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    Hard Drive Problem?

    I set up the system on a 4 year old 40GB IDE drive and the system ran flawlessly, and is still running after about 12 hours. So, he ordered a Seagate 7200.8 which will hopefully fix his problems. So does anyone know if there will be a fix from either nVidia or DFI addressing this issue any time...
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    DFI nf4u lanparty vs asus A8N-E

    I couldn't even get my A8N-SLI Deluxe past 230HTT without stability issues, while I could get the DFI SLI-DR up to 270 with the same components.
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    Hard Drive Problem?

    Yea, I know Maxtor is not liked too much. But, I've had more Maxtor hdd's than any other, and they've never gone bad. I've had WD's and Seagates go bad. I just have better luck with Maxtors. I'll try an old 40GB IDE drive this evening and tell you how it goes. If it works out, then I'll be...
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    Hard Drive Problem?

    Well, I actually tried what he did. I set the Maxtor drive as a single (JBOD) in the nVidia RAID utility and installed Windows from it. After installation I checked that option in the article, but the corruption is still there. For example, I try to install SP2 and as it's extracting it will...
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    Hard Drive Problem?

    To any one experiencing the same issues. http://www.amdgamer.com/read.php?rid=136&type=1 I'll have to try this out myself tonight, but the symptoms are identical.
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    Hard Drive Problem?

    Tried a full format and loaded the nForce 4 Storage and RAID drivers provided with the motherboard during the Windows install. After the installation, I turned off NCQ like you said Speedo and then went through installing things. Installed the Marvel drivers (so I could get the other latest...
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    Hard Drive Problem?

    Yea, I'm using the latest nForce drivers. How do I check the status of NCQ? I tried looking for that before b/c I considered that as being a possible cause this was the first drive I've installed as the boot drive that had NCQ, but I coudln't find the option anywhere, unless it was named...
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    SLI... how does it work?

    The video cards have to be the exact same. You can't use an MSI 6600GT and an XFX 6600GT. They have to be the exact same model and bios from the same manufacterer.
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    Best NF4 Ultra mobo for OCing?

    DFI nF4 Ultra-D
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    Hard Drive Problem?

    I've been messing with this system since Wednesday and still haven't found a solution. I've tried updating the bios, different motherboards, psu's, hard drives, cd-rom's, floppy's, ide cables, sata cables, processors, ram, and video cards. After some battles getting my current system running, I...
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    Hard Drive Problem?

    SATA
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    Hard Drive Problem?

    I built a comp for a friend earlier this week (specs below), and it seems to have a hard drive issue, but I am not sure since I've never had the problem, so I thought I'd ask here. The hard drive will format and Windows will install correctly, but after a couple of restarts the system acts as if...
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    DFI SLI Problems

    Well here's an update on my issue. After finding out that my OCZ Basic Series (256x2) DDR400 worked in my DFI SLI board, and my Kingston HyperX (512x2) DDR400 didn't, I assumed I was having RAM issues, or the board just didn't like the HyperX. So I orded some OCZ Gold Series VX (512x2) from...
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    Well, yes I fixed the problem. It ended up being that the source of my problems was actually the memory. The combination of upping the DRAM voltage and using different sticks of RAM fixed the problems I was having with both the A8N-SLI and the DFI SLI-DR.
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    Motherboard?

    Socket 754 or 939?
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    DFI SLI Problems

    How would you guys suggest I go about figuring out if it's the motherboard or processor that's causing my problems? Should I take it somewhere and have it tested (keep in mind, this is Wichita, KS, and there aren't too many qualified places to take it other than Best Buy whom I despise)? Should...
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    DFI SLI Problems

    bump
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    Which motherboard?

