Asus A8R-MVP Discussion

Nightowl225 · May 17, 2006, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SWITCH12380

did anyone on install the Cool&Quiet aswell? just

I didn't enable Cool N Quiet, didn't see a need for it, as I have a Thermaltake Silent 939 cpu cooler on top of my 4200+ X2 cpu. I didn't see a need for it.

SWITCH12380 · May 17, 2006, 06:17 PM

yeah i never enabled it in bios, i pressed enter b4 i had finshed sorry and was on my way back to work

what i meant was did people install the C&Q in windows.

GreenEnvy · May 17, 2006, 07:52 PM

Well I got sick of it rebooting so I am going to RMA it.
I don't have a spare 939 board laying around (lots of 462's) so I grabbed an A8N-E. I didn't want another Asus after this mess, but it was all that was in stock locally.

Nightowl225 · May 18, 2006, 02:09 AM

Never installed the Cool N Quiet software either in WindowsXP. I've heard good and bad about Cool N Quiet.

SWITCH12380 · May 20, 2006, 02:41 PM

Firstly Sorry for my foul language

Right just to let you know my MSI K8N Neo4-F NF4 EATS my old wanky ASUS A8R-MVP the mainboard from asus was fooking shit from day one. I will never buy a asus project ever again. I never got emails answerd,stuttering sound,random reboots,hangs on POST,clocks itself to abnormal settings,poor performence in games. I will never use any asus shit again even in customers motherboards and if i can loose asus bussiness Ill do it..

i admit the board ran ok ish with a x1800xt 256DDR but i dont have one of them i have Single x1900xt.

Ive been playin BF2,Fear,HL2 online and its been ace 150% faster than the fooking A8R-MianlyVishousProblems

Not a sound stutter,pre windows glitch with Cat 6.4 nothing its sweeter than a suger coated suger Cain.

If u was ever thinking of buying this mainboard Dont just wait till Ati bring out a Am2 Version I dont even trust the RD580 chipset at the min Good thing for me is i dont have 2x x1900xt's at the min

All this was setup with a mild overclock on the NF4 and it was money worth spent, Shame i could never say that for fucking shit wank ASUS.

Thank you Freakspy for your reply on flashin back to 0402 least i can sell it booting ok!!! LMAO

Maybe the last time I Post anything on this tread So thanks again everyone

Nightowl225 · May 20, 2006, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SWITCH12380

Firstly Sorry for my foul language

Right just to let you know my MSI K8N Neo4-F NF4 EATS my old wanky ASUS A8R-MVP the mainboard from asus was fooking shit from day one. I will never buy a asus project ever again. I never got emails answerd,stuttering sound,random reboots,hangs on POST,clocks itself to abnormal settings,poor performence in games. I will never use any asus shit again even in customers motherboards and if i can loose asus bussiness Ill do it..

i admit the board ran ok ish with a x1800xt 256DDR but i dont have one of them i have Single x1900xt.

Ive been playin BF2,Fear,HL2 online and its been ace 150% faster than the fooking A8R-MianlyVishousProblems

Not a sound stutter,pre windows glitch with Cat 6.4 nothing its sweeter than a suger coated suger Cain.

If u was ever thinking of buying this mainboard Dont just wait till Ati bring out a Am2 Version I dont even trust the RD580 chipset at the min Good thing for me is i dont have 2x x1900xt's at the min

All this was setup with a mild overclock on the NF4 and it was money worth spent, Shame i could never say that for fucking shit wank ASUS.

Thank you Freakspy for your reply on flashin back to 0402 least i can sell it booting ok!!! LMAO

Maybe the last time I Post anything on this tread So thanks again everyone

I've said this before in this thread, and I'll say it again. I had stuttering sound until I got rid of the ULI SATA Raid drivers, which in my opinion are the worst pieces of junk I've come across for drivers. After setting the SATA Controller back to emulated PATA(IDE), over a month ago and reinstalling WindowsXP, I haven't had no trouble. Yes, I had the stuttering sound even when using the onboard high def ADI1986 sound codec. I have the PCI Latency set to 128 in the bios, which also helps.

In most cases, using the raid drivers simply are not needed unless one is running a SATA 2 harddrive in NCQ mode or absolutely needs a raid configuration. I figured this out, and was told the same thing by a computer shop I do a lot of business with where I live.

SWITCH12380 · May 21, 2006, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nightowl225

I've said this before in this thread, and I'll say it again. I had stuttering sound until I got rid of the ULI SATA Raid drivers, which in my opinion are the worst pieces of junk I've come across for drivers. After setting the SATA Controller back to emulated PATA(IDE), over a month ago and reinstalling WindowsXP, I haven't had no trouble. Yes, I had the stuttering sound even when using the onboard high def ADI1986 sound codec. I have the PCI Latency set to 128 in the bios, which also helps.

