Avoid that DFI P.O.S. It needs major BIOS work and DFI admitted it's even going to require a new hardware revision (at least one). It will give you nothing but problems in its current state.
Visit the DFI Street Forum and check out the thread about it. It has almost 3,000 replies (!)...
Antec CS600 is a great, roomy case which I recently bought at CompUSA for $40 (after MIR). It's the same build and design as their more expensive SOHO options (it just doesn't come with case fans); I highly recommend it. Take the money saved and buy a kick ass power supply to go along with it...
I have an Athlon XP 1800+ Tbred running with PC133 RAM on an MSI K7T Turbo2 motherboard which uses the VIA KT133A chipset. It's extremely speedy and it the most stable system I've ever worked on :)
Enermax :thumbsup:
AWESOME brand, reliable power supplies...and like was said above, you won't have to use adapters to make your cables reach everywhere you need them to :)
You should've avoided this motherboard until they get a new hardware revision out and they release a working BIOS. Right now you are just wasting your time and money. It's a P.O.S. in its current state.
Sure thing. You dont' have to buy them in pairs; it's just "recommended" to do so because they've been previously tested to work together without any problems. You likely won't encounter any issues when buying separate 1GB sticks.
Here's the part # of the 1GB stick: OCZ4001024ELPE...
How do you figure that the KT800Pro isn't prime for overclocking?! It's great. The first revision of the Asus A8V Deluxe did not have a working PCI/AGP lock, but that was a long time ago. They've got all the tools to get the job done now :thumbsup:
Yes, I own the Powerstream 520w and the cables are nowhere near the length of my Enermax power supplies. I found the OCZ cable length to be tight in an Antec CS600 (where the PSU is mounted, traditional-style, at the top of the case where it's nearest the ATX connector on the motherboard)...
I'm just warning you that you're fighting a losing battle. DFI is suggesting a hardware revision on top of everything else. Read that thread more carefully. It's not just a matter of wacky hardware configurations. The BIOS revisions suck and now (today) it's being reported that DFI is...
Wake up and smell the crap inside your case!
Get rid of that motherboard.
Go to the DFI Street forums if you insist on fighting with this awful product :thumbsdown:
The OCZ Powerstream 520w probably will not fit...it has a short cable length.
Enermax PSUs have server-length cables and they are what I'd recommend for use in a P180 :thumbsup:
Pick up the 2GB OCZ Platinum (1024x2mb) pair of PC-3200 which run at stock DDR-400 speeds of 2-3-2-5 1T. You can just loosen up the timings when overclocking. OCZ even provides room for overclocking in their warranty support (which is a lifetime guarantee, btw). They're a beautiful pair of...
Negative. That board has been plagued with issues its entire life. The quality control at MSI is hit or miss. You might have a board that works one week and is dead the next. Why bother when the Asus is an option? Besides, even if things were solid in the QC department, in terms of board...
Don't confuse the S939 nForce3 Lanparty with the (awesome) S754 variant. The DFI nForce3 S939 is an abomination, an embarassment. Return that stinker and get a real motherboard. Visit DFI Street Forums and witness the horror stories about this P.O.S. motherboard. It's a terrible product...
Asus A8V Deluxe :thumbsup:
The layout is spectacular and I love the passive cooling. The chipset is fast and stable. The company is terrific, and so is this product. The VIA KT800Pro chipset is just as fast as nForce3 because in some areas it beats Nvidia and others it trails only...
The DFI Lanparty nForce3 250gb is the best S754 motherboard, hands down. It's the best overclocker, extremely stable, and loaded with features. Don't even think of buying any other.
That's terribly false. I don't know what you've done to your system but I'm running an A8V Deluxe alongside an ATI X800Pro (at AGP8x) and loving every minute of it with zero stability problems. Don't mislead this guy :thumbsdown:
I would highly recommend the Asus A8V Deluxe :thumbsup...
No, I've found Asus Probe to be very inaccurate, but that's to be expected with a software monitor. Just for kicks you could also try others like Speedfan and Everest.
Yes, and I explained to him how to get around this problem yesterday by using that exact BIOS :roll:
uberowo: the method I described to you yesterday in the other thread works :thumbsup:
In the past week alone I've run into that exact screen on two separate Asus A8V Deluxe. I know exactly what you are seeing. Follow my steps and you will assuredly get past all that :thumbsup:
Exactly, Duvie. That's what I encountered on a couple of different A8V Deluxe models. The BIOS they shipped with was "whacked", as you say, and they didn't allow me to get into the BIOS or proceed with a regular flash procedure...the workaround I discovered? Use the built-in Asus Flash...
Here's what I did:
Leave all floppy disks out.
Boot the computer with the included Asus Motherboard Utility CD inserted.
Press ALT-F2 when your computer is starting up. This initiates ASUS Flash.
Asus Flash begins and will search for a floppy first, CD second. This is an automatic...
I would also be curious if those voltages were even stable. Asus has a bad reputation for making boards that produce undesirable voltage fluctuations, although I'm not sure about your particular model. It's just something to keep an eye out for.
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