*** Official ASUS A7N8X/Deluxe (nForce2) Thread ***

[66FMC]

The only problem I've had with this board, is static.

I've only noticed it on my headphones and while I'm playing games.

 

[floccus]

Try going into the nForce tray options and muting both Line in and Mic. I know my friend had a few issues with that where his left speaker was showing a lot of noise which cured itself after he did that.

 

[Soulo]

Originally posted by: Soulo
I'm having some sound problems. The sound connectors on the back don't seem to be working. I've updated it to nforce 1.16, but it still doesn't seem to work. Has anyone had this problem?

Tried turning line in and etc off and some others, but still doesn't work. Does anyone know how to fix this?

 

[h0mi]

Soulo- Someone recommended to me that you should try turning off APIC setting in the bios... it's in the advanced bios settings.

I couldnt get windows 2000 to boot when I set that "off" but maybe you can have better luck than I have. I'm stuck now, and either I'm going to RMA the MB, or install a soundblaster card & just deal with the dead sound until I can build another box so I can RMA this one.

 

[66FMC]

Originally posted by: floccus
Try going into the nForce tray options and muting both Line in and Mic. I know my friend had a few issues with that where his left speaker was showing a lot of noise which cured itself after he did that.

No go.

I have now noticed it on my main speakers too.

 

[Tret]

I have a asus a7n8x non deluxe and i was wondering whats the highest Cpu does it support?

 

[66FMC]

Originally posted by: Tret
I have a asus a7n8x non deluxe and i was wondering whats the highest Cpu does it support?

It supports up to Athlon XP 3000+(333 MHZ FSB) with the 1002 bios.

 

[paulj2]

If you hooked up front panel audio connections you may have removed jumpers on FPAUDIO1. There are a pair of jumpers that should be in place there to connect the circuit. You should have connectors coming from the front panel audio that complete the circuit. Hope that's it.

 

[SUOrangeman]

I just stumbled across a problem with an A7N8X I bought for work. So, excuse me while I post first and read the rest of this thread later.

Components are:

Asus A7N8X Deluxe
AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (running at 133MHz DDR)
Three Kingston 512MB PC2700 DIMMs (running at 166MHz DDR)
Chaintech GeForce4 Ti4200 8X AGP card Blah, blah, blah ...

With RedHat 7.3 installed and finally configured for nForce2 devices (IDE, sound, USB2, dual NICs, etc.), I've noticed that the system locks up on occasion. The Scroll Lock & Caps Lock indicators flash simultaneously. I first noticed something strange when only two of the three DIMMS was recognized via BIOS.

I booted the system with my MemTest 3.0 CD and have let the test run through a few times. With just one stick in the system, MemTest reported no errors and RedHat runs fine. With two or three sticks installed, MemTest shows errors in the last 0.3MB of the address space (errors at 1535.7MB out of 1536MB installed; same thing with 1024MB in the system). I haven't finished testing all sticks individually, but with the various swapping I've done, no single stick seems to be problematic.

I've started scouring the 'net for clues, but I haven't found anything yet. I'll muck around with the memory settings to see if the asynchronous timing causes problems as well (133MHz CPU + 166MHz RAM). Maybe I'll let the system run entirely at 133MHz over the weekend.

I forgot to mention that I have two other systems that are nearly identical to the A7N8X system. I have the MSI K7N2-L motherboard (still nForce2 chipset) in these systems instead of the Asus. RedHat's been solid on these boxes, so I haven't had the need to run MemTest on them. 1.5GB RAM and fine.

Any insights?

-SUO, going back to read this thread now

 

[paulj2]

Did you clear the cmos on this board? That seems to help.

 

[Wiz]

Woot!!! This thread is just what I was looking for

I have been running an nforce1 system with my 2400+ Tbred and just got the A7N8X Deluxe.

I've got Win XP Pro installed and running very well, now I want to replace the old mobo with this new one -
so I will be going from an nforce1 to an nforce2.
Will I be able to swap it in and have Windows detect new hardware, tweak a few settings and be good to go???
(I know how optimistic that sounds, but it is my birthday so I feel I deserve a break today)

My current config:

2400+
512 megs PC2100 (one stick)
64 meg GF2 vid
Lite On dvd rom
Lite On CDRW
60 GB IDE drive
floppy
onboard 10/100 lan
realtek 10/100 lan
Leadtek Winfast TV2000 TV tuner
MS USB Keyboard
HP optical USB mouse
onboard audio

 

[FearoftheNight]

Ok 2 issues.
1. What is all this staticy noise that is coming out? I muted line in and mic and stuff. Got newest drivers from nvidia. Tried realtek's drivers and went back to nvidia becuz it didnt' fix anything. Anyone know a way to fix the sound problem?

