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BEWARE of the Asus M2N-SLI mobo
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Nat4u
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22. January 2010 @ 08:49 |
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This board is not compatible with Windows 7 and your sata drives may fail you at any time, dont risk using this board with Windows 7 at all.
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Xplorer4
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22. January 2010 @ 19:28 |
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I find it a little hard to believe that windows 7 was a factor. The mobo is Vista ready and most vista drivers are Win 7 compatible. Infact alot of early Win 7 drivers, and to this day still, alot of drivers are the same.
I would guess it was the Mobo.
Asus = Bad
Nvidia Chipset = Bad
ASUS + Nvidia = Even Worse
OS: Kubuntu 12.10/Windows 8 -- CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K -- Motherboard: MSI P67A-G45 -- Memory: 2x4GB Corsair Dominator -- Graphics Card: Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X -- Monitor: Dell 2208WFP -- Mouse: Mionix NAOS 5000 -- PSU: Corsair 520HX -- Case: Thermaltake Mozart TX -- Cooling: Thermalright TRUE Black Ultra-120 eXtreme CPU Heatsink Rev C -- Hard Drives: 1x180 GB Intel 330 SSD/1xWD 1 TB Caviar Black/1xWD 2 TB Caviar Green/2xWD 3 TB Caviar Green
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 22. January 2010 @ 19:30
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Nat4u
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22. January 2010 @ 22:52 |
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Fact is I changed to a new mobo and the problem is fixed.
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Xplorer4
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23. January 2010 @ 02:41 |
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Thats good to hear, but thats not an indication that windows 7 was the problem. Now if you try the M2N again on vista, and it works, then indeed win 7 was the problem. If it doesnt work, Win 7 obviously wasnt the culprit and it was simply the mobo going out.
I had an ASUS P5N-D fail on me in under a year.
OS: Kubuntu 12.10/Windows 8 -- CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K -- Motherboard: MSI P67A-G45 -- Memory: 2x4GB Corsair Dominator -- Graphics Card: Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X -- Monitor: Dell 2208WFP -- Mouse: Mionix NAOS 5000 -- PSU: Corsair 520HX -- Case: Thermaltake Mozart TX -- Cooling: Thermalright TRUE Black Ultra-120 eXtreme CPU Heatsink Rev C -- Hard Drives: 1x180 GB Intel 330 SSD/1xWD 1 TB Caviar Black/1xWD 2 TB Caviar Green/2xWD 3 TB Caviar Green
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Nat4u
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23. January 2010 @ 16:18 |
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I tried this board on Vista and 7 and it runs well on Vista but sata fails on 7 so it means that the board cant handle Windows 7. My new Asus M4A78L-M is working perfectly with Windows 7.
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AfterDawn Addict
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23. January 2010 @ 19:58 |
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The M2N-SLI is not one of Asus' worst boards, which is no honour, but it does mean it is better than hundreds of other boards the company has made. I was until today unaware that the M2N was incompatible with Win7. Believe it or not this has been a genuine issue in the past. The P5N-E SLI was one such example, only a very small handful of the boards produced could install Windows Vista due to a design defect in the hardware. Thankfully since the board is in the top 10 least reliable motherboards of all time hall of fame, it was not made a big deal of due to all the boards' other problems.
I will warn you, that there is no guarantee (or even much likelihood) that the new board you have purchased is any more reliable than the one it replaced.
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Xplorer4
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23. January 2010 @ 21:51 |
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Originally posted by Nat4u:
I tried this board on Vista and 7 and it runs well on Vista but sata fails on 7 so it means that the board cant handle Windows 7. My new Asus M4A78L-M is working perfectly with Windows 7.
You tried it on Vista AFTER you tried Windows 7?
OS: Kubuntu 12.10/Windows 8 -- CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K -- Motherboard: MSI P67A-G45 -- Memory: 2x4GB Corsair Dominator -- Graphics Card: Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X -- Monitor: Dell 2208WFP -- Mouse: Mionix NAOS 5000 -- PSU: Corsair 520HX -- Case: Thermaltake Mozart TX -- Cooling: Thermalright TRUE Black Ultra-120 eXtreme CPU Heatsink Rev C -- Hard Drives: 1x180 GB Intel 330 SSD/1xWD 1 TB Caviar Black/1xWD 2 TB Caviar Green/2xWD 3 TB Caviar Green
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AfterDawn Addict
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24. January 2010 @ 08:47 |
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That's not the impression I got. From the sentence you quote it sounds like he used to use Vista, then the problems started when he upgraded to 7...
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Nat4u
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24. January 2010 @ 12:57 |
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Yes, exactly that
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Xplorer4
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24. January 2010 @ 21:05 |
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So theres no proof what so ever that windows 7 was the culprit. Im just looking at this objectively.
OS: Kubuntu 12.10/Windows 8 -- CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K -- Motherboard: MSI P67A-G45 -- Memory: 2x4GB Corsair Dominator -- Graphics Card: Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X -- Monitor: Dell 2208WFP -- Mouse: Mionix NAOS 5000 -- PSU: Corsair 520HX -- Case: Thermaltake Mozart TX -- Cooling: Thermalright TRUE Black Ultra-120 eXtreme CPU Heatsink Rev C -- Hard Drives: 1x180 GB Intel 330 SSD/1xWD 1 TB Caviar Black/1xWD 2 TB Caviar Green/2xWD 3 TB Caviar Green
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AfterDawn Addict
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24. January 2010 @ 21:07 |
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No, but knowing a similar story from nforce boards and Asus in the past, I'd say it's quite likely it's an OS incompatibility.
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