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Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe Motherboard

Ameya Dalvi, Apr 30, 2004 0000 hrs IST

The Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe boasts of almost everything that you can hope to find on a motherboard including WiFi LAN.

Excellent performance, Loads of features, Very good onboard audio, Well priced

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A few months back we had tested the A7N8X, the basic nForce2 motherboard from Asus. Today we have its full-blown version, the Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe, which boasts of almost everything that you can hope to find on a motherboard including WiFi LAN. So let's not waste any more time and get straight down to it.

The board and the package
The A7N8X-E Deluxe is based on the nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset with the nForce2 MCP-T Southbridge. The board supports the entire range of AMD Socket-A CPUs with 200/266/333/400 MHz FSB (Front Side Bus). It features three DIMM slots that support up to 3 GB of DDR RAM with clock speeds of 266, 333 and 400 MHz in single and dual channel mode. You need at least two RAM modules (strips), placed in the appropriate slots to make use of the dual channel interface. The instructions for the same are present in the manual.

Other than the above, this board is packed with almost all the features that you can think of presently. FireWire, SATA RAID (Raid 0 and 1), USB 2.0, AGP 8X, Giga-LAN, you name it and this board has got it all. The board sports a full ATX form factor and has one 8X AGP and five PCI slots. Two IDE and one Floppy connector are also present in addition to a pair of Serial ATA connectors. The back panel comprises of the usual PS/2 ports, the parallel port, a serial port, a pair of RJ-45 jacks for the onboard LAN and Giga-LAN and two pairs of USB 2.0 ports. The audio connectors for front, rear and center outputs along with Audio-In, Mic and a Coaxial-Out can also be found on the panel.

The motherboard box is full to brim with goodies. Let me quickly run through the list. The box contains a pair of IDE cables, a pair of SATA cables, a Floppy Cable, USB extender cable with a couple of ports, FireWire ports, a SATA to standard power converter, custom back plate, three manuals - a multilingual quick setup guide, the general user/setup manual and the WiFi setup guide, and three driver and software CDs.

And did I mention the WiFi adapter, which plugs into the provided slot on the motherboard. Now that's what I call a complete package.

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(114) Comments

fdgdfg

,Pune, on Feb 16, 2010 03:40 PM

I require a desk top mother board with p 4 ...please contact me as early as possible...

Justice

,Imphal, on Nov 22, 2009 10:44 PM

2 serial ATA Slot is not adequate these days

DeMonHunTeR

,Delhi, on Apr 17, 2008 02:21 PM

i want a gaming pc my budget is 80k pls suggest me the best config

crashaxe

,Las Vegas, on May 21, 2008 08:25 AM

I just build Asus striker extreme II with an Intel (R) Core _TM) Quad CPU @ 2.50 GHx and 4 gigs of ram and one GeForce 8800 GTX video card with razer sound card and head set, the only thing I don't like is that I install Vista ult. 64 and I'm having trouble with random lockup and I'm going back to XP pro for awhile longer I think it will actually be faster with xp

Abhishek Jaiswa

,KOlkata, on Mar 13, 2007 07:53 PM

I do have the same board for a year now and work superb 9 months,but now i am facing frequent reboots when running big applications, i did changed the ram but the problem remain the same and i am fedup with this board now and i do have the USB 2.0 problem. i mailed Asus but could not got a proper reply in resolving the issue........... sometime it works great but again the same issue updated eveything to the current.....but no luck.....

Abhishek Jaiswa

,Kolkata, on Aug 11, 2007 12:23 PM

My problem got resolved by replacing SMPS to 400W CLorsit...........

jean

,coventry, on Apr 30, 2008 10:46 PM

hi, did you get ur a7n8x usb2 running good? My motu 828 reports an error. Is this a known problem? tyvm

Ascent tcehonlo

,NEW DELHI, on Feb 06, 2008 07:37 PM

I require 500 motherboards with Pentium M or Celeron M CPU & 512 MB RAM to match that motherboard. I also require the slimmest SMPS available in the market. The specialty of these board+CPU is that they do not require a CPU cooling fan, the CPU has only a heat sink. Aopen Desktop motherboard i855GMEm-LFS.

