I purchased this motherboard to revamp an HTPC I built a while back. I want to use the integrated video, rather than adding a video card to it for heat dissapation and noise reasons.
System specs:
Antec Aria case, 300 W PSU
A8N-VM CSM
AMD A64 3500+
2x512 MB of Patriot 2.5CL RAM
1 Maxtor SATA HD
1 Pioneer DVD Burner
Using onboard sound, video, and LAN
However, when I run the video output at 1280x768 to match a widescreen LCD TV, I get all sorts of artifacting and tearing. If the screen is static, with nothing moving or changing, it looks okay, but as soon as I open a window with any kind of action taking place (like a download dialog), the screen goes nuts.
This happens whether I use VGA or D-DVI connections. It seems to work fine on lower resolutions, but 1280x768 gives it fits. After doing some research, I've disabled Cool and Quiet in the BIOS, but the problem still occurs. I've also upgraded to the latest BIOS, but this hasn't helped either. I used the drivers provided on the disk and the latest from nVidia, neither seems to have an effect on this.
Any suggestions? I have a gig of memory in the machine, so there should be plenty for the graphics subsystem. For now, I've put an old 6800GT in there and it works fine, but I'm concerned about the heat and noise.
I also seem to be having a power up problem. My machine will only boot every other power on push. If I push the power button, the PSU starts up, the case lights up, but no video output and no HDD activity. Power off, then push the power on again, everything works fine. This is regardless of whether or not C&C is on or not.
I really want this board to work for me, I'm a big fan of both Asus and nVidia, but I really don't want to have to put a video card in this box and I certainly don't need this power up issue.
System specs:
Antec Aria case, 300 W PSU
A8N-VM CSM
AMD A64 3500+
2x512 MB of Patriot 2.5CL RAM
1 Maxtor SATA HD
1 Pioneer DVD Burner
Using onboard sound, video, and LAN
However, when I run the video output at 1280x768 to match a widescreen LCD TV, I get all sorts of artifacting and tearing. If the screen is static, with nothing moving or changing, it looks okay, but as soon as I open a window with any kind of action taking place (like a download dialog), the screen goes nuts.
This happens whether I use VGA or D-DVI connections. It seems to work fine on lower resolutions, but 1280x768 gives it fits. After doing some research, I've disabled Cool and Quiet in the BIOS, but the problem still occurs. I've also upgraded to the latest BIOS, but this hasn't helped either. I used the drivers provided on the disk and the latest from nVidia, neither seems to have an effect on this.
Any suggestions? I have a gig of memory in the machine, so there should be plenty for the graphics subsystem. For now, I've put an old 6800GT in there and it works fine, but I'm concerned about the heat and noise.
I also seem to be having a power up problem. My machine will only boot every other power on push. If I push the power button, the PSU starts up, the case lights up, but no video output and no HDD activity. Power off, then push the power on again, everything works fine. This is regardless of whether or not C&C is on or not.
I really want this board to work for me, I'm a big fan of both Asus and nVidia, but I really don't want to have to put a video card in this box and I certainly don't need this power up issue.
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