A7N8X-Dlx, 1007 bios questions

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Hi!

Just updated to v1.007 on my Rev 2.0 A7N8X-Deluxe.

Now when I boot I get by memtest, but when I get to scanning IDE devices I
get a red color-blob all over the screen and then I get the next bios
screen.

System still boots though, but the first boot after the flash I got a bunch
of win pop-ups saying "PCI memory found" and now I have 4 "NVIDIA nForce2
Memory Controller" entries in addition to the "NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400
Memory Controller". Is this right or indicative of a problem? (All 5 devices
says there's no driver installed for it).

What drivers should I use for the SATA controller with this bios? (Only
using the SATA controlelr for 2 optical drives, no RAID).

Best Wishes
Thomas
 
Thomas said:
Just updated to v1.007 on my Rev 2.0 A7N8X-Deluxe.

Now when I boot I get by memtest, but when I get to scanning IDE
devices I get a red color-blob all over the screen and then I get the
next bios screen.

System still boots though, but the first boot after the flash I got a
bunch of win pop-ups saying "PCI memory found" and now I have 4
"NVIDIA nForce2 Memory Controller" entries in addition to the "NVIDIA
nForce2 Ultra 400 Memory Controller". Is this right or indicative of
a problem? (All 5 devices says there's no driver installed for it).

What drivers should I use for the SATA controller with this bios?
(Only using the SATA controller for 2 optical drives, no RAID).
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Just had to add that I seem to have some other problem as well.
Now when I boot (disabled quick boot) all mem is checked and it looks OK,
it's reported as 200MHz and Dual-Chan.. but after POST the reporter always
says "Memory test failed - now booting from OS".

:/

Best Wishes
Thomas
 
Kinda makes you wonder why you flashed at all. Was there some wonderful
feature you couldn't live without that your previous BIOS lacked?
 
Jeff said:
Kinda makes you wonder why you flashed at all. Was there some
wonderful feature you couldn't live without that your previous BIOS
lacked?
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Sigh, now that was extremely helpfull, wasn't it?
Do I now have to justify my reasons for flashing my mobo? Am I to predict
every possible problem and thus skip the flash?
How about instead of posting pointless crap like that actually try to do
some good, like post something helpfull?

Best Wishes
Thomas
 
Thomas said:
Jeff Hansman wrote:




Sigh, now that was extremely helpfull, wasn't it?
Do I now have to justify my reasons for flashing my mobo? Am I to predict
every possible problem and thus skip the flash?
How about instead of posting pointless crap like that actually try to do
some good, like post something helpfull?

Best Wishes
Thomas
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The idea of newsgroups as a helpful place went away long time ago. It is
now a place to make others problems worse by annoying the hell out of them.

As for your points about the memory devices etc with no drivers, mine
say the same. I had to point the system to my 2.45 nforce2 files so that
a file nvmemctl.cat could be installed for the ultra400 when it was
found as new hardware. Don't know about the red blobs. Is it possible
you upgraded to 1007, as I did, for the SATA BIOS upgrade?
 
Try the Demoulous Uber Bios 1007. This may work better for you. I am waiting
for my IOSS BIOS Savior to flash mine.

--
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe rev2.0 Demoulous Uber Bios 1005 SATA Enhanced
Athlon XP 1700+ T'bred B running 11.5x168 (1.93 GHz) @ 1.65volt
512 (2x256MB) Corsair TwinX XMS 2700LL 2-2-2-5
WinXP Pro SP1
CM Aero 7+ w/ Arctic Ceramique
Microcool North Pole w/ Arctic Ceramique
TDK 40x12x40 CDRW / JVC LiteOn 16X DVD-Rom
Western Digital 120GB Serial ATA 7200rpm 8MB
MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 VTD128 AGP8X @ 280/602
Vantec ION 400W PSU
 
I have a Rev 1.04; the multiple devices are normal and they are not
suppose to have drivers. I have 5 entries also. Had them from day one.

