I have a "big" problem with "turn off"
on my Asus A7N266-c.
When I turn off my Computer,it makes only
"new start" (APM is enabled).
ASUS A7N266-C
Athlon 1800+
1 x 512 MB Infenion CL2
2 x IBM 40MB (7200)
on Promise TX2 ATA 100 (PCI Slot 3)
Pulsar I (PCI Slot 1)
Luna II (PCI Slot 2)
Matrox G 550 Dual
BIOS 1003 final
-on Board Audio Disabled
I have "PCI Overflow" on five Masterverbs
after "retry" seven (sometimes PCI overflow
on 3 MV ;retry;4 MV;retry 5 MV...to 7 MV)
Help !!!
WinXP "turn off ",problem on A7N266-C
Good chance the masterVerb variation has to do with you using the Promise controller - it does steal quite a large portion of your PCI bandwidth. I would suggest you actually use the onboard controller and see if that stabilizes your masterVerb numbers.
Next, that board might not actually like or work properly under Standard Mode. I don't really know for sure, do a little bit of research (google it). I _do_ know that our Tiger MP board doesn't work very well with the MPS hal under XP, only the ACPI hal gives reliable performance/shutdown.
You get much better memory bandwidth if you use 2 <b>identical</b> RAM chips and no more or less, using that chipset. This means 2 identical 256meg chips will give you much better performance that your one 512meg chip. I would suggest getting an identical 512meg chip and installing that when you get the chance. Not all chipsets work this way; but with the nForce you'll get the dual channel DDR going for your system and it might even make a perceptual difference to your system performance... if you can, borrow two sticks of 256meg DDR for awhile and see if you can tell the difference.
Next, that board might not actually like or work properly under Standard Mode. I don't really know for sure, do a little bit of research (google it). I _do_ know that our Tiger MP board doesn't work very well with the MPS hal under XP, only the ACPI hal gives reliable performance/shutdown.
You get much better memory bandwidth if you use 2 <b>identical</b> RAM chips and no more or less, using that chipset. This means 2 identical 256meg chips will give you much better performance that your one 512meg chip. I would suggest getting an identical 512meg chip and installing that when you get the chance. Not all chipsets work this way; but with the nForce you'll get the dual channel DDR going for your system and it might even make a perceptual difference to your system performance... if you can, borrow two sticks of 256meg DDR for awhile and see if you can tell the difference.
If this is your board, you have ATA100 IDE already, and you don't need the Promise controller at all to connect 4 drives.