"System Failed Cpu Test" on A8v Deluxe after bios upgrade

[Mikeyb01]

I am getting a "System failed cpu test" on my Asus A8v deluxe. I occured after the restart when upgrading my bios. I have replaced the board thinking it was a corrupted flash but was not the case. However!, the new board also has 1007 bios. I have double checked everything. No bend pins or any shorts on the motherboard. No failty connections either. I e-mailed Asus with no response and Ask Amd's E-mail from is broken it seems. I was about to call AMD for a RMA but let's see if anyone here can help. I'm going Crazy!

P.S. should I try to get a board with other bios. My pervious upgrade to 1005 was fine.

Was posted in Cpu forum but got to replies.

 

[Markfw]

Did you re-set the cmos ? After a bios flash they tell you to do that. And are you saying it worked fine before ? What kind of memory ? try it with one stick ?

 

[imported_Phil]

Your CPU may be faulty, surely?

 

[BFG10K]

Any overclocks?

 

[thermalpaste]

I updated my motherboard BIOS a7v8x and it detects my processor as "AMD ATHLON(TM) procassar " and not processor....ARGHHHHH. And the Asus website sucks, their servers are either busy or down. This is FVCKING irritating........

 

[thermalpaste]

Originally posted by: Dopefiend
Your CPU may be faulty, surely?

I think so. Never come across a faulty AMD cpu......

 

[Squally Leonharty]

I successfully flashed my BIOS to 1007 Final using the afudos utility provided on the support CD. I've read things about things going wrong if you use one of the afudos versions from Asus' website. So try that instead.

Also, upon booting press Alt +F2 while the support CD is inserted. If it works, the BIOS will read from the CD and restore the original BIOS (there's an A8V.ROM file on the CD). That should work. Good luck!

Another thing you should try is reading the board's manual! There's something about a crash-free BIOS, which should help you as well if all above fails. Unfortunately, I don't have the manual here now (I'm at university ), so I can't explain it from the top of my head.

 

[thermalpaste]

A crash free BIOS lets you start the PC using a floppy to restore the ROM contents incase of an unsuccessful flash.

 

[Mikeyb01]

Ok I have REPLACED the board and still get the error. The error only occured AFTER the FLASH to 1007. The new board does have 1007 also. My cpu looks to be in near perfect condition .No overclocking. good cooling. Never overheated. I can't do the "Alt-2 method" or the boot from floopy or cd because my system won't get past POST (I've tried you would think they would allow you to flash in post because then you could fix the error but no!) . I think i'm going to buy a new 3000+ 939 90nm and then try reflashing back to 1006. I got two boards now so it's worth a shot. If not I guess it's AMD RMA time. Oh i've tried 1 stick 2 sticks no sticks or ram or just only the cpu it gives me the error. THis once happened after the flash. I'm reset the CMOS too. Check Power supply even ran it only with the MB attached. Everything is connected properly the 20pin and the +12. HELP! Think my plan is a good one?

P.S. No visual either because of the error anyone got any ideas for flashing?

 

[imported_NoGodForMe]

I'm using 1007 bios and get that message every now and then, but everything works after I press F1 to continue.
What memory are you using?
I'm using Corsair PC3200XMpro (2225), and at first it wouldn't work. Windows would crash. I had to set the timings to 2336. But then Ramguy on the Corsair forums kept saying to up the DDR voltage to 2.8, so I did, and now the board runs with 2225 timings. Try upping your DDR voltage to 2.8. To do this, you have to go into the CPU menu, set the Overclocking tab to Manual, then the choices will display.

 

[Squally Leonharty]

I don't know anymore. *_* I suppose you have to RMA your CPU and get a new one. *shrugs*

The 1007 BIOS itself works, though, because upon booting it doesn't detect a bad flash (I read the manual; Crash-Free BIOS is only activated when a bad BIOS is detected). It's just that it doesn't like your CPU for some strange reason.

 

[Mikeyb01]

How can I up the voltage if i can't get past post. CrashFree 2 would only turn on if I could get past POST too. I can getsome keyboard response but can't get it to flash. I Think my bios just doesn't like my cpu. My concern is if I RMA it and have this problem still because it doesn't like them! It's not that 1007 is broken it is that it doesn't like my Fx-53. I've heard of his board being picky about it.

 

[Mikeyb01]

So does that sound like a plan? Get the 90nm that should work flashing back, seeing if the 53 works if not then it's defective if it does then the bios didn't like it. Then return the pocessor.