I'm using the SATA driver version 1.0.0.29

I went from 1004Uber to 1007 w/o any problems.

Don't know about the red blob.

Ta...
Marty L. Williams
 
This is not meant to be a flame, just help. On the Asus website, you can
usually find out what mods were made in any bios version and decide from
that if you want it. Also, there is a version for A7N8X Deluxe ver 2.0 and
ANOTHER version for the ver 1.4 boards. Be sure you DLed the right one.
 
Now when I boot I get by memtest, but when I get to scanning IDE
Never seen that - sorry.

Yeah, mine did that. Everything seems to work still, so I never thought
much more about it.

I have 1.0.0.22 from Silicon Image - i've had it ages though so can't
remember where I got it from. I just run a single drive on the SATA.
Just had to add that I seem to have some other problem as well.
Now when I boot (disabled quick boot) all mem is checked and it looks OK,
it's reported as 200MHz and Dual-Chan.. but after POST the reporter always
says "Memory test failed - now booting from OS".
Click to expand...

Mine has always said that - I only ever hear it after reflashing the BIOS
though since I disable it straight away. Just turn it off and ignore it.

David
 
Sigh, now that was extremely helpfull, wasn't it?
Do I now have to justify my reasons for flashing my mobo? Am I to predict
every possible problem and thus skip the flash?
How about instead of posting pointless crap like that actually try to do
some good, like post something helpfull?
Click to expand...

Yeah, jerks abound...

Anyway, I also flashed to 1007, and it did fix a flashing power LED that I
somehow *always* had with 1006.

I also had the "Memory test failed." "System now booting from operating
system."

I'm not overclocking, so I changed the memory setting from AUTO to BY SPD,
and now the "error" is gone.
 
JonnyCab® said:
Yeah, jerks abound...
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Unfortunately soo. Usenet breeds trolls.
Anyway, I also flashed to 1007, and it did fix a flashing power LED
that I somehow *always* had with 1006.
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Don't remember having a flashing led, but I went from 1005.002 to 1007.
I also had the "Memory test failed." "System now booting from
operating system."

I'm not overclocking, so I changed the memory setting from AUTO to BY
SPD, and now the "error" is gone.
Click to expand...

Hmm, maybe it's just a bug, that it takes all custom settings as an error
then? I've set all my settings myself as I overclock some and don't trust
SPD anyway.

Best Wishes
Thomas
 
David said:
Never seen that - sorry.
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Hmm, looks like it dissapeared after 2-3 boots, it appeared just as the
drive checking was done and before the next bios screen (the Fasttrack 2000
raid for me).
Yeah, mine did that. Everything seems to work still, so I never
thought much more about it.
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I wouldn't have noticed if windows didn't rediscover them and added them
again after the flash. Everything SEEMS to work fine though.
I have 1.0.0.22 from Silicon Image - i've had it ages though so can't
remember where I got it from. I just run a single drive on the SATA.
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Think I'm using 1.0.0.32 and have been since I flashed to 1005.002, somehow
I think my problem with the DVD is that it looks like a SCSi device to the
system so maybe the aspi isn't used?
Mine has always said that - I only ever hear it after reflashing the
BIOS though since I disable it straight away. Just turn it off and
ignore it.
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Never had it say failed memory test on me untill now though :/

Best Wishes
Thomas
 
Hmm, maybe it's just a bug, that it takes all custom settings as an error
then? I've set all my settings myself as I overclock some and don't trust
SPD anyway.
Click to expand...

Could be. Now you just gave me an idea...I'm going to set mine manually as
well. Why have the BIOS poll the memory when I can set it permanently? :)

Thanks!
 
Hmm, maybe it's just a bug, that it takes all custom settings as an error
then? I've set all my settings myself as I overclock some and don't trust
SPD anyway.
Click to expand...

Could be. Now you just gave me an idea...I'm going to set mine manually as
well. Why have the BIOS poll the memory when I can set it permanently? :)

Thanks!
 
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