My asrock has the option in bios the Async or Sync the cpu and PCI-e. What
in tarnation does that do? This is not a bad board, but some options are not
clear. Anybody out there running one?

Any news when this will be out in the uk and how much ? Cheers

After years owning Abut boards i took a leap into the unknown and
bought an Asus P5GD1 board.
The problem i have is nto so much a problem but an annoyance in that
my two S-ATA drives are only being used in mode 5 (ATA-100) instead of

After installing Windows, it it requests the above utility.
repeatedly, even if I check the "Do not ask me again"
button.  I could not find the *.sys file on my AN8-E
CD.  After searching the Web, I found that it was

P5GD2 Deluxe.  Choose shutdown from XP and it seems to totally shutdown.
Then, 4 sec. later it turns itself back on!  I unplugged the network cable
and problem was solved.  But BIOS item "Power On by PCI device" is DISABLED
(as are the other items in APM Configuration).

Many new cases are reverse ATX and the mainboard gets rotated to where the
CPU is at the bottom of the case. I also know that the heat pipe on the
A8N-SLI will not function optimally in this orientation. However I see this
being a lot, even Maximum PC has a system being auctioned ...

I'm trying to install HD Audio on P5WD2 and can't do it.
1) I got unknown device (described as PCI device) but I think it is
Realtek HD.
2) I run setup from Asus CD and it works ,then says to reboot PC.

I am ready to change my mobo (no boot up) but I would like to keep the cpu
P4 2.4ghz and the memory 4 X 256 3200 DDR.
what motherboard do you recommand?
Thank you.

I previously had a Windows XP installation, with the hack published on
Tom's hardware to make software RAID5 available in XP.
I therefore had 1 SATA drive as the XP drive, and 4 other SATA drives
in RAID5, connected to the Silicon Image controller.

i have a friends pc with an a7v600-x m/b and when it turns on it initially
goes straight to the bios screen which says the cpu speed was incorrect at
last power on and then when i save and exit the bios it loops around after
the post screen back to resetting and starting again ...

I'm considering getting the A8N-SLI Deluxe mobo with a dual core Athlon
64 X2.  I've read some articles which indicate the onboard Raid 5
performance is somewhat lacking, but i'd like to try it out anyways
before investing in a dedicated Raid5 card.

I think I read the specs right, but don't see a driver for the SATA II on
the installation CD? Or is it included in the  SATA driver section???

MOTHERBOARD: P4P800 deluxe P4P81104
CPU: P4 2.40 GHZ
MEMORY: 4*256 DDR 400
BIOS: was 1019 but now 1021 08.00.09 (P4P81106)

How can I instal the drivers for SATA when there's no a:drive on my
computer. During the WXP instal setup ask for pushing F6 to instal the
non-microsoft (SCSI) drivers for the SATA on the A8N5X. I have to put these
files on an ancient 3,5 inch floppy, they ask!

ASUS P5lD2
The PS2 mouse is not responding very well. Jumps and jerks and you try to
move it around. Have to click 4 or 5 times in order for Windows to 'catch'
the click command.