AVINASH.SONAWAN

,PUNE, on Dec 11, 2007 09:57 AM

MY MOTHER BOARD IS NOT DOING WORK PROPERLY.

vijay kumar R

,Karimnagar A.P., on Sep 27, 2007 10:37 AM

I am facing problem after loading XP-SP3, system re-boots continueously and unable to find the problem, whether it is with mother board or RAM. (ASUS A7N8X)

imran

,raipur, on Aug 22, 2007 11:12 AM

asus motherboard is best motherboard in all over the world.

imran

,raipur, on Aug 22, 2007 11:08 AM

motherboard basic knowledge is new user try it's good

anand

,mumbai, on Jul 09, 2007 08:56 AM

good

jitendra singh

,jhansi, on May 06, 2007 08:13 PM

what is processer of window corrupt cammand.

PAUL

,New Delhi, on Apr 28, 2007 11:10 AM

hi, i've amd 2000+ processor two 256mb sticks, 80GB disk and winxp-sp2. my computer started continuously rebooting when i tried to see a video yesterday, and it does the same whenever i start it. and its not detecting my 80GB external usb2.0 also,can anyone help me??

Rajib

,kolkota, on Mar 24, 2007 09:58 PM

i went nvidia softwere

Rajib

,kolkota, on Mar 21, 2007 11:37 PM

new mother boards

Alexandru Tudor

,Bucharest, on Feb 03, 2007 09:29 PM

please tell me to instal the all in one drivers in a windows vista home premium, please....

sandri

,tirana, on Mar 11, 2007 05:06 PM

vista drive asus amd a7n8x-x sempron 2400+

vinay

,hyd, on Feb 13, 2007 09:19 PM

di have purchased VIA 8243A 4 years before .i want to know that m motherboard will support 512 RAM or not

dinesh

,lucknow, on Dec 21, 2006 12:35 PM

your product is very good

CHALAM

,MAHABUBNAGAR, on Aug 24, 2006 09:06 PM

HAI I AM USING THIS MOTHERBOARD SINCE 10 MONTHS FLAWLESSLY IT HAS AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AND THE ONBOARD SOUNDSTORM IS SIMPLY SUPERB I WANT TO SELL THIS BOARD INTERESTED ONES CAN CONTACT < chalam_mail@yahoo.com > THANK YOU

Ganesh Iyer

,Mumbai, on Aug 21, 2006 11:54 PM

Dear All, I am new to this Forum & I seek an expert opinion from all you experts. I am going in for a new MotherBoard of ASUS (P4P800). I have 256MB x 2 Modules of Transcend JetRAM with me. Will it work with the ASUS Motherboard. If not which MotherBoard do you guys Recommend. Awaiting your Reply @ the earliest... Ganesh Iyer CEO, Ganesh Web Services http://ganeshwebservices.com/

ashok.a

,hyderabad, on Aug 18, 2006 11:52 AM

we want heatsink sheets a lot, if u have material plz contact me on 9395537788

Parikshith

,Bangalore, on Jun 01, 2004 11:36 AM

hi I am palnning on buying a second computer, I have about 45000 bucks to blow on it, can anyone suggest the best possible config for the above budget. I am an avid gamer and have a home entertainment system on my other comp, I would like one on the new comp as well. Thanx

agni

,mumbai, on Aug 07, 2006 12:23 AM

dfi lan party board ( around 12000) , athlon xp 3200 ( Rs 8000), leadtek 7600 gs graphics card ( Rs 6800) rest u can get the usual

V. Sethuraman

,Kulithalai, on Aug 07, 2006 02:52 AM

Wait for six more months before buying a second computer as the intel's latest revolutionary processor (Core 2 DuO) backed desktop systems will be available from branded players. At that time you invest your money in second computer. P4 based systems will be outdated at that time.

