Forget the ASUS A8V Deluxe

You'll have to put up with what ~2300 of us did over the last few weeks
- and that was just from one supplier.

On most 64bit 939 chips, you'll get a "CPU Failed Test" voice message
from the motherboard like I did.

Go ahead, swap chips, reset MB, swap memory, reposition DIMMS, unplug
this, that and the other. But you won't get past a POST until the
board goes back to ASUS for repair. Period. This board was released
way to early, and does not lend itself well to repair.

According to ASUS tech, it's a bios problem that's WELL KNOWN. Go on -
call them - they'll tell you all about it. Some recent MB's ship with
bios ver 1007, mine was a 1008. But it takes 1009 or better for any
chance of avoiding this.

Problem is, coders who wrote the bios halted POST on any CPU it could
not fully verify. So as new CPUs hit the market like the
3400,3500,3600, 4000 etc then bios will reject it. Until you update
the bios.

But here's the catch-22. You can't update the bios until the ASUS A8V
boots or passes POST. BUTTTTT - the board will not pass POST until you
update the bios. Only ASUS does it this way - other boards will let
you update bios via the floppy regardless.

Now you can continue to play games like purchasing a bios from the
local PC guy. Or wait about 2 weeks to get one from ASUS, but they're
getting pretty well backed up on this one. And according to ASUS, the
new bios's dont fix some A8Vs at all.

Just do yourself a favor - forget ASUS for a while. TigerDirect sold
2300 of the A8V boards bundled w/the 3400 in the last 10 days. MOST of
them are coming back. So go try a Gigabyte, or Abit or something. I'm
currently looking for a 939 gaming board, and this time I'm not going
to play a cheap ass - I'll pay the xtra $$ and get a known working MB.

The net is full of angry posters over this issue. And it's going to
get a whole lot worse. If you've got one - then I suggest you just
send it back and get something else. If you've got one and it works,
then you'll be getting other voice messages like "overclocking is
illegal - system failed tests". Some A8Vs just crash at runtime.
Why did I have to get in on this at the beginning of all this? lol

Mine shipped with 1007 bios and I dropped in an Athlon 64 3500+ and it
booted fine

A month later I dropped in the FX-55 im running now and its been
booting everytime

Have not updatd bios to 1009 as of yet


--
ASUS A8V/Athlon 64 FX-55
ATI RADEON X800XT PE
1GB OCZ Gold Edition Rev3 DDR PC-3700

Hi, have had no problems whatsoever with mine, just because you and a few
other have had issues that doesn't make it a bad board....
ChrisC
wrote in message
ups.com...
You'll have to put up with what ~2300 of us did over the last few weeks
- and that was just from one supplier.

On most 64bit 939 chips, you'll get a "CPU Failed Test" voice message
from the motherboard like I did.

Go ahead, swap chips, reset MB, swap memory, reposition DIMMS, unplug
this, that and the other. But you won't get past a POST until the
board goes back to ASUS for repair. Period. This board was released
way to early, and does not lend itself well to repair.

According to ASUS tech, it's a bios problem that's WELL KNOWN. Go on -
call them - they'll tell you all about it. Some recent MB's ship with
bios ver 1007, mine was a 1008. But it takes 1009 or better for any
chance of avoiding this.

Problem is, coders who wrote the bios halted POST on any CPU it could
not fully verify. So as new CPUs hit the market like the
3400,3500,3600, 4000 etc then bios will reject it. Until you update
the bios.

But here's the catch-22. You can't update the bios until the ASUS A8V
boots or passes POST. BUTTTTT - the board will not pass POST until you
update the bios. Only ASUS does it this way - other boards will let
you update bios via the floppy regardless.

Now you can continue to play games like purchasing a bios from the
local PC guy. Or wait about 2 weeks to get one from ASUS, but they're
getting pretty well backed up on this one. And according to ASUS, the
new bios's dont fix some A8Vs at all.

