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

[SouthernComfort]

Got the 1003 for my K8V SE D/64 3200 last night , and it now goes into S3 (Standby) and wakes up without a hitch!! (no more black screen or annoying sound distortion after wake up from S3)

NOW I have NOTHING wrong with my rig!!

I says on the release notes "support for new CPUs/prosessers" , but it has fixed this other annoying problem for me....and I'm a happy camper!!!



BTW , the afudos flash program works awesome , worked without a hitch.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Fvck. fvck fvck fvck. Stupid POS crashed today. I was playing UT2k4 when my son woke up crying (he's only 19 months old) so I left the game running and went to pick him up. I walked back in about 30 seconds later to find a blue screen. A few taps of Alt F4 and the system restarted only to not recognize my RAID. I don't know what to do now. I've had it with this POFS board.

Edit - Weird. Now it's working. After the crash this afternoon it wouldn't recognize the array on boot up but this evening it does and I'm in Windows on the machine right now.

 

[Algere]

* Hugs K8V motherboard while knowing others are having trouble with theirs*


J/K (Would be a hassle to remove mb from case)

 

[SouthernComfort]

Jules , Have you flashed with the new BIOS yet?

Its a snap and it fixed alot of annoying probs with my board , I set my FSB to 220 last night and played DOD 1.2 all night long and the temp did not get over 120F with a stock cooler , and it was HOT here in Fla. last night!

It would not do 220 (for me) and read the memory right in CPUZ before the BIOS flash , I am starting to suspect I should have flashed the BIOS with the same one from ASUS from the start , it may have been a bad flash from the factory , because my PC is acting like a whole new system , or the orignal was not fully compatible with the build of my chip.

Anyways , it can't hurt , and you'll probly have to restart twice after the flash and reset your settings in BIOS , so I would write em down.


use this:

AFUDOS /i<BIOS Filename here>

if your usuing the BIOS for the K8V SE Deluxe from ASUS , it will look lke this:

AFUDOS /iK8VSEDX.003



GOOD LUCK!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: SouthernComfort
Jules , Have you flashed with the new BIOS yet?

Its a snap and it fixed alot of annoying probs with my board , I set my FSB to 220 last night and played DOD 1.2 all night long and the temp did not get over 120F with a stock cooler , and it was HOT here in Fla. last night!

It would not do 220 (for me) and read the memory right in CPUZ before the BIOS flash , I am starting to suspect I should have flashed the BIOS with the same one from ASUS from the start , it may have been a bad flash from the factory , because my PC is acting like a whole new system , or the orignal was not fully compatible with the build of my chip.

Anyways , it can't hurt , and you'll probly have to restart twice after the flash and reset your settings in BIOS , so I would write em down.


use this:

AFUDOS /i<BIOS Filename here>

if your usuing the BIOS for the K8V SE Deluxe from ASUS , it will look lke this:

AFUDOS /iK8VSEDX.003



GOOD LUCK!

I'll give it a try but last night I was playing UT2k4 again and the system froze up. My wife got on this morning but while she was working in Windows the RAID crashed...again. Now it won't start and I think I'm going to have to rebuild and reload everything...again. I'm so fed up with this. I can't tell you how fed up my wife was this morning. Luckily we have two other computers and I have an IDE drive with WinXP in the same system that I can run as a backup.

 

[SouthernComfort]

Please , make sure you read the section in the K8V User Guide under Flashing BIOS , it will give you a step by step on what to download and how to flash , and get the newer version of AFUDOS at the ASUS site and MAKE SUPER SURE you get the right BIOS for your board.


Also , I find a IDE Main drive and a Large SATA (NO RAID) setup works best , you can back up anything you need whenever you want , and with as fast as this board and CPU are , you can do a complete install of your system in just a couple of hours.

Besides , out of all the times I've ever had to reinstall my system's , it has been that I screwed up my windows sooo bad , that only a reinstall woud do the trick.


good Luck ,

and I would try a reinstall even if you do decide to update your BIOS , your OS may allready be fubar'd.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I've reinstalled Windows so many times on these SATA drives now it isn't even funny. Pobably into double digits since I bought this board back in January. It isn't the hard drives so I can only think it must be the board. I'll try the bios update. I may try running these disks just as two SATA drives and not in RAID 0. I honestly don't know why they would be so touchy in RAID 0 on this board. I am using one stick of 512 MB RAM right now and I'm only running it at 333MHz because Windoz won't install on the RAID at anything higher (even though this is Corsair XMS PC3200 RAM). I've tried manually setting the memory timings to that specified on Corsair's website for this memory but that doesn't work either.

Should I rma this board and see if a new one will work for me?

 

[Algere]

Only thing I can think of that would make that board finicky in RAID is a OC, bad SATA controller drivers, or driver install assuming the board isn't defective. Again, only thing that comes to mind.

