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a7n8x-e deluxe revision
hi all!
could someone tell me please, which is the current board revison for this board?? id like to buy this board but do not want any older one... thanx in advance wolfgang |
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wolfgang wagner wrote:
hi all! could someone tell me please, which is the current board revison for this board?? id like to buy this board but do not want any older one... All of the "E"s are new enough. I don't even know if there have been any revisions. The A7N8X and A7N8X Deluxe pre-Rev 2.0 boards are to be avoided (I doubt anybody has stock any more), the E is a much newer board based off of the Rev 2.0 Deluxe, I'd imagine. Just buy one, you'll be fine. Ben -- A7N8X FAQ: www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html Questions by email will likely be ignored, please use the newsgroups. I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String... |
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"Ben Pope" wrote in message
... wolfgang wagner wrote: hi all! The A7N8X and A7N8X Deluxe pre-Rev 2.0 boards are to be avoided (I doubt anybody has stock any more), the E is a much newer board based off of the Rev 2.0 Deluxe, I'd imagine. Just buy one, you'll be fine. Ben I have an A7N8X Deluxe Rev1.04 with the latest 1007 bios and it rocks! I've had it for over 1yr, and it's 100% stable and fast. I can even run the fsb at 400mhz with default voltages etc, both with stock 3200+ bartons and I also used to overclock my 2800+ to 400mhz fsb. Not a thing wrong with these pre Rev2 boards. |
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Buy ANOTHER board. I purchased this "flagship" board from ASUS and
have been VERY unhappy. I have contacted ASUS twice and have not even received a simply reply to my email let alone fix my problems. First I suffered from the revision problem. Reseller advertised 400mhz board, and shipped me the Rev 1 board in an OEM kit. Worked with the reseller, who then shipped me the retail kit but still a revision 1 board and recommended I upgrade the bios. (us-depot.com) The OEM kit doesn't come with any cables, and there is NO motherboard port for the 1394, you need to have the ASUS cable. Finally I gave up and settled on the Rev1 333mhz board. Went to ASUS web site and flashed to latest bios 1009. We'll just went back to check for an updated bios and found out 1009 has been pulled. No mention of why, nor if I should attempt a backlevel. The reason I was looking for an updated bios was because my sound card which worked perfectly in my old system does not work with this new motherboard. I have tried to get it working under both Linux and Windows, and neither will work. I require an optical input which the onboard sound card does not have. Yes, I disabled all the onboard options, (sound, 1394, nics, etc) and the PCI sound card does not work. The only other card in the system is my Matrox G400 AGP card. XP does not see a hardware conflict of any kind, but the cards from my 700mhz system, don't work in the system. The other problem I have is when copying files over the network, the CPU becomes saturated (Altheon 2700). It's either a bad NIC driver or IDE driver. Both provided by ASUS. Very lame ASUS ! My first ASUS board was for my Pentium 75 many many years ago, which was fantastic. I have worked on hardware for 10 plus years and I am extremely disappointed in this board. ASUS is not what they used to be. If I were to do it over I would probably take a chance on another brand. LOOK FOR ANOTHER BOARD ! If ASUS actually stood behind their products and even acknowledged my issues, I would have a different opinion. By the way if anyone has any other suggestions for an Athlon board, please let me know. I want the flexibility to run both Linux and Windows so I need good device driver support. Not looking for a ton of features, just great through put. mitchd123 wolfgang wagner wrote in message ... hi all! could someone tell me please, which is the current board revison for this board?? id like to buy this board but do not want any older one... thanx in advance wolfgang |
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Buy ANOTHER board. I purchased this "flagship" board from ASUS and
have been VERY unhappy. I have contacted ASUS twice and have not even received a simply reply to my email let alone fix my problems. First I suffered from the revision problem. Reseller advertised 400mhz board, and shipped me the Rev 1 board in an OEM kit. Worked with the reseller, who then shipped me the retail kit but still a revision 1 board and recommended I upgrade the bios. (us-depot.com) The OEM kit doesn't come with any cables, and there is NO motherboard port for the 1394, you need to have the ASUS cable. Finally I gave up and settled on the Rev1 333mhz board. As best practice before starting my OS install, I flashed it to latest bios 1009. We'll just went back to check for an updated bios and found out 1009 has been pulled. No mention of why, nor if I should attempt a backlevel. The reason I was looking for an updated bios was because my sound card which worked perfectly in my old system does not work with this new motherboard. I have tried to get it working under both Linux and Windows, and neither will work. I require an optical input which the onboard sound card does not have. Yes, I disabled all the onboard options, (sound, 1394, nics, etc) and the PCI sound card does not work. The only other card in the system is my Matrox G400 AGP card. XP does not see a hardware conflict of any kind, but the cards from my 700mhz system, don't work in the system. The other problem I have is when copying files over the network, the CPU becomes saturated (Altheon 2700). It's either a bad NIC driver or IDE driver. Both provided by ASUS. Very lame ASUS ! My first ASUS board was for my Pentium 75 many many years ago, which was fantastic. I have worked on hardware for 10 plus years and I am extremely disappointed in this board. ASUS is not what they used to be. If I were to do it over I would probably take a chance on another brand. LOOK FOR ANOTHER BOARD ! If ASUS actually stood behind their products and even acknowledged my issues, I would have a different opinion. By the way if anyone has any other suggestions for an Athlon board, please let me know. I want the flexibility to run both Linux and Windows so I need good device driver support. Not looking for a ton of features, just great through put. mitchd123wolfgang wagner wrote in message ... hi all! could someone tell me please, which is the current board revison for this board?? id like to buy this board but do not want any older one... thanx in advance wolfgang |