Just do yourself a favor - forget ASUS for a while. TigerDirect sold
2300 of the A8V boards bundled w/the 3400 in the last 10 days. MOST of
them are coming back. So go try a Gigabyte, or Abit or something. I'm
currently looking for a 939 gaming board, and this time I'm not going
to play a cheap ass - I'll pay the xtra $$ and get a known working MB.

The net is full of angry posters over this issue. And it's going to
get a whole lot worse. If you've got one - then I suggest you just
send it back and get something else. If you've got one and it works,
then you'll be getting other voice messages like "overclocking is
illegal - system failed tests". Some A8Vs just crash at runtime.
Why did I have to get in on this at the beginning of all this? lol

My a8v deluxe is completely stable. I've been running a winchester core
3000+ for 3 weeks without any problems whatsoever.

"Hawkeye" wrote in message
...



Mine shipped with 1007 bios and I dropped in an Athlon 64 3500+ and it
booted fine

A month later I dropped in the FX-55 im running now and its been
booting everytime

Have not updatd bios to 1009 as of yet


--
ASUS A8V/Athlon 64 FX-55
ATI RADEON X800XT PE
1GB OCZ Gold Edition Rev3 DDR PC-3700

Hi, actually having read some post in another newsgroup I'd say that this
issue is the problem of TigerDirect in not testing whether the boards they
are selling are compatible with that processor. Asus have acknowledge that
there was compatibility problems and have issued an updated bios
accordingly. TigerDirect should get there act together....
ChrisC
"Chris Catt" wrote in message
...
Hi, have had no problems whatsoever with mine, just because you and a few
other have had issues that doesn't make it a bad board....
ChrisC
wrote in message
ups.com...
You'll have to put up with what ~2300 of us did over the last few weeks
- and that was just from one supplier.

On most 64bit 939 chips, you'll get a "CPU Failed Test" voice message
from the motherboard like I did.

Go ahead, swap chips, reset MB, swap memory, reposition DIMMS, unplug
this, that and the other. But you won't get past a POST until the
board goes back to ASUS for repair. Period. This board was released
way to early, and does not lend itself well to repair.

According to ASUS tech, it's a bios problem that's WELL KNOWN. Go on -
call them - they'll tell you all about it. Some recent MB's ship with
bios ver 1007, mine was a 1008. But it takes 1009 or better for any
chance of avoiding this.

Problem is, coders who wrote the bios halted POST on any CPU it could
not fully verify. So as new CPUs hit the market like the
3400,3500,3600, 4000 etc then bios will reject it. Until you update
the bios.

But here's the catch-22. You can't update the bios until the ASUS A8V
boots or passes POST. BUTTTTT - the board will not pass POST until you
update the bios. Only ASUS does it this way - other boards will let
you update bios via the floppy regardless.

Now you can continue to play games like purchasing a bios from the
local PC guy. Or wait about 2 weeks to get one from ASUS, but they're
getting pretty well backed up on this one. And according to ASUS, the
new bios's dont fix some A8Vs at all.

Just do yourself a favor - forget ASUS for a while. TigerDirect sold
2300 of the A8V boards bundled w/the 3400 in the last 10 days. MOST of
them are coming back. So go try a Gigabyte, or Abit or something. I'm
currently looking for a 939 gaming board, and this time I'm not going
to play a cheap ass - I'll pay the xtra $$ and get a known working MB.

The net is full of angry posters over this issue. And it's going to
get a whole lot worse. If you've got one - then I suggest you just
send it back and get something else. If you've got one and it works,
then you'll be getting other voice messages like "overclocking is
illegal - system failed tests". Some A8Vs just crash at runtime.
Why did I have to get in on this at the beginning of all this? lol

In article . com,
says...

On most 64bit 939 chips, you'll get a "CPU Failed Test" voice message
from the motherboard like I did.


A8V Deluxe, 1008 BIOS, 3500+ cpu, absolutely no problem. Great board.

wrote in message
ups.com...
You'll have to put up with what ~2300 of us did over the last few weeks
- and that was just from one supplier.

