*** Official ASUS K8V/DELUXE (K8T800) Thread ***

[XRdirtHead]

I didnt have any luck with Corsair DDRAM 1GB TWINX1024-3200LLPT COR RT but I did get up and running using one stick of Crucial 512mb pc3200. I ran the Corsair through Memtest 86 for 10 hours on another computer so I'm guessing the board just didn't like the memory. I'm not sure what to do now but I did get it from newegg. If I spend another 70 bucks I could get the Corsair thats rated for the FX 51 chip.....

 

[Viper96720]

Only problem is bios doesn't tell you what the memory timings are when it's auto using spd. Would be easier to know what to increase. If the system isn't stable. Got so much memory settings to play around with.
overclockers forum
This posts were helpful in kind of finding out how to adjust the memory.

 

[XRdirtHead]

Viper,
Thanks for the link.
This computer build has me diving deeper than ever before into computer hardware. I'm really looking forward to eventually getting it up and running the way I want. I'm not sure what memory would really be "best" with this motherboard. I'm thinkin the Corsair for the FX chip.
I was just going to use one sata drive but after loggin so many hours with this build I'm going to use a couple of Raptors in Raid 0. I have one sata 160gb drive I'd like to use to put data on that won't be part of the Raid.
I know I'll have questions on the striping and cluster size but I'll hold off for now unless someone wants to drop their 2 cents. I'll be gaming and doing some work with home vidoes on this build.

 

[Snark42]

will this RAM work well? I plan on starting out with only one stick...

512MB OCZ EL DDR PC-3500 Enhanced Latency Series
($192.03 CND, $142.10 USD)

I wanna run it at 2-2-2-6 timings. Will it do this at 400MHz???

 

[Viper96720]

I think that might they were using winbond bh-5's for those. Which are good at running low latency.

 

[XRdirtHead]

Thanks Viper for that memory link. It really shed some light on what my problems were. The auto detection of the system memory in bios wasn't setting up my Corsair to run properly. I wonder why this board would be having such trouble when I've never had a problem with memory detection in the past with other Asus motherboards. I guess I could start playing with those settings or up the voltage and see what happens.
Thanks again,
ED

 

[Snark42]

Originally posted by: Viper96720
I think that might they were using winbond bh-5's for those. Which are good at running low latency.

Winbond bh-5's? Can someone go into further detail about this and also, maybe comment on the RAM I posted ("512MB OCZ EL DDR PC-3500 Enhanced Latency Series")

thanx for any help

 

[XRdirtHead]

Snark,
Read this and it will explain your memory questions. It also will mention the memory you requested information on.
I'd try and explain it to you but I'm a noob too....

I'm also kind of confused on if I'm better off with pc4000 with higher latency or the pc3200 ECC. I'm guessing if you crank up the pc3200 your going to have to slow down the latency and end up with about the same latency as the pc4000 would be coming with.

Maybe Viper you can let me know what your thoughts are .....thanks

 

[Viper96720]

BH-5 is the Winbond memory chips that most who have them are able to run low latencies with. It's used on the Mushkin Black PC-3500 level 2.
Found out that OCZ ram is probably using Winbond CH-5 if their the one rated 2-3-3-7. Then you probably won't be able to use 2-2-2-6. Memory I got has CH-5 best I could do was 2-3-2-6. If I try 2-2-2-6 computer doesn't boot even with the voltage at 2.8v. Left it at 2-3-3-7 since was no difference with 2-3-2-6 to me.

This board doesn't have a 1/7 divider either I think like that Aopen one. Since at 234Mhz a 1/7 divider kicks in to run the PCI/AGP in spec. I tried running fsb at 237 used 5:3 memory divider so memory was under 400Mhz and 8.5 Multiplier so CPU wasn't overclocked. Computer boots up then a screen about the video cards bios comes up.

 

[Maskatron]

Having the same problem that EglsFly had a few weeks back. No video display, even though board turns on.

I purchased a pre-tested Athlon 64 combo from Monarch Computer Systems. Asus K8V Deluxe, Athlon 64 3200+, 1 gb Corsair TwinX1024-3200llpt DDR ram. The power supply is a SPI/Casedge 400W.

That fact that EglsFly was not able to solve the problem is not encouraging. Waiting to hear what Monarch says.

 

[Viper96720]

Did you try reseating the video card? Take it out and push it back in.

 

[Maskatron]

I tried that and also another vid card. Multiple monitors as well.

 

[XRdirtHead]

maskatron,
I was using that same memory and had some trouble. Did you happen to try upping the voltage to the memory or slow it down some...

 

[Maskatron]

No, I haven't tried that. Didn't think to since everything was pre-tested supposedly. I'll give that a try.

 

[LeeC]

I had quite a few video problems when I used the asus, I had one of the bad boards, It took me a week to find out asus had a recall. I got one of the first bad boards, and it was my first build, so it took longer. Went to msi k8, I have built 2 more systems with the same MB, and I can tell you I won't look back. Not a single problem, and I love the msi live update. It is painless for noobs.

 

[Viper96720]

Try using 2-3-3-7 or 2-3-2-6.
CAS-TRCD-TRP-TRAS leave rest on auto.

