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Everyone, with the loss of the database 28 Jun 2004, we lost at least 30-40 rig lists. If yours is missing and you feel like adding it back, please do so!. This has been one of the most useful threads, so thanks in advance!
7/22/2004 UPDATE: I have located most of the lost data, 47 more posts through June 19! This has been appended to the thread in 5 large segments, 10 posts per segment. Though these 5 huge posts all come from me, all the original user names and dates are embedded. They do not appear as individual posts, but the data will still be searchable.
Cheers! And thanks again to everyone who contributed during the year.
Hi! With all the troubles people here are having with PC's containing Asus P4C800-series motherboards: P4C800 Deluxe, P4C800-E Deluxe, maybe others in the P4x800 series, I'd like to start a "successful installation" thread for these!! If you have a WORKING install and we're lucky enough to have you here in this forum anyway,
please post what you've got, for people to base their purchase selection decisions on.
Please DON'T reply here IF you have having major problems. I think if you are having 1 or 2 very MINOR issues, it would be OK to list them at the end but let's keep the problem-solving to a minimum. I really would like this to be more of just a list of working setups.
List everything of significance that you can think of. If you feel like it, include what ports you have connected the peripherals to, which of those you used for your O/S disk, and what PCI cards you have in which PCI slot numbers. Include any important special BIOS or O/S setup settings that you applied. Whatever you feel like someone would need to know to build your box. You can use my own list as a template if you want, I'll put an empty list at the bottom that you can cut & paste.
I'll start. This may be a bit much, but that's the way I write... but I do I sincerely hope that I'm not the only successful install that's out there!
-clintfan
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This is clintfan's setup and is running fine:
HARDWARE Setup:
Motherboard: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe, PCB rev 1.02.
CPU: P4 2.8 GHz 800FSB retail.
Cooler: Zalman CNPS7000-Cu copper with Arctic Silver 3 thermal compound, and not using the speed sensor.
Memory: 1GB: 2x Kingston #KVR400X72C3A/512 PC3200 512MB DIMM with ECC.
Video: Matrox Millennium P750 64MB AGP 8X retail.
Case: Lian-Li PC-60; silver, using 3 of 4 fans.
Power supply: Antec True 480W without the LED.
CD Writer: Plextor PX-Premium/SW, 52x32x52 retail.
DVD Writer: Sony DRU510A retail.
Floppy: basic Samsung.
HDD 1: Maxtor Diamondmax+9 6Y160P0,160GB ATA-133.
HDD 2/3/4: 3x Maxtor Diamondmax+9 6Y160M0,160GB SATA.
Sound: using the onboard, will move old Prodif Plus card over soon.
LAN: using the onboard, speed is set to Auto.
SCSI adapter: LSI U160, for future external DAT tape backup.
Video capture: still choosing, probably Matrox RT.X100.
Keyboard: PS/2 old basic HP, used.
Mouse: PS/2, Logitech 3-button OEM, used.
Network: Linksys BEFSR41 router to DSL.
Other: 3x Vantec round Floppy/ATA cables; old Sony 15sf monitor; old generic amplified speakers.
HARDWARE Connections:
PCI slots: 1=soundcard, 2=SCSI, 3=empty, 4=Video capture, 5=second soundcard (this layout was based on IRQ sharing table in mobo manual section 2.6.2).
Pri IDE: master=HDD 1 as main O/S, swap, and extra; slave=n/c
Sec IDE: master=Plextor CDRW; slave=Sony DVDRW
SATA1: HDD 3 as temp for audio/video recording only.
SATA2: n/c
SATA RAID1: HDD 2 (non-RAID) as main file store.
SATA RAID2: HDD 4 (non-RAID) as temp video storage.
Pri RAID: n/c
Fans: front case fans set to Hi and connected to Antec "fan only" connector; rear & CPU fans connect to mobo. Front USB connect as 5/6.
BIOS Setup:
Had v.1007, updated to 1010. These settings are disabled: Hyper Threading, ACPI 2.0 Support, ACPI APIC Support, and BIOS->AML ACPI Table. All the RAID is set to IDE mode, USB to HiSpeed. In Boot- Hard Disk Drives, HDD 1 is the only drive. In Boot- CDROM Drives, Plextor is the 1st Drive. Boot- Boot Device Priority is Plextor,Floppy,HDD. Almost all other settings are defaulted.
