Re: Asus 7900GT card freezing. What to do?

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 13:18:38 +0000, KC Computers wrote:

What BIOS version are you using? ASUS came out with version 1205 which
is says it added support for 7900 VGA chips. There was probably some
sort of compatibility issue with older ones. Get the latest BIOS from:
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model
=A8N32-SLI%20Deluxe



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Kevin Chalker, Owner (KC COMPUTERS)
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Hi and thanks for the reply!

My wife is on the said computer at the moment so I cannot check the exact
Bios version. But I did a quick look at the Asus Support pages to see what
was available, and it is a bit confusing. Our motherboard is the "premium"
version, not "delux" and there the latest version has the number "1009"
and no mention of any 7900 issues. Here is what the changes say:

1 Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at:
http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx 2. Fix unstable under
400MHz-Single channel issue. 3. Modify DDR max speedfrom 400MHz to 333Hz
when full loading

I find it indeed strange that the "deluxe" version would have had a recent
bios upgrade to fix a 7900 issue while the "premium" version, which should
be darn close in design, doesn't.

I have been an Asus fan for some years because I see their products as
being good quality. But I must admit, that when now dealing with their
(overly heavy and confusing) website, and the confusing technical
information available for their products, I think I will start to look
elsewhere in the future.

Steve, Denmark
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