Asus A8R32-MVP Issues

***Veridian3*** · Mar 9, 2006, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by athildja

PCMark05 and a RAM Slot issue is also corrected. HDD tests are what they should be now also

Looks like this is going to fix the issues that we had with this board.
As Bingo13 mentioned the new BIOS should be out soon on Asus' website.

Bingo, the original BIOS version that was on my board was 0201 I flashed foward to 0307 then back to 0118 after the NDA lifted. none of those fixed the issue. the latest one 0033 has. I noticed that many sites were using timedemo benches and not in game testing. but I cannot say that about all of them.

Great news, glad it also worked for you.

korda · Mar 9, 2006, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by athildja

Ok I can confirm that my Battle Field 2 and HalfLife 2 problems are corrected with this BIOS.
before the stuttering started after only 10 minutes of play. I have tested the system for a little over an Hour now with out issue in either of those games.
I will test Call of Duty 2 and PCMark 05 in a minute and report back here

Now thats good news to wake up to.

Thanks guys. Hopefully back on the battlefield this weekend then.

***Veridian3*** · Mar 9, 2006, 08:10 AM

Final update from me for now (have some traveling to do)... i've tried 0311 and it stable and working fine on my board.

Expect it to be available from asus by 20.00 today (Taipei time).

Good luck all, remember to post back if its fixed your issues or not.

AlexM105 · Mar 9, 2006, 08:39 AM

Thanks again for all your work guys.

I'll be keeping an eye on the A8R-MVP download page as well.

xs64 · Mar 9, 2006, 09:07 AM

That's great , new Bios fix these issues

Someone can give me this Bios , i cant find in Asus website , thx

Blinder · Mar 9, 2006, 10:13 AM

I'm still waiting for my RMA to go through as my first board was DOA, but could you check the thread over on Overclockers Veridian3 when you have a mo please - one chap is still having problems post 0311 with quake 4.

Cheers,
Crispin.

cmac · Mar 9, 2006, 12:00 PM

Thats great news. Now I can pick up one of these along with my FX60. I have been waiting for this resolution. Thansk to DHs hard work. You are a great help to the community

Lord Edmond · Mar 9, 2006, 12:14 PM

Thanks again for your hard work ,hope you do not mind i have posted your update on OcUk forum for our info

Thanks again guys

cuke2u · Mar 9, 2006, 12:42 PM

Hi, Quake 4 still stutter like mad on my system so I'm wondering if anyone else could give it a try...
Cheers,
ChrisC

Mudvillager · Mar 9, 2006, 12:47 PM

Did ASUS mention anything of the cpu load humming noise?

SLI · Mar 9, 2006, 01:00 PM

It's now 8pm (20:00) in Taipai and no 0311 BIOS on ASUS site (USA or Global)

In fact, still only 0201 listed.

Dangerm0use · Mar 9, 2006, 02:40 PM

Hi Does anyone know when the Bios 0311 is being released, tried Asus Global / Usa / Uk no joy

DM

xl2c · Mar 9, 2006, 02:44 PM

Hi to evrybody,

big thnx to DH, specialy to Veridian3.

I refresh evry 10 Seconds the ASUS Downloadpage but still nothing there.

If the BIOS is official available soon, like i can read here, why DH do not host the file and give us a link? We r sitting here and cry.

The time we waited is long enough i think. Sorry for that, but i want to start playing as fast as i can

2 Weeks without CSS and BF2 is too much for me. Little girls want to have evrything fast.

Best greetings from south germany
Steffi

athildja · Mar 9, 2006, 02:57 PM

I will find out from Asus-usa when they are in. I will also install and test Quake 4 to see if I encouter any stuttering.

this will be later this evening though.
As an update I ran the board for over 5 hours lastnight switching back and forth between the 3 games (HL2 BF2 and COD2) and ran PCMark05 in between each, I encounteded no issues.

I will post back about Quake4

Mudvillager · Mar 9, 2006, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by xl2c

I refresh evry 10 Seconds the ASUS Downloadpage but still nothing there.

I hope it's done automatically through Opera or such. Othewise... wow.