Jerry

,Washington, on May 30, 2006 08:51 AM

My brothers computer crashed so I reinstalled everything, but when i check the the device manager i am missing 3 drivers ! bus driver and ! usb driver and another one for graphics. he bought it at best buy and it Has an Asus A7N8X-LA motherboard. I have tryied to find them on the asus sight but having trouble getting them to work right. Maybe I cant find the right drivers. I figured He lost the Utility cds that came with it.

raju muthuswamy

,kuwait, on Apr 30, 2006 11:42 AM

hello, i am facing a problem with this motherboard. i am a computer service engineer in working kuwait. when i try to load win xp professional,the stup stops at the blue screen "starting windows". it loads all the basic files and stops when it reaches the above screen. but, i can load win 98se without any problems. any suggestions?

Lauro

,S?o Paulo, on Mar 31, 2006 11:17 PM

Bad thing: Game/midi port purchased separately :-(

Vishwanath

,mumbai, on Mar 11, 2006 03:40 PM

i would like to know about motherboard sellers in mumbai

dr.n.v.r.murthy

,hyderabad-a.p.india, on Feb 12, 2006 01:35 AM

I have m7vkm400krypton m\b+amdathelonxp3000+pr+nvidiafx5200+80gb7200hd,everithing is fine but clock speed shows only 1050mhz to show the correct cspeed can anybody help me ,i will be greatful.

dr.n.v.r.murthy

,hyderabad-a.p.india, on Feb 12, 2006 01:30 AM

I have m7vkm400krypton m\b+amdathelonxp3000+pr+nvidiafx5200+80gb7200hd,everithing is fine but clock speed shows only 1050mhz to show the correct cspeed can anybody help me ,i will be greatful.

Jeanette Fernan

,Mumbai, on Feb 07, 2006 09:00 AM

Does anybody here know where I can go to get an ASUS MOTHERBOARD? PC wagon used to have them..but i think they closed down. Who are the agents/distributers in Mumbai ??

Manish Mishra

,Mumbai, on Jan 31, 2006 01:27 PM

Hi Ameya, I want to upgrade my P4 1.7MHz, 128MB RAM system by Athelon 64-bit. I have gone through your entire editorial and decided "Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe" as motherboard. Can you suggest about Processor, Graphic Card and RAM. I want to used my system against heavy softwares such as 3D Max, MAYA and OS as Windows Vista. Can you tell me about configuration of Motherboard, Processor, Graphic Card and RAM Thanks Manish

vilas

,mumbai, on Dec 26, 2005 03:00 PM

I have a sempron 2400+ and Asus 700 mx mobo. I paid 6000 bucks for same. is it worth the price?

Nelly Dee

,Birmingham UK, on Nov 24, 2004 06:02 AM

Just upgraded my PC to this mobo, AMD xp 3200+ processor and 2 sticks of Kingston memory (512 dual speed 400). I also have a Nvidia fx 5600 xt graphic card. Bios 1012. 40 GB HD 7200. latest driver for graphic card and Direct x 9.0c. Problem - I get Page Fault in non paged area BSOD OCCasionaly esp when I run Medieval Total war game. Have tested everything in my system to death and it works fine!!?? Could my graphic card memory not be handling the memory speeds? stuck stuck stuck! ANyone else got similar probs? Tried old revisions of graphic driver and same problem.

Nelly Dee

,Birmingham UK, on Nov 24, 2004 06:15 AM

Mistermand@hotmail.com is the e-mail addy. Sorry 'bout that error.

Nelly Dee

,Birmingham UK, on Nov 24, 2004 06:16 AM

Also running win xp sp2

christianConzen

,uxbridge, on Mar 21, 2005 10:31 PM

i got the same problem did u fix that problem?? email me

Martin Pegler

,Bangor, North Wales, on Mar 24, 2005 04:38 PM

Hi Nelly Dee, I'm getting exactly the same problem, blue screen intermittently and a complete reboot. I have exactly the same hardware apart from an 80GB SATA Maxtor drive. I've changed everything bit by bit over the last few months (and it's cost me a fortune) but the only the I haven't changed is the graphics card. Thinking about getting and ATI instead but then I'll be stuck with a graphics card that probably works fine, just not with the A7N8X.

