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    A8N-SLI or A8N-SLI Deluxe ?

    boy am I glad I got the deluxe version 1) The NV SATA controller is fuxed, using the SIL controller now 2) The NV GigaNIC uses MUCH more CPU then the Marvel NIC So you see I'd have a rig that was FUBAR without the extras because the main selling points of the NF4 are very very buggy, aka...
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    ASUS A8N-SLI DLX ram compatibility

    1GB Corsair XL here, 2 2 2 11 at 2.7 volts, stable as a rock! Simon
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    Windows Setup sees my RAID0 Stripe Array on Nvidia4 SATA as two drives?

    Be warned when using the NV controller, I ended up moving my stripe set to the Sil controller, the NV controller would just freak out the interrupts process in WinXP and eat all my CPU cycles. Simon
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    Mixing RAID and non Raid on A8N

    well I had my RAID on the NV controller and it's VERY unstable. I've moved my RAID to the SIl controller and finally I have a RAID that works. Ignore the SIL controller because it's on the PCI bus is stupid arguement, yes it's not as fast as the NV controller but we're talking margins that few...
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    Most Stable Nforce 4 Board?

    well I can recomend the Asus A8N as stable IF and only IF you do the following: 1) Don't use any RAID functions on the NV contrller 2) Don't bother with the NV Firewall, it's very buggy and uses a lot of CPU! It also has a weaknes in the older drivers (maybe in the new ones too) where you...
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    Some nVidia hardware firewall questions...

    there are NUMEROUS bugs in the firewall, I stopped using it, just gave up. NOTE it will also consume more CPU then the Win FW. Good luck, Simon
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    Nvidia hardware firewall

    The NV Firewall will access the CPU like every second and this is supposed to offload the CPU. My CPU got like spikes every second to about 15-20%, uninstall the Firewall and BINGO, no more spikes. Great offloading eh. Both the NV RAID and Firewall functions on this board are VERY bugged and...
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    New NF4 Standalone Drivers 6.53

    These drivers still have the bug in them where the the PC will become unresponsive when doing a lot of HD work with a RAID 0 setup on the NV controller. The interrupt process which is an invisible process under System Idle Process will hog the CPU totally at random. I really regret setting up a...
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    NF4 Asus A8N SLI Interrupts using RAID0, The interrupts hogs the CPU?

    OK I went back to the drivers that came with the Mobo and this problem is gone now.. HOWEVER the board will hang half the time when I use AVI Preview to preview my downloaded movies. Any one heard of this LOL? Simon
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    Has anyone tried this new RAM with the ASUS A8N-SLI

    works fine here.. Simon
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    NF4 Asus A8N SLI Interrupts using RAID0, The interrupts hogs the CPU?

    Greetings System Setup Please take a look at my sig. for rig details, note on the HD setup. The HD's are all connected to the nVidia controller. Port 1,2 and 3 are RAID 0 enabled, port 4 SATA. Port 1: Seagate 160GB NCQ Port 2: Seagate 160GB NCQ Port 3: Seagate 160GB "non NCQ" RAID 0 is...
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    Transfer RAID 0 Array from NForce4 to Silicon Image on A8N

    Hei.. I have similar issues with the nForce4 controller, the damn thing causes the "interrupts" process (under System Idle process) to hog the CPU when using the latest nforce 4 drivers, 6.39, the original drivers will cause the system to hang. There were some peeps saying that disabling...