 

[joesmo]

thanks viper for the info on the mushkin memory ,it seemed to do the trick for my second install (first os install took 2 days).the problem i was having it was not seeing my via striped set or lost it on reboots.also was getting bsod on install(1).also after first install finally took ,made a big mistake of going turbo in the bios hence the second install(turbo crashed one drive of striped set.anyway the mushkin memory adjustment worked great. :beer: mushkin was lvl 1 pc3500 1gb

 

[Viper96720]

Mine won't even run if I set it turbo have to use standard setting.

 

[neokenzo]

Originally posted by: RX8Owner
I think that I just solved my booting problems. It appears that the CPU has been overheating, and the system is automatically shutting down to prevent damage.

This might also interest anyone who is trying to mount the Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu fan to the CPU.

Remove the black bracket that surrounds the CPU socket. Use the long screws that came with the black bracket, attach the fan to the mb tightening only enough to prevent the fan from moving up and down or tilting. The attachments that come with the fan don't allow the fan to get close enough to the processor to do a good job of anything.

I was trying to install my Zalman fan but I couldnt remove the backplate. So does it work without the nipples attachment it came with? How stable is it? Since the Zalman fan is heavier, wouldnt it jeapordise the board?

 

[neokenzo]

Man I'm sure glad I found this site. I have spend the last 4 hours trying to get my mobo to work. I tried everything and nothing seems to make it work. Here is my system:

Asus K8V Deluxe
Athlon 64 3200
1Gb kit EL DDR PC-3200 Platinum Limited Edition - OCZ
2 x 160GB Seagate SATA 7200rpm 8MB
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Creative Audigy 2 ZS
NEC 2500 DVDR
Thermatake Purepower 480W
Zalman CNPS7000A Alcu

My first problem is that I couldnt fit the Zalman because the backplate of the motherboard is stuck to it. I tried using the nipples that came with the fan and the fan kept moving around. So I took it off and used the fan that came with the cpu. I saw somebody in the thread installed the fan without the nipples and without the blackbox. Just used the long screws that came with the black box. Is this stable enough? Since the fan is heavy, would this actually damage the board?

Then I put in the memory in slot 1 and 2. Slot in my graphics card. Connect all the connectors apart from the 4 pin 12V (I just found out 5 minutes ago that I needed to do this) and the system wont post. I assume that once I do this, everything should be okay?

Also, I read that there was some problems with SATA. I'm quite the novice so I'm not sure what does that mean. Basically, is there anything I should know beforehand?

Also, any suggestions and advice are welcome.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Woodie]

You'll need the SATA drivers on a floppy in order to install XP. (press F6 during setup, to point it to the SATA drivers on the floppy.)

 

[Motorway]

Hello to everyone, this is my first post here. I have a problem with my system I built. Specs are....
Asus k8v
3200+
ati 9800 pro
1Gb pc3200 Ocz ram enhanced latency twin sticks of 512mb
2-seagate 120 GB serial ata drives in raid 0
Xp home with sp1
bios version 1005
420 watt power supply

The ram is set to auto and is in the 1 and 2 slots. This is the problem....I loaded xp everything was fine...I set bios from normal to standard..went fine..set to turbo mode and just as soon as the via raid bios came up I recieved an error that my array was broke and was unable to boot back into windows. I had to reformat and repair the array.....Then I decided to leave it at standard and try moving the fsb up along with cpu voltages and mem voltages leaving the clock multi. alone, when I got it to 215mhz windows would not boot and said I had a system/config file corruption.. Why would overclocking cause my array to crash? I even tried running one harddrive and no array with no help. Does anybody have any ideas. Memory compatibility?Junk motherboard?I have had many asus motherboards in the past without any troubles.
Anybody have any ideas. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Wolfman12]

The Zalman CPU fans do fit. The stock back plate has a adheasive layer thats makes it stick in place. Just push it out and takes off the stock latches for the normal CPU cooler. I have a Zalman and it works wonderfully.

 

[jacktripper]

My first system build went very well since I had found this thread before hand. Only prob I had was not connectng the 12v wire and flipping the floppy cable. System is very stable, I built it to play Ut2k4 and the demo runs amazingly well. Now it seems I set my burner and dvd as slaves on separate ide channells, they are running fine,so is this something I should fix? dont want to tear things up unless I have to. Btw also found lots of info on the AMD site. In their white papers on the 64 they list exactly how they have their test systems setup, this is very helpfull to nervous noobs such as myself.

forgot one thing, Im using the onboard sound and only get sound out right channel most of the time(using only headphones), any ideas what this could be? I dont care about sound quality, can I get a performance increase with a good sound card?

k8v dlx
64 3200+
1 512 corsair xps 3200ll
saphire radeon 9800xt
1 maxtor 120 sata
antec true430
win2k

 

[neokenzo]

Originally posted by: Wolfman12
The Zalman CPU fans do fit. The stock back plate has a adheasive layer thats makes it stick in place. Just push it out and takes off the stock latches for the normal CPU cooler. I have a Zalman and it works wonderfully.

I did not take out the stock back plate. I tried a little but it seems to be glued tight and I didnt want to force it incase I break the damage the board. What I did was, I took out the black thing for the original 64 fan and just use the long screw to place the fan it. It seems secure enough. I'm not sure it would work though. I'm just afraid that it would put a lot of strain on the board as it is heavy.