Many friends have tried this board as well as other P4C800 boards and they are not happy. Perhaps Asus at this very moment is testing a new revision? Lets hope :)
My 2 cents,
Peter Kaulback
In the hour of 05:51 AM 11/26/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke this:
That's irrelevant since this is only a "DOS" test. :-) It doesn't go into Windows, it boots off the floppy where the diagnostics are run in RAM. No hard drive needs to be connected. -Clint
God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com )
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kaulback" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Clint, are you using the Promise drivers or the MS drivers?
Peter Kaulback
In the hour of 05:55 AM 11/24/2003, OrpheusComputing.com spoke this:
>Hi all. I'm going to try and post this here since no one has >been able to answer it in various technical mobo forums. I >realize it's a pretty technical problem, but there are a few >techie members here that may be able to help. > >I've been wondering for over a month now, why with the Promise >controller enabled on my Asus P4C800-E Deluxe (Rev 1.02) I get >thousands of errors on Memtest86 AND the Microsoft RAM >diagnostics utility? I've changed video cards (nVidia & ATI), >power supplies (top rated Fortron-Source FSP400-60PFN & cheap >Leadman 400 watt), **MEMORY, everything and it still happens. >NO PCI cards are installed. It DOES NOT matter if anything is >even connected to the Promise controllers! It just has to be >enabled in the BIOS and the errors are incredible. When I >disable the Promise controller, no errors! Legacy USB is >DISABLED in the BIOS. Overclock settings and memory settings >have no effect on the errors. Whether FSB is 200mhz or 255mhz, >I get the same results. Whether Turbo and PAT are on or off, I >get the same results. Regardless of voltages, same results. >Regardless of ANY settings, the results are the same; Promise >on, thousands of errors. Promise off, no Memtest or MS RAM >diag's errors. The mobo is not in a case. **Memory tried is >Geil PC4000 Ultra Platinum, and some generic PC2700. ONE SLOT >OR TWO SLOTS used, same thing, even switching slots with one >stick. I CAN run the memory tests on my P4B533 flawlessly >using both types of memory. So, there is nothing wrong with >the memory, and even it was it would not explain why only >errors with the Promise enabled. CPU is a retail 2.4C (that's >a P4 2.4ghz with 800mhz quad-pumped bus). The HD on the >Promise controller can be accessed and used fine. > >Since I have two chips which look like VR's (voltage regulators >or FET's) marked "9115" on this mobo that are about to melt, >I've been trying to get an RMA for SEVEN WEEKS now, and after >that long and over 60 emails and form fill-outs the Asus site, >NO REPLIES. They won't even reply to address the Promise >controller memory error issue. One of these "9115" chips are >next to the AGP slot, the other next to the DIMM slot closest >to the outside edge of the mobo. I'm wondering if that issue >and the Promise issue are related, as in a screwed up mobo. > >BIOS version is 1011. I am aware of v1012 & 1013 and the >issues surrounding them (Asus pulled both 12 & 13 from their >website). I have both 12 & 13, but of course am not going to >try them for one; they were Beta, and I've heard of some fried >mobo's with 13. > >FWIW, This mobo has the Intel ICH5R SATA controller, as well as >the Promise SATA and IDE controller. I had planned on using an >ATA133 HD on the Promise controller in the IDE non-RAID setting >for downloaded and other backups, and I have a WD Raptor SATA >drive as the main HD. This was the reason in finding a board >with a "3rd IDE" connector so no devices would have to be >slaved. (Conventional 2 IDE ports have CDRW and CDROM drives, >ICH5R has the main Raptor SATA HD, Promise has the IDE HD >backup). These are not add-in PCI cards, but integrated >motherboard chip controllers just like the typical IDE chip >controllers, except for being RAID capable. I might add, the >ICH5R is a dedicated bus chipset, and the Promise chipset runs >on the PCI bus. > >So........what's going on here? Is it normal to get all these >memory errors with the Promise controller enabled, and if so, >WHY? If anyone here should happen to have one of these mobo's, >would you PUH-LEEEEZE take a few seconds and boot from the >Memtest floppy or MS RAM test floppy and check the errors with >the Promise controller enabled and disabled? If someone would >do this, then I would know if this normal or not and if normal >I could (after TWO MONTHS) finally get this SOB in the case and >completed. As far as the 9115 chips, I can put heatsinks on >them if there is no Promise problem. I'd also appreciate it if >any P4C800-x users would touch these "9115" chips and see if >they are this hot. Any input or suggestions from anyone >appreciated. (BTW, all works fine when it boots into XP >whether the controller is enabled or disabled, however memory >error issues potentially indicate serious stability problems >that must be addressed, not to mention a possibly screwy >Promise chip which I'm trying to ascertain). >Thank you! >-Clint
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