In most cases, using the raid drivers simply are not needed unless one is running a SATA 2 harddrive in NCQ mode or absolutely needs a raid configuration. I figured this out, and was told the same thing by a computer shop I do a lot of business with where I live.

Explain WHY i get stuttering sound with IDE, SATA is totaly disabled in bios so????? done all the BS windows installs over and over tried all the fixes with drivers, without drivers,with updates,without updates you name it I've tried it. I also Am a IT Technician Working for a Local company. I aint in the habbit of Scraping any Mainboard for nothing.

This motherboard is just shitter than shit.... With major design flaws. Everyone at my work agred with me its been on the testbed more than in a PC. We only deal with intel based systems at my work so it got the normal HAHAHAHA AMD are crap... As they shop was sick of old amds DOA or fail within 2months. But ive manned to swing them my way to never Stock ASUS Mainboard or its sister company Asrock. And it wasn't just the stuttering sound that botherd me.

All i can say now is i couldnt be arsed with waiting for ASUS to do somthing about it its been over month.. and it really doesnt look like there going to do anything about it.

and even if i was using SATA to get the stuttering sound problem IT IS DESIGN FLAW WITH THE MAINBOARD??????

SWITCH12380 · May 21, 2006, 12:48 PM

Bring OUT THE GIMP!!!!

The_Neon_Cowboy · May 21, 2006, 11:14 PM

Bought a A8r32-MVP it boot much faster, it looks like better parts, makes
the A8r MVP look like a "beta board".

mrdlouisd · May 25, 2006, 07:20 AM

I guess this is the end. Was fun hoping something would get done. I bid you all farewell, and hope you obtain another mobo that fullfills your needs better then this one tried to.

GreenEnvy · May 25, 2006, 11:51 AM

An update, the A8N-E is performing rock solid, so the a8r-mvp is certainly the problem.
I didn't even have to reinstall windows, just uninstalled all the chipset drivers, did a sysprep, and then swapped boards, worked flawlessly.

SWITCH12380 · May 27, 2006, 11:29 PM

Been Playin BF2 Ultra Quality - MAXED OUT EVERYHING FEAR,HL2 EVEN WITH HDR ON FULL MEGA MEGA ACE - PHONED ASUS AND MOANED TO SALES LOL SPOKE TO A GUY THERE HES GOING TO TRY AND FORWARD MY EMAILS TO THE RIGHT DEPT .... NOT HOLDING MY BREATH OR ANYTHING, I MIGHT EVEN TAKE THEM TO SMALL CLAIMS THEY WONT SHOW SO ILL WIN

Koptor · May 31, 2006, 09:24 PM

Right,

I bought the A8R-MVP as a replacement for my shitty ECS K8T890 Pro. Bought it when I was poor, then I had money, so I bought an X2 3800. The performance of the ECS was terrible, and I later find out it's probably because the AGP slot is actually just attached to the PCI bus, but now I'm rambling...

My BIOS is the 0402 one, and the only problems I've been having is when I pause sound using Winamp then resume it, it's really crackly. Pausing/resuming a few times fixes this though. Also, the network card has a tendency to disconnect.

I've tried to read all of this thread but may have been a bit ignorant in places due to lack of coffee today

Now do you recommend I just update the drivers, or flashing the BIOS?

I'm not one for overclocking, though I assume I probably could. I run this at stock speeds etc, and this is the only machine I own that I've not overclocked - call me strange, but I only overclock for the fun of it, to see how far I can push my machines, but when running it for normal use I always return it to stock speeds.

Which drivers would I need to update? I'm not running this in PATA Emulation mode, and would like to avoid that as I'd like quicker file transfers between my drives. Thanks for the help guys.

PS: Is anyone else experiencing really shitty speeds from the Asus download servers (and by really shitty I mean 0.5kb/s, I'm on 2mbit cable..)

SWITCH12380 · Jun 1, 2006, 11:19 AM

From : Sky Liu <tsd@asus.com.tw>Sent : 01 June 2006 09:50:20To : switch12380@hotmail.comSubject : Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:<TSD> Motherboard A8R-MVP

Dear Friend :

Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service.

My name is Sky and I would be assisting you today.

We are really sorry to say that we have just received your letter due to our mail system errors.

According to what you described , The BIOS chip maybe has something wrong . Please kindly contact with your local reseller where you bought for a check. If they cannot help you solve this problem , the local reseller will send it to us through distributor for RMA. We will solve your problem as soon as possible.