Stew

,Lafayette, La, on Jul 24, 2005 05:35 AM

your memory is not supposed to be used with that motherboard. yeah I have the same exact board and kingston memory and i get the same error, I went to their site and sure enough that one that i bought is not fully stable with my board

brent pascal

,edmonton, ab, on Sep 03, 2005 11:20 AM

try lowering your memory cas latency from 3 to 2.5 or 2.5 to 2.0 work for me have the same mobo.

brent pascal

,edmonton, ab, on Sep 03, 2005 11:22 AM

try lowering your memory cas latency from 3 to 2.5 or 2.5 to 2.0 work for me have the same mobo.

P. M. Bhatt

,Bhavnagar (Gujarat), on Sep 29, 2005 12:26 AM

Please send me specification detail

shashi_us

,bangalore, on Aug 01, 2005 11:29 AM

what is the cost of this mother board

Pranav Phadke

,Pune, on Jul 13, 2005 01:41 PM

Does this Motherboard support the amd 64 fx athlon (3200+)processor.where can i find the motherboard and the processor in pune.pls help!!!

Shujat Ali

,Bhopal, on Jun 27, 2005 11:37 PM

Where can I find an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Barton in India to go with this board

Sagar Das

,Midnapur, on Jun 15, 2005 11:51 AM

is it compatible with Linux operating System?

srinu

,hyderabd, on May 31, 2005 10:53 PM

send me p4 mother board

srinu

,hyderabd, on May 31, 2005 10:50 PM

hai

Manish Agarwal

,New Delhi, on May 24, 2005 07:30 PM

Whew!! Yes it IS an excellent mobo, BUT BUT BUT i just bought a 40GB external usb drive which doesn't work on this with WinXPSP2, but works on intelchipset mobos.... OUCH? specific problem, but anyway...

Phk

,Lisbon, Portugal, on May 06, 2005 11:48 PM

Well, this is not a living-state-of-art-mobo... I'm an experienced user, and i've been fighting with this board for 3 months. The board IS UNSTABLE!! And that's TRUE! I've switched CPU, switched HDD, turned every-little-neat-mobo-function off, and it still reboots. The only situation that makes this mobo hold life for more than a week, is when you downgrade your RAM to a 333 one.. And even so, it crashes... ... I won't advice this board to no-one. Please contact me if you solved any issue of this type with this mobo! Phracker@iol.pt

sridhar kumar.L

,Visakhapatnam, on Apr 22, 2005 07:36 PM

i have not used this board, but i read about this boards performence about on some magazines and seen in some web pages its looks an excellent board and they mentioned that this board suitable with amd athlon 3200+ processor but i have little doubt except this 3200+ processor which are below 3200+ processors amd athlon will suitable.please send the details as soon as possible.

Pepe

,Bogotá, on Feb 23, 2005 08:53 PM

Ok i just bought 6 of these mb for my cybercafe, and they work great... one comment tho... DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO DISABLE THE SATA CONFIG SCREEN???? This is one mayor security glitch.

Martin Pegler

,Bangor, North Wales, on Mar 24, 2005 04:43 PM

Have a look in the manual (or download it from asus website) and you'll see that the SATA controller can be disabled by moving one jumper across by one pin (I did this before I had my SATA drive). If you are actually using SATA drives (and I guess you don't want customers playing with settings) you could password protect the BIOS to stop anyone changing anything.

lionel

,navi mumbai, on Jul 07, 2004 07:26 PM

Does the asus a7n8x-e have onboard graphics?

Jim

,Hyderabad, on Mar 18, 2005 06:49 PM

No

dantheman

,Springfield, on Mar 13, 2005 08:40 AM

Ya My mobo (asus a7n8x-e deluxe) always turns on for 15-30 seconds. It loads everything and i can enter the bios settings, but i cant seem to get it to stay on. Any ideas? Please email me at danthemanxxx@mchsi.com do i need to update my bios? somebody please help. i have no idea what is wrong. It is probally something very easy. Thanks amd athlon xp 2400= 2x265 mb ddr pc 2700 333fsb 80 gb west. Digital hd 7200 cdrw/dvd rom drive

Andy

,Seattle, on Mar 01, 2005 08:56 AM

I'm confused about the mic settings on this mobo. I think i had it right the first time, but i mightve moved a pin around or something, and now the FRONT side mic doesnt work (the one i want), but the back does. If anyone knows which pin the Mic connector should go to, please email me at: Mr.AndyWong@Gmail.com Thanks!

