Newsgroup: it.comp.hardware.motherboard
Titolo: Asus + P5A = Problema risolto!!!!

Signore e signori ecco a voi quello che alcuni veterani dei NG definiscono
la "pappa pronta".
Dopo aver lurkato per giorni i vari NG, ho trovato la soluzione al problema
della compatibilità tra questi due componenti (spero, perchè proverò questa
soluzione lunedì... :-))
Con piacere la "posto" anche qui, perchè ho "tribolato" molto per ricercare
le notizie e non voglio far fare la stessa fine anche a voi.
Anche perchè se non ci da una mano tra di noi... a che servono i NG????
Ecco il post "originale"  (è in inglese, ma si capisce...) :->
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The following is a step by step manual to prepare your Asus P5A Motherboard
for The Annihilator Pro. If followed EXACTLY these should work. DO NOT
OVERCLOCK WITH THIS CARD. The P5A, esp. older revisions, creates AGP noise
feedback on overclocking of the board. There is no fix for this (other than
a new motherboard).
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STEP#1: Download and install the below files.
BIOS UPGRADE
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/beta/mb/bios/ali100091.zip
"AFLASH" UTILITY USED TO UPGRADE TO ABOVE 100091 BIOS FILE (Both must be
placed on a BOOTABLE 3.5 floopy disk)
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/flash/aflash.exe
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AGP DRIVER UPDATE
ftp://ftp.nsysu.edu.tw/Vendors/ALi/driver/agp165e.exe
or
ftp://www.ali.com.tw/driver/agp165e.exe
IDE BUSMASTER UPDATE
ftp://ftp.nsysu.edu.tw/Vendors/ALi/driver/v355.exe
or
ftp://www.ali.com.tw/driver/v355.exe
***EXTRAS -- CAUTION***
ALI AGP CONTROL UTILITY - Used to adjust features of the AGP port..Will
cause MAJOR issues if used improperly - USE AT OWN RISK (for your
overclockers out there).
ftp://www.ali.com.tw/driver/autil03.zip
or
ftp://ftp.nsysu.edu.tw/Vendors/ALi/driver/autil03.zip
IDE BUSMASTER CONTROLLER - Great utility to use to make sure your UDMA is
working. Very safe, and easy to use. Must have the newest IDE drivers
provided above.
ftp://www.ali.com.tw/driver/iutil103.zip
or
ftp://coda.cc.nctu.edu.tw/vendors/ALi/iutil103.zip
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STEP #2: Alter the hardware...
ADJUST THE VOLTAGE OF YOUR MOTHERBOARD
You must alter two jumper setting - #1:VIO1 (AGP voltage to 3.6)  and
#2:OFTEST (across the board 10% voltage increase)
VIO1 is directly right of the dimm chipset if your CPU were at the top of
the board, IO and serial ports facing left. OFTEST is directly below the VID
jumpers. The VID jumpers are located to the right of the VIO jumpers. A
diagram is porvided below. Place jumpers on the "*" indicated bridge.
D
I         - VIO1-
M        *1    1
M        *2    2                                       -VID (ignore)-
-            3    3                                            123
C                                                               123
H                -BF (ignore)-                           123
I                 123                                          123
P                123
S                123
-                                                             -OFTEST-
                                                                    *1
                                                                    *2
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STEP#3: Make sure your Anni Pro is running the lastest drivers. CHECK at the
Creative Main page or NVIDA.
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STEP#4: Make sure your Card is FULLY seated in the AGP slot.
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THAT SHOULD DO IT!
If you have any questions or concerns...Let me know.
Daniel "Doc" Cowdery
dcow...@nwlink.com
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Se avete problemi con la lingua, tagliatevel aehm, fatemelo sapere, vi
aiuterò volentieri.
Provate anche voi questa soluzione, e se funziona, ringraziate Sant Daniel
:-DDDD (e un po' anche a me che ho contribuito a farvelo sapere ;-))
Se va tutto bene fatemelo sapere.

 Se va tutto bene fatemelo sapere.
La cosa brutta è che ha confermato i miei sospetti che l'Ali con le NVidia
non gradiscono l'overclock (ho una Gigabyte GA-5AX e TNT 16 Mb). E' solo
quest'accoppata (errore voluto) o c'è qualcos'altro?
Ciao        8-)