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mitchd wrote:
Buy ANOTHER board. I purchased this "flagship" board from ASUS and have been VERY unhappy. I have contacted ASUS twice and have not even received a simply reply to my email let alone fix my problems. First I suffered from the revision problem. Reseller advertised 400mhz board, and shipped me the Rev 1 board in an OEM kit. Sound like either your fault or the fault of the reseller, not Asus. Worked with the reseller, who then shipped me the retail kit but still a revision 1 board and recommended I upgrade the bios. (us-depot.com) The OEM kit doesn't come with any cables, and there is NO motherboard port for the 1394, you need to have the ASUS cable. Sound like Your fault for purchasing an OEM board. Finally I gave up and settled on the Rev1 333mhz board. Went to ASUS web site and flashed to latest bios 1009. There is no Bios 1009 for the A7N8X Deluxe We'll just went back to check for an updated bios and found out 1009 has been pulled. No mention of why, nor if I should attempt a backlevel. It was never there... if you have it, email it to me. The reason I was looking for an updated bios was because my sound card which worked perfectly in my old system does not work with this new motherboard. I have tried to get it working under both Linux and Windows, and neither will work. I require an optical input which the onboard sound card does not have. Yes, I disabled all the onboard options, (sound, 1394, nics, etc) and the PCI sound card does not work. The only other card in the system is my Matrox G400 AGP card. XP does not see a hardware conflict of any kind, but the cards from my 700mhz system, don't work in the system. Sound card? The other problem I have is when copying files over the network, the CPU becomes saturated (Altheon 2700). It's either a bad NIC driver or IDE driver. Both provided by ASUS. Very lame ASUS ! Well install the Driver for the nVidia NIC supplied by nVidia and the driver for the 3Com NIC supplied by 3Com. My first ASUS board was for my Pentium 75 many many years ago, which was fantastic. I have worked on hardware for 10 plus years and I am extremely disappointed in this board. ASUS is not what they used to be. If I were to do it over I would probably take a chance on another brand. It's an excellent board, learn how to configure it. LOOK FOR ANOTHER BOARD ! If ASUS actually stood behind their products and even acknowledged my issues, I would have a different opinion. Asus support is disappointing at best, but all you need is here. Ben -- A7N8X FAQ: www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html Questions by email will likely be ignored, please use the newsgroups. I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String... |
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"edde" wrote in message ... "Ben Pope" wrote in message ... wolfgang wagner wrote: hi all! The A7N8X and A7N8X Deluxe pre-Rev 2.0 boards are to be avoided (I doubt anybody has stock any more), the E is a much newer board based off of the Rev 2.0 Deluxe, I'd imagine. Just buy one, you'll be fine. Ben I have an A7N8X Deluxe Rev1.04 with the latest 1007 bios and it rocks! I've had it for over 1yr, and it's 100% stable and fast. I can even run the fsb at 400mhz with default voltages etc, both with stock 3200+ bartons and I also used to overclock my 2800+ to 400mhz fsb. Not a thing wrong with these pre Rev2 boards. I think you are one of the (few) lucky ones. What RAM are you using? -- Doug Ramage |
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SNIP
could someone tell me please, which is the current board revison for this board?? id like to buy this board but do not want any older one... thanx in advance wolfgang I bought one this past weekend. Rev 1.01 So far so good! Marc |
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wolfgang wagner wrote:
hi all! could someone tell me please, which is the current board revison for this board?? id like to buy this board but do not want any older one... thanx in advance wolfgang hmmmmm, i wonder about rev. 1.01 because asus support told me the current revision is 1.04!!! only a few resellers would have a limited amount of rev1.02 in stock... hmmmm.... time to wait for the packet... cu wolfgang |
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"Doug Ramage" wrote in message
... I have an A7N8X Deluxe Rev1.04 with the latest 1007 bios and it rocks! I've had it for over 1yr, and it's 100% stable and fast. I can even run the fsb at 400mhz with default voltages etc, both with stock 3200+ bartons and I also used to overclock my 2800+ to 400mhz fsb. Not a thing wrong with these pre Rev2 boards. I think you are one of the (few) lucky ones. What RAM are you using? -- Doug Ramage Nope. I've talked to quite a few people who have no problems with the 1.04 and 1.06 boards running at 400mhz. I am using 2x512MB OCZ PC3200EL memory at 5-2-2 timings. My Barton 3200+ works flawlessly at 400mhz fsb since the 1004 bios which provided official support for this processor. Everything at default voltages. I think some people have trouble because of crappy components, usually RAM and Powersupply. Or, they are overclocking. |
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