Dean

,Otterburne, on Jan 27, 2005 11:05 PM

We've been experiencing some problems with the motherboard and the usb 2.0 isn't working. When we tried to install a digital camera, windows recognized it, but didn't install it. when we try to find the camera with zoom browser, it says that the camera cannot be found. if anyone knows how to fix this problem, please email me @ dean_88_m@hotmail.com Thanks a bunch

Anonymous

,Bangalore, on Feb 23, 2005 04:46 PM

The manual has some specific instructions on how to Install USB 2.0 drivers. There is a sequence to be followed. The Readme.txt pops up when installing, follow it diligently.It works fine for me.

John Noland

,Monument, on Feb 03, 2005 06:27 PM

I have 2 computers with the a7n8x-deluxe motherboard. I have standard analog sound with rear speakers on the first and no rear sound on the other although both are setup identical in the control panel. The only difference that I know are that the board without sound has a pixel view card installed and it has a front headset jack installed to the onboard sound connector. There is sound through the front headset but nothing through the rear speakers.

Anonymous

,Bangalore, on Feb 23, 2005 04:36 PM

I had some problem with the sound also. I had to download a utility from nVidia which switches the microphone and does some other switching. Apologies, I seem to have forgotten the name of the utility.

Nikhil

,Delhi, on Feb 03, 2005 01:25 PM

How would you rate the VM model of the same board against its deluxe model (which is reviewed here)?

James Newman

,COLORADO SPRINGS, on Feb 01, 2005 08:29 PM

No mention of rear speakers connected at same time as front onboard headset. Neither does the manual. Problems?

Sachin

,Allahabad, on Jan 26, 2005 04:32 PM

I am not finding this mobo on allahabad any dealer out here can offer this motherboard can contact me on my email.

Deepu

,B'lore, on Jan 11, 2005 07:25 PM

One Question. does this processer not support Intel Pentium processors ?

aroop

,Secunderabad, on Nov 20, 2004 07:35 AM

hi, asked a seller about this and he says that it is a 32 bit MOBO and will not go with the AMD 64 series. Is this true ??

dexy

,scotland, on Nov 08, 2004 09:37 PM

hi i have this deluxe model and use it with a amd athlon xp3200+ processor and 1 stick of pc3200 400ddr ram. my question is although it might be stupid but do i set the front side to 400 as default or set to pumper 2+3 for the 200mhz

Prasanna S K

,Mumbai, on Aug 12, 2004 01:24 PM

i have ASUS A7N8X and it keeps showing memory is at 166 mhz , single channel mode. i have one 512 mb,333 mhz memory. i borrowed one more but same message comes at bootup with two mem modules of 512 mb , 333 mhz. Can you suggest the reason / solution for same ?

Igor

,Belgrade, on Aug 17, 2004 07:03 PM

There is no big deal about that - DDR 333 MHz realy WORKS on 166MHz. But because there is capability of double operation within one clock tact (Double Data Rate) people like to say 333MHz effective (333=166*2). Asus is just real with showing clock rates. BTW, just to know dual channel mod on ASUS mainboards works ONLY when you insert modules in first two DIMMs from the left. I know it's annoying because there is nothing about that in manual and two DIMMs from the right are the same color - plenty room to make a mistake.

hailstorm

,Hellstorm Research Team, on Aug 24, 2004 04:41 PM

IGOR:: the two DIMMS are of the same color..fine but the distance between them should make things easy boss...Support for PC3200 RAM doesnt mean tat u shall get a speed of 333mhz..PRASANNA:: u can try putting a heatsink RAM..much better performer..