2. With the logitech Z-640s I can't get the central channel to work. The only way I can get sound out of it is to push the Matrix button white takes the signal from the front left and right speakers and throws in it the center.

Also what is this business about coaxial digital out/decoder?

 

[floccus]

Will I be able to swap it in and have Windows detect new hardware, tweak a few settings and be good to go???

Wiz... this is what you want to read right here: Swap the mobo w/o re'installing windows...

You could probably just make the swap and reload the drivers, but this will be a safer method and will help eliminate any issues that might come up later due to old drivers still being present.

Also, if you change boards frequently, set up a partitioning scheme where Windows exists on a 5Gb partition with none of your data files such as office docs, mp3s, etc. I sucks to re-install programs again, but its still not that bad and you have a clean install again so you remove a bunch of junk anyway.,

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

I'm also having trouble getting my Center Channel Speaker to work. It only works when I plug the Center/Subwoofer cord into the Microphone port. Won't work on its normal port. And yes, I know how to set which port it uses.

I did have it working once but I can't figure out how I did it. After I went to a LAN and was using my headphones there then came back home and set it up for 6channel the problem came back.

Subwoofer and all other speakers work fine tho. On another forum someone said use "Nvswap" from Nvidia. Haven't tried that just yet though.


EDIT: You can hear muffled sound coming from the center speaker when it is using its normal port. So SOMETHING is coming out of it at least.

 

[Wiz]

The process could have gone a little more smoothly but I suppose anything worth doing is worth a little pain

I had some trouble with the USB devices - I have both USB mouse & keyboard and they didn't want to come up after the system started loading windows the power to the USB devices just went off :|

So I put in a PS2 mouse and finally got to device manager & scanned for new hardware - it found the USB stuff and all started working again.

This Asus A7N8X deluxe came without drivers or anything (a $79 refurb from Newegg ) so I didn't have the 3Com driver here, however Windows had a list of 3 com drivers and two of them had the word "integrated" in there so I just tried the first one and it worked!

Now my lan is internet connected again, and after a bit of burn in time I'll see about overclocking this baby

I didn't even have to break out my Win XP cd

 

[Laredo]

Skorpio....Just purchased the Asus a7N8x Deluxe MB, and will be setting up shortly. Looking at your advice on flashing bios, and was a little confused. On the Asus website they list the latest bios as 1002A.Zip. However when I download it I noticed the AWD extension on the end, unlike the usual BIN. Should I flash with the bios listed on your post (1002A.bin)? When booting from floppy do you hit Alt +F1 or ALT+F2?? Is that easier method than using Award flashing utility? How about flashing using live update from Asus website?

I have an Athlon XP1800 (normally 11.5 x 133 bus speed). I'd like to set it for 166 bus speed and run memory at same speed (hae OCZ performance 3200 Cas 2). I was a bit confused by the MB manual on advanced chipset features...Specifically cpu frequency multiple setting, and cpu frequency multiple....My cpu is not unlock or altered in any way. Is it possible to obtain a cpu multiplier lower than the 11.5 normally used? Thanks!!

 

[bjamm2]

My question is what is the best memory i can get for this mobo for under $100, i'd like a 512mb chip too, pc2700 or pc3200. here is my question in more detail but this is the jiff of it

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Hey im just started building my new box.

Right now these are the parts i've ordered

Antec 1000AMG case with 3 tri-lite fans (antec brand all around)

Antec 480 True Blue Power supply

Asus A7n8x Deluxe motherboard (nforce2 mobo)

Artic Silver 3 paste.

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Those are all of the parts ive ordered, all i have left to buy is the CPU and memory. Im trying to decide which is the best memory and the best price possible. Let me start of by saying the CPU im leaning towards is the 2500+ Barton 333fsb CPU. Right now i cant decide on which memory to match it up with. I dont want to pay more than $100 shipped (prefferably cheaper duh heh) I want at least one 512MB chip. Kingston, Crucial, Corsair, Mushkin are the preferred brands. Im leaning towards PC3200, but i can only find ones that cost around $150 because of the need for the DUAL DDR support(low latency) Is there going to be that much of a performance gain with DUAL DDR PC3200 over PC2700?