Sorry for my delayed replying.

Hope a good day

If having any problems, please don't hesitate to let me know. Let's discuss this issue together.

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Spewn · Jun 2, 2006, 02:38 AM

I'd like to start my post by starting with the first problem I experienced with this board; Following the instructions lead to a system that would not POST. Contained with the board was a small black socket "protector" called an mvp switch card, on it were instructions to install it only in the black slot(the secondary slot) and to only remove it when I wanted to install another video card there. OK, I did that. System wouldn't POST. I tried many things, no luck, finally I found out it was that just by pulling out everything but what I knew was 100% needed to POST. At this point, however, the above is but a trivial nuissance!

Here's where I'm at: After finally getting my SP2 install rebuilt to include the right ULi SATA drivers(I don't have any floppy drives around, so I can't do that, but I may have to tomorrow), I was actually able to get the XP installer to recognize that I did have a hard-disk installed, huzzah! XP installed without a hitch, and I thought I was off and running. Next thing I know, BSOD on first boot, error code 0x0000007B(hard-drive). I've tried all three bios settings(SATA boot rom enabled, PATA emulated mode, AHCI mode). I'll be buying a floppy drive tomorrow to see if that helps me any, but at this point I'm doubtful.

Any ideas? :/

SWITCH12380 · Jun 2, 2006, 11:16 AM

Dear Friend :

Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service.

My name is Sky and I would be assisting you today.

We are really sorry to say that we have just received your letter due to our mail system errors.

According to what you described , your motherboard maybe has something wrong . Please kindly contact with your local reseller where you bought for a check. If they cannot help you solve this problem , the local reseller will send it to us through distributor for RMA. We will solve your problem as soon as possible.

Sorry for my delayed replying.

Hope a good day

---------- Original Message ----------
From : switch12380@hotmail.com
Sent : 2006-5-11 12:11:33
To : "tsd@asus.com.tw"
Subject : Re:Re:Re:Re:<TSD> Motherboard A8R-MVP

[CASEID=WTM20060512311376001]

HI ZYC
This Didnt sort the problem out as i stated i've even disabled the onboard sound then ran clean install
of windows xp sp2
i used a soundblaster audigidy 2 AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD DAMIT
YOU KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM with this motherboard.. Right i used all my hardware yeah
cpu,mem,gfx,hdd everything but your ASUS A8R-MVP and this system runs like it should with
x1900xt graphics card system the mainboard was MSI NF4. With the a8r-mvp the speed is there but
somethiing is draggin the system back seem to sound but i really dont think its that!!!!!!!

I even ran your latest bios update 0503 and what i wasted of time thst was your college Dave said my
cmos battey might be flat, on a 2week old mainboard lol normaly this wouldnt happen but im starting
to think with asus it might just be. The problem with thw 0503 was it wouldnt keep my settings on a
cold boot up (which yeah sounds like cmos battery) but i asure you it wasnt. I had to used afudos
2.11 to flash the 0402 update back on Guess what my system keeps its settings HAHAHAHA your
poor programing again please tell me something i dont know AND HOW TO GET THIS PROBLEM
SORTED, SERIOUSLY THOU IF THIS MEANS BUY ANOTHER MAINBOARD BECAUSE YOU
AINT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT (REST ASURED IT WOULDNT EVER BE ASUS)
JUST TELL ME AND I WONT WASTE MY TIME ON THESE EMAILS

RICHARD

HOW MANY PROBLEMS CAN THIS BOARD HAVE

Im lucky ebuyer are letting me return as DOA Refund as i proved i was in contact in the 14day cooling off period!!!

Koptor · Jun 5, 2006, 07:40 PM

Now it seems in my post I only mentioned half the problems...

The issue with the network card dropping every so often seems to be fixed by downloading a driver update from Marvell themselves (the one from Asus doesn't change anything).

With the booting problem (DVD drive flashing, HD LED flashing, no POST), I found the problem to be that I had the EZ Plug connected when I only had a single graphics card in...which goes to show, even if you build PCs for a job (like me), you still need to RTFM

The sound problem is the only issue that remains for me, I am not best pleased with these. Tried downloading an update from the ULi site and now I've got Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus under Other Devices in Device manager... I'll have another poke around see if I can fix that one...

I probably don't need to tell you how shite the old drivers are, they detect devices fine for me, but if I say connect headphones to the front then remove them, the surround sound won't reactivate and it'll just be the monitor speakers (probably no need to leave them connected, but its still more speakers

). And of course when resuming a paused track from within Winamp, it just goes all fuzzy..

