Re: A7N8X+too+many+problems

b35853 wrote:
>
> After lurking in this group a while I've
> noticed the A7N8X popping up frequently.
> I don't even want to get into the problems
> I've gotten into with this board. I bought
> a A7V133 in 2000 I think, I used it up until
> 5 or 6 months ago. I thought I would build a new
> system and did my home work, read reviews made a
> few posting in some other groups seeking advice.
> I can't remember who suggested the A7N8X, but that was
> what I came up with, I bought a new AMD cpu and a gig of
> Kingston ram, nVidia GeForce video card.


I have one of these boards. Two, actually. The very first one I
purchased was V1 - which fell over every few minutes. I returned it
after a week.

The later board, V2, with a decent BIOS version, is one of the most
stable boards I have ever used.

It's no longer the quickest out there, but to me stability is more
important.

I've used it with all sorts of memory, various graphics cards, sounds
cards, SCSI raid controllers, etc - it's never, ever given me a problem.

I would make sure you don't have V1 (unlikely). Also make sure you have
an up-to-date BIOS (I tend to avoid the very latest, and go for the
version preceding that and never try BETA versions). The board is
fairly picky about its BIOS settings, so try loading default settings
and methodically changing the settings you need to alter.

I must admit I don't let anyone near my systems; my children have their
own to play with, and by now they are capable of reinstalling the
software when they become overloaded with spyware and other such junk
they accumulate over time.


Odie
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