On most 64bit 939 chips, you'll get a "CPU Failed Test" voice message
from the motherboard like I did.

Go ahead, swap chips, reset MB, swap memory, reposition DIMMS, unplug
this, that and the other. But you won't get past a POST until the
board goes back to ASUS for repair. Period. This board was released
way to early, and does not lend itself well to repair.

According to ASUS tech, it's a bios problem that's WELL KNOWN. Go on -
call them - they'll tell you all about it. Some recent MB's ship with
bios ver 1007, mine was a 1008. But it takes 1009 or better for any
chance of avoiding this.

Problem is, coders who wrote the bios halted POST on any CPU it could
not fully verify. So as new CPUs hit the market like the
3400,3500,3600, 4000 etc then bios will reject it. Until you update
the bios.

But here's the catch-22. You can't update the bios until the ASUS A8V
boots or passes POST. BUTTTTT - the board will not pass POST until you
update the bios. Only ASUS does it this way - other boards will let
you update bios via the floppy regardless.

Now you can continue to play games like purchasing a bios from the
local PC guy. Or wait about 2 weeks to get one from ASUS, but they're
getting pretty well backed up on this one. And according to ASUS, the
new bios's dont fix some A8Vs at all.

Just do yourself a favor - forget ASUS for a while. TigerDirect sold
2300 of the A8V boards bundled w/the 3400 in the last 10 days. MOST of
them are coming back. So go try a Gigabyte, or Abit or something. I'm
currently looking for a 939 gaming board, and this time I'm not going
to play a cheap ass - I'll pay the xtra $$ and get a known working MB.

The net is full of angry posters over this issue. And it's going to
get a whole lot worse. If you've got one - then I suggest you just
send it back and get something else. If you've got one and it works,
then you'll be getting other voice messages like "overclocking is
illegal - system failed tests". Some A8Vs just crash at runtime.
Why did I have to get in on this at the beginning of all this? lol


IIRC, this may be an issue with that particular processor. Interestingly, I
cannot find a Socket 939 3400+ for sale today, after searching NewEgg,
MWave, ZipZoomFly and throughout Pricewatch.
I seem to recall that CPU being listed by NewEgg previously with the caveat
that it *must be purchased* with certain motherboards. I can only conclude
that NewEgg was aware of compatibility issues with that specific OEM CPU.
Sounds to me like TigerDirect (interesting reputation on resellerratings,
BTW), got a "deal" on this CPU, ignored warnings and testing and sold
problematic combinations.
My A8V has been great from first power on with a 3200+ Winchester running at
2.4 GHz. I'm there are tens of thousands of happy A8V owners with similar
results.
So, how is this an Asus problem? Sounds like (yet another) TigerDirect
problem.

Qoth The Raven in

My a8v deluxe is completely stable. I've been running a winchester
core 3000+ for 3 weeks without any problems whatsoever.


I don't suppose you could email me a cpu-z htm report of your system?
please? I have an identical system (ram is 3200 though) and its running like
a 2 legged dog

--
Sex is not the answer, sex is the question ... YES is the answer !

Take out the _CURSEING to reply to me

Hi, my system is also 100% stable, what info are specifically looking for?
ChrisC
"Highlandish" wrote in message
...
Qoth The Raven in

My a8v deluxe is completely stable. I've been running a winchester
core 3000+ for 3 weeks without any problems whatsoever.


I don't suppose you could email me a cpu-z htm report of your system?
please? I have an identical system (ram is 3200 though) and its running
like a 2 legged dog

--
Sex is not the answer, sex is the question ... YES is the answer !

Take out the _CURSEING to reply to me

Qoth The Raven "Chris in

Hi, my system is also 100% stable, what info are specifically looking
for? ChrisC

I'm hoping to compare my current system statistics against yours to see if I
missed something, I'm sure I did something wrong

--
Microsoft: "If you can't make it good, make it look good"

Take out the _CURSEING to reply to me