Asus

Any experience with the Rampage Formula?
Hi there, Since my previous mainboard died (an MSI P6N Diamond, NVidia n680i SLI), I sent it in, and finally got word it will be credited. This means I had my options open. I finally ordered an ASUS Rampage Formula board, since that has the X48 chipset, but does support DDR2 RAM (I had 4 x 1 GB in the P6N... 16 Apr 2008 07:23

HD Size
I'm running ASUS Commando MB with latest BIOS and Vista and was trying to install a WD 500GB HD and can only get Vista to format 250 MB. Also tried XP and 2000 and could not get them to format the full 500GB either. Is this a limitation on these OS? ... 16 Apr 2008 18:03

A7V hangs at ESCD
My motherboard is an old A7V with 512 megs memory, Nvidia 5500, 40 gig WD drive which I've outgrown. After installing an Adaptec ATA 133 controller in a free PCI slot, attaching a new Western Digital 250 GB hard drive, the computer hangs at the ESCD configuration screen after saying it has been updated. Also, t... 18 Apr 2008 14:14

ASUS SATA cables
Generic cables, you'll find the same thing if you buy any hardware that comes with sata cables "Mr. Bro" <bbro(a)en.com> wrote in message news:nhs604dfj33o29epptf4ahsgl0nim2pf5r(a)4ax.com... Maybe someone can explain why ASUS supplies their SATA cables so long. Why would I need a 18" cable when the HD is only ... 15 Apr 2008 06:32

SATA - JMicron vs ICH9
I have two SATA hard drives, a SATA 1 SSD drive for booting and a SATA 3 Samsung drive for data on a P5KC mb. Is there any reason to use the JMicron controller? I am not running RAID and I do NOT have an eSATA drive? Is the performance difference in running on ICH9 neglible? ... 18 Apr 2008 00:27

OT: ASUS SATA cables
Maybe someone can explain why ASUS supplies their SATA cables so long. Why would I need a 18" cable when the HD is only 6" away? Makes for a blockage for air flow in a case. Have found shorter cables on line. Anyone have any comments on this situation. Mr. Bro ... 14 Apr 2008 21:00

P5B Sound recording inop
I'm trying to record the audio off an avi file to a wav file, and I cant' get it to pick up anything. The procedure I use works fine with my laptop, but with my ASUS desktop there appears to be no input. Russ ... 19 Apr 2008 21:51

P5K-E problem
I just built my first system from scratch and am having trouble with the ASUS P5K-E. First my system specs are as follows: Core2Duo e8400 3.0GHz (45nm CPU) ASUS P5K-E (not a WiFi board) 2x Corsair DDR2 1Gb RAM modules 36Gb WD Raptor boot drive 500Gb WD Caviar data drive XFX Geforce 9600GT PCI-E I loaded ... 19 Apr 2008 03:24

Dead A7N8X-X
Last month I described the problems I was having with this board (see POST questions, 3/24/08). I finally gave up and moved on to an AOpen AK79D-400 Max. I am now wondering if this board has any value outside the land-fill. Perhaps someone can salvage parts from it? IOW, anyone want it for the cost of shipping?... 13 Apr 2008 23:08

P4C800-E Deluxe Power Requirements
Does the P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard require a -5 volt power supply (in addition to the usual 12v)? If the answer above is Yes, what will happen (or not happen) if I use a power supply that does not provide -5v? Will the board work properly? Will other devices (drives, USB) work properly? I know -5v is not us... 19 Apr 2008 17:54