. But I also heard that the unapproved nvidia drivers for this caused problems with stability. I didnt think i needed them as it says nvidia 'ide drivers' but I am sure I saw somewhere that you needed these for the nvidia raid.
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    A8N-SLI Nvidia raid vs silicon image raid

    Do you really need raid 1. I have a 3rd sata drive that I use to backup my raid array. i do this once a week. But the thing is, I like to overclock, and if i get a corrupt file on the hard disk through overclocking, raid 1 will just duplicate the error across both drives and would be pointless...
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    A8N-SLI Nvidia raid vs silicon image raid

    Mine are on Nvidia raid and work fine, I might swap them as there may be stability issues. To get the nvidia raid to work you have to enable raid in Nvraid in the bios. then set up your raid array. then when you set up xp have a floppy with the drivers on it.
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    Power supply makers big SLI scam

    I had a photo I took on my pc but found a link to the website. look at last page http://www.antec.com/pdf/manuals/Neopower_EN_Manual.pdf So are we all sure the 15amp rail only powers the CPU?
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    Power supply makers big SLI scam

    How can it only power the CPU? Does that mean a seperate circuit just for the CPU power. If so then why would you need 15amps for the CPU only??? How do you attach a pic???
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    Power supply makers big SLI scam

    The neopower is different then. Can we attach photos as I can show you a picture of the relevant page in the manual.
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    A8N-SLI Nvidia raid vs silicon image raid

    Does anyone have any experince of using both of these RAID devices? I have 2 x 74gb Raptors that I use in RAID 0 and a Diamond Max 10 for backup and was wondering which one is better to use bearing in mind that I plan to overclock my system. I have heard reports that the Nvidia Raid drivers...
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    Power supply makers big SLI scam

    If you look in your manual the 4 pin aux connector that goes into the mobo near the CPU is on one rail rated as 12v x 15amps. Everything else runs off the 12v x 18amp rail which includes the ATX connector and all the molexs etc. What people are saying is that the 18amp rail is not enough for...
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    A8N-SLI Deluxe: many defective boards identified

    Why would you need more that 20 amps on that rail though? Has anybody calculated how much power is needed by all the components that are powered by each rail? What we need is to know exactly what each rail powers for definite on the A8N-SLI and then to work out what the power consumption is...
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    A8N-SLI Deluxe: many defective boards identified

    I have spoken to ASUS and Antec support and they both say my PSU (Neopower 480) will be fine. They seem to think that if anything its a mobo issue and I may need to RMA. ASUS said to wait a bit for a new final bios as my problems only really occur when trying to O/C. What they were saying is...
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    A8N-SLI Deluxe: many defective boards identified

    Is the 100% true. I have a Antec Neopower with 1x18a and 1x15a 12v rail. If so maybe thats is why I have the occasional lock up an trouble o/cing my system. If that is the case who is at fault here ASUS or Antec. Nobody states that a dual rail is not sufficient and Antec even comes with...
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    OK I tried 3-3-3-10, 3-4-4-10, 3-3-3-11, 3-4-4-11 all at 1T and 2T and at voltages from 2.7v to 2.85v. All failed memtest and all seemed to fail at the same place when at 40% complete. My RAM is no good for O/Cing above 200mhz. Is there any way I could get these changed under warranty...
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    Well I used this PSU with my XP 2100+ and that was running at about 2250mhz. I had the A7N8X old revision board so my mem would only do 188mhz. So I think you are probably right about the CPU being at fault in combination with my crap ram. I did try 2T 2.5-3-3-10 as mentioned before but I may...
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    I tried that also but it gave the same results. I prefer to stick to this for now until final versions are released. Plus I saw those extra settings and havent a clue what to do with them. But I did try my memory at 2T 2.5-3-3-10 at 2.85 volts and it still would not clock over 200mhz.
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    Its just that when I used the DDR333 divider and upped the FSB in bios it would not go above 220. Now if it is always runnig at 6:5 no matter what FSB then the memory should have been running under 200mhz which my ram can handle fine. So why wasnt it allowing this? For some reason it doesnt like...
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    OK the SLI connector card made no difference to overclocking but after lots of testing I got an OK overclock but some really strange results. All tests were with memtest 86, changing settings in bios 1002, htt x3, DRR 2.7v, CPU 1.6373v (1.5v actual): 1) Mem DDR400, CPU x8 - 200FSB passed -...
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    Mine is A3 too and HTT is at x3. Had some more info to give you but just had another look in my case and noticed that the SLI card is installed as Dual. It came out the box like this. I saw someone else posted this but said it didnt make a difference. I am gonna switch it to single and try to...
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    One stange thing. At stock Auto settings my mobo runs at HTT x4 and CPU at 2010Mhz. Even if I set FSB manually to 200 it still says 201 in windows. Is that normal?
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    Cool and quiet disabled. Neopower 11.712, 4.95, 3.248. I am thinking that it may be the mobo. I have an older PSU but its only 360 volts. I may try that to be sure. How would you know if the mobo was faulty? I suppose I would need another mobo to check my ram and CPU which I dont have to hand.
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    I am using the stock heatsink. I read that you could still overclock on these as the winchesters run cooler. In Asus probe it says my mobo runs at 41 and CPU 37 idle. At load mobo 41 CPU 45. This is at 1.4v vcore. When my vcore was 1.52 it was 46 and 47.
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    GuitatDaddy or anyone for that matter please help. I have read all the posts and cant seem to overclock my board at all above 2150. My specs: A8N-SLI (of course) AMD 64 3200+ Corsair Twinx-512 3200LL Gigabyte 6600GT Antec Neopower 480 2 x 74gb Raptors 1 x 160gb Diamond max 10...