Im going to start out with 1 , 512mb chip, and add another 512mb chip later. I cant decide if i want the cheaper 512mb Pc2700 memory for around $70 shipped, because i cant see myself paying the $155 for the Low latency version of pc3200. I figure since the CPU is 333fsb and the 2700 is 333mhz that it would make a good combo, i dont plan to OC anything either (but might be an option later down the line.)

Any comments/ideas/lower prices? I used googlegear for my pricing. In other notes if i were to switch the CPU , the only two im considering are the AMD 2100 (or 2200) Tbred B's, or the barton 2500.

thanks
bjamm

 

[PUN]

I just got this board today from newegg and I must say this board is very impressive
I like the fact that I can lock the AGP at 66mhz and decrease memory timing if it can't keep up with FSB of CPU.
My 1600agoiga is running solid at 2000xp with retail hsf

 

[FearoftheNight]

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
I'm also having trouble getting my Center Channel Speaker to work. It only works when I plug the Center/Subwoofer cord into the Microphone port. Won't work on its normal port. And yes, I know how to set which port it uses.

I did have it working once but I can't figure out how I did it. After I went to a LAN and was using my headphones there then came back home and set it up for 6channel the problem came back.

Subwoofer and all other speakers work fine tho. On another forum someone said use "Nvswap" from Nvidia. Haven't tried that just yet though.


EDIT: You can hear muffled sound coming from the center speaker when it is using its normal port. So SOMETHING is coming out of it at least.

Hey arm chair I fixed my prob I think this may help you I learned it over at nforcershq. You have to goto nvidia and dl NVSWAP. And switch the center/subwoofer outputs. That is why ur center sounds muffled...its coming out of the sub. Hope it helps.

 

[Atrail]

This driver fixed all my in-game sound issues!

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?series=8&Software=True

 

[rudipooimf]

I'm having issues with this board and Windows XP Install. For some reason it's kicking back a systemdd.sys can't load error code 4. Won't install any OS right now.

System Spec:
Athlon XP2100
Kingston 2700DDR 512mb stick
TDK- 16x CDRW
Geforce 2mx 3d Prophet
30 gig 7200 rpm Maxtor
Leadtek Winfast 2000XP TV Cap Card

Any ideas would be a huge help. Thanks.
Paul

 

[SUOrangeman]

Since I have an XP 2100+ CPU in my system, I dropped the PC2700 memory down to 133MHz FSB and my MemTest errors went away. The same applies for my MSI-based nForce2 systems.

-SUO

 

[Hikari]

Hey all. I figured I'd just post my info on my A7N8X Deluxe...

Athlon XP 1800+ at 1992mhz (166x12)
512 Crucial 2100 cas3 at 2700cas2.5
180gb WD Special Edition
Samsung combo drive
Logitech 680 speakers
22" Iiyama Visionmaster Pro
Chaintech GF4 Ti 4600
1002 final bios

Some hints...

Turn off the error hold or whatever it is in the bios (halt on errors perhaps). The default setting will prohibit overclocking for some people. Also, the analog out quality is subpar according to a lot of people, but the digital is -good-. I use coaxial digital to my 680s and the sound is fantastic. I've personally never had any crackles and pops or any sound issues.

I flash my bios by either burning it to a cd and making the cd bootable or by copying to a floppy and doing the alt-f2 thingy at bootup, personally.

Nice board so far, once I get some PC 3200 (next week maybe) I'll see if I can do 200mhz bus. My memory is running rather extended as is currently, I'm lucky it runs at 166.

 

[PUN]

I received the $79 refurb from newegg and here is my spec
AMD 1600XP @ 2000XP with retail HSF
768mb (512mb Crucial PC2700 + 256mb Corsair XMS PC2400)
Running at 6-3-3-2 @160mhz
40Gig Maxtor 7200rpm
52x CDRW
16x Toshiba DVD
SB Audigy2 Platinum

 

[Laredo]

Rudipooimp,

I'm not familiar with that error message. Did you set bios settings at default/safe level? Overclocking or setting memory timings to aggressive settings when trying to install an operating system can definitely cause problems.