A8R32-MVP what is it

Hi,

Just checked that, ther is no irq sharing going on at all, so that's not a problem.....This is realted to HL2, I think it's still bugged (demo anyway), I have no other issues with the board at present, apart from the overclock resets.



Thanks
Raja
 
Last edited:
raja

to make a point as of this time i do not have a a832-mvp

do the bench mark pogs work ok ?
does prime95 run ok ?
is this in all games offline ?
is this in all online games ?

sorry for all the questions but this is odd
 
Hi,

all benchmarks run ok
prime 95 works fine

no only proble so far is trying to get HL2 demo to work without hitching, basically it works for 5 mins then begins to hitch for 10 secs, ok for 5 secs, then hitch again. Given that this game has a lot of issues I have put the problem down to the game rather than the moboard...


thanks
raja
 
Hi

yes it would seem to be centered around one game ,but why only on this board.

any signs of the fuzzy graphics that Andyr had


I do think its time the dons split this thread as its become more about the a8r32-mvp than what is it maybe we should have an "official A8R32_mvp" thread
 
Last edited:
Hi,

not really, I have had some fuzzyness when the cards are overclocked, that was playing far cry online, but I have not seen that problem anywhere else.......

Thanks
Raja
 
last post before i go , my issues were with pacific fighters game in single player and counterstrike source online , all benchmarks were fine
 
Andyr
have a good trip

thanks for the info,

As most stores do not have these mb instock could these still be the eval boards, there do not seem to be many about , just dribs and drabs not in any quantity as yet , just a thought
 
Right , im just going to do another test on BF2.

I cant believe that we need to disable items in the CCC on ATI's own Chipset, so i dont think its anything to do with that.

Ive tried the Peg link in the bios and see how it goes.

IRQ's on my system:

The manual states to put the Graphics in the blue slot if running single,

IRQ 0 System timer OK
IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK
IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK
IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK
IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK
IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel OK
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel OK
IRQ 17 Creative SB X-Fi OK
IRQ 17 ALi PCI to USB Open Host Controller OK
IRQ 18 Radeon X1900 Series OK
IRQ 18 Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller OK
IRQ 18 ALi PCI to USB Open Host Controller OK
IRQ 19 ALi PCI to USB Open Host Controller OK
IRQ 19 ULi SATA/RAID Controller (M1575/M1697) OK
IRQ 23 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller OK
 
Well, 5 seconds in the loading menu and it freezes up :(

didnt take long to do that test.

Back in Bios we go :mad:

Im also getting freezing in Firefox now aswell :D

My christ, what is goin on with this POS
 
Hi cool,

I have the same problem with BF2 I downloaded the demo to check it out and yes it's doing exactly what HL2 was doing, there's definatley an issue with some games.

Question is where do we go from here?

I will contact Asus and see what they say, I hope it can be fixed thru bios,
My irq's are similar to yours aprt from I have one of my ati 1900's at irq 19 too.
With xp you can not re assign irq's to pci devices, so we are stuffed if that's whats causing the issues. Is there anyone here technically savy enough to know if those devices sharing the irq's above would cause the 'hitching' in games?

Raja
 
raja,

I dont know to be honest.

I am running out of ideas myself and i like to think im quite clued up on building pc's because ive been building them for years and im at a loss here with this one.

Irq sharing may be the problem but its hard to say at this stage.

Ive just replied to a post on the Asus forums and a guy there is having the same problem,

He took out the X-FI , tried different memory and made no difference.

It could be a simple bios setting but where do you start with this bios as there are that many options that are un-documented.

Why do Asus overvolt the PCI-x , Northbridge etc as bios defaut ?

I am going to give it a day or to max before i send it back, i hate giving up so early but if afraid i might have to with this one :(

BF2 is the only thing i go on these days and its that thats causing me the biggest problem
 
Last edited:
HI,

Is there anyone who has bought a board from OCUK here?

Do you have the same issues?

Both of us got our boards elsewhere and perhaps that's what the problem is..........
 
Just to add sorry,

The problem im having with Firefox

When you scroll down a page with the mouse, (Copperhead) it will freeze for a second or two and then you have to click the page again to continue scroling.
 
raja said:
HI,

Is there anyone who has bought a board from OCUK here?

Do you have the same issues?

Both of us got our boards elsewhere and perhaps that's what the problem is..........
Click to expand...


Mine is revision 1.03G using bios 0201 (shipped)

Tried the beta aswell and made no difference 0307
 
raja said:
HI,

Is there anyone who has bought a board from OCUK here?

Do you have the same issues?

Both of us got our boards elsewhere and perhaps that's what the problem is..........
Click to expand...


that what i was refering to earlier no one AFAIK has had one from OcUk, are these the evaluation boards ( that Gibbo refered to ) that have been sold Andyr 's one was, i think.

It just make me wonder if this is a problem with the retail ones, i would have thought that the forums would have been full of problem by now
 
im at the airport on the laptop lol , sad i know, but will you just try to do a restore to before you loaded 3 d mark06 coz something gave me similar concerns after i changed to this a8r - mvp and as i said i restored to 24hrs previous and all has been well since and i do remember about those extra direct x componants it says " do you want to install to run " just an idea , if you havn't got 3dmark 06 loaded then its that theory out of the window :confused:
 
I think there are some fundamental issues with the IRQ allocation on this and the previous motherboard...

If the CPU has to interpret in software which of 3 devices is sending an interrupt request ie graphics car, Audigy 2 or Disk Controller then you are gonna get some pretty nasty pauses in a game when its displaying graphics, sound and paging to the HDD at the same time...

My System has Irq's 3,4,7,10,11,16 & 17 free and not in use, yet I am subjected, by this motherboard, to the following IRQ sharing which I cannot change..

0 : System timer
1 : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
6 : Standard floppy disk controller
8 : System CMOS/real time clock
9 : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
9 : SCSI/RAID Host Controller
12 : Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
13 : Numeric data processor
14 : Primary IDE Channel
15 : Secondary IDE Channel
18 : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter
18 : Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
19 : Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)
19 : Radeon X1900 Series
19 : Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
20 : OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
21 : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller

And thats with USB disabled... If I enable USB then 18 and 19 each get another device allocated as well as 2 other irq's...

Its no wonder my system crashes with anything plugged into the USB...

It may be allowable to share IRQ's but I cannot think its good practice to have that level of sharing on high performance hardware...

On My Intel/gigabyte system I didnt have any sharing!

Perhaps I should have stuck with an intel/gigabyte system at least then I could play NFSMW with a decent force feedback wheel

:(
 
HI,

this is the same conclusion I have come to, I have my crossfire card sharing with usb and my sata controller, there's nothing that can be done to stop the allocation either.

The only way out would be if Asus reeased a bios update forcing the cards to use differnt irq's from anything else. One can only guess if that will ever happen..........

I don't think my board is pre release anyway, it was shipped on the 27th feb, a week after the eval boards had already gone. On the asus forum, other people have the issue to.

I would like to hear from Duke though, as I think he's the only one with a board from OCUK. Can't contact him though, as private messaging is not allowed, so we'll have to wait until he can enlighten us with his experiences.


Thanks
Raja
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom