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A7N8X Deluxe v2.0 Bios 1007 flashed. Memory Controller question.
I just flashed my A7N8X Deluxe v.2.0 to the 1007 bios (late, I know,
but didn't really feel I needed it updated until I ordered a SATA hard drive to replace my current one). I used the Alt-F2 method and all seemed to go well, except for the machine rebooting without any sort of "Flash Complete" message. On reboot it showed the 1007 as current bios version. When WinXP (Home) loaded, it repeatedly showed the "Found New Hardware" message for the Nforce2 memory controller, and for PCI memory. I check in the System Devices section of the Device Manager and it is showing 5 Nvidia Nforce2 Memory Controller entries. I'm posting on the machine right now, so all seems ok, but is this something I should worry about, and if so, is there a fix for it? I did a Go ogle search for multiple memory controllers winxp a7n8x but it didn't help much, so I'm hoping there are those still out there using this board who may be able to help me. Thank you. Don -- Don Reese |
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Don Reese wrote:
I just flashed my A7N8X Deluxe v.2.0 to the 1007 bios (late, I know, but didn't really feel I needed it updated until I ordered a SATA hard drive to replace my current one). I used the Alt-F2 method and all seemed to go well, except for the machine rebooting without any sort of "Flash Complete" message. On reboot it showed the 1007 as current bios version. When WinXP (Home) loaded, it repeatedly showed the "Found New Hardware" message for the Nforce2 memory controller, and for PCI memory. I check in the System Devices section of the Device Manager and it is showing 5 Nvidia Nforce2 Memory Controller entries. I'm posting on the machine right now, so all seems ok, but is this something I should worry about, and if so, is there a fix for it? I did a Go ogle search for multiple memory controllers winxp a7n8x but it didn't help much, so I'm hoping there are those still out there using this board who may be able to help me. Thank you. Don Don, Using the current nVidia Unified Driver Package 2.42, I have 4 nForce2 controllers and 1 nForce Ultra 400 controller, with WinXP SP1. Same board/BIOS. IIRC there were that many on previous drivers also, so you should be OK if you haven't updated them yet. |
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Don Reese wrote:
I check in the System Devices section of the Device Manager and it is showing 5 Nvidia Nforce2 Memory Controller entries. I'm posting on the machine right now, so all seems ok, but is this something I should worry about, and if so, is there a fix for it? Same here. I think it's correct (well I have 4 and 1 Ultra) Ben -- A7N8X FAQ: www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html Questions by email will likely be ignored, please use the newsgroups. I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String... |
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Yep, four regulars and one ultra
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On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 18:12:15 +0100, "Nero" wrote:
Yep, four regulars and one ultra Thanks for all the answers. I figured it was a case of my not being observant of my device manager information in the past. I guess the reason I don't have the one Ultra is I'm using the ASUS Nvidia driver version rather than the Nvidia set. I'd read about people having problems just installing one over the other (mostly due to the sound drivers I understand), so I didn't run that update. However, if there's a fairly painless way to be running the latest drivers without a completely clean install, I'm all ears. Thanks again to all those who helped with this. Don -- Don Reese |
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When I first got the A7N8X DEL v2.0 I installed the ASUS Nvidia drivers.
