Zelf geen last van gehad..
V7700 deluxe Duron 650 @ 800 & A7V
Tiplepost over Duron:
Dit heb ik ergens van tweakers geript en zie ook
http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/49929:
Iedereen zegt wel dat het Asus bord zo geweldig is maar als je bij de newsforums van Asus gaat lezen kun je zien dat er heel veel mensen zijn die problemen hebben om het bord stabiel te krijgen. En ik heb er helaas ook ervaring mee want ik heb ook zo'n 'geweldig' Asus bord. Ik heb gelukkig hem eindelijk een beetje stabiel gekregen en dat heb ik gedaan volgens een bericht ook gepost op de forums. Ik zal hem ook posten ik hoop dat de gene met een instabiel bord er wat aan hebben. Ik zelf trouwens heb een:
Asus A7V T-Bird 800 128MB PC133
A7V lnstallation Tips.
Air Cooling.
CPU Heat Sink lnstallation.
Make sure the FAN is sucking not blowing on the HS!!! (alpha type cooiers)
Chasis Fan lnstallation.
1 x 80mm fan blowing in installed at bottom front of the case.
1 x 80mm fan blowing out inatalled at top/middie back of the case. (Power Supply unit that have daul fans are nice)
1 found that this wil] reduce the tempature when cpu is idie. Change this is the bios.
Advanced -> Chip Configuration -> Master PCI Read Caching -> "ENABLE"
Which Bios should you use.
1002 - Higher core voltage setting ie: when you set the veore to 1.85v it is actually l.gv This can be heipful in some situations where overcioeking requires the higher voltage.
In my case 1 could not boot into wing81win2k with bios 1003 and 1004a at 900 becuase the voltage was to low (1.85 instead of 1.92).
1003 - 1 found this stabie but didn't give me the higher core voltage 1 needed.
1004a - This raised my cpu temp when idie by 1 Oe-1 Sc degrees. 1 had the following problems after 1 upgraded to this bios.
Outiook Express News - lock ups while looking at pietures in newgroups. lnternet Explorer - random lock ups
Microsoft Media Player - lock ups while playing mp3's (think becuase it has that stupid techno screen in it) CPU temp was way to high when idie 55 C with the previous bios 38 C
1 recommend flashing your bois with 1003 or 1002 until asus releases 1004 final.
Where to get the bios.
ftp:llasus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/Mb/sockalkt133/a7v/
Flashing the bios.
Use "C:\Program Files\ASUS\AsusUpdate\Update.exe to instail the file once your uzip it.
Remember after flashing bios.
Enter the bios after the reboot and load setup defaults, then reboot
This fixed my sound blaster live problem. First instail the sound card into pci slot 3.
Make sure @you are using the lastest drivers.
Put the following setting in the BIOS setup menu.
Advanced -> PCI Configuration -> PCI/PNP IRQ Resource Exclusion -> "IRQ 5 Reserved for Legacy Deviee" -> "Yes"
ATA-100 problems
My ide setup is as follows and 1 did not have problems instelling wing8. IBM ATA-1 00 drive on Primary ATA-1 00 channel Asus 40x cdrom on Seconday controler as slave.
1 did have problems instelling win2k the problem was that it couidn't find the hard drive. Win2K requires the promise drivers to be loaded.
When the screen comes up and asks you if there any thirdparty mass storage drivers to be added. You rnust before hand downioad and create the promise driver disk.
Then rnust specify a mass storage controler and put in the promise driver disk.
Other things that 1 should mention. 1 have a Geforce2 card from Asus.
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Asus recomends instelling the via-4inl drivers in norrnal mode and not turbo. This means that AGP 1 x and 2x is availabie but not AGP 4x.
Nvidia also say that using sidebanding will cause instability. 1 flashed by card so that it doesn't use sidebanding (SBA) Fastwrites Setting in the bios can also cause instabilty.
Optimal/Normat setting in the bios cän also cause instabilty.
lf you don't have problem with crashing during video games don't touch anything. lf your system is rock stabie in os but crashes in video games try this.
In the BIOS.
change Advanced, -> Optima] -> "NORMAL"
This setting changes AGP to lx when normal and 2x optimal, if you've installed via-4inl driver in turbo this setting changes AGP to 2x when normal and 4x optimal
change Advanced -> Chip Configuration -> AGP Fastwrites -> "DISABLE"
lnstail via 4inl again with "normal" cheeked and not turbo.
lf you have tried all these AGP setting without solving the problem. You more then likily have the same problem as 1. How 1 got rid of it.
1 underciocked the bus speed(1 00) to 95 fbs from the bios.
1 have not tried AGP at 2x or 4x with the FBS at 95 but for now the system is now totaal stabie while playing video games. Though 1 have tried upgrading my bios to 1004a and then 1 start having problems.
Don't know if 1 forgot anything but if you are having as many problems as 1 have had you may appreciatie this.
btw my system
A7V rev 1.01 (bios 1002) T-Bird 700@855(95x9) Alpha Flal cooler
1 stick of Corsair Cas2 133 Ram
Asus v7700 32 pure (AGP l x Latest Bios without SBA Lastest Drivers) IBM Deskstar 15G (ATA-100) SB live
Enermax 350W w/Dual Fan PU Dual Boot wing81win2k
Temperatures ldie 37C
CPU under Fuil load 56C-58C
seti screensaver average wu time 8 - 8 112 hours
Conclusion
1 am sacrafising perforance for stabilty now. But..
Hopefully the FBS and AGP 4x stabilty will be eventually solved with the via-4inl drivers. But this has not been addressed by the newest ones 4.25a
Hopefully the newer MB bios will allow the higher voltage as in 1002 and also allow diabling the ATA-1 00 promise controller.
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