Prasanna S K

,Mumbai, on Oct 16, 2004 04:51 PM

Thanks Igor Buddy. your advice helped.

jessica lopes r

,sao bernado do campo, on Oct 04, 2004 07:15 PM

pontos de vendas em sao bernado do campo pode me informar

Bill

,London, on Sep 26, 2004 03:59 PM

Hi, I have a A7N8X-E Deluxe board which is super unstable, works but crashes with W2K SP2, have to disable the processor cache or else get a blue screen of death - once the cache is disable it runs very very slow (obviously) - Anyonehave similiar problems and has a fix? Also tried 2 install WIN98SE2 (My prefered OS) but 98 could'nt recognise the memory - insufficent system memory message - Again any help is greatly appreciated - Never had so many problems with a motherboard- Thanx

Happy User

,Bharuch, on Sep 28, 2004 08:53 PM

hey man bill! There must be some other reason. May be a memory,power supply,bios setting related issue, because I have yet to meet a person among my friends who have got this board and has anything but praise for it.Go to the forums like anandtech/nforcershq etc and you will be enlightened. For me , I can say that this board till now has not only satisfied but delighted me.

s.g.kamath

,udupi, on Sep 14, 2004 11:45 PM

I have bought this mobo with amd xp athlon 2600+ and ddr ram 400mhz and 120 gb hard disc 7200rpm, iwant to know where the memoery frequency is displayed. how to disable the asus logo from the bios i have installed Btg geforce 5700 256mb card. In the bios should i increase the agp aperture to 256?

jayesh jaware

,pune, on Aug 16, 2004 03:08 PM

excellent base for powerful multimedia

hailstorm

,Hellstorm Research Team, on Aug 24, 2004 04:43 PM

Ya true...but u have to go for a graphics card...price more than the MB perhaps...lol.......8X VM better tat way ;)

ramesh

,mumbai, on Jun 24, 2004 02:01 AM

has anydody has the feedback of Asus A7N8X-VM400 motherboard? i have to decide between Krypton c18g-400 and A7N8X-VM400 motherboard

Saket Bajaj

,Bangalore, on Aug 19, 2004 12:11 AM

Asus A7N8X-VM400 motherboard, is a sick and too slow in performance motherboard. Ever since I bought, I faced lot of problems. Got it exchanged for a A7N8X-E Deluxe WiFi mobo.

John J Sinha

,Siliguri, on May 01, 2004 08:24 AM

Your review of this mobo is woefully late. The "E" version adds Wi-Fi to the already great mobo called the A7N8x deluxe, which has won the reader's choice on THG.

b t

,Delhi, on May 02, 2004 03:55 AM

Doesnt make a difference though ;) People generally go for the cheaper motherboards, so theyd just wait for this one to get cheap :)

Sid

,Delhi, on May 18, 2004 08:44 PM

AND K7N2DELTA-L HAS ONLY DUAL CHANNEL OVER THE A7N8X-X. THE DUAL-CHANNEL IS NOT IMP. AND YES IT ALSO HAS ONE LESS FAN HEADER THAN THE MSI BOARD. BOTH ARE SIMILARLY OVERPRICED GOING FOR $70 OVERSEAS AND 5700 HERE!

blade__

,bbay, on Aug 17, 2004 10:29 PM

in regards to B t's comment frm del ... "ballll zz .. dude i jus bought this board for 7k .. an dat aint a bad deal at all ..

Igor Stamenov

,Belgrade, Serbia, on Aug 07, 2004 01:18 AM

I am from Serbia, and I am using A7N8X Deluxe (former version) for half a year. It's great! I think it have only one serious disadvantage - processor's voltage can be raised only up to 1.85V (Abit provides up to 2.2V). That means there is no serious overclock.

lionel

,navimumbai, on Jul 24, 2004 09:10 PM

nice but how much does it cost?i am from mumbai and have a krypton c18g400 and an amd athlon xp 2400+.

wilko

,slough uk, on Jul 14, 2004 04:50 AM

I have this motherboard and the sound does'nt work correctly, for example, nothing comes out of the green socket on the back

b t

,Delhi, on May 01, 2004 01:30 AM

Hi Sagar, Im running this motherboard now with an AMD AXP 3000+, Barton core (400 FSB). Its working really well. Now the RAM you can buy depends on what you can get. I run Corsairs DDR 400 mhz RAM, I strongly recommend Corsairs or Kingston. Be sure to buy two sticks, not one. For example, if your buying 512 mb, buy two sticks of 256. Why? Because then you can use something called dual channelling, which doubles your RAM FSB effectively. Great, Im running the Sapphire 9800 Pro too (or rather, will be in one week :)). The board is currently running fine with the rest of my hardware. Its really great! Just one point. Disable APIC in CMOS before installing your OS. Its there somewhere, look around. Any other questions you have, feel free to post. If you want, I can tell you how my r9800 pro works with the board in a week or two. Cya!