Later I updated to the Nvidia set without uninstalling the ASUS ones and there were no problems. Since then I have "updated" about 4 times,some being remixes, and every time things went smoothly. I run a Radeon Video card so in some of the earlier driver versions I did remove the Nvidia video drivers from the install and still had no problems.The latest Nvidia drivers do not have their video drivers as part of the package any more.As for sound drivers ...once the driver package is unzipped you can see all of its components and install each one separately or all at the same time.If a sound driver is causing problems you can "rollback" to the previous one. peter "Don Reese" wrote in message ... On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 18:12:15 +0100, "Nero" wrote: Yep, four regulars and one ultra Thanks for all the answers. I figured it was a case of my not being observant of my device manager information in the past. I guess the reason I don't have the one Ultra is I'm using the ASUS Nvidia driver version rather than the Nvidia set. I'd read about people having problems just installing one over the other (mostly due to the sound drivers I understand), so I didn't run that update. However, if there's a fairly painless way to be running the latest drivers without a completely clean install, I'm all ears. Thanks again to all those who helped with this. Don -- Don Reese |
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On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 03:51:04 GMT, "peter" wrote:
When I first got the A7N8X DEL v2.0 I installed the ASUS Nvidia drivers. Later I updated to the Nvidia set without uninstalling the ASUS ones and there were no problems. Since then I have "updated" about 4 times,some being remixes, and every time things went smoothly. I run a Radeon Video card so in some of the earlier driver versions I did remove the Nvidia video drivers from the install and still had no problems.The latest Nvidia drivers do not have their video drivers as part of the package any more.As for sound drivers ...once the driver package is unzipped you can see all of its components and install each one separately or all at the same time.If a sound driver is causing problems you can "rollback" to the previous one. peter "Don Reese" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 18:12:15 +0100, "Nero" wrote: Yep, four regulars and one ultra Thanks for all the answers. I figured it was a case of my not being observant of my device manager information in the past. I guess the reason I don't have the one Ultra is I'm using the ASUS Nvidia driver version rather than the Nvidia set. I'd read about people having problems just installing one over the other (mostly due to the sound drivers I understand), so I didn't run that update. However, if there's a fairly painless way to be running the latest drivers without a completely clean install, I'm all ears. Thanks again to all those who helped with this. Thanks for the information, Peter. I may wind up just reinstalling from scratch and using Nvidia drivers only. Ever since the bios flash, my computer has spontaneously rebooted while playing (in this case) Dark Age of Camelot. I never had this problem with the prior bios (1003). I haven't seen it happen while doing anything else, though, so I'm thinking perhaps an uninstall and reinstall of the video drivers may help. (One message after a reboot said the problem appears to be in the ati-something.drv so I'm thinking it's worth a shot.) I have an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro installed. Also, I noticed my monitor (Samsung 191T) is listed twice in the device manager. This may have been something that was there all along, but in this case I doubt it. That would be something easily noticed as I scanned the list every now and then. Should I delete one or both of these entries? Both say they are working correctly. In my post above I mentioned people having trouble with sound drivers. I guess I should have said, I read they had problems with the control panel and not being able to access it after installing Nvidia drivers over the ASUS ones. If you've had no problems, I may yet give it a try. Thanks to all who have helped so far. I appreciate it. Don -- Don Reese |
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Sometime on, or about Wed, 09 Jun 2004 22:00:48 -0500, Don Reese