 

[Squally Leonharty]

Since you have the 1007 BIOS version, you should be fine using the 90nm CPU. It might be a specific issue with that FX-53 processor, too. Since you have that CPU, check if it works in your previous BIOS version (after flashing it back with the 90nm CPU). If it does, keep it and forget about flashing, since you don't really have to do it. 1007 only adds support for 90nm CPU's and fixes a small bug that causes the PC not to boot up if ALL onboard devices are disabled. Nothing major, so don't worry.

If you're gonna keep FX-53, care to send the 90nm CPU to me? Just kidding. You could always return it to your vendor. Remember, FX-53 >>>>>>>>>>>>> 3000+ 90nm in every single area, so it'd be a waste if you returned FX-53.

By the way, once you're done flashing back to the previous version, you will NOT be able to use the 90nm CPU.

 

[Mikeyb01]

I'm going flash back and try my 53. If it doesn't work I got to A8v's now so I can use the other with the 3000+ while I RMA it. Thanks for all your advance. Let's hope no RMA is in order and I just got the short end of the stick in this quarky problem!

 

[Squally Leonharty]

Good luck.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: thermalpaste

Originally posted by: Dopefiend
Your CPU may be faulty, surely?

I think so. Never come across a faulty AMD cpu......

I've come across quite a few, usually die of heat.

 

[dterry80]

I have also had this problem. I can't upgrade bios past 1006 without cpu failure. I can go back to 1006 and everything is fine. This is the rev1.x board and the 130nm 3500+ processor. It seems the new BIOS do not like the 130nm processor. Have you made any progress?

 

[PVD]

this is why I just bought an MSI Neo2 instead of the a8v. MSI used to be riddled with problems before the latest bios. Now it seems Asus has taken the crown by the posts on this board. I could be wrong, but that was jsut my observation these past couple of months. Anyway, to the original poster, I hope you get it worked out. Sorry I can't help

 

[imported_bucky]

Hi,
I was reading a post on the A8V and noticed something you posted very similar to what I seem to be experiencing.

" I'm using 1007 bios and get that message every now and then, but everything works after I press F1 to continue.
What memory are you using?
I'm using Corsair PC3200XMpro (2225), and at first it wouldn't work. Windows would crash. I had to set the timings to 2336. But then Ramguy on the Corsair forums kept saying to up the DDR voltage to 2.8, so I did, and now the board runs with 2225 timings. Try upping your DDR voltage to 2.8. To do this, you have to go into the CPU menu, set the Overclocking tab to Manual, then the choices will display."

I also have an A8V motherboard with a 3500+ (130nm) cpu and one stick of ultra pc3200 512 MB RAM in slot B1 and seem to be experiencing the exact same problem. The system was completely stable for the first few days... I then updated the Bios to version 1008 and started getting random "cpu test failed messages". I'm now using bios 1009 (beta) but still get the problem randomly. I haven't tried rolling back my bios yet.... will try tonight. But I was wondering how upping the voltages on your RAM have worked out. Has your system been completely stable ever since? And are you still using Bios 1007?

I thought it was a RAM problem for a while, so I used Memtest to check it.... ran it for over 6hrs... and no errors what so ever... so I figured that wasn't it.

Anyhow... I'd be glad to hear how your system is running.
Thanx

 

[dterry80]

My system runs stable under BIOS 1006. Can't run a bios past 1006 without a "System Failed CPU Test". I can get it to boot after removing the battery and clearing CMOS but can't get past the BIOS Checksum Bad at reboot. Can hit F1 and go into XP but who wants to do that? I have not seen 1 post on the 130 version not being able to run a later BIOS, just the 90 version. If there is a way to update the BIOS past 1006, I have not found it on the ASUS website. I don't see what the memory would have to do with it. I use Kingston Value Ram, 2 512 and leave them at auto on DDR voltage. The 90 version is a 1.4 VCORE and the 130 is a 1.5 VCORE but I set my 130 to 1.475 VCORE to run cooler, it was hitting 55C at 100% CPU utilitlization. Changing the VCORE has dropped it to 50C at 100% CPU utilization. I have not contacted ASUS because in some posts they say response is slow and not much help. I was hoping to see an updated BIOS specific to the CPU difference, but I doubt that it will happen. I just hope that I don't run into any problems in the future that the updated BIOS might have prevented. Have you tried going to 1006?

Good luck

 

[GnomeCop]

1008 works, 1006 works, seems like 1007 is the one with a problem.

 

[Kishan]

This is the problem I'm getting. I have a Socket754 Asus K8V Se Deluxe. No video on the monitor. Any Ideas?