There are some authoritative folks on the Corsair forum stating that
there are two kinds of Venice-core Athlon 64s -- Rev E3 and Rev E6.
They are further stating that the A8N-SLI Premium, perhaps the entire
A8N line, is not certified compatible with Rev E3 chips and that if
one has a Rev-E CPU, it must be E6, not E3.

Has anyone here heard this?

Does anyone know of a utility that could tell me which type of Rev-E
CPU I have?

Is there a minimum BIOS version for the A8N-SLI Premium that should be
installed to be compatible with Venice-core (Rev E) Athlon 64 CPUs?

Ron

"milleron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> There are some authoritative folks on the Corsair forum stating that
> there are two kinds of Venice-core Athlon 64s -- Rev E3 and Rev E6.
> They are further stating that the A8N-SLI Premium, perhaps the entire
> A8N line, is not certified compatible with Rev E3 chips and that if
> one has a Rev-E CPU, it must be E6, not E3.
>
> Has anyone here heard this?
>
> Does anyone know of a utility that could tell me which type of Rev-E
> CPU I have?
>
> Is there a minimum BIOS version for the A8N-SLI Premium that should be
> installed to be compatible with Venice-core (Rev E) Athlon 64 CPUs?
>
> Ron

Ron
Your Everest Home or CPUZ will give you that info.
You can get CPUZ here.........
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
I see the replies that you have received, it sounds very logical that a bios
upgrade just might do the trick.
Ken'

Ken' schrieb:
> "milleron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>There are some authoritative folks on the Corsair forum stating that
>>there are two kinds of Venice-core Athlon 64s -- Rev E3 and Rev E6.
>>They are further stating that the A8N-SLI Premium, perhaps the entire
>>A8N line, is not certified compatible with Rev E3 chips and that if
>>one has a Rev-E CPU, it must be E6, not E3.
>>
>>Has anyone here heard this?
>>
>>Does anyone know of a utility that could tell me which type of Rev-E
>>CPU I have?
>>
>>Is there a minimum BIOS version for the A8N-SLI Premium that should be
>>installed to be compatible with Venice-core (Rev E) Athlon 64 CPUs?
>>
>>Ron
>
>
> Ron
> Your Everest Home or CPUZ will give you that info.
> You can get CPUZ here.........
> http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
> I see the replies that you have received, it sounds very logical that a bios
> upgrade just might do the trick.

Exactly - and it is advisable to strictly follow the BIOS flashing
instructions,
<http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us>

Roy

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:10:17 -0500, "Ken'" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"milleron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> There are some authoritative folks on the Corsair forum stating that
>> there are two kinds of Venice-core Athlon 64s -- Rev E3 and Rev E6.
>> They are further stating that the A8N-SLI Premium, perhaps the entire
>> A8N line, is not certified compatible with Rev E3 chips and that if
>> one has a Rev-E CPU, it must be E6, not E3.
>>
>> Has anyone here heard this?
>>
>> Does anyone know of a utility that could tell me which type of Rev-E
>> CPU I have?
>>
>> Is there a minimum BIOS version for the A8N-SLI Premium that should be
>> installed to be compatible with Venice-core (Rev E) Athlon 64 CPUs?
>>
>> Ron
>
>Ron
>Your Everest Home or CPUZ will give you that info.

I could not find that info with Everst Home Edition, but found it with
Sisoft Sandra. It showed stepping mask 'JH-E6' - On my X2 4400+,
which is running OK with bios Rev 1007 (SLI-Premium).
Peter Finney
Liphook
Hampshire
England

"milleron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> There are some authoritative folks on the Corsair forum stating that
> there are two kinds of Venice-core Athlon 64s -- Rev E3 and Rev E6.

yes.E3 single core,E6 Dual Core

> They are further stating that the A8N-SLI Premium, perhaps the entire
> A8N line, is not certified compatible with Rev E3 chips and that if
> one has a Rev-E CPU, it must be E6, not E3.

Bullshit.

>
> Is there a minimum BIOS version for the A8N-SLI Premium that should be
> installed to be compatible with Venice-core (Rev E) Athlon 64 CPUs?

1007and above.

Thaks for the info...

Does this apply to A8N-E too?
What is the impact of whatever is claimed?
Could this be related to a supplier saying to be 'make sure you get this
(3500+ single core) chip with a part number suffix of B? - forget what he
said? It was something like BK or BJ...


"Razor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "milleron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> There are some authoritative folks on the Corsair forum stating that
>> there are two kinds of Venice-core Athlon 64s -- Rev E3 and Rev E6.
>
> yes.E3 single core,E6 Dual Core
>
>> They are further stating that the A8N-SLI Premium, perhaps the entire
>> A8N line, is not certified compatible with Rev E3 chips and that if
>> one has a Rev-E CPU, it must be E6, not E3.
>
> Bullshit.
>
>>
>> Is there a minimum BIOS version for the A8N-SLI Premium that should be
>> installed to be compatible with Venice-core (Rev E) Athlon 64 CPUs?
>
> 1007and above.
>

"Mercury" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thaks for the info...
>
> Does this apply to A8N-E too?

