asus a8v deluxe and Marvel gigabit

I am having trouble with the networking locking up on my Asus A8V Deluxe
motherboard. I am running Windows XP Pro SP2 with a AMD dual core
4800+ cpu. I have a 1000 Mbit network. My networking is locking up
about once or twice per day.

I am using the latest device driver from Marvel, version 8.35.2.3.
http://www.marvell.com/drivers/drive...?dId=116&pId=3

Is anyone else having trouble with the Marvel networking ? Should I get
a 3Com 1000 Mbit card ? What a pain !

Thanks,
Lynn

Hello Lynn,

Excellent: Someone to corroborate the bug I've found.

Lynn, the Marvell, Yukon 10/100/1000 chipset on your A8V Deluxe IS, in fact,
very good. I have been very pleased with it in my setup (below) until about
last week, when I allowed "Windows Update" to update my driver revision to
8.35.2.3.

Previous to version 8.35.2.3 of the Yukon driver, my system was solid as a
rock. I could leave the thing running in my room without the AC on (yields
like 95f ambient in the summer) for days at a time and it would never lock
up. Immediately after installing 8.35.2.3, I noticed that my system would
lock up COMPLETELY (No kernel Panic, No message in the event viewer, No disk
activity, nothing! Just a hard bus lock) at random intervals during the day.
The system would not go even two days without crashing. At first, I
suspected something other than the 8.35.2.3 network driver. Normally, a
network driver should be able to bring down the system like that.

So, I ran memtest for 2 days straight. Gave me 60 some passes without a
single error. Checked my voltage rails... they were fine too. Ran PRIME95
for a few hours. No problem there either. Next I figured what the hey and
reverted 8.35.2.3 to the driver that came with my A8V deluxe and WHAM.
Completely stable again. No lockups. No problems. I also tried the driver
straight off of Marvell's website at
http://www.marvell.com/drivers/drive...?dId=116&pId=3 to rule out
any problem specific to the version on MS' servers. This driver also
resulted in lockups.

Please validate or invalidate my test results. If we find that it definitely
is a problem with 8.35.2.3 we should submit to Marvell Inc. as a bug.

Thanks,

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Windows XP (2600-Professional) w/ SP2
AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64 FX-53, 1MB L2 Cache (2.4ghz@200mhz-FSB)
ASUS "A8V Deluxe Wi-Fi" K8T800 Pro (BIOS: 1011)
VIA Hyperion 4in1 456v
1024mb (2 x (512mb OCZ Platinum EL (2-3-2-5) DDR400/PC3200) Dual Channel)
[OCZ4001024ELDCPE-K]
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Catalyst 4.10) (C-378mhz / M-337.5mhz) OC to
(C-411.75mhz / M-360.00mhz)
SbAudigy 5.1 (PCI-Slot 3)

*Promise FastTrak 378 (PDC20378) 2+0/RAID 0*
120gb Western Digital WD1200JB (RAID 1of2)
120gb Western Digital WD1200JB (RAID 2of2)

16x HI-VAL DVDRom (BDV316C) secondary/master
Plextor (PX-716SA) VIA SATA-1

LianLi PC-6070 *Silent* Aluminum Mid-Tower Case | 2x80mm intake fans, 1x80mm
exhaust fan, 1x slot cooler
OCZ Modstream 520watt PSU | +3.3V(28A), +5V(52A), +12V(28A)
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Tony DiMarzio




"Lynn McGuire" wrote in message
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I am having trouble with the networking locking up on my Asus A8V Deluxe
motherboard. I am running Windows XP Pro SP2 with a AMD dual core
4800+ cpu. I have a 1000 Mbit network. My networking is locking up
about once or twice per day.

I am using the latest device driver from Marvel, version 8.35.2.3.
http://www.marvell.com/drivers/drive...?dId=116&pId=3

Is anyone else having trouble with the Marvel networking ? Should I get
a 3Com 1000 Mbit card ? What a pain !

Thanks,
Lynn

Lynn, the Marvell, Yukon 10/100/1000 chipset on your A8V Deluxe IS, in fact, very good. I have been very pleased with it in my
setup (below) until about last week, when I allowed "Windows Update" to update my driver revision to 8.35.2.3.

My previous network device driver was having network timeouts. I do
a lot of LAN file locking so it becomes immediately obvious when there
are network issues.

This new version of the device driver does not have timeouts. It just locks
up and I have to reboot in order to get networking working again. A
couple of times my entire pc has locked up also.

The system would not go even two days without crashing. At first, I suspected something other than the 8.35.2.3 network driver.
Normally, a network driver should be able to bring down the system like that.

Should or should not ???

Please validate or invalidate my test results. If we find that it definitely is a problem with 8.35.2.3 we should submit to
Marvell Inc. as a bug.

I looked at their site. They dont seem to be consumer friendly whatsoever.

Lynn

Hello ...I just installed that same new driver on my a8v-e deluxe mobo
,seems to run fine for me ,If i notice any problems i will just have to
rollback to the previous version ...I did update my bios today aswell before
installing the new marvel driver ...bios version is june 24 2005 .
"Lynn McGuire" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble with the networking locking up on my Asus A8V Deluxe
motherboard. I am running Windows XP Pro SP2 with a AMD dual core
4800+ cpu. I have a 1000 Mbit network. My networking is locking up
about once or twice per day.

