A8R32-MVP what is it

raja · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:00

Hi,

I did try to set te skew to normal, but my system would not load any games, so it's better left where it is.

Just been playing BF2 and it works great so far

I have the squeal too, I can live with it I suppose,

Let's see what happens OK....

It would be nice if OCUK had it's own BF2 server...........

it's progress anyway.........

cuke2u · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:04

Hi again lordedmond, well as I can play HF2 more less at full chat with no issues, and my system is not far off what yours is, I can only guess that my memory is causing the issue. As I've got Kingston Value maybe it's not only not enough for Quake, but also the memory timings might not be with this motherboard.
ChrisC

lordedmond · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:06

Anand has posted the bios
link

just click on you are having trouble d/l if it will not dl

lordedmond · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:08

chriscatt said:
Hi again lordedmond, well as I can play HF2 more less at full chat with no issues, and my system is not far off what yours is, I can only guess that my memory is causing the issue. As I've got Kingston Value maybe it's not only not enough for Quake, but also the memory timings might not be with this motherboard.
ChrisC

yes i think you need 2 gig for it

hey mem is cheap i once paid £160 for 32meg of 4116 dill chips go for some good mem your system will thank you

Duke · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:12

Going to give this a try now. Back shortly!

lordedmond · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:14

Coolasmoo said:
Thanks,

Ive requested the RMA and may pop into OcUK tomorrow and pick up another board. Stock pending

(original board purchased elsewhere)

I would be quick now its sorted I bet many readers have been sitting on the fence waiting

reading around the web many of the reviewer are doing a bit of face saving by saying we only tested with single core cpu, not with duel core ?

hopefully this will make the reviewing more searching in the future

Coolasmoo · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:29

lordedmond said:
I would be quick now its sorted I bet many readers have been sitting on the fence waiting

Well ive got the A8N32 siting here doing nothing, so if it comes to it i can re-install that and wait it out

lordedmond · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:36

run the a8r32 tonight get the new one fri do a swap out and RMA the duff one back sat . not new reinstall required , quick and simple

raja · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:43

as the week pans out we can see how the board runs with overclocking, remember there was also the issue of the bios resets after a power down, which meant editing bios to re enter the overclock.....

the stutter was the major issue and that seems ok now......

lordedmond · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:44

funny things are afoot me thinks

posted by athildja at DH

"we just recieved our reply to that question.
"this is only for your internal tests until further notice."
I will call and see if I can get more information. and will post here. this seems to be the place to keep everyone informed about it.

Sean"

in reply to a question about the release of 0311

daftVader · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:51

Philbill said:
From what I have seen of this board, if you run it with 2 1900 graphics boards there would be no room to put a Sondblaster X Fi card?
Regards
Phil

Hi Phil
I can confirm that you can indeed install an X-Fi and Crossfire setup. I have done (see sig) and even installed a wireless pci card too. It's a tight fit but it's ok

Weird thing is though, I've had none of the problems the other posters on this thread have had. No stuttering whatsoever and consistent Hdd performance. I've had a different problem though: if i leave the machine switched off over night, when I power up the following day there is no output to the monitor after windows goes past it's loading screen. I can log on, I just can't see anything! The only way I have found to get round this is to hit F8 immediately after the bios posts (I can see that bit, it just loses the display after windows loads) and select "enable vga" from the windows boot options menu (the bit that lists safe mode etc).

I don't know why my setup should be different to anyone elses. Haven't read the thread all the way through properly so can't say for sure. The only thing I noticed different about mine is I'm not running a RAID set up and I am using the silicon image SATA ports :confused:

Hopefully the new bios will fix me up too.

lordedmond · 9 Mar 2006 at 19:03

daftVader said:
Hi Phil
I can confirm that you can indeed install an X-Fi and Crossfire setup. I have done (see sig) and even installed a wireless pci card too. It's a tight fit but it's ok

Weird thing is though, I've had none of the problems the other posters on this thread have had. No stuttering whatsoever and consistent Hdd performance. I've had a different problem though: if i leave the machine switched off over night, when I power up the following day there is no output to the monitor after windows goes past it's loading screen. I can log on, I just can't see anything! The only way I have found to get round this is to hit F8 immediately after the bios posts (I can see that bit, it just loses the display after windows loads) and select "enable vga" from the windows boot options menu (the bit that lists safe mode etc).

I don't know why my setup should be different to anyone elses. Haven't read the thread all the way through properly so can't say for sure. The only thing I noticed different about mine is I'm not running a RAID set up and I am using the silicon image SATA ports

Hopefully the new bios will fix me up too.

i am quite bemused how some set ups work ( yours is a duel core ) and some do not most have a similer software setup xp 32 bit or xp64 bit with the same gfx drivers , driver for the m/b smoe work ok , those people cannot understand what all the fuss is about

its most odd raja has just about turned his system inside out so as coolasmoo to try and find a base level to the problem , the bios does sort it tho now the mem skew is applied correctly

lordedmond · 9 Mar 2006 at 19:10

DH have 311 posted as use at your own risk ( permission from asus i think )
http://www.driverheavendownloads.net/Asus0311.rar

raja · 9 Mar 2006 at 19:20

this is more like the real launch now that we have the beta out of the way

do you think it's high time a new thread was started?????

a8r32-mvp owners thread???

Duke · 9 Mar 2006 at 19:33

Running the newer bios... cant run in 1T anymore. Just running more benchmarks etc atm...

raja · 9 Mar 2006 at 19:50

that's strange as 1t works fine for me.

I suppose some issues will be up in the air for now.

I think it's best you make them known to either anandtech or DH and even Asus, that way they can work them out and perhaps get them ready for the official bios, just a thought..........

cuke2u · 9 Mar 2006 at 20:22

"reading around the web many of the reviewer are doing a bit of face saving by saying we only tested with single core cpu, not with duel core"???
hehe nice one lordedmond, seeing as mine is single core, I wonder what single core they were testing.
Blimey, 32mb of ram for £160, I remeber when 8 meg was £100 lol. Anyway, the ram you recommended arrives tomorrow so hopefully I'll have an update for you soon after. Minds you it's the start of the F1 season, I might be digging out my Geff Crammond GP4 again, lol pay for an upgrade that's cost me around £700 and I play GP4 on it!!!!
ChrisC

Duke · 9 Mar 2006 at 20:29

Raja, sorry if you've already posted this info, but what HTT and Memory speed are you running + voltage increases?

Cheers

raja · 9 Mar 2006 at 20:35

It's all stock ATM,

I'll do a quick test at stock with 220fsb

raja · 9 Mar 2006 at 20:46

ok just tried 1.45vcore

htt is still at 1ghz

220 fsb

2.5-3-3-6

I know I can go higher and stable for benchmarks, I think the highest I got with air is 2760mhz.

I have not bothered with oc'ing much as my attention has been on the stuttering issues, and I'm kinda breathing in releif from the fatigue. Gary Key from anandtech was up all night, so he's more red eyeballed than me.........