20 Most Recent ASUS A8V-VM Motherboard Questions & Answers

change bio ver download web site at asus jim

you may have a flat cmos battery, but first try reseting the bios by the cmos reset terminals, refer to the manual

http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=1&s=21&m=A8V-VM&os=&hashedid=gxG8gfPAL8pSnNn6 CHOOSE YOUR Os.

Hi jderek4, try this. locate the toggle switch on the back of the power supply. Just find it do not flip it.
Plug the PSU's power cord into the PC. Just as you got a good connection & the PC begains to power up move the toggle switch to it's other position. The PC should power off that very second.
If the PC does not shut off than the PSU is bad. If it did shut down wait a few seconds. Press the cases power on button. The PC should start to boot up. Let it finish loading. Click the start button & choose to shut down windows. The PC should shut off.
Yes? If not than your back to (bad power supply). Swap it out.

Mike

* i think you haven't register o.s

* if o.s is register it will not support some drivers to be installed

You can find all the drivers, bios, information for the Asus A8V-VM HERE.
The link to download the BIOS and BIOS-utility HERE, after selecting the used OS.

My problem MOTHERBOARD ASUS A8V-VM se
DMA Controller Error
Fata Error ...System Halted
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Andrew
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Hi Cheqel,


Here is the weblink which has all the updated version software for your motherboard.

http://usa.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_Socket_939/A8VVM_SE/#download


This will be great.

Hi there,

You can try resetting the CMOS of the BIOS by removing the battery for about 10 sec and then try using the battery to connect the coils inside the battery slot. (Use the battery as a bridge to connect the 2 metal like coils on the battery slot). While you're at it, you can also try reseating the memories (RAM) of the computer.

After removing it and using the battery as a bridge put it back on and then try turning on the computer. If it still doesn't display anything the problem might not be with the graphics card but the motherboard itself. However try these steps and get back to me so we can go to the next step if this does not work.

the new er version of the motherbords have the usb 2.0 version if the motherboard asks for newer version i thin its better to get an usb add on card there are softwares available in market to make 1.0 to 2.0 but the result is not good

Restart your computer.
Press <DEL> to enter BIOS SETUP.
Look for "Boot" options, and change the "Boot Order" to make the CD/DVD the _first_ boot-device.
Save/Exit from BIOS SETUP.
Boot from the CD/DVD drive.

Asus A8V-VM Motherboard coming with SATA RAID option, thats why you could not see the detected HDD in system BIOS. But you can see the the detected HDD in RAID BIOS. You can enter to RAID BIOS that will pop up after system BIOS. If you are using old version of WinXP it will not detect the RAID controller of you motherboard. Thats why you cannot able to install WinXP. While you booting from WinXP CD press F6 key when the WinXP installer prompted for third party driver. Copy the RAID driver provider in driver CD to a Floppy Disk (INF file) and insert it, hit enter to continue the installation. If you are using WinXP Service pack 2 or higher you do not need this step it will automatically detect the HDD.

iat the time of boot a message as follows is displayed
"boot block compatible version .005"
bad bios cheksum. starting bios recovery
checking for floppy. floppy not found
checking for cd rom. cd rom not found"
.. using asus motherboard

Normal 0

You can download the BIOS updates and drivers from ASUS WEB site. Select your model motherboard/computer/laptop, and make sure you select the Windows XP or Vista version of the drivers that matches your Windows operating system. Please click on this link to their WEB support site : -

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us