ASUS M2N SLI
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| Version | Status | Date Updated | Updated By |
|---|---|---|---|
| 710 | According to category, Works with caveats | 11th May 2010 | Wierdbeard65 |
| 810 | Unknown | N/A | N/A |
| Usage Information | |||
Status
- Motherboard: ASUS M2N SLI NVIDIA nForce560 SLI ATX
- CPU: AMD Athlon64X2 5000+ 2.6GHz HT2000FSB 512KBx2
- RAM: Corsair PC2-6400 DDR2-800 2X1GB C5 TWIN2X
- Graphics card: ASUS EN8400GS Silent 512MB PCI-E HD-TV DVI-I HDCP
- Case: Silverstone LC13 HTPC Black
- PSU: Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W V2.6
- CPU Fan: Cooler Master GEMINII S CPU Cooling Fan
- DVDRW: Samsung SH-S223F 22X SATA DVD-RW Black
Setup begins Sep 22, 2008
Connect PS2 keyboard and USB Mouse, 22" LCD screen using DVI cable, a pair of crappy $20 PC speakers.
Boots from LAN successfully, installation begins but stops with a blank screen before the wizard starts. I connect using the DVI plug not the VGA so the "known bug" shouldn't be a problem ([1]) Anyway, I read somewhere that pressing 1, 2, 3, etc changes the output so I do that (waiting for about 10 seconds after each press) and I get a picture.
This lets me go through the setup wizard - and I have working MD. Plug in a Fiire Chief dongle and Fiire Chief kicks in automatically. Remove the mouse.
Not sure it is 100% successful though.
Here are the immediate problems I have noticed:
- The Launch Manager window and the KDE Desktop are in such poor resolution that I cannot read the text
- KDE desktop crashes with a message XDesktop - ????? ?????? Crash Handler (can't read the message due to the poor resolution)
- Pictures and video display OK but I suspect I am not getting the full res capability of my card and screen (not sure how to test this)
- Fiire Chief volume control doesn't work - have to adjust volume manually using the speaker's volume knob
- Fiire chief cursor sometimes freezes and sometimes drifts - very annoying - didn't have this problem with my other MD
