How to tell a Fake ASUS Mobo from the Real ?

[leo888]

Hi,
Anyone have an ideal of how to tell a fake ASUS motherboard from the real one, Recently I have purchase a ASUS P4G800-V from Newegg.com and when i try to flash my biosto the newest version it doesn't seems to work even through it reaches 100% of my 2nd try, 1st try i went to 87% and fail when i go in to the desktop and uses CPU-Z from cpuid.com it pointed to same version as when i bought it, like nutting have happen. Now I m a little worry this maybe a fake ASUS motherboard. Any suggestions guys ?

[sechs]

Contact Asus for assistance.

If all else fails you can exchange it with Newegg.

[roley]

I have never heard of fake Asus boards.

If it says ASUS on the mobo...then it should be an authentic article.

Sometimes with flashing...you get errors...this could be to do with the BIOS...but remember, hardware is pretty tough...especially things like your BIOS chip. floppy disks are more likely to be a problem, there could be that there are files on the floppy that are mucking with the process.

Make sure that these things are totally ok.
* if you were using the windows flash program...come out and use the floppy (traditional method)
* download a fresh image of Win98SE startup disk from Internet...
* use a fresh cloppy disk
* if you are using SATA...image the system with Ghost before you flash the BIOS...because this can sometimes stop the machine from rebooting into windows from SATA.

Roley
Black Frog Tech