The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

[jkcheng122]

Originally posted by: Core2

Originally posted by: Nevets Drassel
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I just keep buying OEM licenses

Buying - like how much, same as a new copy of XP?
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OEM Licenses[/quote]


how do u justify spending that kind of money when you already own a genuine copy of the os?

 

[Nevets Drassel]

Originally posted by: Pokes28

Originally posted by: adder1971

what are your settings in the bios?

at this point i think the general recommendation would be to remove the battery and then clear the cmos.

As stated, I've already cleared the cmos (removed battery, moved jumper, etc) and am still getting stuck before I get into BIOS. I can't tell what the BIOS settings are, they are default at the moment.

Post your equipemnt specs. That will help alot. Try using only 1 DIMM, use only the black slots for memory.

 

[adder1971]

Originally posted by: Pokes28

Originally posted by: adder1971

what are your settings in the bios?

at this point i think the general recommendation would be to remove the battery and then clear the cmos.

As stated, I've already cleared the cmos (removed battery, moved jumper, etc) and am still getting stuck before I get into BIOS. I can't tell what the BIOS settings are, they are default at the moment.

just wanted to clarify to remove the battery. i think mine did that once and i'm trying to remember what resolved it

 

[adder1971]

try removing all other ide drives so you only have the one boot drive. and i agree with trying 1 mem stick.

 

[Core2]

Originally posted by: Pokes28
Core2,

I need some general help - not even OC.

I bought this board. E6400, 8800 GPS, etc.

Everything went together great. Had no problems getting into the bios, making changes, setting up the RAID, and loading Windows XP.

Everything booted just fine, then I tried to install an XP driver from the CD so I could get the ethernet card running (was then going to update to the latest from the web site). After installing the driver, the system wanted to restart which I allowed.

The system posted just fine, then hung on the "press DEL to enter setup" screen prior to BIOS (or part of BIOS). The system is locked completely and requires a power cycle to do anything. If I press and hold the DEL key upon boot, the system hangs saying "Entering Setup."

I have gone through the process of clearing the CMOS but that doesn't help. I called ASUS and the guy told me that my OCZ memory was probably the problem (doesn't make sense). I then waited and called ASUS again this morning and the other tech said the first one was an idiot (exact quote) and that the problem is likely a bad drive cable.

So far, nothing seems to be working to get this past this stage...

Any ideas?

Unplug your keyboard and mouse all usb devices 1 stick of ram in the a2 slot and power it on and see what happens
EDIT sounds like a conflict with the lan or usb. What drivers did you load?

 

[Core2]

Everybody should bookmark this link
POST Beep Codes

 

[Core2]

401 bios has been emailed to people who have called Asus tech support I'm going to see if this person will email it to me.

 

[Nevets Drassel]

Originally posted by: Core2
401 bios has been emailed to people who have called Asus tech support I'm going to see if this person will email it to me.

I hope you are the sharing kind

 

[Core2]

I have it fellows PM me your emails

 

[Nevets Drassel]

I have read on that other forum H that some ES chips or Engineering Samples are available for sale from a certain place. Can anyone tell me whether and ES chip is different from the regulag chips?

For example:

Intel Confidential
QLL0 ES MALAY
80557PH0674M
L610A732

Anyone else hear about these?

 

[adder1971]

Originally posted by: Core2
I have it fellows PM me your emails

woohoo!! good times are here again.

 

[Core2]

I think you guys should wait till I try it first. It may involve doing some hareware reset to run Iam booting my other machine up and I'am going to flash it

 

[adder1971]

Originally posted by: Nevets Drassel
I have read on that other forum that some ES chips or Engineering Samples are available for sale from a certain place. Can anyone tell me whether and ES chip is different from the regulag chips?

For example:

Intel Confidential
QLL0 ES MALAY
80557PH0674M
L610A732

Anyone else hear about these?

i have read that the ES have unlocked multi's up and down? i would imagine that performance/overclocking would have to be somewhat worse as they are likely early revisions. that would possibly be offset though by being able to use a higher multi with a lower fsb for stability sake.

 

[idiotekniQues]

i read about that store that was selling those. somebody bitched to intel and they made them stop.


core2, what does the 401 bios fix?

oh and the stupidest thing about the p180 is no speaker. theytook quiet pc one step too far.

 

[Core2]

Works fellows had to reset the Cmos but that was it Booted with everything auto 1T looks GOOOOOOOOOOOOOd Window is informing me it has updated my devices and wants to reboot I hope there is no problems with this. If you can't wait for me to email it to go to Asus Forum for this board and is probably the first topic ask they will email it to you going to reboot wish me luck

 

[adder1971]

"oh and the stupidest thing about the p180 is no speaker. theytook quiet pc one step too far."

lol

 

[adder1971]

Originally posted by: Core2
Works fellows had to reset the Cmos but that was it Booted with everything auto 1T looks GOOOOOOOOOOOOOd Window is informing me it has updated my devices and wants to reboot I hope there is no problems with this. If you can't wait for me to email it to go to Asus Forum for this board and is probably the first topic ask they will email it to you going to reboot wish me luck

good luck man!! i see 1t in my future.

 

[Core2]

Guys don't forget the lolly pop stick trick to pop out that battery. Rebooted and no warnings shwuuuuuuuuuu. OK were ready to move on here should be alot less issues. Good luck with flashing and take your time I used a Flash drive I don't really trust floppies

 

[idiotekniQues]

what are the fixes of this bios?

i use a q tip stick to pop my battery out

 

[Pokes28]

My machine now lives.

I unhooked all the sata cables and EIDE cables and booted and was able to get into BIOS. Then I plugged in the sata drives again and booted. Fine. Then plugged in my EIDE (DVD recorder) drive.

That fixed the problem. Then I just had to remember my BIOS updates.

Thanks to all the responded.

 

[Core2]

emails out let me now i you didn't get it

 

[Nevets Drassel]

Originally posted by: idiotekniQues
i read about that store that was selling those. somebody bitched to intel and they made them stop.


core2, what does the 401 bios fix?

oh and the stupidest thing about the p180 is no speaker. theytook quiet pc one step too far.

It doesn't seem that he stopped. He still has 18 for sale.....

 

[idiotekniQues]

Originally posted by: Nevets Drassel

Originally posted by: idiotekniQues
i read about that store that was selling those. somebody bitched to intel and they made them stop.


core2, what does the 401 bios fix?

oh and the stupidest thing about the p180 is no speaker. theytook quiet pc one step too far.

It doesn't seem that he stopped. He still has 18 for sale.....

oh. i was reading in another forum from some guy who received one and then another guy who got one said he finally emailed intel and they were not happy and he implied that they were going to stop. i guess not

intel told him those have no warranty.

 

[Core2]

I have to add a second HD I'll be away from the screen for a while I emailed everybody who PM me so I got to go to work later

 

[adder1971]

Originally posted by: Core2
I have to add a second HD I'll be away from the screen for a while I emailed everybody who PM me so I got to go to work later

thanks John, nice find