Zardon · Mar 9, 2006, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xl2c

If the BIOS is official available soon, like i can read here, why DH do not host the file and give us a link? We r sitting here and cry.

As I explained earlier there are certain agreements we have to enter into to work with these companies on a close level. We dont break these with any company, it is not just a matter of a legal agreement it is a matter of ethics. It is up to Asus to release the bios to its end users not us. We have tried to push it as much as we can and to ensure they are aware just how many people need this bios. I can safely say due to the efforts and work of Veridian this has been accelerated substantially.

Im sure it wont be long, most companies like to test bioses as much as possible internally before releasing to the public, even in a "beta" status.

leethaxor4u · Mar 9, 2006, 03:13 PM

Asus may have the worst website on the planet.. it is always down, or slow, or wont load. You would think a company like Asus could afford alittle bit of bandwidth for thier download section..its so slow.

My board works without the bios, I have been gaming on it for a few days now, maybe the bios will make it better, but its fine now.

I do however score the same with or without crossfire enabled..

Zardon · Mar 9, 2006, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leethaxor4u

Asus may have the worst website on the planet.. it is always down, or slow, or wont load.

When Asus release the bios or give us the go-ahead, we will mirror the bios for everyone to help. we have several 100mbit servers and serve over 3 terrabytes of drivers each month so it should be a lot faster........ ok?

Bingo13 · Mar 9, 2006, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by athildja

PCMark05 and a RAM Slot issue is also corrected. HDD tests are what they should be now also

Looks like this is going to fix the issues that we had with this board.
As Bingo13 mentioned the new BIOS should be out soon on Asus' website.

Bingo, the original BIOS version that was on my board was 0201 I flashed foward to 0307 then back to 0118 after the NDA lifted. none of those fixed the issue. the latest one 0033 has. I noticed that many sites were using timedemo benches and not in game testing. but I cannot say that about all of them.

0207 was a fairly clean bios in terms of the timing issues in our testing. There was some thrashing in Q4 but not the stuttering experienced in BF2,HL2, PCMark05, HDTach or others with the later bios releases. We found other issues that came down to a combiniation of the Realtek HD drivers (use 1.31), ULi SATA drivers (use 2.13), Catalyst (use 6.3), and the AMD X2 (use the amd driver), X1900 CrossFire , and certain RAM types (BH5 based modules showing the worst issues followed by the Samsung UCCC). We still experienced a little thrashing in Q4 at the Ultra settings but the balance of the issues are generally solved with the 0311 release. We (as I am sure others) are providing Asus with further test results this morning before the bios goes public.

xl2c · Mar 9, 2006, 03:32 PM

Zardon u r so wonderful. Searching for a girlfriend?

I understand the reasons that u do not release the BIOS befor u have the OK from ASUS.
Sorry again for that. But i think u know how stupid it is to have a "highend" machine and can not play your favorite games and so can understand us / not only me.

We r waiting......zzzzZZZzzZzzZzzZZzZzzz

Could it be that evrybody is refreshing the ASUS Downloadpage now?

Mine is getting slower and slower...why is there no counter? Could be funny.

Sweet little kisses
Steffi

athildja · Mar 9, 2006, 03:34 PM

0207 failed to work with 3 differnt CPUs(OPteron 146 and 170 and an FX-55) and I updated or changed every driver possible.
There is a laundry list of components I swpped out. it is too long to list here.
We are also going to be mirroring the new BIOS when released as I am sure it will be in very high demand.

leethaxor4u · Mar 9, 2006, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

When Asus release the bios or give us the go-ahead, we will mirror the bios for everyone to help. we have several 100mbit servers and serve over 3 terrabytes of drivers each month so it should be a lot faster........ ok?

Sounds more than fair.. Thanks

Bingo13 · Mar 9, 2006, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by athildja

0207 failed to work with 3 differnt CPUs(OPteron 146 and 170 and an FX-55) and I updated or changed every driver possible.
There is a laundry list of components I swpped out. it is too long to list here.
We are also going to be mirroring the new BIOS when released as I am sure it will be in very high demand.