scribbled: On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 03:51:04 GMT, "peter" wrote: When I first got the A7N8X DEL v2.0 I installed the ASUS Nvidia drivers. Later I updated to the Nvidia set without uninstalling the ASUS ones and there were no problems. Since then I have "updated" about 4 times,some being remixes, and every time things went smoothly. I run a Radeon Video card so in some of the earlier driver versions I did remove the Nvidia video drivers from the install and still had no problems.The latest Nvidia drivers do not have their video drivers as part of the package any more.As for sound drivers ...once the driver package is unzipped you can see all of its components and install each one separately or all at the same time.If a sound driver is causing problems you can "rollback" to the previous one. peter "Don Reese" wrote in message . .. On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 18:12:15 +0100, "Nero" wrote: Yep, four regulars and one ultra Thanks for all the answers. I figured it was a case of my not being observant of my device manager information in the past. I guess the reason I don't have the one Ultra is I'm using the ASUS Nvidia driver version rather than the Nvidia set. I'd read about people having problems just installing one over the other (mostly due to the sound drivers I understand), so I didn't run that update. However, if there's a fairly painless way to be running the latest drivers without a completely clean install, I'm all ears. Thanks again to all those who helped with this. Thanks for the information, Peter. I may wind up just reinstalling from scratch and using Nvidia drivers only. Ever since the bios flash, my computer has spontaneously rebooted while playing (in this case) Dark Age of Camelot. I never had this problem with the prior bios (1003). I haven't seen it happen while doing anything else, though, so I'm thinking perhaps an uninstall and reinstall of the video drivers may help. (One message after a reboot said the problem appears to be in the ati-something.drv so I'm thinking it's worth a shot.) I have an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro installed. Also, I noticed my monitor (Samsung 191T) is listed twice in the device manager. This may have been something that was there all along, but in this case I doubt it. That would be something easily noticed as I scanned the list every now and then. Should I delete one or both of these entries? Both say they are working correctly. In my post above I mentioned people having trouble with sound drivers. I guess I should have said, I read they had problems with the control panel and not being able to access it after installing Nvidia drivers over the ASUS ones. If you've had no problems, I may yet give it a try. Thanks to all who have helped so far. I appreciate it. Don Although I have an older board (1.04), I also have the 5 memory controller items using the 1007 BIOS. Nothing says Ultra though. I'm using the latest nVidia platform drivers (version 4.24) and the current ATI drivers (version 4.6) for my Radeon 9500. I'm using the same monitor as you, but it only shows up once. However, the display device shows up twice, but that's normal for this graphic card. When I flash my BIOS, I always boot from a floppy with no drivers on it, but with awdflash.exe and the BIOS file. I then flash the BIOS using the command: awdflash AN8D1007.BIN BIOS.OLD /py /sy /cd /cp /cc /LD /E This wipes out the old settings, saves the current BIOS as "bios.old" and then flashes the BIOS. You need to reboot and finally re-set all your BIOS settings to the way you want it. I've never had a problem doing it this way. Sam |
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Thanks for the information, Peter. I may wind up just reinstalling from scratch and using Nvidia drivers only. Ever since the bios flash, my computer has spontaneously rebooted while playing (in this case) Dark Age of Camelot. I never had this problem with the prior bios (1003). I haven't seen it happen while doing anything else, though, so I'm thinking perhaps an uninstall and reinstall of the video drivers may help. (One message after a reboot said the problem appears to be in the ati-something.drv so I'm thinking it's worth a shot.) I have an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro installed. Also, I noticed my monitor (Samsung 191T) is listed twice in the device manager. This may have been something that was there all along, but in this case I doubt it. That would be something easily noticed as I scanned the list every now and then. Should I delete one or both of these entries? Both say they are working correctly. In my post above I mentioned people having trouble with sound drivers. I guess I should have said, I read they had problems with the control panel and not being able to access it after installing Nvidia drivers over the ASUS ones. If you've had no problems, I may yet give it a try. Thanks to all who have helped so far. I appreciate it. Don Although I have an older board (1.04), I also have the 5 memory controller items using the 1007 BIOS. Nothing says Ultra though. I'm using the latest nVidia platform drivers (version 4.24) and the current ATI drivers (version 4.6) for my Radeon 9500. I'm using the same monitor as you, but it only shows up once. However, the display device shows up twice, but that's normal for this graphic card. Yes, once for primary and once for secondary. When I flash my BIOS, I always boot from a floppy with no drivers on it, but with awdflash.exe and the BIOS file. I then flash the BIOS using the command: awdflash AN8D1007.BIN BIOS.OLD /py /sy /cd /cp /cc /LD /E This was the first time I tried the 'automatic' method. The process itself didn't leave a very good taste in my mouth, what with no message at the end that the flash was complete - just a reboot and a couple beeps and the 1007 showing as the current bios on the boot screen. This wipes out the old settings, saves the current BIOS as "bios.old" and then flashes the BIOS. You need to reboot and finally re-set all your BIOS settings to the way you want it. I've never had a problem doing it this way. Sam Thanks, Sam. I'll try reflashing the bios after whittling down my monitor entries to one. Here are the things I've done so far to try track down the cause of the random rebooting since flashing 1007: 1.Uninstalled old Radeon Drivers and control panel. 