So it seems after a couple of updates it's not the complete POS I originally thought

Koptor · Jun 25, 2006, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Koptor

So it seems after a couple of updates it's not the complete POS I originally thought

...or so I thought. Trying to RMA this POS now, it decided to start bluescreening every 3 hours, I'm sick of the sound problem, and the starting problem is still there....if you leave it on longer than about a day, you need to reset the CMOS (or try resetting it about 300 times) before you can boot it...

No more Asus for me...ever...

csimon · Jun 26, 2006, 02:08 PM

are you using the ezplug?
mine is a pos too ...just waiting to order something new.

Koptor · Jun 28, 2006, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by csimon

are you using the ezplug?
mine is a pos too ...just waiting to order something new.

I tried it with and without the EZ plug...same problems...

dnihilist · Jul 3, 2006, 03:13 PM

FWIW, I've had this board since last December (on the strength of AT's bogus review), installed XPSP2 right from the beginning WITHOUT the ULi drivers ie. under PATA emulation, and it's not been that bad. The only flash was from the original factory bios to 0309 and that's where it stayed.

Observations/settings

No audio stuttering
Running 24/7
No networking issues (D-Link 4300 on 8/2 DSL)
VCore fluctuates +-0.1v (according to MBM)
Winamp audio craps out on pause resumes
Random hangs when playing Winamp
Rock stable in BF2 GRAW, FEAR (I use onboard 5.1 audio)
no USB issues (I use both onboard AND a PCI USB card)
I don't have C&Q enabled, but Qfan is enabled (to cool Crucials)
SB overvoltage enabled

http://service.futuremark.com/orb/pr...ojectId=363658

I just wish I had more Vcore....

Nightowl225 · Jul 15, 2006, 05:16 PM

I'm looking at having to do one of three things now, and that's RMA one of my videocards for the second time, or possibly having to RMA my motherboard or flatout buy a new motherboard. If I have to get a new motherboard, it will probably be an ABIT, not another ASUS.

There is the possibility that it might be my motherboard causing destruction of my X1800's and it don't make me happy.

Nightowl225 · Jul 15, 2006, 07:02 PM

Determined that my X1800 Crossfire card replacement is bad. Not gonna worry about my motherboard anymore.

silvermind · Jul 19, 2006, 03:40 PM

Hey I just recently got this board. After looking at all the problems everyone has had I consider myself lucky...

I do have one thing that is driving me crazy! When I first put together my computer and had everything hooked up correctly, it would turn on but wouldn't post. After some trouble shooting I figured out how to solve the problem.

But here's the bigger issue. Right now I have a single x1600 sapphire card in it. If I plug in the MVP-Switch Card, the entire system won't post. If I take the switch card out it will post...

Any suggestions?

csimon · Jul 21, 2006, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silvermind

Hey I just recently got this board. After looking at all the problems everyone has had I consider myself lucky...

I do have one thing that is driving me crazy! When I first put together my computer and had everything hooked up correctly, it would turn on but wouldn't post. After some trouble shooting I figured out how to solve the problem.

But here's the bigger issue. Right now I have a single x1600 sapphire card in it. If I plug in the MVP-Switch Card, the entire system won't post. If I take the switch card out it will post...

Any suggestions?

Does it work without the switch card or just post? Are you sure you're inserting the card and not the cardboard that came with it? LOL ...believe me some people have made this mistake.

silvermind · Jul 21, 2006, 02:49 PM

Yah, it would post and run fine without the card. It was the actual MVP-Switch card haha. I can't really see how someone could make that mistake. The cardboard one and the real one are quite different.

Either way I took it in and the guy wouldn't believe me for the first 10 minutes when I told him I knew what was wrong... Typical silly tech guy, but I guess he has to check everything over first... I really didn't know it took 20 minutes to grab 2 graphics cards either... They must be heavy... But all kidding aside figures out it was the motherboard (or the actual MVP-Switch card) as I tried several other cards that would post with the MVP-Switch out of it but never when it was plugged in. We didn't have another MVP-Switch to test.

Anyone else ever have a similar problem I couldn't find anyone. Weirdness.

So I decided after all the hellish stories you guys have been telling I figure I would switch it up and get a higher end board.

I'm now the proud owner of a A8R32-MVP Deluxe board. Whether this will have any problems is yet to be seen. But so far... so good. And no evil switch card haha!

Nightowl225 · Jul 22, 2006, 06:17 AM

I wound up getting a new powersupply. The Antec TrueControl 2 550watt Powersupply simply couldn't handle two Radeon X1800's, and was causing other problems in my machine.

