trying to sort this out for a friend
pc powers up fans spin but no beeps
replaced mem,graphics card, power supply
had board out of case with just mem, vga still nothing

I have three 500GB SATA II drives, two internal and one in a removable
tray (as you may have seen described in another recent post).  When the
removable drive is mounted it shows as disk 0 in Disk Manager (XP Pro
SP2), When it is removed the main boot drive moves into "Disk 0"

As other owners of this board know, there are the four standard SATA
connectors, then another one called the SATA_RAID 2 connector, that,
according to the manual, you can combine with an external SATA device
to configure a RAID 0 or 1 set.  Is there any way to use this connector

I bought a new SATA drive (Seagate 300GB) as a scratch disk for some
video editing.  I mounted the dirve and plugged it into the controller
slot labeled "PRI_SATA" in the P4PE manual.  I then started having
issues gettign the BIOS/OS (Win XP SP2) to see the drive.  here is what

Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe BIOS Rev 1016
CPU: Athlon 3700+ San Diego Rev E4
RAM: 2 x Kingston Hyperx 256MB DDR400 CL2 (2-3-2-6-1), 1 x Kingston Hyperx
512MB DDR400 CL2 (2-3-2-6-1). SPDs are identical on all three sticks.

I don't understand the relationship between memory speed and CAS rating. For
example, which would be faster ddr2/1000 CAS 5 or ddr2/800 CAS 3?
Can someone explain this.

Anybody using this Socket AM2 motherboard? Reviews at Newegg seem to
indicate it's picky about RAM, so what DDR2 are you using?
Any insights, experiences, comments, etc. welcome.

I just tried to install the Promise Fasttrak TX4310 Raid Controller on
the A7N8X board with a RAID1 HDD system and run into problems.
When I connect the HDDs to the Promise Controller the Bios stopped
booting after POST.

I have this weird problem with a Asus A8N-sli Deluxe based system and a
HP 1350 all in one - when if the HP device is plugged into any usb port
and turned on the computer wont boot past the splash sceen. Its the
only thing to be problematic. Anyone have an idea what could be the

I have a new P5W DH Deluxe with an E6600 Core2 Duo.  I am using the Arctic
Cooler Freezer 7 PRO to cool the CPU.  Sometimes when I start the computer I
get a warning at or around the POST that says the CPU Fan had an error and
to press F1 to continue, which I do.  This fan likes ...

Hi all, I was wondering if I could use a sata drive with both channels of
eide in use (my machine is a hp pavillion a465w)
Just want to make sure before I buy a sata drive
Thanx

Now that the Core 2 Duo boxed processors are available at Newegg, I'm ready
to order new system parts. I plan on a X6800 processor but am undecided on
which motherboard. Both have similar features except for the chipset.
Also, what memory would be recommended for this system? A ...

I am building a new system for the first time in a few years and
wanted to run the components I plan to buy through this group
to see if there is anybody willing to share opinions of what I may
want to rethink.  This is my first ASUS MB - have been using

In my A8N32-SLI Premium I have three identical Maxtor 500 GB SATA II
drives, two internal and one in a removeable tray.  The "removeable"
one is the ONLY one that does not show up under Safely Remove Hardware.
Looking in device manager, under Policies, Write Caching and Safe

Do SATA drives act like SCSI in offloading the work done to access the disk from
the CPU to the controller card?
How about USB2?