Re: a8n-sli deluxe bios version

On 25 Jul 2005 19:36:04 -0400, rko15
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>I am a complete newbie system builder, and just finished putting
>together the following system:
>
>asus a8n-sli deluxe rev 1.02
>antec true550eps12v atx
>athlon 64 4000+ san diego 90nm
>thermaltake k450 heatsink/fan cl-p0075 with shin etsu X23-7783D tim
>corsair twinx1024-3200xlpro 2.2.2.5
>asus extreme n6600gt 128mb ddr3
>western digital raptor wd740 74gb 10000rpm sata
>maxtor diamondmax plus 9 120gb 7200rpm pata
>sony double layer dvd/cd rw dru-720a
>thermaltake tsunami va3000bwa
>generic fdd keyboard mouse
>
>When I press the power button, the following sequence of events
>occurs:
>
>(1) after 5 seconds the asus a8n-sli deluxe splash screen appears
>(with "Press DEL to enter SETUP" at the bottom)
>
>(2) after another 5 seconds the following screen appears:
>
>SiI 3114 SATARaid Bios Version 5.1.39.
>Copyright (C) 1997-2004 Silicon image, Inc.
>
>Press <Ctrl+S> or F4 to enter RAID utility
>
>(3) finally, after another 15 seconds, the following information
>appears:
>
>Diskette Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in. Serial Port(s) : 3F8
>Pri. Master Disk : LBA, ATA 133, 122GB Parallel Port(s) : 378
>Pri. Slave Disk : None
>Sec. Master Disk : DVD-RW, ATA 33
>Sec. Slave Disk : None
>First SATA Master Disk : LBA, ATA 133, 74GB
>
>PCI device listing...
>Bus No. Device No. Func No. Vendor/Device Class Device Class IRQ
>0 1 1 10DE 0052 0C05 SMBus Controller 5
>0 2 0 10DE 005A 0C03 USB 1.1 OHCI Controller 11
>0 2 1 10DE 005B 0C03 USB 2.0 EHCI Controller 10
>0 4 0 10DE 0059 0401 Multimedia Device 10
>0 7 0 10DE 0054 0101 IDE Controller 11
>0 8 0 10DE 0055 0101 IDE Controller 10
>1 0 0 10DE 0140 0300 Display Controller 11
>5 10 0 1095 3114 0104 RAID Controller 5
>5 11 0 104C 8023 0C00 Serial Bus Controller 3
>5 12 0 11AB 4320 0200 Network Controller 3
>ACPI Controller 9
>
>DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
>
>
>I wish to know the bios version number before I flash the bios with
>version 1008. How do I find this? When I press DEL to enter the bios
>setup, the version number does not appear on any of the setup screens
>(unless I am missing something). I expected it to appear in step (3)
>above. Conceivably it did appear here but scrolled by so fast that I
>could not see it; if this is the case, how do I stop the scrolling?

Isn't your current BIOS version listed on the very first screen that
appears during POST? On that screen, you should see the following at
the top of the monitor:

"Phoenix - Award BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally, Copyright
1984-2005, Phoenix Technologies, LTD

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe ACPI BIOS revision xxxx"

where xxxx is your current BIOS version

You didn't say where the Raptor's connected, but I assume that it's on
the nVidia SATA controller. Correct? Since you're not using the
SI3114 RAID controller, it should be disabled in BIOS before
proceeding further. Thereafter, you shouldn't see that message about
the SI BIOS on POST.

Note that some have had difficulty using DiamondMax 9 drives with
A8N-SLI series of motherboards.


Ron
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