I've been having quite a bit of trouble with this board; hoping since so many people seem to have it someone will have some advice.
I've been having trouble getting my RAM to run at its rated speed (and have the speed speed I set rather than the default actualy show up in CPUZ and Memtest, not just the bios). Also, can't get memtest to run at all ever since the first time it ran. See this thread for those two issues: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=666400
EDIT: Memtest is once again working and my RAM is running at the correct speed/timings. It needed a combination of updating the bios to 1053 and resetting the cmos a few times.
Next up is the AI Suite II. I can't get it to install. When I try installing from the CD after the InstAll step where you chose what to install I briefly get a screen that says installing, expected time 12:00 minutes, quickly followed by it wanting to reboot. After the reboot it pops right back up to the same screen and instantly says it wants to reboot again. After the second reboot nothing comes up and it isn't installed.
If I try installing from the AISuite_II_V10109_XpVistaWin7 package I downloaded from Asus' website either by trying the Setup.exe or AsusSetup.exe either by right clicking and running as admin or not all I get is a single UAC prompt followed by nothing happening. I had this problem under the original bios and still have it using the 1053beta bios.
EDIT: this seems to be an issue several people are having with 64bit windows
EDIT 2: Asus has released some patches. Still kind of clunky but doable. Install this patch (have to right click and run as admin otherwise it just restarts the computer and does nothing). After that is done, here is a newer version of AI Suite II than is available on the CD or the website (as of this writing they pulled the one on the website), its on their ftp site: ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/misc/utils/AISuite_II_P8P.zip
Last problem. I can't boot from a usb drive without going through the bios. In the bios on the boot tab under the boot priority list there is a "bypass" list which lets you instantly boot to any of the listed devices. My usb device is listed twice here; once as "UEFI: usb device name" and once just as "Usb device name". I have to select "Usb device name" from this menu to boot from the usb device.
In the list where you can order your devices there is no option to set "Usb device name" only an option for "UEFI: usb device name" and that option does not work. I had this problem under the original bios and still have it using the 1053beta bios.
I've been banging my head against these since yesterday morning so any help would be greatly appreciated.
I've been having trouble getting my RAM to run at its rated speed (and have the speed speed I set rather than the default actualy show up in CPUZ and Memtest, not just the bios). Also, can't get memtest to run at all ever since the first time it ran. See this thread for those two issues: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=666400
EDIT: Memtest is once again working and my RAM is running at the correct speed/timings. It needed a combination of updating the bios to 1053 and resetting the cmos a few times.
Next up is the AI Suite II. I can't get it to install. When I try installing from the CD after the InstAll step where you chose what to install I briefly get a screen that says installing, expected time 12:00 minutes, quickly followed by it wanting to reboot. After the reboot it pops right back up to the same screen and instantly says it wants to reboot again. After the second reboot nothing comes up and it isn't installed.
If I try installing from the AISuite_II_V10109_XpVistaWin7 package I downloaded from Asus' website either by trying the Setup.exe or AsusSetup.exe either by right clicking and running as admin or not all I get is a single UAC prompt followed by nothing happening. I had this problem under the original bios and still have it using the 1053beta bios.
EDIT: this seems to be an issue several people are having with 64bit windows
EDIT 2: Asus has released some patches. Still kind of clunky but doable. Install this patch (have to right click and run as admin otherwise it just restarts the computer and does nothing). After that is done, here is a newer version of AI Suite II than is available on the CD or the website (as of this writing they pulled the one on the website), its on their ftp site: ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/misc/utils/AISuite_II_P8P.zip
Last problem. I can't boot from a usb drive without going through the bios. In the bios on the boot tab under the boot priority list there is a "bypass" list which lets you instantly boot to any of the listed devices. My usb device is listed twice here; once as "UEFI: usb device name" and once just as "Usb device name". I have to select "Usb device name" from this menu to boot from the usb device.
In the list where you can order your devices there is no option to set "Usb device name" only an option for "UEFI: usb device name" and that option does not work. I had this problem under the original bios and still have it using the 1053beta bios.
I've been banging my head against these since yesterday morning so any help would be greatly appreciated.
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