EDIT: Gotta ask, it's not set to turbo mode is it? That mode would've ignored your set memory timings, OC your CPU, and what not IIRC.

 

[SouthernComfort]

I was gonna ask the same thing , Turbo mode does strange things to my windows....if I can even get windows to load in Turbo!!

RMA is up to you , I would try to use an IDE as your main drive and your SATA/SATA's as backups , I do know however ALOT of people have problems with some types of ram over others.

If it is in turbo set it to Standerd if not using Cool n Quite and Auto if you are using CnQ , and reinstall and see if that helps.

I feel bad for ya , it sucks to go through this kind of stuff with new hardware , I hope ya get it worked out.

PS: What version board do you have? I have the SE Deluxe and my first (and only for this version board , see ASUS website) BIOS was dated in Feb!! If you've had your board since Jan you may not have the SE. In which case I'd ck my capacitors and make sure you don't have the bad ones , if you do RMA that sucker!

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/faq/qanda.aspx?KB_ID=85257

 

[JulesMaximus]

Performance mode is set to auto (I've never had it on turbo). It is not overclocked but you are right, it does seem like an overclock type problem. I'm going to try setting it to standard and change my memory back to 400.

I've had no problems running this setup with an IDE drive as my boot drive with Windows on that partition but that kind of defeats the purpose of buying the two Western Digital 36GB Raptors (at over $200 for the pair).

The board is the ASUS K8V Deluxe K8T800 rev 1.12. I updated to bios 1005 about 2 months ago.

Edit - Last night after my lockup I went in to the bios and checked the cpu temp and it was at 47C. Certainly not above the limit for this cpu (I'm running an Athlon 64 3400+ cpu in this system). I bought all the parts from NewEgg.com back in Jan &amp; Feb of this year. I've had nothing but problems ever since.

 

[Redmond]

BAD FLASH..

Ok.. tried to update my k8v se deluxe to the latest BIOS 1003... used the altF2 method.. well

it found the file.. starts to do it.. says erasing BIOS.. then, I think, flash aborted..

well.. no guesses what comes next.. no boot.. I can ehar the hard drives spin up.. the DVD burner.. but the floppy is dead as..

I read somewhere that the BIOS should keep it's boot block so you can recover with a floppy.. doesn't seem to work.. the floppy won't start..

I've reset the cmos. pulled the battery out.. no good..

anyone have ANY ideas if I can get to the boot block.. otherwise it's back to the retialer to see if they can fix..

Redmond

 

[SouthernComfort]

#1 Rule: ALLWAYS have a Flopy disk that is DOS ready with A backup OF YOUR ORIGNAL bios!! AND allways try to flash from DOS , AND IF IT DOESN'T FLASH DON'T TURN OFF or RESTART , put you orignal disk in and run AFUDOS AGAIN. Even in a bad flash it will still stay in DOS till you restart.

These new fangle BIOS flashing things scare the crap out of me.


There is a place on the web to but ANY BIOS with ANY version , and I believe they will even send you a chip puller.(not sure though) I think its badflash.com or somthing like that , their chips work good , I have heard alot of good feedback on these guys. Ya just tell em the name make REV and model of you board and what version of BIOS you want and the flash it and send it to you.

There is also some that remove their Video cards and do a blind flash (it has somthing to do wth the AGP slot being open) , you have to setup a disk with AFUDOS (or your BIOS flasahing program) and start the PC watch the flopy and give it time to make sure its booted into DOS , then TYPE slowly and carefully the command for your BIOS flash (make SURE no mistakes) (I use AFUDOS) and give it a try , give it about 5 min to make sure its complete and then SHUTDOWN , put you video card back in nad start up , you may get a bad chksum error but you should also get a pressF1 for setup , if not restart again and press DEL right away and keep pressing till BIOS screen.

A good place for BLIND Flashing or bad BIOS questions is at NForcersHQ Fourms.

Good Luck

 

[Redmond]

I usually do Southern.. I have Abit boards and I much prefer the dos disk flash.

But I thought this fancy asus BIOS idea might be worth a try.. hmmmm.. seems doing it the old fashioned way is still the best.

Tried removing the vid card.. there's supposed to be a boot sector that doesn't get flashed on the bios.. but no good.. no activity from the floppy..

looks like its back to the retailer... if they stuff me around i'll give badflash a go.

Is it just a matter of finding someone with an eeprom programmer? can they load the bios from a floppy back into the chip or is it more complicated than that?

 

[Algere]

I would've just updated the BIOS in Windows.

 

[SouthernComfort]

I believe they just flash the chip to whatever you want , you just tell the the make of you board and what BIOS you want and they flash a chip it and send it to you.