I got a Thermaltake Toughpower 700 for a powersupply.

jngtt · Jul 31, 2006, 03:51 AM

today i narrowed down the random stutters that is being noticed while playing audio or sometimes during gaming, its not random, it does this exactly every 1 hr, 60mins, 3600secs

i even check what is causing the this stutter and it looks like it sucks all the cpu resources to somewhere, which i cannot say because task man is not fast enough to say what did it

but i dont tink it relates to a sata problem, it has to do with the board's bios and clock which is why we are getting small instabilty

danparker276 · Aug 2, 2006, 10:05 PM

ASUS = Another Screwed Up Schematic
This worked ok for 1 month. Now it crashes every 5 min. I thought it was the video card at first, so I bought a second video card, but it does the same thing. Well at least I'll have crossfire when I get a new motherboard from a different company.

Oh and their update update tool doesn't work. Not a big deal to go to the site and download the latest one. But why even include that software if it doesn't work.
Someone else in a review I saw called it "Excrement imprinted on a circuitboard"

I would say, if you're having problems, throw it away and get something else. I'll never buy from ASUS again.

Nightowl225 · Aug 3, 2006, 12:36 AM

Of course the update software won't work if you have a Creative X-Fi card installed. That is a bug between the ASUS update program and the Creative X-Fi drivers.

You aren't running an Antec Powersupply by chance are you. If you are the Antec Powersupply is the main cause of your problem. danparker276, if you expect any help here you must also list your system specs.

I had problems with my ASUS A8R-MVP while I was running an Antec Powersupply, and now that I got rid of the Antec and put a Thermaltake Toughpower 700 in I'm not having any problems with my rig.

May 17, 2006, 07:52 PM	#303
GreenEnvy DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Well I got sick of it rebooting so I am going to RMA it. I don't have a spare 939 board laying around (lots of 462's) so I grabbed an A8N-E. I didn't want another Asus after this mess, but it was all that was in stock locally. __________________ -=Welcome To Canada=- Asus A8R-MVP Removed Asus A8N-E Athlon 64 3700+ 1 GB DDR 2x 200GB Maxtor SATA HDD ATI X800 GT Liteon 16X DVD+-RW Liteon 52 X CDRW Thermaltake 480W Butterfly PSW

May 21, 2006, 11:14 PM	#309
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Bought a A8r32-MVP it boot much faster, it looks like better parts, makes the A8r MVP look like a "beta board". __________________

May 25, 2006, 11:51 AM	#311
GreenEnvy DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	An update, the A8N-E is performing rock solid, so the a8r-mvp is certainly the problem. I didn't even have to reinstall windows, just uninstalled all the chipset drivers, did a sysprep, and then swapped boards, worked flawlessly. __________________ -=Welcome To Canada=- Asus A8R-MVP Removed Asus A8N-E Athlon 64 3700+ 1 GB DDR 2x 200GB Maxtor SATA HDD ATI X800 GT Liteon 16X DVD+-RW Liteon 52 X CDRW Thermaltake 480W Butterfly PSW

Jun 2, 2006, 02:38 AM	#315
Spewn DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	A8R-MVP woes I'd like to start my post by starting with the first problem I experienced with this board; Following the instructions lead to a system that would not POST. Contained with the board was a small black socket "protector" called an mvp switch card, on it were instructions to install it only in the black slot(the secondary slot) and to only remove it when I wanted to install another video card there. OK, I did that. System wouldn't POST. I tried many things, no luck, finally I found out it was that just by pulling out everything but what I knew was 100% needed to POST. At this point, however, the above is but a trivial nuissance! Here's where I'm at: After finally getting my SP2 install rebuilt to include the right ULi SATA drivers(I don't have any floppy drives around, so I can't do that, but I may have to tomorrow), I was actually able to get the XP installer to recognize that I did have a hard-disk installed, huzzah! XP installed without a hitch, and I thought I was off and running. Next thing I know, BSOD on first boot, error code 0x0000007B(hard-drive). I've tried all three bios settings(SATA boot rom enabled, PATA emulated mode, AHCI mode). I'll be buying a floppy drive tomorrow to see if that helps me any, but at this point I'm doubtful. Any ideas? :/

