hardwarefreek Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 (edited) I got a new ASUS A7V8X a few day ago, this mobo was TWICE dead on arrival and was RMA'ed, this was the usual boot problems with the fans spinning & no POST/Video etc. The third board is OK & is happily running a 2500 Barton @ 2.21 GHz. The point of all this? I was browsing ASUS's website & noticed the article pasted below that was specced with the 64bit K8V, this indicates that ASUS are well aware of the BIOS problem with the previous A7N8X (Nforce2) series BIOS'es & have taken steps to reduce their RMA's, So does this mean that ASUS knew about the problems before the A7N8X went on sale, because it seems to me, that they have not really had very long to design the "crashfree" BIOS that is availiable on theK8V ( unless they already knew & were working on a solution), any opinions on this guys? "ASUS CrashFree BIOS2 The CrashFree BIOS 2 feature now includes the BIOS auto-recovery function in a support CD. Users can reboot their system through the support CD when a bootable disk is not available, and go through the simple BIOS auto-recovery process. ASUS motherboards now enable users to enjoy this protection feature without the need to pay for an optional ROM" Edited September 23, 2003 by hardwarefreek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sainou-Kun Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 We all make errors, There not exempt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 We all make errors, There not exempt They just seem to do it more often then others Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYoKoNA Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 I know andrusk had the same problem as that twice or three times and has sent his mobo back to asus. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardwarefreek Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 Yeas I wish my board had a BIOS recovery feature. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrusk Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 (edited) This is all too true. Heres some of the threads were i and others have had problems. here here here. That hole bios recovery thing sounds real nice and all. But how exactly do you think Im gonna get the cd to boot a bios cd when the computer wont even post? And i do think that ASUS has a bigger problem on their hands than they are willing to admit. It sure is a pain in the arse, but thats what happens when a company releases a faulty product. Edited September 24, 2003 by andrusk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardwarefreek Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 I am kinda wondering that myself, do we guess the keystrokes & "flash in the dark" or do we leave that to the perverts? <_< It may help if u get a bad flash--- OH---- Hang on, how do I know it's a bad flash?----Oh yeah!!!---- AFTER I reboot to a dead machine!!! ROFLMAO @ No POST mobo!> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinal Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 i had the same prob as andrusk but they fixed mine the first time but i hated loosing my board for 2 weeks and paying to ship it their Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torx Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 I got a new ASUS A7V8X a few day ago, this mobo was TWICE dead on arrival and was RMA'ed, this was the usual boot problems with the fans spinning & no POST/Video etc. The third board is OK & is happily running a 2500 Barton @ 2.21 GHz. The point of all this? I was browsing ASUS's website & noticed the article pasted below that was specced with the 64bit K8V, this indicates that ASUS are well aware of the BIOS problem with the previous A7N8X (Nforce2) series BIOS'es & have taken steps to reduce their RMA's, So does this mean that ASUS knew about the problems before the A7N8X went on sale, because it seems to me, that they have not really had very long to design the "crashfree" BIOS that is availiable on theK8V ( unless they already knew & were working on a solution), any opinions on this guys? "ASUS CrashFree BIOS2 The CrashFree BIOS 2 feature now includes the BIOS auto-recovery function in a support CD. Users can reboot their system through the support CD when a bootable disk is not available, and go through the simple BIOS auto-recovery process. ASUS motherboards now enable users to enjoy this protection feature without the need to pay for an optional ROM" I had that problem too. I burnt the board instead of the crap CPU. Its a good thing I did it within 7 days of buting it. The store gave me a new board. Basically, crap not with the memory timings. Up the FSB all you want but don't do anything stupid with the memory Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torx Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 ^^ it sensored my sentance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 I got a new ASUS A7V8X a few day ago, this mobo was TWICE dead on arrival and was RMA'ed, this was the usual boot problems with the fans spinning & no POST/Video etc. The third board is OK & is happily running a 2500 Barton @ 2.21 GHz. The point of all this? I was browsing ASUS's website & noticed the article pasted below that was specced with the 64bit K8V, this indicates that ASUS are well aware of the BIOS problem with the previous A7N8X (Nforce2) series BIOS'es & have taken steps to reduce their RMA's, So does this mean that ASUS knew about the problems before the A7N8X went on sale, because it seems to me, that they have not really had very long to design the "crashfree" BIOS that is availiable on theK8V ( unless they already knew & were working on a solution), any opinions on this guys? "ASUS CrashFree BIOS2 The CrashFree BIOS 2 feature now includes the BIOS auto-recovery function in a support CD. Users can reboot their system through the support CD when a bootable disk is not available, and go through the simple BIOS auto-recovery process. ASUS motherboards now enable users to enjoy this protection feature without the need to pay for an optional ROM" i also had the problem, and had to send in my bios chip (not the board), and everything's been working fine now. Obviously they do have a problem, and yeah, they're aware of it. I doubt they really knew how big a problem it was when they first released the boards. You say that "they have not really had very long to design the "crashfree" BIOS that is availiable on theK8V ", but that's not true. I got my a7n8x deluxe board back in february. That's at least 6-7 months they had to work on the problem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torx Posted September 25, 2003 Posted September 25, 2003 I hate the fact that they haven't fixed the multiplyer issue last time I checked At least its got a ton of cool features... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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