I am using the latest device driver from Marvel, version 8.35.2.3.
http://www.marvell.com/drivers/drive...?dId=116&pId=3

Is anyone else having trouble with the Marvel networking ? Should I get
a 3Com 1000 Mbit card ? What a pain !

Thanks,
Lynn

"Lynn McGuire" wrote in message
...
Lynn, the Marvell, Yukon 10/100/1000 chipset on your A8V Deluxe IS, in
fact, very good. I have been very pleased with it in my setup (below)
until about last week, when I allowed "Windows Update" to update my
driver revision to 8.35.2.3.

My previous network device driver was having network timeouts. I do
a lot of LAN file locking so it becomes immediately obvious when there
are network issues.

This new version of the device driver does not have timeouts. It just
locks
up and I have to reboot in order to get networking working again. A
couple of times my entire pc has locked up also.

The system would not go even two days without crashing. At first, I
suspected something other than the 8.35.2.3 network driver. Normally, a
network driver should be able to bring down the system like that.

Should or should not ???

should NOT - sorry, didn't proof read my email.


Please validate or invalidate my test results. If we find that it
definitely is a problem with 8.35.2.3 we should submit to Marvell Inc. as
a bug.

I looked at their site. They dont seem to be consumer friendly
whatsoever.

That's because they don't sell direct to EU's. Other vendors incorporate
their silicon.

Try the driver rev immediately preceding 8.35.2.3. If you can't find it I'll
post it on my FTP.


Lynn

Please validate or invalidate my test results. If we find that it definitely is a problem with 8.35.2.3 we should submit to
Marvell Inc. as a bug.

I looked at their site. They dont seem to be consumer friendly whatsoever.

That's because they don't sell direct to EU's. Other vendors incorporate their silicon.

Try the driver rev immediately preceding 8.35.2.3. If you can't find it I'll post it on my FTP.

Please post the previous device driver and I will try that. I still do not
know how to complain to Marvell about the current device driver.

Thanks,
Lynn

Try the driver rev immediately preceding 8.35.2.3. If you can't find it I'll post it on my FTP.

Please post the previous device driver and I will try that. I still do not
know how to complain to Marvell about the current device driver.

Or you can email it to me "lmc at winsim dot com"

I put a complaint about the device driver at http://www.marvell.com/contact/cust_support.do .

Thanks,
Lynn

In article , "Lynn McGuire"
wrote:

I am having trouble with the networking locking up on my Asus A8V Deluxe
motherboard. I am running Windows XP Pro SP2 with a AMD dual core
4800+ cpu. I have a 1000 Mbit network. My networking is locking up
about once or twice per day.

I am using the latest device driver from Marvel, version 8.35.2.3.
http://www.marvell.com/drivers/drive...?dId=116&pId=3

Is anyone else having trouble with the Marvel networking ? Should I get
a 3Com 1000 Mbit card ? What a pain !

Thanks,
Lynn

"Should I get a 3Com 1000 Mbit card ?"

Not if it uses the same Marvell chip you are having problems with :-)
Even 3COM has used a Marvell chip in the past.

An Intel card should put some distance between you and Marvell.
Try pricewatch.com and search for "Intel gigabit". This is the
cheapest card I could find. There are a number of companies selling
these. Run the part number and model number through Google or the
private forums, to see if it has a clean bill of health.

82540EM based ? shop around for best price (PWLA8390MT)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833106112

Otherwise, I would track down another version of driver for
the Marvell chip. I wouldn't expect much from Marvell, as I don't
see any way of contacting them with reports of driver issues.

You could report your problem to Asus, if you are in a generous
mood.

The users of P5P800 boards (same 88E8001 LAN chip) report problems
as well. This is from the Asus forums. Rollback to a previous driver
fixed the freezes. The link below is lousy, but I don't know how to
make a better link that will yield the entire page image.

"Motherboard - Gigabit LAN Problems"
http://vip.asus.com/forum/bbs_view.a..._cnt=5&recc=45

Paul

Oops. The marvell website does not contain a driver archive, and I don't
have the drivers archived locally here either. Did you try the driver that
was bundled with your A8V?

This one:

http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/lan...Marvell630.zip

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Tony DiMarzio




"Lynn McGuire" wrote in message
...

Try the driver rev immediately preceding 8.35.2.3. If you can't find it
I'll post it on my FTP.

Please post the previous device driver and I will try that. I still do
not
know how to complain to Marvell about the current device driver.

Or you can email it to me "lmc at winsim dot com"

I put a complaint about the device driver at
http://www.marvell.com/contact/cust_support.do .

Thanks,
Lynn

Oops. The marvell website does not contain a driver archive, and I don't

Yup, I tried all different kinds of methods to get an earlier driver. No soap.

have the drivers archived locally here either. Did you try the driver that was bundled with your A8V?

This one:

http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/lan...Marvell630.zip

Yup, that driver caused me major problems also. At least it bothered to
reset itself automatically. However, the timeouts happened every 10 to
15 minutes. No good !

Thanks,
Lynn