SOFTWARE Setup:
O/S: Windows XP Professional with SP1a. All HDD's formatted as NTFS. HDD 1 is partitioned 3 ways: O/S is on the 20GB part, swap is part of next 4GB, rest is free. When I installed XP, I set up the PC as a "Standard PC" instead of ACPI. This was done early during setup by hitting F5 where F6 is asked for, then using arrow-up and choose Standard PC (BIOS ACPI had to be switched off first). Maxtor large-disk patch was applied. Also disabled some Services, per Blackviper web "Safe" instructions. Also running antivirus & s/w firewall.
PURPOSE:
Intended as a digital video/audio workstation, for Premier and Audition/ Cooledit Pro, plus office work, and a little Nascar gaming.
COMMENTS:
The Lian-Li is the best case I have ever seen. Fit and finish are superb. All connectors clearly marked. Might add some sound deadining inside.
PROBLEM SUMMARY:
1. Needed Matrox P750 SystemLogoFix BIOS patch to make Asus BIOS screens legible. Until then I had to use an old PCI video card just to configure the BIOS for initial XP installation (such as boot device prioity).
2. Forgot to apply Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility as the first driver, so had to use a longer process to apply it later on.
-clintfan
19Nov2003 - added mobo PCB rev.
====================================
(optional template)
HARDWARE SETUP:
Motherboard:
CPU:
Cooler:
Memory: amnt & part#
Video:
Case:
Power supply:
CD Writer:
DVD Writer:
Floppy:
HDD 1:
HDD 2: etc.
Sound:
LAN:
SCSI adapter:
Video capture:
Keyboard:
Mouse:
Network:
Other:
HARDWARE Connections:
PCI slots: 1=empty, 2=empty, 3=empty, 4=empty, 5=empty.
Pri IDE:
Sec IDE: n/c
SATA1: n/c
SATA2: n/c
SATA RAID1: n/c
SATA RAID2: n/c
Pri RAID: n/c
Fans:
BIOS Setup:
Version. Important custom settings.
SOFTWARE Setup:
HDD formatting & partitioning. O/S and any special setup of it/ tweaks.
PURPOSE:
What you intend to use this PC for.
COMMENTS:
Any observations, positive or negative.
PROBLEM SUMMARY:
1.
2.
====================================
7/22/2004 UPDATE: I have located most of the lost data, 47 more posts through June 19! This has been appended to the thread in 5 large segments, 10 posts per segment. Though these 5 huge posts all come from me, all the original user names and dates are embedded. They do not appear as individual posts, but the data will still be searchable.
Cheers! And thanks again to everyone who contributed during the year.
Hi! With all the troubles people here are having with PC's containing Asus P4C800-series motherboards: P4C800 Deluxe, P4C800-E Deluxe, maybe others in the P4x800 series, I'd like to start a "successful installation" thread for these!! If you have a WORKING install and we're lucky enough to have you here in this forum anyway,
please post what you've got, for people to base their purchase selection decisions on. Please DON'T reply here IF you have having major problems. I think if you are having 1 or 2 very MINOR issues, it would be OK to list them at the end but let's keep the problem-solving to a minimum. I really would like this to be more of just a list of working setups.
List everything of significance that you can think of. If you feel like it, include what ports you have connected the peripherals to, which of those you used for your O/S disk, and what PCI cards you have in which PCI slot numbers. Include any important special BIOS or O/S setup settings that you applied. Whatever you feel like someone would need to know to build your box. You can use my own list as a template if you want, I'll put an empty list at the bottom that you can cut & paste.
I'll start. This may be a bit much, but that's the way I write... but I do I sincerely hope that I'm not the only successful install that's out there!
-clintfan
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
This is clintfan's setup and is running fine:
HARDWARE Setup:
Motherboard: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe, PCB rev 1.02.
CPU: P4 2.8 GHz 800FSB retail.
Cooler: Zalman CNPS7000-Cu copper with Arctic Silver 3 thermal compound, and not using the speed sensor.
Memory: 1GB: 2x Kingston #KVR400X72C3A/512 PC3200 512MB DIMM with ECC.
Video: Matrox Millennium P750 64MB AGP 8X retail.
Case: Lian-Li PC-60; silver, using 3 of 4 fans.
Power supply: Antec True 480W without the LED.
CD Writer: Plextor PX-Premium/SW, 52x32x52 retail.