2. Installed new drivers (newest at the time, 4.5) and control panel Computer still crashed. 3. Unchecked the option in System Properties to automatically reboot on error. Hopefully when it happens again I'll be able to see on the BSOD what caused it. 4. Ran memtest86 for 19 hours. No errors on 38 passes. I'm now about to go remove one of the monitor entries in the Device Manager to see if that makes a difference. If not, I'll reflash the bios using the method you mentioned. Thanks to everyone who is trying to help with this. Your information is very much appreciated. Don -- Don Reese |
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Don,
Greetings and hallucinations from just north of Fantasy Land (Washington, DC)! What, pray tell, were you trying to fix? Flash a BIOS only to cure a problem. Flashing to just have the lastest and greatest is courting the bitch Goddess Disaster with red roses, Godivaź chocolates and a 10 karet water white flawless diamond from Tiffany's. With that on offer she is sure to pay you a call. You will find that she is a lousy date. That being said, have you reinstalled the nVidia drivers for the board? Sometimes they get confused when the BIOS is changed. Peace, Paul "Don Reese" wrote in message ... snipped Thanks for the information, Peter. I may wind up just reinstalling from scratch and using Nvidia drivers only. Ever since the bios flash, my computer has spontaneously rebooted while playing (in this case) Dark Age of Camelot. I never had this problem with the prior bios (1003). I haven't seen it happen while doing anything else, though, so I'm thinking perhaps an uninstall and reinstall of the video drivers may help. (One message after a reboot said the problem appears to be in the ati-something.drv so I'm thinking it's worth a shot.) I have an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro installed. Also, I noticed my monitor (Samsung 191T) is listed twice in the device manager. This may have been something that was there all along, but in this case I doubt it. That would be something easily noticed as I scanned the list every now and then. Should I delete one or both of these entries? Both say they are working correctly. In my post above I mentioned people having trouble with sound drivers. I guess I should have said, I read they had problems with the control panel and not being able to access it after installing Nvidia drivers over the ASUS ones. If you've had no problems, I may yet give it a try. Thanks to all who have helped so far. I appreciate it. Don Although I have an older board (1.04), I also have the 5 memory controller items using the 1007 BIOS. Nothing says Ultra though. I'm using the latest nVidia platform drivers (version 4.24) and the current ATI drivers (version 4.6) for my Radeon 9500. I'm using the same monitor as you, but it only shows up once. However, the display device shows up twice, but that's normal for this graphic card. Yes, once for primary and once for secondary. When I flash my BIOS, I always boot from a floppy with no drivers on it, but with awdflash.exe and the BIOS file. I then flash the BIOS using the command: awdflash AN8D1007.BIN BIOS.OLD /py /sy /cd /cp /cc /LD /E This was the first time I tried the 'automatic' method. The process itself didn't leave a very good taste in my mouth, what with no message at the end that the flash was complete - just a reboot and a couple beeps and the 1007 showing as the current bios on the boot screen. This wipes out the old settings, saves the current BIOS as "bios.old" and then flashes the BIOS. You need to reboot and finally re-set all your BIOS settings to the way you want it. I've never had a problem doing it this way. Sam Thanks, Sam. I'll try reflashing the bios after whittling down my monitor entries to one. Here are the things I've done so far to try track down the cause of the random rebooting since flashing 1007: 1.Uninstalled old Radeon Drivers and control panel. 2. Installed new drivers (newest at the time, 4.5) and control panel Computer still crashed. 3. Unchecked the option in System Properties to automatically reboot on error. Hopefully when it happens again I'll be able to see on the BSOD what caused it. 4. Ran memtest86 for 19 hours. No errors on 38 passes. I'm now about to go remove one of the monitor entries in the Device Manager to see if that makes a difference. If not, I'll reflash the bios using the method you mentioned. Thanks to everyone who is trying to help with this. Your information is very much appreciated. Don -- Don Reese |
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