Asus P5K Vanilla @150$ broke Fsb 600 Stable !!

[laziepig]

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...n-us&model=P5K

Description BIOS update file fofr P5K (Version: 0507)
Fix the bug that the system can't resume from S3 while DRAM is overclocked to next level of DRAM frequency.

[Tekdemon]

*sigh* I have a bad flash on my P5K vanilla as well...and it's July 4th so I can't even RMA it. And no, I'm not a moron so I've already done the CMOS clears, attempted to use CrashFree BIOS 3, and all that jazz. The board is just plain unbootable now =(

I wish Asus would just send me a reprogrammed BIOS chip so I don't have to tear apart my whole goddamn PC, but I'm sure they'll make me RMA the whole friggin' board anyways.

Seriously, I've never managed to screw up a board's BIOS so that it's unbootable before (well, as least that I can remember...I have had to RMA boards before though but I can't remember why anymore since it's been so long). And I've owned a good number of motherboards. Actually, I think the last motherboard I had to RMA might have been an ASUS.....grr.

[Ace-a-Rue]

i'm always curious on what procedures and methods a person used to flash the bios?...like; did you flash via the DOS mode or some other mode?...did you use a floppy, USB thumb drive or flash via windows?...were you overclocking while doing it?...did your memory have the minimum voltage applied to it, ie., my board defaults to 1.8v and some memory sticks require 1.9v or 2.0v.

not trying to be critical but to understand if there is an inherent flaw in flashing a bios and where is the weak link.

sorry for your flash gone bad...i had it happen to me at least once, maybe twice.

[Tekdemon]

i'm always curious on what procedures and methods a person used to flash the bios?...like; did you flash via the DOS mode or some other mode?...did you use a floppy, USB thumb drive or flash via windows?...were you overclocking while doing it?...did your memory have the minimum voltage applied to it, ie., my board defaults to 1.8v and some memory sticks require 1.9v or 2.0v.

not trying to be critical but to understand if there is an inherent flaw in flashing a bios and where is the weak link.

sorry for your flash gone bad...i had it happen to me at least once, maybe twice.

Well, I did it via windows just because I don't have a floppy drive or a USB thumb drive (well, I have a thumb drive but I can't find the damn thing).

I've flashed it via windows before and it went OK, but the flash to 0507 didn't go OK.

Almost considering just ordering another P5K (my friend wants to build a new system) then hotflashing there instead of waiting on Asus. Hmm...

[Ace-a-Rue]

i hear a few to many stories of flashing going bad when done via windows method...of course, i've heard a few gone bad via floppy method.

i recently started to use the USB thumb drive method..it is easy and relatively fast.

[Da_maniaC]

So, asus update said the flash didnt go ok and you still rebooted?
Did you try flashing back to a different BIOS immediatly after that, in windows?

Over here (Netherlands) they have a company called Flash BIOS, you can just send your chip there via mail and have it reprogrammed for just 10 euro's.
Maybe you can find something similar?
10 Euros is imo a good alternative for having to wait at least a month or so for the mobo to return from RMA.

[I34z1k]

I'd like to test this board soon :P

[Tekdemon]

So, asus update said the flash didnt go ok and you still rebooted?
Did you try flashing back to a different BIOS immediatly after that, in windows?

Over here (Netherlands) they have a company called Flash BIOS, you can just send your chip there via mail and have it reprogrammed for just 10 euro's.
Maybe you can find something similar?
10 Euros is imo a good alternative for having to wait at least a month or so for the mobo to return from RMA.

No, Asus Update said it went OK...but it obviously didn't. I wouldn't reboot if it said it failed, lol.

Right now I'm probably going to order another P5K or a P5K-V and swap the BIOS chips to boot my system so I can hotflash my own BIOS.

Do you guys think a P5K can boot with a P5K-V BIOS? I only ask because the 2nd motherboard will be for my friend and they're pretty much the same price and same board anyway, so I figure onboard video might be nice to have.

I'm mostly just too lazy to remove my entire motherboard and install the P5K-V then hotflash using that (plus, windows would harrass me to activate yet again if I tried lol).

[Tekdemon]

Eh, screw the P5K-V...decided it probably wouldn't boot with the G33 bios even though they're really the same chip, and it's just easier to go swap in a p5k bios then boot off of a USB stick and reflash my own chip.

So I just ordered another P5K, and I'm going to go buy another USB memory stick (even though I already 2 sticks somewhere), just because it'll drive me crazy trying to find my USB memory sticks. Plus, they're kinda outdated anyway, one's 16MB, and one is 512.

[Tekdemon]

BTW if anybody cares, the BIOS chip on this is crazy easy to pull out...I was going to go buy a DIP puller but I decided to check out how easy it would be to try and do it by hand...and the BIOS chip went flying because it just slipped out. Jeez...ended up bending 2 pins kinda bad lol.

Oh well, bent the chip pins back. But yeah if you wanted to buy a puller or whatever, don't bother, the 8 pin package is crazy easy.

[PcCI2iminal]

a quick test under dry ice





http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=212912

P5K ->Bios 0302
E6700->week 52B

[Ace-a-Rue]

Eh, screw the P5K-V...decided it probably wouldn't boot with the G33 bios even though they're really the same chip, and it's just easier to go swap in a p5k bios then boot off of a USB stick and reflash my own chip.

So I just ordered another P5K, and I'm going to go buy another USB memory stick (even though I already 2 sticks somewhere), just because it'll drive me crazy trying to find my USB memory sticks. Plus, they're kinda outdated anyway, one's 16MB, and one is 512.

if you live in the USA, wal-mart carries two 4Gb brands selling for $60 a piece.

[Unseen]

After all it is a nice board...


http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=215916

[Tekdemon]

Just an update...I hotflashed (haha, what a thrill to pull a chip out of your motherboard while it's one ) and my system is back up and running.

Makes me a little wary of ASUS flashing though, but at least I have a friend with an ASUS board that can hotflash with mine now.

Now all I need is a CPU that's less crappy...

[dexx]

How does the P5K vanilla compare with the Gigabyte DS3R in terms of stability at, say, 500MHz FSB?

[ziddey]

both can do it well. p5k so far has better options to get possibly more decent memory performance if you can get it stable

[De5tr0yer]

Well, the vdroop mod gives some results, but can anybody measure the resistance when its penciled, because i dont want to pencil too much

[laziepig]

Now that I notice the latest bios 0603 have added the command rate options.

[Volkswagen]

does this mobo need active kooling on the heatpipe hsf? I am runing 458mhz fsb and was wondering If it is ok to run without a fan on the heatsink in the middle?

[laziepig]

Doesn't seems to be hot when I touch those components...

[cowlickkid]

Is anyone running one of the new e6550-e6750-e6850 G0 steppings on the original 0302 BIOS? My system is very stable with the original BIOS and I want to keep it if I can when my new e6750 arrives. I'm currently using an e6400 in this system. I figure if I'm going to manually OC the e6750 anyways updating the BIOS to recognize the G0 isn't worth the risk of a BIOS flash.

Also, for those that have used a USB flash drive to update the BIOS is the procedure the same as using a floppy? Just boot off the flash drive? Any tricks to doing this?