Asus A8V-MX not recognizing CPU

polobunny · May 29th, 2006

Alright, this is a story currently happening at work.
To note I really don't like Asus anymore, all my last year experiences with them turned out to be more than...sorry...shitty. I was an Asus fan before, just so you know.
I'm chatting with my boss at the moment thru MSN.

He puts an AMD Athlon 3700+ San Diego 1.35v on an Asus A8V-MX.
Everybody agree it should work properly? Right?

Well the bios says "Unknown CPU type, please flash bios".
Ok, no biggie let's flash the bios then! He hops on another computer, go to Asus website, gets the lastest bios and comes back with a bootable floppy.
But, the board doesn't want to go further than that.
He cannot go into the bios to change the boot sequence and cannot continue by pressing F1 or such key to bypass the warning. Wow, great, so how can we manage to flash the bios? Ok, let's take another CPU one would say. No "not San Diego" CPU left at work currently, we'll buy a 3200+ Winchester just to be sure.

But what if you were a normal user, with no other CPU under the hand? What would you do at this point? You cannot install Windows, cannot flash the bios even if you have another computer close to access the internet.

Like I said, my experience with Asus has been really bad for the last year. I've seen more Asus DOA (dead on arrival) products than ECS, a way cheaper company. I've seen more Asus board needing RMA than ECS, too... My guess has always been that they moved their production somewhere else, but apparently no one is having such problems. The board are in perfect condition when they come in, nothing got smashed and they're not refurbished either. All brand new boards.

Anyway I just found this rather ridiculous so I thought i'd share this with you. Alright the board is not the best one from Asus, but cmon that just makes no sense at all buying someting and not even being able to use it.

Anybody else had weird experiences like this, maybe not with Asus but another company? (Except PC Chips, we already know how much they're bad)

**simple_inhibition** · May 29th, 2006

i was in the middle of flashing my bios on my SLI-DR and it suddenly went corrupt so i thought i had killed it. well i contacted dfi and paid for another bios chip (which i never got btw) and was like ok cool. well i dont really exactly remember what i did, but i got the flashing program to work even though it had already had a partial flash done. ended up getting the bios installed and hadnt thought of it since.

**Capper** · May 29th, 2006

I'm honestly starting to see a lot of problems with motherboards.....and it isn't one particular company.

Lead Head · May 29th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Capper

I'm honestly starting to see a lot of problems with motherboards.....and it isn't one particular company.

From what I read from the review from the mobo im getting, it got that thing that goes over the bios chip if it gets currupt or something?

polobunny · May 29th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lead Head

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capper

I'm honestly starting to see a lot of problems with motherboards.....and it isn't one particular company.

From what I read from the review from the mobo im getting, it got that thing that goes over the bios chip if it gets currupt or something?

Yep, backup bios. You put it over your bios and boot, get the lastest bios and make a bootable floppy. You power down, remove the extra bios, flash the bad one and you're all set to go. It's ridiculous not all companies do this, considering the price of such a chip...

Lead Head · May 29th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by polobunny

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lead Head

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capper

I'm honestly starting to see a lot of problems with motherboards.....and it isn't one particular company.

From what I read from the review from the mobo im getting, it got that thing that goes over the bios chip if it gets currupt or something?

Yep, backup bios. You put it over your bios and boot, get the lastest bios and make a bootable floppy. You power down, remove the extra bios, flash the bad one and you're all set to go. It's ridiculous not all companies do this, considering the price of such a chip...

Gigabyte has some Dual Bios thing

**Capper** · May 29th, 2006

yeah, its almost like a BIOS savior.....if your BIOS ever gets corrupted, just pop it on and reboot. I really like that ECS does this.

**simple_inhibition** · May 29th, 2006

yes, i wholeheartedly agree that it should be included in all motherboards. hopefully ECS scored some industry points with it and other motherboard manufacturers will follow suit

polobunny · May 30th, 2006

Ha, we can all laugh and point at my boss, the old ATL+F2 trick worked. ;D
Too sad they don't mention this anywhere in the manual or on the website...

Edit: Oh yeah, the 3700+ is rev E6 BTW. If anyone has this problem one day at least you'll know.

wtcnbrwndo4u · June 15th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capper

I'm honestly starting to see a lot of problems with motherboards.....and it isn't one particular company.

You think it might be chipset issue? Or just Asus and the others cheaping out. ECS may be cheap, but now they're giving quality some more props.

May 29th, 2006	#1
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,101 Blog Entries: 6	Asus A8V-MX not recognizing CPU Alright, this is a story currently happening at work. To note I really don't like Asus anymore, all my last year experiences with them turned out to be more than...sorry...shitty. I was an Asus fan before, just so you know. I'm chatting with my boss at the moment thru MSN. He puts an AMD Athlon 3700+ San Diego 1.35v on an Asus A8V-MX. Everybody agree it should work properly? Right? Well the bios says "Unknown CPU type, please flash bios". Ok, no biggie let's flash the bios then! He hops on another computer, go to Asus website, gets the lastest bios and comes back with a bootable floppy. But, the board doesn't want to go further than that. He cannot go into the bios to change the boot sequence and cannot continue by pressing F1 or such key to bypass the warning. Wow, great, so how can we manage to flash the bios? Ok, let's take another CPU one would say. No "not San Diego" CPU left at work currently, we'll buy a 3200+ Winchester just to be sure. But what if you were a normal user, with no other CPU under the hand? What would you do at this point? You cannot install Windows, cannot flash the bios even if you have another computer close to access the internet. Like I said, my experience with Asus has been really bad for the last year. I've seen more Asus DOA (dead on arrival) products than ECS, a way cheaper company. I've seen more Asus board needing RMA than ECS, too... My guess has always been that they moved their production somewhere else, but apparently no one is having such problems. The board are in perfect condition when they come in, nothing got smashed and they're not refurbished either. All brand new boards. Anyway I just found this rather ridiculous so I thought i'd share this with you. Alright the board is not the best one from Asus, but cmon that just makes no sense at all buying someting and not even being able to use it. Anybody else had weird experiences like this, maybe not with Asus but another company? (Except PC Chips, we already know how much they're bad)

May 29th, 2006	#3
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Capper We take both criticism and positive comments very positively Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 6,070 Blog Entries: 6	yeah, its almost like a BIOS savior.....if your BIOS ever gets corrupted, just pop it on and reboot. I really like that ECS does this. INTEL QX9650 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 8GB PC2-8500 // BFG GTX260 MaxCore // DD Torture Rack // Seagate 750GB HDD // OCZ Vendetta // PC Power & Cooling 620W PSU

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polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,101 Blog Entries: 6	Ha, we can all laugh and point at my boss, the old ATL+F2 trick worked. ;D Too sad they don't mention this anywhere in the manual or on the website... Edit: Oh yeah, the 3700+ is rev E6 BTW. If anyone has this problem one day at least you'll know.