Jun 5, 2006, 07:40 PM	#317
Koptor DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Location: UK Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Now it seems in my post I only mentioned half the problems... The issue with the network card dropping every so often seems to be fixed by downloading a driver update from Marvell themselves (the one from Asus doesn't change anything). With the booting problem (DVD drive flashing, HD LED flashing, no POST), I found the problem to be that I had the EZ Plug connected when I only had a single graphics card in...which goes to show, even if you build PCs for a job (like me), you still need to RTFM The sound problem is the only issue that remains for me, I am not best pleased with these. Tried downloading an update from the ULi site and now I've got Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus under Other Devices in Device manager... I'll have another poke around see if I can fix that one... I probably don't need to tell you how shite the old drivers are, they detect devices fine for me, but if I say connect headphones to the front then remove them, the surround sound won't reactivate and it'll just be the monitor speakers (probably no need to leave them connected, but its still more speakers ). And of course when resuming a paused track from within Winamp, it just goes all fuzzy.. So it seems after a couple of updates it's not the complete POS I originally thought __________________ HP Compaq nx6325 Turion64 X2 TL-60, 2x1gb DDR2, ATI Xpress 1150 Integrated, 80gb SATA Hard Drive

May 17, 2006, 06:17 PM	#302
SWITCH12380 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	yeah i never enabled it in bios, i pressed enter b4 i had finshed sorry and was on my way back to work what i meant was did people install the C&Q in windows.

May 18, 2006, 02:09 AM	#304
Nightowl225 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 139 Rep Power: 0	Never installed the Cool N Quiet software either in WindowsXP. I've heard good and bad about Cool N Quiet.

May 20, 2006, 02:41 PM	#305
SWITCH12380 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	Firstly Sorry for my foul language Right just to let you know my MSI K8N Neo4-F NF4 EATS my old wanky ASUS A8R-MVP the mainboard from asus was fooking shit from day one. I will never buy a asus project ever again. I never got emails answerd,stuttering sound,random reboots,hangs on POST,clocks itself to abnormal settings,poor performence in games. I will never use any asus shit again even in customers motherboards and if i can loose asus bussiness Ill do it.. i admit the board ran ok ish with a x1800xt *256DDR* but i dont have one of them i have Single x1900xt. Ive been playin BF2,Fear,HL2 online and its been ace 150% faster than the fooking A8R-MianlyVishousProblems Not a sound stutter,pre windows glitch with Cat 6.4 nothing its sweeter than a suger coated suger Cain. If u was ever thinking of buying this mainboard Dont just wait till Ati bring out a Am2 Version I dont even trust the RD580 chipset at the min Good thing for me is i dont have 2x x1900xt's at the min All this was setup with a mild overclock on the NF4 and it was money worth spent, Shame i could never say that for fucking shit wank ASUS. Thank you Freakspy for your reply on flashin back to 0402 least i can sell it booting ok!!! LMAO Maybe the last time I Post anything on this tread So thanks again everyone

May 21, 2006, 12:48 PM	#308
SWITCH12380 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	Bring OUT THE GIMP!!!!

May 25, 2006, 07:20 AM	#310
mrdlouisd DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	I guess this is the end. Was fun hoping something would get done. I bid you all farewell, and hope you obtain another mobo that fullfills your needs better then this one tried to.

May 27, 2006, 11:29 PM	#312
SWITCH12380 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	Been Playin BF2 Ultra Quality - MAXED OUT EVERYHING FEAR,HL2 EVEN WITH HDR ON FULL MEGA MEGA ACE - PHONED ASUS AND MOANED TO SALES LOL SPOKE TO A GUY THERE HES GOING TO TRY AND FORWARD MY EMAILS TO THE RIGHT DEPT .... NOT HOLDING MY BREATH OR ANYTHING, I MIGHT EVEN TAKE THEM TO SMALL CLAIMS THEY WONT SHOW SO ILL WIN

May 31, 2006, 09:24 PM	#313
Koptor DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Location: UK Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Right, I bought the A8R-MVP as a replacement for my shitty ECS K8T890 Pro. Bought it when I was poor, then I had money, so I bought an X2 3800. The performance of the ECS was terrible, and I later find out it's probably because the AGP slot is actually just attached to the PCI bus, but now I'm rambling... My BIOS is the 0402 one, and the only problems I've been having is when I pause sound using Winamp then resume it, it's really crackly. Pausing/resuming a few times fixes this though. Also, the network card has a tendency to disconnect. I've tried to read all of this thread but may have been a bit ignorant in places due to lack of coffee today Now do you recommend I just update the drivers, or flashing the BIOS? I'm not one for overclocking, though I assume I probably could. I run this at stock speeds etc, and this is the only machine I own that I've not overclocked - call me strange, but I only overclock for the fun of it, to see how far I can push my machines, but when running it for normal use I always return it to stock speeds. Which drivers would I need to update? I'm not running this in PATA Emulation mode, and would like to avoid that as I'd like quicker file transfers between my drives. Thanks for the help guys. PS: Is anyone else experiencing really shitty speeds from the Asus download servers (and by really shitty I mean 0.5kb/s, I'm on 2mbit cable..)