    DFI is a rock solid board.
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    DFI SLI Problems

    Well, finally made an improvement. Although, not entirely sure what I did, but it's finally posting and outputing to the monitor. However, it does not detect my IDE hdd but will detect my NEC DVD-RW if I go in and tell it to look for it. My WD Raptor is detected right off the bat, however the...
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    DFI SLI Problems

    Another weird detail is that when I have 1 stick of RAM it, it will get up to 4/5 lights then make long beeps at me. If I have 2 sticks in Dual Channel, then it does what I described above. Anyone else have any ideas, or is this a bad board?
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    DFI SLI Problems

    Well, wow, thanks. I read through the manual on everything and didn't see it say that anywhere. Although, when it powers up the diagnistic lights claim that it finds the ram which makes me think it may be something more than that. Either way, I'll have to try that tonight. Thanks a lot cbehnken.
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    DFI SLI Problems

    Should I RMA through DFI or ZipZoomFly? Which would be fastest?
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    DFI SLI Problems

    Well, recently I've been having troubles with my Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe with an unstable motherboard that restarts itself every 10 minutes when I try to play a game, and the secondary IDE channel doesn't work. So I contacted Asus and found that they wouldn't take my RMA due to the fact that I...
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    Well, I'm actually kind of aware of the issues with BIOS and things being plugged into the additional USB ports. My motherboard won't even POST when I have my jump drive plugged in. But yea, I assumed that's what he was saying and unfortunately it did nothing to fix the issue.
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    Worth a try, since I've tried almost everything else.
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    Well, Asus responded with the following, someone mind making sense of it for me and have any idea what USB has to do with the issue?
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    I have a Thermaltake 480W with 22A. According to Asus's site, that would be enough to run dual 6600GT's. Did you get your money back Dream? The only problem with RMA'ing it is the fact that I have replaced the chipset fan with a Zalman heatsink. It hasn't been overheating or anything, but they...
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    Yea, I'm using the same cables. I could make a temp solution, but I'm just trying to fix the secondary channel because it may be more than just the secondary IDE channel and it may cause more problems in the future. I could just get another SATA drive to replace the IDE HDD. Hopefully I can get...
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    Well I'm fairly certain it's not a problem with the specific drives because both of them will work when I plug them into Primary. My main HDD, which is a SATA drive, is fine. If I want to install something off CD, I have to unplug my storage drive and plug the DVD-RW into the primary IDE...
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    Well, this isn't a new system. I've had it up and running for months, and the drives have been working for months. It's just recently that the secondary IDE channel stopped working without me touching the jumper settings. I sent an e-mail to ASUS about it. I don't really want to RMA, since that...
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    It's not reconized by POST.
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    I already reset it to default settings through BIOS and removed the 2 new cards. I checked to make sure the secondary channel was on and was auto detecting and tried clearing CMOS. I tried reflashing BIOS through the Phoenix utility on ASUS's site to 1006 and then 1004. I uninstalled the...
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    Well I had already. I reset BIOS to default settings.
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    BUMP
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    A8N-SLI Secondary IDE Channel

    I recently installed a second video card and an Audigy 2 into my system. After doing so, it seems that nothing I plug into the secondary IDE channel will work. I tried removing the two cards but I still had the same problem. I have 1 IDE HDD and DVD-RW, the HDD on primary as a single drive and...
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    Tours of motherboard factories

    Awsome links sm, very interesting I must say.
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    A8N-SLI - Windows Installation on SATA

    Yea, I did the same 'ghetto' fix as well. Don't know why you get the error loading OS message neB. The only thing I did differently besides unplugging my IDE drive, was I used a slipstreamed SP2 XP CD. I followed this guide on configuring the BIOS and Installing XP...
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    A8N-SLI - Windows Installation on SATA

    Also, after installation, Windows will treat the Raptor HDD as a removable drive.
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    A8N-SLI - Windows Installation on SATA

    Sorry if this has already been posted, I tried to find it but couldn't find the problem I'm having. Any ways, I recieved my A8N-SLI Deluxe last night and spent the night installing it and it's up and running wonderfully. I have two hard drives, a basic 160GB IDE drive from WD, and a WD Raptor...