Asus A8N32-SLi POST screen

Torquar · 2 Apr 2006 at 13:48

So, I bought an Asus A8N32-SLi from OCuk last week. Works great, much less hassle than my DFI board, but one thing is niggling at me.

When I power on my PC, I get the usual phoenix bios 6.00 etc, but under that in big white letters is a message saying:

EVALUATION ROM NOT FOR RESALE

I havent flashed the board yet, running with the stock bios, no alterations.

Have OCuk sold me a dodgy mobo?

PS: posting from memory here, wording on that message might not be 100%.

bbreezeuk · 2 Apr 2006 at 14:02

not sure if OCUK have sold you a dodgy board but mine doesnt appear with that message when i boot mine up althogh i bought mine from a competitor but that shouldnt make a difference

wasc · 2 Apr 2006 at 14:26

bbreezeuk said:
not sure if OCUK have sold you a dodgy board but mine doesnt appear with that message when i boot mine up althogh i bought mine from a competitor but that shouldnt make a difference

This is certainly very interesting. I purchased one of these motherboards (Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16) and built it at work (oh the joys of having a boss who's more of an enthusiast than me)

Anyway, he liked the board so much he purchased one as well but one of our boards came from Overclockers and the other didn't and the two were different. If you turn the motherboard upside down, the underside is a kind of blue colour and the board from overclockers was plain, yet the board from a competitor had some kind of heat material on it. Trust me - the OcUK board was completely different on the underneath.

I'm wondering if OcUK in their bid to get stock before anyone else got a dodgy pre-release batch from somewhere.

Torquar · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:00

Hmm

Does anybody who works for OCuk browse these forums? Might be nice to get an inside response

Berserker · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:58

Message has been passed along. I've closed this but they can still reply.