All you have to do is remove the old BIOS chip and install the new one , I've actually bought and am using a thing called a BIOS Savior on my A7N8X Deluxe , it works like a piggy-back BIOS chip with a switch on the back of you PC , If your BIOS gets hosed you just flip the switch and your off and running.

Anyways , I had to remove the old BIOS and put in the BIOS savior and then put my BIOS back on top of the BS.
And it was easy! you just pop out the old and push in the new , but you do need a chip puller.

Badflash.com

http://www.badflash.com/


and to see a BIOS savior

http://www.ioss.com.tw/eg/rd1/

good luck!

 

[michael23]

Anything2 said:
" I have had no problems at all with this board with a 3000+, 2x512mb PC3200 Hynix chip. Guess im just lucky, but the onboard audio is causing me problems. The center/lfe outputis the wrong way around (center to LFE, LFE to center) the windows volume panel swap lfe/center doesnt work. Anyone know if there is a Soundmax util or sumthin to swap over the channels. "

Hey guys, I was reading through this post, and I am having exactly the same problem as the above... my SATA raid and everything works fine but I'm trying to use 5.1 spkrs and I can't get the center speaker to function properly. It seems the "Swap Center/LFE" option does not work....

Anyone know a work around or a fix for this issue?

Thanks.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Ungor
Snow - You are probably aware that a number of 32 bit applications willl run slower on the 64 than on a native 32 bit processor. Your Windows XP is no doubt the 32 bit version (unlike Mandrake 10 - linux compiled for the 64); and the performance tests are also 32bit apps. You would need a true 64 bit operating system, plus 64 bit performance tests to show the true ability of your hardware. Your system is just a bit ahead of the software developers - give it time.
In the meantime, it should still run damn fast - just not blindingly fast.

Actually, all my 32 bit aps, including WinXP, run faster on the A64 than my wife's P4. 64 bit O/S will be even faster though.

 

[Algere]

There was a article that said 32 bit applications would run faster on a 64 bit CPU/OS than on a 32 bit O/S


EDIT: Article

BM: One thing we've found is that 32-bit applications run better on the 64-bit OS than they do on 32-bits. Just adding a 64-bit processor and the 64-bit OS changes everything.

 

[bannerwitcoff]

Hi,

Working with a Athlong 64 3000, K8V deluxe, Radeon All In Wonder, 1 Gb Corsair Ram...Windows XP.

I finally got Cool N Quiet to respond once I got all the settings right in the BIOS so it now shows that the CPU is slowing down to 800mhz.

However, the software is not behaving as it was before. The program will not minimize and I cannot "X" out of it. I now have to move it to the edge of my screen because it stays on top of anything I have open. And the voltage reading no longer appears. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program 2 or 3 times. I also tried running a repair but when I do, it asks me to locate a setup.ini file from a CD but I don't know where or what it's looking for. I can't remember the last thing I did when this started occurring, but I want to say it was around the time that I updated the BIOS from the 1002 to the 1007 version.
Anyone else experience anything similar? Any ideas?


Also, I'm guessing this is okay, but I have to ask anyway: is the CnQ meter supposed to fluctuate or remain stable. For instance, with every new browser or application I open (or when I take an action within the app), the meter shoots to 2000mhz briefly, then comes back down to 800 mhz. Is that how it works for everyone?

Thanks!

Bill

 

[Algere]

Can't say I have with the ASUS CnQ software but then again I don't have CnQ enabled anymore.

 

[ElMonoDelMar]

I'm using this mobo, but I can't get it to recognize my SATA hard drive. It keeps looking for IDE devices and can't find any. I really wish I would have gone dell. Building your own computer ain't what it's cracked up to be.

 

[Algere]

Are the SATA controllers(VIA/Promise) enabled in the BIOS?

 

[michael23]

Building your own system is the only way to ensure cost effective quality.

Are you sure you hooked your SATA drives up to the correct inputs? As there's 4, 2 X SATA and 2 X Promise SATA raid inputs.... I hooked mine up to the RAID inputs and they were detected straight by the promise software....
Do you have the correct options activated in the bios? IE. promise enabled if you are using raid?


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Is there anyone at all that has used 5.1 speakers with the standard onboard soundmax sound card?

thanks.

 

[Amor]

I'm having a similar problem.

My asus k8v deluxe board manual says I need to download the latest bios from the net (my problem = I need to have my wd 35 gb raptor recognized by the system so I can get win xp onto this system). I've read in another thread where I am supposed to have a floppy with sata drivers available. I did not happen to get those drivers from New egg with my order.

Where Might I find those drivers?

 

[Amor]

Got it set up with help from you guys. I created a floppy using the makedisk.exe portion of the 378 sata driver on the provided cdrom (that came with mobo).

They should make it more straightforward than this. I'm just glad there is a site like Anandtech to take the hairpulling out of computer builds.