i have an asus k8v-x motherboard with a built in Marvell 88E8001GbLAN
chip. The specs on the asus site says that the mobo supports the
virtual cable tester. But when i lauched the exe it won't allow to run
it. The "run" button is greyed out or lock or something. Should i

Trying to find what options I have.
Currently have a AMD Athlon XP2700 333FSB 256Cache
http://uk.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=227&l1=3&l2=13&l3=62
Couldn't find anything obvious on their site about what options I have for

The manual is not giving me a very clear picture of the mapping of IDE
drives on this board. Been trying to get it to detect a Maxtor ATA133
HDD as the main boot drive on the red IDE connector and a standard
CD/R/W on the blue primary IDE connector.

 Can anyone recommend a good benchmarking utility for my new mobo?
Hopefully
a free one. Not necessarily looking to stress everything, just a good
benchmark rating

I am looking for a replacement 19" monitor (TFT), but unlike my curent model
(Acer AL712  17"), I don't see many deals on a 19" model with DVI support..
Is DVI still in fashion and popular, or have the manufacturers stopped
bothering with it so much? I really like my Acer 17", ...

Just replaced an Abit m/b which had mouse communication probs.
When I fire it up absolutely nothing happens.  However, I have the
green LED lit up.
Other than that there is no activity at all.  LED on from of box seem

I'm trying to find the ideal cpu voltage for the A64 3200+(939)/venice
core so I can manually set it my A8N-E BIOS.  I haven't bought the cpu
yet, but heard the voltage isn't printed on venice core processors.
AMD's website says the voltage is "variable" for that cpu.  While the

I'm currently running a A7N8X Deluxe board with a 2600 Processor (512 DDR
400 RAM)
I'm thinking about getting a A8V Deluxe with a Winchester 3000 processor.
Will I see much difference with this upgrade?

I'm thinking about upgrading main system fans and CPU fans to
quieter models.  I've heard good things about the  Zalman 7000A/B.
Regular system fans are mostly Antec 80mm double-ball-bearing .
I've also got a Linksys gigabit switch with a little 40mm x 40mm x

I'm using a P4T-E for my Internet machine.  Currently running
Northwood 1.6Ghz with 1.5GB Rambus.  Given that browsers and
downloading tools are getting more CPU and Ram-hungry, I
was thinking about speeding up the machine.

I just purchased a Asus A8V Deluxe ver 2.00.  (Original BIOS 1010.003)
What version bios did your motherboard come with?
if you have a similar system are you experiencing and issues with it?
what are you configurations?  Bios?  Hardware?

I have a P4C800-ED running XP. I have two 80 GB Seagate SATA hard drives as
a raid mirror on the promise controller and another 80GB Seagate SATA drive
as a backup on channel 4. All has been working fine. I installed a removable
hard drive tray with an ide 10 GB drive. If I ...

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Hello all:
I just upgraded my system to an Athlon 4000+
Asus A8V deluxe

I have my new P4P800E-Deluxe installed and have enabled the Bios for
voice reporting of the POST (also have the option set for it to tell
me it is booting to the operating system) but I don't hear anything
when the computer boots. I do have a speaker connected to the

I am upgrading a machine that I first built a couple of years ago. I
bought a new A7N8X-VM/400 motherboard, an Athlon XP 2800+ (Barton)
processor and 512 MB of Crucial PC 2700 memory for the upgrade. The
previous mobo died, due to swollen and leaking caps, the 3rd Soltek SL