Pavas

,Delhi, on May 01, 2004 06:33 PM

Hi b t I myself have purchased this board last month. The problem is that I'm unable to find any compatible RAM for it. I tried Transcend, Matrix, Simmtronics(hynix chips) & Kingston(different model that what is mentioned in ASUS list of compatible DDR 400 at their web-site.). Can you tell me from where can I get 2*256MB DDR-400 Corsair. THIS IS EMERGENCY. Currently I'm running it with a 128MB DDR-333 which was running in a Zenith Server. Secondly why should we Disable APIC??? Thirdly, this is based on my personal experience, Gigabit LAN for broadband internet access gives much better speed than the nvidia MCP-T Ethernet. Waiting for your reply about RAM. Thanks!!!

b t

,Delhi, on May 02, 2004 03:52 AM

Hi, I dont know if you can get Corsairs RAM in India (I very much doubt it). What I suggest you do is get somebody in the US/Singapore or far east who can buy you 512 MB of such RAM. "Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, 184 Pin 256MB DDR PC-3200 - OEM". You can find it on newegg. Now if you get it shipped from there, you will have to pay shipping charges, but if your friend marks it as a gift and sends it via a good courier like fedex, it will come in fine as its below the duty exempt limit of Rs 10000, cost wise. You will need 2 DIMMs as I mentioned previously. Second, its really not something I know about in depth, but suffice to say that a hardware junkie friend in the US didnt do that, and ended up reinstalling the OS after doing it - he had all sorts of issues, sound jitters, and a lot of other problems. I think amdforums has information on that in the Asus board. Third, I work on a LAN, so I really cant comment on the speed for broadband internet access. But thats interesting. Perhaps you arent using the latest drivers? Hope this helps, feel free to post further if you need more help. Cya!

Pavas

,Delhi, on May 02, 2004 08:14 AM

Thanks b t.

Sagar

,Pune, on May 02, 2004 12:26 PM

thanx a lot bt. first thing 2moro, iam goin shoppin n gettin this board and an amd 3200+. think i may get corsairs in mumbai, as there r many dedicated game rig makers there. apart from installin 2 512mb ram modules, is there any other procedure to enable dual channeling? from where n for how much did u get ur agp?

b t

,Delhi, on May 03, 2004 04:37 AM

Best of luck, hope you get your corsairs in Mumbai. If you do, be sure to let me know! All you have to do to enable dual channelling is install 2 identical DIMMs in any 2 of the three DIMM slots (the manual says so too). Then when the POST comes up, disable the Asus logo in bios, it will show you the memory test and the memory frequency. It should say "Dual channel mode, 400 mhz". I got my AGP card from abroad, it cost roughly $210 (newegg). Cya!

=HellFish=

,Mialno, on Jun 22, 2004 03:47 AM

I have this motherboard with an Athlon XP 3200 Barton, 1 gb Corsair 400 mhz pc 3200, 2 sata disc on stripped mode 280 gb,an Ati 9600 Xt 128 and a Audigy 2 ZS, before installing the audigy i had the same problems scrachi sound every time i play using 2 keys from the keyboard, before was almost normal with that shit onboard but now with this new car the noise is even worst. Can someone tell me what to do, i have the lastest bios update and the lastest nforce drivers. what is going on, i dont have any crash or any other interruption using another......

Sid

,Delhi, on May 18, 2004 08:49 PM

WHEN A BOARD GOES FOR $110 ABROAD AT RS. 8750 ITS DAYLIGHT ROBBERY. WE MUST BOYCOTT RASHI- THEY R GREEDY THUGS. THE BOARD IS EXCELLENT NOT THE PRICE.

