Re: Re: a8n-sli deluxe bios version

"" wrote:
> rko15 wrote:
> > I am a complete newbie system builder, and just finished
> putting
> > together the following system:
> >
> > asus a8n-sli deluxe rev 1.02
> > western digital raptor wd740 74gb 10000rpm sata
> > maxtor diamondmax plus 9 120gb 7200rpm pata
>
> > Pri. Master Disk : LBA, ATA 133, 122GB Parallel Port(s) :
> 378
> > Sec. Master Disk : DVD-RW, ATA 33
> > First SATA Master Disk : LBA, ATA 133, 74GB
>
> > DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
>
> If your SATA drive is connected to the BLACK nForce connector,
> you can
> disable the Silicon SATA RAID in BIOS, and it will skip that
> bit when
> booting.
>
> In the BOOT menu, select Hard Disc Drives and move up the
> drive you want
> to boot from.

As you suggested,

SETUP>Advanced>Onboard Device Configuration>Silicon SATA
Controller>DISABLED

gets rid of the screen:

-----------------------------------------
SiI 3114 SATARaid Bios Version 5.1.39.
Copyright (C) 1997-2004 Silicon image, Inc.
-----------------------------------------


Now, when I turn on the computer (by pushing the power button), the
following sequence of events occurs:
(1) After about 5 seconds, a color splash screen (taking up the entire
monitor) appears:

----------------------------------
ASUS
motherboard

[picture of motherboard] A8N-SLI
DELUXE

Press DEL to enter SETUP
----------------------------------

Presumably at this time the POST is taking place. Question: Is there
some key I should press (other than DEL) to see the POST detail
screens? (If I press the DEL key, I am taken directly to the Phoenix -
Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility.)

[On my 7-year-old DELL XPS R450, when I push the power button, a DELL
logo splash acreen appears; and if I then press DEL, another screen
appears, and I can see the memory test part of the POST taking place;
and after this the model numbers of the primary master, primary slave,
secondary master, and secondary slave drives appear.]

(2)After the color splash screen has appeared for about 5 seconds, the
terminal screen goes black, and if I very quickly press press the
PAUSE/BREAK key, the following screen appears:

--------------------------------
NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.76
Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp.
--------------------------------

(3)If I now press the space bar and then very quickly (maybe 1/100 of
a second later) press PAUSE/BREAK, I get the (first part of) the
following screen

----------------------------------------------------------------
Phoenix Technologies, LTD
System Configurations

CPU ID/ucode ID : 0F71/00 Base Memory : 640K
CPU Clock : 2400MHz Extended Memory : 1047552K
L1 Cache Size : 128K
L2 Cache Size : 1024K

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
------------------------------------------------------------------

And finally by by pressing the space bar, the rest of this screen
appears (since there are more than 25 lines).

Question: What am doing wrong? Why don?t I see:

-------------------------------------------------------------
"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
---------------------------------------------------------------

There surely must be an easy way to see the POST detail screens -
without having to press PAUSE/BREAK and then SPACE.

I have further questions about flashing the BIOS, but I want to make
sure my computer is working like everybody else?s first.

Any response will be much appreciated.

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