Reccomend me a good socket 939 AGP 8X board

Post by **Scarface** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:35 am

Not too long ago I bought the 6800GS AGP card, however, my aged xp3200+ is a we bit slow these days. Anyways, i need a good AGP8x mobo solution as i wont be going to x16 very soon, but will want a good cpu to carry over when I do.

Was looking at the Asus A8V, i can get it for $95 CDN

does it also support dual core? I'm not sure.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:37 am

i was going to say that 18V is you dont mind via, or the Msi k8n neo 2 plat if you would rather Nvidia.

btw, http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3& ... odelmenu=1

Post by **Scarface** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:36 pm

yeah, i'd rather nvidia. Do you know of any retailers that will still carry the k8n neo 2 plat brand new? All i can find are used ones off ebay.

Post by **Scarface** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:10 pm

oh, also, will the neo2 need a bios update to support AMD X2?

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:57 pm

yes, it does..

one min, i will see if i can dig one up.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:01 pm

Gah! i am sorry, i can only find one in stock on a local store that dosent do online stuff.

i dident know that they would fade out this quickly.

i will keep looking, But Ncix, tiger, Egg, Canadacomputers, all dont have it.

Post by **Magestic** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:59 pm

My ASUS A8V-Deluxe serves me just fine... Needs a BIOS update too for x2 support.

Post by **Scarface** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:02 pm

AmIdYfReAk wrote:Gah! i am sorry, i can only find one in stock on a local store that dosent do online stuff.

i dident know that they would fade out this quickly.

i will keep looking, But Ncix, tiger, Egg, Canadacomputers, all dont have it.

ncix has 2 of them, but they're both opened boxes. But it's not a bad price at $130. They're also guaranteed no DOA.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:46 pm

you said "new" thats why i dident post that

btw, "Reg. Price: $87.82 CAD `

so i dont know where you are getting that $130.. and i payed 200 for mine

Post by **Scarface** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:19 am

Fuck, i don't know. I do know that I can pick-up a Asus A8V for $95 tomorrow if I wanted to. But i'm an nvidia fanboy.

Post by **Scarface** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:46 am

allrighty, i think i've come to a conclustion.

AMD64 X2 4200+ 2x512k - $419.95 CDN
Asus A8V - $94.95 CDN

I'd really like to go with the nforce3, but it's so damn hard to find one new.

Thanks amidyfreak

Edit: Will it be possible for me to update the bios without the cpu installed? Seeing as how out of the box this board doesn't support X2 processors. I don't think i have access to a single core 939 cpu.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:06 pm

no there isent a way to do that.

install it, and try to boot her up.. if she dosent go then take the mobo to a local computer store and ask them to update the bios for you.

last time i did that it cost me $20 cdn ( i did a bad flash on the mobo ).

Call around and ask them the price's before hand.

gl mang, and i hope you are happy with your investment!

Post by **Foo** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:44 pm

I think you will be able to flash the bios with an unsupported CPU present..... it's only if there's no CPU that you won't be able to.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:21 pm

We are talking about a Dual core dude, thats like saying that you can flash a SMP Mobo with two unknown Cpu's.

i dont think it will post, but thats just me

if this was a reg K8 ora K7 then i would agree with foo.

Post by **Scarface** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:31 pm

well, i might luck out, and it may come with the updated bios already. I guess I'll find out.

Thanks guys.

Post by **Scarface** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 12:22 am

Okay, so i went out and bought the a8v board and the 4200+ x2. They updated and mounted the cpu for free. I installed the mobo into my case i can start-up my comp but it wont boot up and my screen doesn't even get a signal.

Specs:

600W psu
AMD64 X2 4200+
Asus A8V w/ latest bios
2GB OCZ pc3200 dual ddr
6800 GS AGP 256mb
80gb hdd

I've tried switching the ddr sticks into different slots, tried using only one stick. Made sure about all the power plug-ins, nothing works.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 5:43 am

re-seat the Agp card.

Disconnect everything and only have the psu, Ram, Cpu, Hsf, and screen connected, try it that way.

do you have a pci videocard or an older AGP card that you can try and boot it with?

Some older DDR maby?

The msi's have the D-leads to tell you these problems

Post by **Scarface** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:24 pm

Wow, i feel dumb. Didn't plug in the 4-pin 12v connector. Everything boots up fine now. Fuck is she ever fast now.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:43 pm

hah, glad to hear that you found the problemo mang!