No issues with an Opteron 170 (it went to 2.9 at 1.45V on air), FX53,55,57,60 or even the Sempron 64s with several different video card configurations. Maybe our 0207/0211 was a different spin but the 030x series definitely took a step back.

Oh well, the majority of the items are corrected now.

Lord Edmond · Mar 9, 2006, 04:27 PM

I do not think Asus will post today because the time here is 1526 they are +8 hrs 2326hrs?

unless germany are going to post

athildja · Mar 9, 2006, 04:29 PM

Yes that is what is important, I do hope that Asus does release the BIOS soon though, we are getting people asking for us to give them 0033, :S
I have not OCd the board yet. that will all happen this weekend, I could not get through the standard testing until now.

Lord Edmond · Mar 9, 2006, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by athildja

Yes that is what is important, I do hope that Asus does release the BIOS soon though, we are getting people asking for us to give them 0033, :S
I have not OCd the board yet. that will all happen this weekend, I could not get through the standard testing until now.

how many bioses are there that have been relased

you refer to the 0033 ?

asus have sent 0311 to a member on OcUk ( not me )

is 0033 newer that 0311 ?

***Veridian3*** · Mar 9, 2006, 04:40 PM

0311 is the tested and official release. 0033 was an earlier beta to test things like the PCmark fix.

People should only update to 0311...

Lord Edmond · Mar 9, 2006, 04:46 PM

Thanks

I was a bit confused there does not take much nowadays

korda · Mar 9, 2006, 04:47 PM

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...t=91586&page=2

Check post #44 in that thread for bios 0311.
I hope it's ok to post this?

Very nice bios btw. BF2 runs like the wind.

athildja · Mar 9, 2006, 04:56 PM

that sounds like a leaked version. either Way Asus should be posting it soon.

Mar 9, 2006, 08:39 AM	#94
AlexM105 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 209 Rep Power: 0	Thanks again for all your work guys. I'll be keeping an eye on the A8R-MVP download page as well. __________________

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cmac DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Normal,IL Posts: 68 Rep Power: 0	Thats great news. Now I can pick up one of these along with my FX60. I have been waiting for this resolution. Thansk to DHs hard work. You are a great help to the community __________________ ASUS A8R-32 MVP ATHLON64 FX60 Windows XP PRO SP2 2 GB PC3200 MEMORY ( 2-1GB PATRIOT) (2) 300 GB SEAGATE ATA 100 (2) 200 GB SEAGATE SATA IN RAID 0 ATI X1900 XT 512 MB CROSSFIRE EDITION ATI X1900 XTX 512MB LITE-ON SOHW-1673S DVD BURNER LITE-ON LTN-527T CDROM PC POWER-COOLING 850SSI POWER SUPPLY

Mar 9, 2006, 12:47 PM	#100
Mudvillager DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Did ASUS mention anything of the cpu load humming noise? __________________ MOBO: ASUS A8R32-MVP CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ GPU: GeCube Radeon X1900XTX 512MB MEM: 2x1GB Corsair (TWINX2048-3200C2) PSU: Tagan EasyCon 480W HDD: Maxtor 3x300GB, 16MB cache, SATA DVDRW: Plextor PX-716SA (1.09 firmware) CASE: Lian Li PC-V1000 (2xPapst 16.5dB) OS: Windows XP N (SP2) OTHER: All legacy ports disabled, IDE & RAID disabled

Mar 9, 2006, 08:10 AM	Thread Starter #93
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 4,833 Rep Power: 174	Final update from me for now (have some traveling to do)... i've tried 0311 and it stable and working fine on my board. Expect it to be available from asus by 20.00 today (Taipei time). Good luck all, remember to post back if its fixed your issues or not.

Mar 9, 2006, 09:07 AM	#95
xs64 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	That's great , new Bios fix these issues Someone can give me this Bios , i cant find in Asus website , thx

Mar 9, 2006, 10:13 AM	#96
Blinder DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	I'm still waiting for my RMA to go through as my first board was DOA, but could you check the thread over on Overclockers *Veridian3* when you have a mo please - one chap is still having problems post 0311 with quake 4. Cheers, Crispin.