Anonymous

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GodsMackEd

,Mumbai, on Jun 01, 2004 12:06 PM

THis is to PARIKSHITs query Dude, get yourself a AMD 2600+ with a KRYPTON C18G 400 Mobo with onboard GeForce4 440 MX (can be shared upto 128MB) coupled with 2x256MB DDR RAM A good cabinet with plenty of ventilation, a 17" FLAT SAMSUNG/LG, Microsoft COMBO (OPTICAL + CORDLESS MOUSE AND KEYB) Altec Lansing ATP3 Speakers (THE BEST OF ITS CLASS), a LITE-ON writer (NO TO SAMSUNG nor ASUS), You DONT need a FDD, so chuck it. Oh and yeah, get a SEAGATE BARRACUDA 80GB @ 7200 RPM Dude, you got a LOT of money with u man... spend it wisely

Nilesh

,Bombay, on May 03, 2004 07:10 AM

I LOVE NVIDIA SOLUTION. I BOUTGHT THIS BOARD 2,3 WEEKS AGO. BUT THE THERMAL PROBLEM WAS HAPPENED. TWO CPU BURNED. I SHIFTED TO KRIPTON ONE IT WORKS FINE ONE THING I LEARN NOW IS ASUS SERVICE IS VERY VERY BAD. RASHI PEOPLE IS VERY COCKY AND SNOBBING. I FEEL SAD. NO WONDER MOST OF OUR LAN PARTY BUDDY TREAT ASUS AS INFERIER BRAND EVEN WORST THAN MERCURY.

cecil

,Mt. Pearl, on May 08, 2004 06:13 AM

I am an Indian at Canada and I use this Motherboard. It is excellent inspite of so many choices available here unlike at India. As for Buddy Mercury mother board. It is the worst- not even seen in any developed country.

Vijay M Verma

,Hyderabad, AP, India, on May 01, 2004 10:57 AM

I have a A78X-X Mobo, Could u tell how different is it from the above Mobo apart from Wifi and SATA stuff ??

Sahil

,Mumbai, on May 05, 2004 05:59 PM

A7n8x-x is the stripped down version, it has no dual channel memory support + a couple of other features besides the ones you mentioned. An Asus product does not mean a perfect product always, for that price you could have bought an MSI K7n2 delta

Vishal Agarwal

,Kolkata, on May 04, 2004 09:08 PM

I would like to know about the dealers in Kolkata and the prices too.

ambarish

,kolkata, on May 02, 2004 09:52 PM

will this board support intel pentium 4 processor 2.66 ghz

Imran Shaikh

,Mumbai, on May 02, 2004 10:12 PM

nope, this board supports AMD processosrs only, for that processor go for a Asus P4P800

Sagar

,Pune, on Apr 30, 2004 11:28 PM

iam planning 2 buy dis board n couple it with a amd3000+ 400fsb pro. could anyone suggest another pro n what ram shud i buy (please also mention company). i have a sapphire 9800 pro ultimate, does da board have any compatibility issues?

Eric Fritsch

,Salt Lake City Utah, on May 01, 2004 07:35 PM

awesome article about this in computer upgrade. I want to say that they used a

Kartik Nibjiya

,Pune, on May 02, 2004 12:37 PM

hey i m from pune too .. can u tell me where in mumbai would i get the corsair memory ?? and also can u tell me the address and number of the person who make the gaming rigs ?? u r free to contact me in pune .. my number is 26356778 & my email address is kartik_online@yahoo.com ... thx ..
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Imran Shaikh

,Mumbai, on May 02, 2004 09:06 AM

Ive never used it but atleast feature wise i think gigabyte GA-7NNXPV is a great mobo though it lacks WLAN and PC3200 support but thats available in GA-7NNXP

b t

,Delhi, on May 01, 2004 01:31 AM

By the way, I picked up this board for 8500 + taxes = Rs 8900.

Suranjan

,Calcutta, on May 01, 2004 07:05 AM

Whats the price of Athlon XP 3000+ ?

Rahul Jawale

,Mumbai, on May 01, 2004 02:13 AM

What no snaps of goodies??? Ameya how could miss it out??

b t

,Delhi, on May 01, 2004 01:34 AM

By the way, one BIG negative on this board (well, its the only negative, so it seems big!). It doesnt support regular (PATA) raid. That really sucks. I had to purchase a RAID card separately, because I didnt want to buy SATA disks.
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