DVD Writer: Sony DRU510A retail.
Floppy: basic Samsung.
HDD 1: Maxtor Diamondmax+9 6Y160P0,160GB ATA-133.
HDD 2/3/4: 3x Maxtor Diamondmax+9 6Y160M0,160GB SATA.
Sound: using the onboard, will move old Prodif Plus card over soon.
LAN: using the onboard, speed is set to Auto.
SCSI adapter: LSI U160, for future external DAT tape backup.
Video capture: still choosing, probably Matrox RT.X100.
Keyboard: PS/2 old basic HP, used.
Mouse: PS/2, Logitech 3-button OEM, used.
Network: Linksys BEFSR41 router to DSL.
Other: 3x Vantec round Floppy/ATA cables; old Sony 15sf monitor; old generic amplified speakers.
HARDWARE Connections:
PCI slots: 1=soundcard, 2=SCSI, 3=empty, 4=Video capture, 5=second soundcard (this layout was based on IRQ sharing table in mobo manual section 2.6.2).
Pri IDE: master=HDD 1 as main O/S, swap, and extra; slave=n/c
Sec IDE: master=Plextor CDRW; slave=Sony DVDRW
SATA1: HDD 3 as temp for audio/video recording only.
SATA2: n/c
SATA RAID1: HDD 2 (non-RAID) as main file store.
SATA RAID2: HDD 4 (non-RAID) as temp video storage.
Pri RAID: n/c
Fans: front case fans set to Hi and connected to Antec "fan only" connector; rear & CPU fans connect to mobo. Front USB connect as 5/6.
BIOS Setup:
Had v.1007, updated to 1010. These settings are disabled: Hyper Threading, ACPI 2.0 Support, ACPI APIC Support, and BIOS->AML ACPI Table. All the RAID is set to IDE mode, USB to HiSpeed. In Boot- Hard Disk Drives, HDD 1 is the only drive. In Boot- CDROM Drives, Plextor is the 1st Drive. Boot- Boot Device Priority is Plextor,Floppy,HDD. Almost all other settings are defaulted.
SOFTWARE Setup:
O/S: Windows XP Professional with SP1a. All HDD's formatted as NTFS. HDD 1 is partitioned 3 ways: O/S is on the 20GB part, swap is part of next 4GB, rest is free. When I installed XP, I set up the PC as a "Standard PC" instead of ACPI. This was done early during setup by hitting F5 where F6 is asked for, then using arrow-up and choose Standard PC (BIOS ACPI had to be switched off first). Maxtor large-disk patch was applied. Also disabled some Services, per Blackviper web "Safe" instructions. Also running antivirus & s/w firewall.
PURPOSE:
Intended as a digital video/audio workstation, for Premier and Audition/ Cooledit Pro, plus office work, and a little Nascar gaming.
COMMENTS:
The Lian-Li is the best case I have ever seen. Fit and finish are superb. All connectors clearly marked. Might add some sound deadining inside.
PROBLEM SUMMARY:
1. Needed Matrox P750 SystemLogoFix BIOS patch to make Asus BIOS screens legible. Until then I had to use an old PCI video card just to configure the BIOS for initial XP installation (such as boot device prioity).
2. Forgot to apply Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility as the first driver, so had to use a longer process to apply it later on.
-clintfan
19Nov2003 - added mobo PCB rev.
====================================
(optional template)
HARDWARE SETUP:
Motherboard:
CPU:
Cooler:
Memory: amnt & part#
Video:
Case:
Power supply:
CD Writer:
DVD Writer:
Floppy:
HDD 1:
HDD 2: etc.
Sound:
LAN:
SCSI adapter:
Video capture:
Keyboard:
Mouse:
Network:
Other:
HARDWARE Connections:
PCI slots: 1=empty, 2=empty, 3=empty, 4=empty, 5=empty.
Pri IDE:
Sec IDE: n/c
SATA1: n/c
SATA2: n/c
SATA RAID1: n/c
SATA RAID2: n/c
Pri RAID: n/c
Fans:
BIOS Setup:
Version. Important custom settings.
SOFTWARE Setup:
HDD formatting & partitioning. O/S and any special setup of it/ tweaks.
PURPOSE:
What you intend to use this PC for.
COMMENTS:
Any observations, positive or negative.
PROBLEM SUMMARY:
1.
2.
====================================