Mar 9, 2006, 12:14 PM	#98
Lord Edmond DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Thanks again for your hard work ,hope you do not mind i have posted your update on OcUk forum for our info Thanks again guys

Mar 9, 2006, 12:42 PM	#99
cuke2u DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0	Hi, Quake 4 still stutter like mad on my system so I'm wondering if anyone else could give it a try... Cheers, ChrisC

Mar 9, 2006, 01:00 PM	#101
SLI DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	It's now 8pm (20:00) in Taipai and no 0311 BIOS on ASUS site (USA or Global) In fact, still only 0201 listed.

Mar 9, 2006, 02:40 PM	#102
Dangerm0use DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Hi Does anyone know when the Bios 0311 is being released, tried Asus Global / Usa / Uk no joy DM

Mar 9, 2006, 02:44 PM	#103
xl2c DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Hi to evrybody, big thnx to DH, specialy to Veridian3. I refresh evry 10 Seconds the ASUS Downloadpage but still nothing there. If the BIOS is official available soon, like i can read here, why DH do not host the file and give us a link? We r sitting here and cry. The time we waited is long enough i think. Sorry for that, but i want to start playing as fast as i can 2 Weeks without CSS and BF2 is too much for me. Little girls want to have evrything fast. Best greetings from south germany Steffi

Mar 9, 2006, 02:57 PM	#104
athildja DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	I will find out from Asus-usa when they are in. I will also install and test Quake 4 to see if I encouter any stuttering. this will be later this evening though. As an update I ran the board for over 5 hours lastnight switching back and forth between the 3 games (HL2 BF2 and COD2) and ran PCMark05 in between each, I encounteded no issues. I will post back about Quake4

Mar 9, 2006, 03:13 PM	#107
leethaxor4u DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	Asus may have the worst website on the planet.. it is always down, or slow, or wont load. You would think a company like Asus could afford alittle bit of bandwidth for thier download section..its so slow. My board works without the bios, I have been gaming on it for a few days now, maybe the bios will make it better, but its fine now. I do however score the same with or without crossfire enabled..

Mar 9, 2006, 03:32 PM	#110
xl2c DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Zardon u r so wonderful. Searching for a girlfriend? I understand the reasons that u do not release the BIOS befor u have the OK from ASUS. Sorry again for that. But i think u know how stupid it is to have a "highend" machine and can not play your favorite games and so can understand us / not only me. We r waiting......zzzzZZZzzZzzZzzZZzZzzz Could it be that evrybody is refreshing the ASUS Downloadpage now? Mine is getting slower and slower...why is there no counter? Could be funny. Sweet little kisses Steffi

Mar 9, 2006, 03:34 PM	#111
athildja DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	0207 failed to work with 3 differnt CPUs(OPteron 146 and 170 and an FX-55) and I updated or changed every driver possible. There is a laundry list of components I swpped out. it is too long to list here. We are also going to be mirroring the new BIOS when released as I am sure it will be in very high demand.

Mar 9, 2006, 04:27 PM	#114
Lord Edmond DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	I do not think Asus will post today because the time here is 1526 they are +8 hrs 2326hrs? unless germany are going to post

Mar 9, 2006, 04:29 PM	#115
athildja DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	Yes that is what is important, I do hope that Asus does release the BIOS soon though, we are getting people asking for us to give them 0033, :S I have not OCd the board yet. that will all happen this weekend, I could not get through the standard testing until now.

Mar 9, 2006, 04:40 PM	Thread Starter #117
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 4,833 Rep Power: 174	0311 is the tested and official release. 0033 was an earlier beta to test things like the PCmark fix. People should only update to 0311...

Mar 9, 2006, 04:46 PM	#118
Lord Edmond DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Thanks I was a bit confused there does not take much nowadays

Mar 9, 2006, 04:47 PM	#119
korda DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...t=91586&page=2 Check post #44 in that thread for bios 0311. I hope it's ok to post this? Very nice bios btw. BF2 runs like the wind.

Mar 9, 2006, 04:56 PM	#120
athildja DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	that sounds like a leaked version. either Way Asus should be posting it soon.