Jun 1, 2006, 11:19 AM	#314
SWITCH12380 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	From : Sky Liu <tsd@asus.com.tw>Sent : 01 June 2006 09:50:20To : switch12380@hotmail.comSubject : Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:<TSD> Motherboard A8R-MVP Dear Friend : Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service. My name is Sky and I would be assisting you today. We are really sorry to say that we have just received your letter due to our mail system errors. According to what you described , The BIOS chip maybe has something wrong . Please kindly contact with your local reseller where you bought for a check. If they cannot help you solve this problem , the local reseller will send it to us through distributor for RMA. We will solve your problem as soon as possible. Sorry for my delayed replying. Hope a good day If having any problems, please don't hesitate to let me know. Let's discuss this issue together. Sorry for any inconvenience. Please refer to FAQ for ASUS products in ASUS website: http://support.asus.com/faq/faq.aspx?SLanguage=en-us Thank you for using ASUS products and enjoying ASUS services! ASUS Customer Service Center (Shanghai , China) If you have any suggestions or complaints about our technical support service, please e-mail your feedback to support@asus.com.cn. We will then arrange for a specialist to work on your issue. Your suggestions and feedback are most appreciated and allow us to serve you better.

Jun 2, 2006, 11:16 AM	#316
SWITCH12380 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	Dear Friend : Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service. My name is Sky and I would be assisting you today. We are really sorry to say that we have just received your letter due to our mail system errors. According to what you described , your motherboard maybe has something wrong . Please kindly contact with your local reseller where you bought for a check. If they cannot help you solve this problem , the local reseller will send it to us through distributor for RMA. We will solve your problem as soon as possible. Sorry for my delayed replying. Hope a good day ---------- Original Message ---------- From : switch12380@hotmail.com Sent : 2006-5-11 12:11:33 To : "tsd@asus.com.tw" Subject : Re:Re:Re:Re:<TSD> Motherboard A8R-MVP [CASEID=WTM20060512311376001] HI ZYC This Didnt sort the problem out as i stated i've even disabled the onboard sound then ran clean install of windows xp sp2 i used a soundblaster audigidy 2 AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD DAMIT YOU KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM with this motherboard.. Right i used all my hardware yeah cpu,mem,gfx,hdd everything but your ASUS A8R-MVP and this system runs like it should with x1900xt graphics card system the mainboard was MSI NF4. With the a8r-mvp the speed is there but somethiing is draggin the system back seem to sound but i really dont think its that!!!!!!! I even ran your latest bios update 0503 and what i wasted of time thst was your college Dave said my cmos battey might be flat, on a 2week old mainboard lol normaly this wouldnt happen but im starting to think with asus it might just be. The problem with thw 0503 was it wouldnt keep my settings on a cold boot up (which yeah sounds like cmos battery) but i asure you it wasnt. I had to used afudos 2.11 to flash the 0402 update back on Guess what my system keeps its settings HAHAHAHA your poor programing again please tell me something i dont know AND HOW TO GET THIS PROBLEM SORTED, SERIOUSLY THOU IF THIS MEANS BUY ANOTHER MAINBOARD BECAUSE YOU AINT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT (REST ASURED IT WOULDNT EVER BE ASUS) JUST TELL ME AND I WONT WASTE MY TIME ON THESE EMAILS RICHARD HOW MANY PROBLEMS CAN THIS BOARD HAVE Im lucky ebuyer are letting me return as DOA Refund as i proved i was in contact in the 14day cooling off period!!!

Jun 26, 2006, 02:08 PM	#319
csimon DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0	are you using the ezplug? mine is a pos too ...just waiting to order something new.

Jul 3, 2006, 03:13 PM	#321
dnihilist DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	FWIW, I've had this board since last December (on the strength of AT's bogus review), installed XPSP2 right from the beginning WITHOUT the ULi drivers ie. under PATA emulation, and it's not been that bad. The only flash was from the original factory bios to 0309 and that's where it stayed. Observations/settings No audio stuttering Running 24/7 No networking issues (D-Link 4300 on 8/2 DSL) VCore fluctuates +-0.1v (according to MBM) Winamp audio craps out on pause resumes Random hangs when playing Winamp Rock stable in BF2 GRAW, FEAR (I use onboard 5.1 audio) no USB issues (I use both onboard AND a PCI USB card) I don't have C&Q enabled, but Qfan is enabled (to cool Crucials) SB overvoltage enabled http://service.futuremark.com/orb/pr...ojectId=363658 I just wish I had more Vcore.... __________________ Opteron 165 280x9 2T 1.44v w/c (38 idle-44 load) ASUS A8R-MVP Crucial 2x1Gb 3-3-3-8 2.63v Powercolor 1800XT 730/860 w/ ATITool, w/c (41 idle-53 load) Raptor 74, Maxtor 160, Maxtor 250 Liteon DVD, LG CD-ROM CoolerMaster all Al case Seasonic S12-600 Sennheiser 165 USB headset Razer Copperhead, Dell 2405 Last edited by dnihilist; Jul 3, 2006 at 03:23 PM.

