ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[MadDogX]

Originally Posted by sherpa_man

is there a know problem with memory on these boards i have 4 x 1 gig sticks and every now and again the sytem hangs and i have to unplug the computer and restart any ideas ?

I have 4x1GB too and have had no problems with that so far. Could one of your sticks be defective?

[sherpa_man]

Originally Posted by MadDogX

I have 4x1GB too and have had no problems with that so far. Could one of your sticks be defective?

im gonna try runnin them one by one im hoping it will crash when put a certain stick in then just replace that 1

what bios version are you using ?

[SSJVegeta]

If I RMA my board is it preferable or necessary to re-install Windows or the nForce drivers or is it just a case of swapping a faulty motherboard with a new replacement?

[tekseven]

Originally Posted by SSJVegeta

If I RMA my board is it preferable or necessary to re-install Windows or the nForce drivers or is it just a case of swapping a faulty motherboard with a new replacement?

You shouldn't have to if it's the same model.

[SSJVegeta]

Originally Posted by tekseven

You shouldn't have to if it's the same model.

Yeah, its going to be the same model.

[sherpa_man]

If i have 800 mhz ram and its showing like this

does it mean its not running at full speed ?

[pheoxs]

Originally Posted by sherpa_man

If i have 800 mhz ram and its showing like this

does it mean its not running at full speed ?

Nope thats fine, rams DDR, so you double the speed shown in CPU-z, its running at 800mhz

[SSJVegeta]

Could my power supply be holding me back from a stable 3GHz OC?

My PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 430W

[Euthanasiast]

Is there any way someone could show me how to update my BIOS from 0401? When I try to do it with my USB or disk using EX-Flash I get the error "Downgraded ROM file not suitable for BIOS" and when I attempt to do it via the Asus Flash Windows Updater I get the error, "Fail to reserve DMI data in EEPROM. Please press [FLASH] button to try again or [EXIT] to abort."

How can I possibly get around this? I have a sneaking suspicion that the problems that I am having have something to do with the old BIOS interacting with my RAM configuration, but I can't update the BIOS to see if this fixes the problem.

[Diddles]

What an awesome thread! I was considering between this and the Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4L nForce 650i SLi but seeing the amount of support and information on this thread I'd say I'm pretty damn set!

Must be a good mobo...