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- Apr 29, 2003
Dear friends,
I am a proud owner of an Asus a7n8x Deluxe 2.0 MB!
Yeah baby! This monster really rocks. My previous spec was an athlon 1300, 512mb and the reliable ecs k7s5a.
Now I've got the following
athlon xp2600+ fsb 333
2x512mb pc2700
geforce4 ti4200 pine
I've got some considerations though. I'd like to hear your opinions:
1. Memory sticks are Mitsubishi.... Any good?
2. At first boot the bios recognized the xp2600 as 1600. So I had to set the multiplier to 12.5x. Now it's xp2600+. Memory timings are 8-4-4-2.5. Can this be improved?
3. I had some trouble installing WinXP Pro. After the initial installation process (when the system is rebooted), the screen went blank. I reset the machine twice, to no avail. I had to power down the whole thing, wait 10 seconds and power it up. Then installation resumed and finished ok. Also, when I exit BIOS, sometimes the computer doesn't boot (just blank screen). I have to reset the machine. My BIOS is 1003. Comments?
4. I couldn't install sp1 cause I don't have it. Is sp1 really necessary? (I'm not concerned about Internet security, just gaming performance)....
5. The following is the installation sequence of important drivers after WinXp was installed.
5.1 nForce drivers that comes with the CD (it installed the usb2.0 SP).
5.2 nForce driver 2.45
5.3 Detonator 43.45
5.4 dx9.0b (no prob if after detonator???)
6. I won't reinstall games. For example, Wolf ET is running fine... What about other games that use the ID engine?
7. I had to disable Sata (jumper on mb). Otherwise WinXP wouldn't install the MCP audio driver.......
8. My Computer -> Properties -> Device Manager -> Unknown Devices -> USB Controller.... Is this correct??? My usb mouse is working fine. How do I know if USB2.0 is enabled? Sorry about this silly question....
Your comments are very welcomed.
Thank you very much.
I am a proud owner of an Asus a7n8x Deluxe 2.0 MB!
Yeah baby! This monster really rocks. My previous spec was an athlon 1300, 512mb and the reliable ecs k7s5a.
Now I've got the following
athlon xp2600+ fsb 333
2x512mb pc2700
geforce4 ti4200 pine
I've got some considerations though. I'd like to hear your opinions:
1. Memory sticks are Mitsubishi.... Any good?
2. At first boot the bios recognized the xp2600 as 1600. So I had to set the multiplier to 12.5x. Now it's xp2600+. Memory timings are 8-4-4-2.5. Can this be improved?
3. I had some trouble installing WinXP Pro. After the initial installation process (when the system is rebooted), the screen went blank. I reset the machine twice, to no avail. I had to power down the whole thing, wait 10 seconds and power it up. Then installation resumed and finished ok. Also, when I exit BIOS, sometimes the computer doesn't boot (just blank screen). I have to reset the machine. My BIOS is 1003. Comments?
4. I couldn't install sp1 cause I don't have it. Is sp1 really necessary? (I'm not concerned about Internet security, just gaming performance)....
5. The following is the installation sequence of important drivers after WinXp was installed.
5.1 nForce drivers that comes with the CD (it installed the usb2.0 SP).
5.2 nForce driver 2.45
5.3 Detonator 43.45
5.4 dx9.0b (no prob if after detonator???)
6. I won't reinstall games. For example, Wolf ET is running fine... What about other games that use the ID engine?
7. I had to disable Sata (jumper on mb). Otherwise WinXP wouldn't install the MCP audio driver.......
8. My Computer -> Properties -> Device Manager -> Unknown Devices -> USB Controller.... Is this correct??? My usb mouse is working fine. How do I know if USB2.0 is enabled? Sorry about this silly question....
Your comments are very welcomed.
Thank you very much.