Calling all asus k8V deluxe owners...some questions for you

[EmoshBZ]

My current specs....


Shine Horner 340 watt PSU
AMD 64 3200+
asus k8V deluxe (bios 1003) (onboard sound)
1 gig Infineon pc3200 ram
BB ATI 9800 pro 128 megs
1 Eide WD SE 80 gig (800 JB)
liteon 52 x 24 x 52 cdrw
asustek 50 speed cd-rom
Windows 2000 sp4

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Anyone have a similar setup?

For those of you with pc3200 ram what are your voltage settings? did you change it in bios? why?


I AM NOT OVERCLOCKING my video card or cpu but yet I can't run my system in turbo mode under JUMPER FREE CONFIG settings in bios. I have to set it to "auto" or my system won't boot into windows.

I was just curious, if I should raise my vcore to 1.6 so that it could improve my performance? Or leave it at default settings (currently doing now)?

 

[mechBgon]

If I remember correctly, I'm running my Corsair XMS 3200C2 at 2.7 volts, non-Turbo mode, with an Antec TruePower430 riding on an APC BackUPS Pro 1000VA line-interactive UPS. My worst gripe at this point is that the stupid USB controller keeps forgetting that my memory-card reader is hooked up, about once every 18 hours or so.

Plus the box art just makes me cringe 😕

I've never heard of your brand of power supply, which automatically makes me wonder if it's any good, and particularly with a pretty powerful video card in your system. If you find yourself with an extra $50-$75 then a new high-quality-brand power supply might be worth the investment 🙂

 

[Markfw]

I have tried with PC3500, and that does not work either, even when I re-set spped to stock. I didn;t worry about it, just set it to 218 HTT and go !

 

[EmoshBZ]

Maybe its my mind playing tricks on me because this is my first partial home built system (had to take it to a puter shop for help once) and due to budget problems I had to keep my old 340 watt psu for the upgrade🙁

I swear that while playing Vietcong (game) I saw some white broken lines in a few places. Not common but I am sure I seen it twice.


I have a viewsonic p95f+ monitor set to 1024 x 768 at 85hz refresh. I play my games at 1024 x 768 with 85 hz refresh rate as well. I assume that my monitor refresh rate and resolution must match my gaming refresh and resolution? Using the latest Omega drivers btw. MY 9800pro is set to optimal performance.

I am just concerned about my PSU handling this new setup thats all. How could one tell an inadequte psu when using a 9800pro and playing games?


Currently, I am still trying to tweak my system for games and so forth.

 

[KristopherKubicki]

This board is just plain unreliable. I have many good things to say about ASUS boards, but this is not one of them. I had horrible problems getting non-overclocked PC3200 512MB sticks to work. What is worse is the problem with some capacitor that restarts the hard drive during boot up. That made me very nervous! I RMA'ed that board pretty quickly.

Kristopher

 

[stranger707]

Nah, this board is not unreliable. But you do have to tweak the memory settings to get any operating system, especially Win XP to run. I had a myriad of problems getting Win XP to install on my rig, until I changed the memory settings in the BIOS from "by speed' to a manual setting. Just tweak your memory settings in the BIOS until you are able to get things running. Remember, you are on the bleeding edge with this CPU.

 

[EmoshBZ]

I read that people who had hdd restarts should hook the hdd to the secondary ide port instead. It worked for many.

 

[Doggiedog]

No problems with my K8V Deluxe except that IE for some reason takes about a minute to load while other programs load up right away.

Strange.