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| supershanks |
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2/5/2008,10:24:13 AM
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I've just got my board set up
When I Open Bios I see a Warning message flash up :-
Option Rom Cannot be invoked.
Any ideas please ??
E8400
Foxconn Mars
Bios 752F1P11
Crucial Ballistix 2x1Gb 8500
8800GTS 320Gb
Thermaltake toughpower 1200w
Watercooling
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2/6/2008,2:09:49 AM
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do u tink u can flash with bios g30 or g29?
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2/6/2008,3:13:53 PM
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Which are they ?? Board came with shippd bios just updated to latest
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2/7/2008,12:09:36 PM
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The only bios i see to download fotr the masrs are Ip06, IP08, IP09 & IP11 - So i don't understand "flash with bios g30 or g29?"
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| Kelar |
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2/7/2008,12:14:19 PM
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g29 and g30 are beta bios, you can download them at www.quantum-force.net
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2/7/2008,12:17:43 PM
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Many thanks m8 , on my way:)
Running mainly with Q6600 Go , which is best bios dp you know ??
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2/7/2008,12:26:17 PM
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go with the g30. some people have issues with it and use the g29 though
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2/14/2008,2:29:35 PM
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Traced this back to the Jmicron controller The messge states VendorID: 197BH, DevciceID: 2361H Might explain why the attached drive is isn't always detected. Is this a faulty board or is there a fix??
THe Vendor & device ID match up to devive manager Driver detials, for jmicron controller
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2/19/2008,6:46:45 AM
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From my Field Application Engineer if you get that error message when starting up, then it's likely to be a faulty chip or a poor connection. It sounds like the computer cannot reach the audio chip.
It's most likely to be a defect. You should go for RMA...
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2/19/2008,7:17:45 AM
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Hi Shamino,
thanks for the reply, I'm not sure about the audio chip . as i say i've matched vendor Id r=etc., to the jmicroin controller
Pic 1 Posat/bios screen - error Message
http://www.pics-clunk.org.uk/Mars/issue/Bios.png
Pic2 When Jmicxron is detected Driver details from xp
http://www.pics-clunk.org.uk/Mars/issue/DeviceMan.png
I think your right
"then it's likely to be a faulty chip or a poor connection" it's detected about 60% of time. Have restarted PC this am & despite rebooting a couple of times have not seen the drive today:(
"It's most likely to be a defect." think your right.
Am currently in touch with Foxconn Technical Support, will see what happens :)
cheers:)
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2/27/2008,2:45:17 AM
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Well another week further on & this issue is still outstanding. After several more fruitless messages between myself & technical support who don't seem to share Shamino's or my view of the issue.
"Dear,
We really want to help you.
But we don't have the eSATA HDD and aSATA cable as you have.
So we can't have a test.
You'd better contact UK office.
support@foxconchannel.co.uk
They will check of your issue if you could ship the eSATA HDD and aSATA cable to them."
This is after I told support i'm using an internal SATA 2 HD & have tried different drives & different cables . BUT the message has nothing to do wuith drive detection, its referring to the Jmicron Rom chip not initialising properly as described above.
to add insult to injury.
when i tried to contact uk support
"The following message to <support@foxconchannel.co.uk> was undeliverable.
The reason for the problem:
5.1.2 - Bad destination host 'DNS Hard Error looking up foxconchannel.co.uk (MX): NXDomain'"
Come on Foxconn your starting to make Asus support look good :)
There only seems to be one sane man here Shamino , I think my sanity is starting to crack:)
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2/29/2008,7:57:33 AM
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hi if u dont plug in any harddisks does it still happen?
if so, pls contact me at peter.jk.tan@foxconn for rma
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