A7V or no?
thug
<P...@McGroin.com> wrote in message news:3A079646...@McGroin.com...
> I am in the process of building my own system for the first time, with
I install win98 with drive on ata66 partitioned to c and d:. Win 98 on
c:Then install win2000 on d:, this will give you dual boot for win 98 or
win2000. I put win2000 on part d:. While still hooked to ata66 and running
win2000 load drivers for ata100, win2000 does not need via drivers from asus
cd. Shut down and hook drive to ata100, change bios to none for pri ide. In
boot section of bios set ata100 to yes. You should have bios 1004c installed
before installing win2000. This update fixes the problem of loosing the ide
sec in win2000.
P...@mcgroin.com
getting the CD-Rom to be recognized, drivers to install properly, etc.
etc. etc. Donwloading driver after driver, patch after patch. After
browsing here, am I correct to assume that the A7V is very trouble prone
and I can expect more of the same problems? Should I go with an Intel
1.0 Ghz and an appropriate mother board? Will I experience many less
problems? If it matters, using it with an Athlon 1.0 ghz TBird and
256MB RAM.
David Rodriguez
the same motherboard lol
<P...@McGroin.com> wrote in message news:3A079646...@McGroin.com...
Paul Lockyer
naturally there is gonna be lots of bad reports. I haven't had a single
problem with my A7V, and i know of heaps of are in the same boat as me -
thrilled with it.
"David Rodriguez" <drodr...@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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Fred Broce
difficult to setup than
the old Pentium/II/III systems. I beleive if you do not try and overclock it
and pay attention to
the default settings you will have no problems. It isn't the best beginners
project because of the
number of settings available and some of the built-in "features" (like the
ATX power turning on and off
the first time you power up - until you press the power switch and recycle)
and interupt sharing.
It's best if you buy the board tested with the cpu and heatsink installed by
the dealer.
fb
"Paul Lockyer" <spampl...@a1.com.au> wrote in message
news:aHON5.17126$SF5.3...@ozemail.com.au...
> remember this BBS is for ppl who have probs with asus motherbaords. So
> naturally there is gonna be lots of bad reports. I haven't had a single
> problem with my A7V, and i know of heaps of are in the same boat as me -
> thrilled with it.
>
> "David Rodriguez" <drodr...@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:gJMN5.15333$Ze6.1...@typhoon.tampabay.rr.com...
Grendel
blue screen file copy? When it does throw in the Promise drivers you
downloaded from Asus. A lot simpler then messing with cables although
the way you said will work.
In article <3a081022$1...@news.shreve.net>,
"thug" <goo...@shreve.net> wrote:
>
> <P...@McGroin.com> wrote in message news:3A079646...@McGroin.com...
> > I am in the process of building my own system for the first time,
with
> I install win98 with drive on ata66 partitioned to c and d:. Win 98
on
> c:Then install win2000 on d:, this will give you dual boot for win 98
or
> win2000. I put win2000 on part d:. While still hooked to ata66 and
running
> win2000 load drivers for ata100, win2000 does not need via drivers
from asus
> cd. Shut down and hook drive to ata100, change bios to none for pri
ide. In
> boot section of bios set ata100 to yes. You should have bios 1004c
installed
> before installing win2000. This update fixes the problem of loosing
the ide
> sec in win2000.
>
>
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Before you buy.
Grendel
When you go for a motherboard with all the bells and whistles you're
asking for trouble. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones. Maybe Asus
will fix all this stuff eventually. Don't buy all the crap about, we
should wait for BIOS updates. Screw that man, you paid at least $500
for that motherboard and processor. You didn't pay that money for a bad
board. If you have problems, write an e-mail to Asus. I did the other
day. I gave them hell. I can make a bad motherboard and sell it a lot
of people myself for $500.
In article <gJMN5.15333$Ze6.1...@typhoon.tampabay.rr.com>,
Jiffy
but rather the VIA chipset that all Socket A boards use. Go to
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit and you'll see most of the same problems.
The good news is that it is possible to get a working, stable system but it
does take a lot of work. You do NEED a good PSU prefferable 300w. You also
need to be careful about what memory settings you put in the bios. Look
through all the threads that are here about Win2k and the A7V and you'll see
many queries which will help you.
If not, try http://go.to/a7v for starters.
Cheers, Jiffy
<P...@McGroin.com> wrote in message news:3A079646...@McGroin.com...
JSE
I had some problems with Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1 freezing the system when
I scrolled the window contents. However it turned out to be the SP1, as I
now have no problems with the IE 5.5 that came with Windows ME.
Apart from this my system runs 100% stable.
br.
JSE
"Jiffy" <g...@far.away> wrote in message
news:aQCP5.1077$Ry5.1...@news3.cableinet.net...
> In my opinion, the vast majority of the problems are not as a result of
Asus
> but rather the VIA chipset that all Socket A boards use. Go to
> alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit and you'll see most of the same problems.
> The good news is that it is possible to get a working, stable system but
it
> does take a lot of work. You do NEED a good PSU prefferable 300w. You also
> need to be careful about what memory settings you put in the bios. Look
> through all the threads that are here about Win2k and the A7V and you'll
see
> many queries which will help you.
>
> If not, try http://go.to/a7v for starters.
>
> Cheers, Jiffy
>
>
>
>
>
> <P...@McGroin.com> wrote in message news:3A079646...@McGroin.com...
Anthony White
>
> In my opinion, the vast majority of the problems are not as a result of Asus
> but rather the VIA chipset that all Socket A boards use. Go to
> alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit and you'll see most of the same problems.
If I may add a few comments...
Apart from a couple of "silly" things when I got my A7V
pertaining to some BIOS settings, (My BIOS was the early 1001)
this board and CPU combi has worked great.
A common thread has been people using Win 'something or other'
with various driver problems etc.
I run mostly Linux and sometimes OS/2 and both setups just work!
I have not played to much with Win recently due to my good
experience with stability under Linux and OS/2.
My gaming requirements are not to strict (No time) so games
are not that important.
The only thing to note here is that I use SCSI for everything
like hard drives, CD-ROM, CD-RW etc. so I do not have any
Promise controller issues.
My SB Live is running in slot 4, all other slots except
slot 5 are populated with various cards. The video card is
a Matrox G400 Dual Head.
All in all it seems that Linux with kernel 2.2.16 or later
is very stable on these MB's. There have been certain problems
with some systems using certain earlier kernels but these
kernels should be updated anyway due to some security issues.
Hope the above can contribute to help making an informed
decision about this board.
Anthony
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Don Sterner
wrote:
>I never had as many problems with a motherboard as when I bought an A7.
>When you go for a motherboard with all the bells and whistles you're
>asking for trouble. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones. Maybe Asus
>will fix all this stuff eventually. Don't buy all the crap about, we
>should wait for BIOS updates. Screw that man, you paid at least $500
>for that motherboard and processor.
Boy did you get ripped off! Big time! I guess maybe you had all
the trouble getting your A7V system going because you were so
pissed about the price you paid that you didn't pay any attention
to what you were doing with your computer.