A8N-E,A8N-SLI(like mine) and deluxe are older boards than premium.That means
more bios revisions were released already before Venice cores came out.In my
case i had to flash to 1008 in order to see correctly my DH-E3 venice
3200+.The system is rock solid from day 1(10x250,2.5Ghz 1.5V).If you have
the newest bios release there should be no problem.

> What is the impact of whatever is claimed?
> Could this be related to a supplier saying to be 'make sure you get this
> (3500+ single core) chip with a part number suffix of B? - forget what he
> said? It was something like BK or BJ...

I don't think there is a compatibility problem any more.At first there was
definately a prob with some NF3/NF4 boards and it seems that some board
makers suffered more than others.With new bioses this has been resolved.For
more info about A64 Revisions/steppings go here:
http://www.amdboard.com/amd64_opn.html

Thanks again.Prevention is better than cure.

"Razor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Mercury" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:dl0i4v$ogm$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Thaks for the info...
>>
>> Does this apply to A8N-E too?
>
> A8N-E,A8N-SLI(like mine) and deluxe are older boards than premium.That
> means more bios revisions were released already before Venice cores came
> out.In my case i had to flash to 1008 in order to see correctly my DH-E3
> venice 3200+.The system is rock solid from day 1(10x250,2.5Ghz 1.5V).If
> you have the newest bios release there should be no problem.
>
>> What is the impact of whatever is claimed?
>> Could this be related to a supplier saying to be 'make sure you get this
>> (3500+ single core) chip with a part number suffix of B? - forget what he
>> said? It was something like BK or BJ...
>
> I don't think there is a compatibility problem any more.At first there was
> definately a prob with some NF3/NF4 boards and it seems that some board
> makers suffered more than others.With new bioses this has been
> resolved.For more info about A64 Revisions/steppings go here:
> http://www.amdboard.com/amd64_opn.html
>

Hi Ron,

milleron wrote:
> There are some authoritative folks on the Corsair forum stating that
> there are two kinds of Venice-core Athlon 64s -- Rev E3 and Rev E6.
> They are further stating that the A8N-SLI Premium, perhaps the entire
> A8N line, is not certified compatible with Rev E3 chips and that if
> one has a Rev-E CPU, it must be E6, not E3.
>
> Has anyone here heard this?

Up to now (up to BIOS 1011-001) the A8N-SLI Premium does not support the E3
revision, so for me Cool 'n' Quiet doesn't work at all.

You can check that on the Asus Website yourself.

The A8N-SLI or the A8N-SLI Deluxe do support the E3 revision.

Hopefully they will fix this in one of the next BIOS version.
>
> Does anyone know of a utility that could tell me which type of Rev-E
> CPU I have?

CPU-Z will do the job.

>
> Is there a minimum BIOS version for the A8N-SLI Premium that should be
> installed to be compatible with Venice-core (Rev E) Athlon 64 CPUs?
>
> Ron

Also the actual beta BIOS Version 1011-001 does not support the E3 revision.
8-((

Deutscher Wald wird sterben! (FGTH)

On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 23:03:02 +0100, "Christian Berger"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi Ron,
>
>milleron wrote:
>> There are some authoritative folks on the Corsair forum stating that
>> there are two kinds of Venice-core Athlon 64s -- Rev E3 and Rev E6.
>> They are further stating that the A8N-SLI Premium, perhaps the entire
>> A8N line, is not certified compatible with Rev E3 chips and that if
>> one has a Rev-E CPU, it must be E6, not E3.
>>
>> Has anyone here heard this?
>
>Up to now (up to BIOS 1011-001) the A8N-SLI Premium does not support the E3
>revision, so for me Cool 'n' Quiet doesn't work at all.

I'm the original poster -- this thread was started months ago, I have
an A8N-SLI Premium with an Athlon 64 3500+ Venice-core Rev. E3 CPU. It
has performed perfectly with all BIOS versions from 1004 through 1009.
Cool and Quiet works perfectly. It is necessary to install the AMD
CPU driver in Windows, of course, but I've never had any problem with
CnQ once the CPU driver was installed.

It's true that the Asus Web page doesn't list the E3 as compatible (at
least, the last time I checked there), but I must deduce that it's
just an oversight since the E6 revisions hadn't even been released
when this motherboard hit the market. All the original Venice-core
CPUs installed on this board, probably hundreds of thousands of them
worldwide during the summer and fall of 2005, seem to work without a
hitch.


>
>You can check that on the Asus Website yourself.
>
>The A8N-SLI or the A8N-SLI Deluxe do support the E3 revision.
>
>Hopefully they will fix this in one of the next BIOS version.

snip
>
>Also the actual beta BIOS Version 1011-001 does not support the E3 revision.
>8-((

What's the documentation for this statement?



Ron