Asus A8N SLi Bootup Post Message isAAnnoying.. how do you disable it?

[Melchior]

Well, I set up a new rig today:

Asus A8N SLI deluxe
A64 3000+
1 gig Corsair VS
74 gb Raptor
eVGA 6600GT
MGE Quatum Case

Anyway, everything is peachy except:

When booting, the annoying message that "Post has succeeded, now booting from HD" keeps coming up. This delays overall boot time and is extremely annoying. How do I disable it?

When installing Windows, I created a 5 gb Partition first, then another Partition for the rest of my drive. I intended Windows and Core system stuff to be in the 5 mb, but Windows did not let me choose and instead installed onto the other Partition, which turned out to be Extended Partition and a E: Drive. I don't care really if it doesn't make a difference in performance, but does it make a difference in boot and any speed differences?

Anyway to get rid of my 5gb C:/? Just make it all E:/ or something.

Finally. I'm goign to start benching and then Overclocking. Just out of curiousity, what happens when you go past the CPU/memory limit and the system hangs and you reboot? Does it post back to the previous working frequencies? Noob @ overclocking

Overall, this is working out OK. I had trouble installing Windows, but it turns out that the stick of Kingston VR was either incompatible or something, since it works fine in another rig.

Btw. the case ROCKS. I mean, IMO, it is the best looking most professional, sleek, non-tacking non flashy (but still lights up nice and black/blue!) case ever made. A bit expensive though.

 

[vidguru83]

You disable it in the BIOS menu, just look around there and you will see an option to disable the voice. As for the overclocking issue, just to make sure go back into bios and set it to AUTO. BIOS version 1004 is the best for OC. And the partition question, i would say you would have to delete that 5GB partition once you insert the OS CD, and hit any key. But that would just waste that 5gigs. So, i would say to start all over from scratch and just make it all on one partition. (Next time use like 12gigs for the operating system)

 

[Melchior]

Why 12 gigs? That seems like a bit much dont you think?
Yea I think I will start over..

Btw, this Raptor is the loudest HD I've ever had. Is it supposed to be this loud? Its like a low frequency grinding.

Does anyone know if having boot on extended Partition affects anything at all?

 

[vidguru83]

well i was being a little on the safe side, but with XP usually with 8-10 gigs, that should be plenty.
As far as the loudness of the hard drive, it definately becomes the less noticeable once the chipset fan comes on. I'm used to the noise now, so eh.

 

[SkyBum]

The Raptor is definitely louder than most but I have a hunch that certain HD cages are resonating with the the drive noise and making it even louder (such as my Tt Tsunami). This could explain why people have such varied opinions on the noise level of the Raptors.

 

[Melchior]

Ok, guys what about the Partition? Don't really want to bother if it makes no performance differnece.

Interestingly, all the websites say that you cannot boot from anythign but your primary partition, but my Windows XP is definately on my Extended Partition... wonder whats going on.

 

[vidguru83]

well your primary partition is going to be the extended partition since XP is on there(wherever the OS is installed thats your primary). There is no real performance gain, it mostly because people like to reinstall just the OS partition if something goes wrong leave. I have heard it supposed to make the the games load faster since its not taking up the OS side resources. I'm not to sure on it though.

 

[Melchior]

I think I will ignore it for now, and reinstall if problems arise.

Ok, last question. How do I safely flash the BIOS to 1004, (its better than 1006?) preferably from within windows.

 

[vidguru83]

if you have a floppy drive (external or internal) download that BIOS and put the .BIN file into the floppy disk. Then restart the computer and hit Alt+F2. and the AwardBIOS flash utility should start flashing the 1004.Bin file

cant tell you about the windows flashing, haven't tried it, and i wouldn't trust it with my board.