Jul 15, 2006, 05:16 PM	#322
Nightowl225 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 139 Rep Power: 0	I'm looking at having to do one of three things now, and that's RMA one of my videocards for the second time, or possibly having to RMA my motherboard or flatout buy a new motherboard. If I have to get a new motherboard, it will probably be an ABIT, not another ASUS. There is the possibility that it might be my motherboard causing destruction of my X1800's and it don't make me happy.

Jul 15, 2006, 07:02 PM	#323
Nightowl225 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 139 Rep Power: 0	Determined that my X1800 Crossfire card replacement is bad. Not gonna worry about my motherboard anymore.

Jul 19, 2006, 03:40 PM	#324
silvermind DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Weird Issue... Hey I just recently got this board. After looking at all the problems everyone has had I consider myself lucky... I do have one thing that is driving me crazy! When I first put together my computer and had everything hooked up correctly, it would turn on but wouldn't post. After some trouble shooting I figured out how to solve the problem. But here's the bigger issue. Right now I have a single x1600 sapphire card in it. If I plug in the MVP-Switch Card, the entire system won't post. If I take the switch card out it will post... Any suggestions?

Jul 21, 2006, 02:49 PM	#326
silvermind DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Yah, it would post and run fine without the card. It was the actual MVP-Switch card haha. I can't really see how someone could make that mistake. The cardboard one and the real one are quite different. Either way I took it in and the guy wouldn't believe me for the first 10 minutes when I told him I knew what was wrong... Typical silly tech guy, but I guess he has to check everything over first... I really didn't know it took 20 minutes to grab 2 graphics cards either... They must be heavy... But all kidding aside figures out it was the motherboard (or the actual MVP-Switch card) as I tried several other cards that would post with the MVP-Switch out of it but never when it was plugged in. We didn't have another MVP-Switch to test. Anyone else ever have a similar problem I couldn't find anyone. Weirdness. So I decided after all the hellish stories you guys have been telling I figure I would switch it up and get a higher end board. I'm now the proud owner of a A8R32-MVP Deluxe board. Whether this will have any problems is yet to be seen. But so far... so good. And no evil switch card haha!

Jul 22, 2006, 06:17 AM	#327
Nightowl225 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 139 Rep Power: 0	I wound up getting a new powersupply. The Antec TrueControl 2 550watt Powersupply simply couldn't handle two Radeon X1800's, and was causing other problems in my machine. I got a Thermaltake Toughpower 700 for a powersupply.

Jul 31, 2006, 03:51 AM	#328
jngtt DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	today i narrowed down the random stutters that is being noticed while playing audio or sometimes during gaming, its not random, it does this exactly every 1 hr, 60mins, 3600secs i even check what is causing the this stutter and it looks like it sucks all the cpu resources to somewhere, which i cannot say because task man is not fast enough to say what did it but i dont tink it relates to a sata problem, it has to do with the board's bios and clock which is why we are getting small instabilty

Aug 2, 2006, 10:05 PM	#329
danparker276 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	ASUS = Another Screwed Up Schematic This worked ok for 1 month. Now it crashes every 5 min. I thought it was the video card at first, so I bought a second video card, but it does the same thing. Well at least I'll have crossfire when I get a new motherboard from a different company. Oh and their update update tool doesn't work. Not a big deal to go to the site and download the latest one. But why even include that software if it doesn't work. Someone else in a review I saw called it "Excrement imprinted on a circuitboard" I would say, if you're having problems, throw it away and get something else. I'll never buy from ASUS again.

Aug 3, 2006, 12:36 AM	#330
Nightowl225 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 139 Rep Power: 0	Of course the update software won't work if you have a Creative X-Fi card installed. That is a bug between the ASUS update program and the Creative X-Fi drivers. You aren't running an Antec Powersupply by chance are you. If you are the Antec Powersupply is the main cause of your problem. danparker276, if you expect any help here you must also list your system specs. I had problems with my ASUS A8R-MVP while I was running an Antec Powersupply, and now that I got rid of the Antec and put a Thermaltake Toughpower 700 in I'm not having any problems with my rig.