I am starting to wonder: 1. What are the most vunerable parts of the motherboard relating to heat ? I see cpu chips survive 100 degrees celcius... I see gpu chips survive 90 degrees celcius. However it seems the motherboard dies easily after 1 year of running at 55 degrees or so during summer...

Where is the QVL on the Asus Web page? I'm thinking about using Corsair DDR2 TwinX 800, either 4 1GB modules (e.g., CM2X1024-6400) or 2 2GB modules of same specs. Any comments? TIA Ed

Hello, I plan on buying the antec 1200 case which will house two nvidia gtx 7900 cards (with soundblaster sandwhiched between them) and maybe the scythe zipang cooler on the amd x2 3800 processor which is on the asus a8n32-sli motherboard. Question about the cooling: 1. What is the best cpu...

Can an Intel E8500 CPU be used in a P5N32-E SLI PLUS motherboard? I tried the ASUS Web Site but couldn't find an answer. Hints on how to use ASUS's Web Site to obtain the answer are just as welcome as a Yes or No answer. Howard

Hello, It seems the hardware of my pc is damaged again. Probably the motherboard. Sometimes the system crashes during a game. I cleaned the pc hoping that it would solve the problem but nope.

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:26:56 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ASUS' Big Development ,---- | The ASUS sneak attack. The most interesting story the media is downplaying is | the ASUS announcement that it will have a ROM boot chip on all its

In order for this board to be compatible with an E8400 or q9300 processor it requires a bios update. If I build my system and install one of these will I still be able to update the bios? How is the bios updated on these boards? Thank you. -- -

Any reviews published ? Any user comments ? C.D.

I understand the basic idea of dual channel memory but don't understand the matrix shown in section 2.4.2 of the User's Guide. What is it trying to tell me? Is it that the memory operates in the Single Channel mode if there is only one DIMM module, regardless of which slot it's in? Dual channel...

I just installed OpenSUSE 11 as a second OS on my old Asus P4PE-based machine which also runs Windows XP Pro SP3. The P4PE has an onboard Broadcom NIC. The SUSE installation and config went normally and the network connection works fine. Rebooting to Windows, I find that the network is...

Tried installing a Western Digital SATA WD1600 on an ASUS A8V Deluxe motherboard that already has a SATA drive. When I attach the WD1600 no drive is detected including the existing SATA C drive. Attaching the new drive alone still no drive detected. Attached new drive to a HP D530 PC with a SATA C...

Hi, I've got a new P5E3 that I haven't been able to get sound out of. - HD audio is enabled in the BIOS onboard device setup. - XP professional installed. - AC976 software and drivers installed. - Everything looks good in the device manager, no yellow exclamation marks. - The AC97 control panel...

Trying to set up 2xSATA hdd as RAID 0. Manual states on p5-39 "Highlight the LD 1 item and press SPACE to select RAID 0". Pressing SPACE does nothing, and SPACE isn't listed as an option on the screen, unlike in the manual. Anyone done this and know the answer? E

This system was working for a couple weeks. Needed to reboot during software install. It shut down and never came back up. Symptoms: Motherboard LEDs come on when power supply is plugged in. System does nothing when power switch is pressed. No beeps. Configuration: Antec Neo 480 power...

Text on desktop looks sort of blurred. Like a printout where the ink is running out. I've got an ASUS A7N8X-VM/400 motherboard. PC runs Windows XP Pro. I've just re-installed XP, downloaded the drviers from the ASUS website (video driver, and utilities), installed both of these. Monitor is a...

Hello all, I would just like to see what opinions are on the following suggestion. I think that it is about time that IDE, floppy, and PCI connectors are done away with on new motherboards. OK, I am having a gripe about an issue that is specific to my PC, which is, I have a Maximus Formula...

My A8N-E ver. 2.00 motherboard's chipset fan keeps failing (Is that already the "improved" one?), and I decided to report it in case they would send me a replacement under warranty (the board is just over 2 years old, and I understand that the warranty is 3 years). What a pain! They insist that...

Hi All Firstly a little thank you to everyone who contributes to this newsgroup I've often found useful info, tips and solutions here. Now I hope I can help out a little with my solution to some ASUS P5Kxx boards that do strange things when a particular internal USB header is used. No doubt...

On the ASUS website, there's a PSU calculator, but it doesn't work. It always recommends 0 watts when I select all the options describing my cpu, number of drives, etc. http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator.aspx?SLanguage=en-us Is there another utility on the WEB to calculate...

Hi Guys, would appreciate some advice on Ram Compatability for ths ASAS Mainboard M3A32-MVP-Deluxe-WiFi AM2+ Skt. What I purchased before finding out if it was compatatble was the following Ram: DDR2-1066 Corsair 4GB-Kit Dominator series(2xXMS2 2GB) PC-8500 RAM, 2x240-pin DIMMs, Non ECC,...