P5WDH and "Retail" Conroe Bios. Which ones will post?

[xgman]

Which bios rev's (incl the beta list) will post with the asus p5wdh and a "Retail" B2 stepping Conroe? I have a 6800 retail and have only tried bios 502 (NO Post) and 701 (Post) Please only post if you know for sure.. thanks

[Waus-mod]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=106563

[xgman]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=106563

uhhh . . I have read that entire thread and do not see the answer to my "retail" bios versions question, so roll eyes to you too Mr. Helper.

[K.I.T.T.]

Any BIOS after 0401, so 0502 onwards will work with stepping 5 and retail chips

0401 works with step 4 chips.

I find 0088 the best for my purpose

[Waus-mod]

uhhh . . I have read that entire thread and do not see the answer to my "retail" bios versions question, so roll eyes to you too Mr. Helper.

Well just wanted to give you a hint to post it over there as its the p5w thread. And you said you read the whole thread.. well there you can read till 0088 bios supports step5 b1 cpu's...

[xgman]

Any BIOS after 0401, so 0502 onwards will work with stepping 5 and retail chips

0401 works with step 4 chips.

I find 0088 the best for my purpose

I tried 502 and it did NOT post my 6800 retail. ??

[xgman]

Well just wanted to give you a hint to post it over there as its the p5w thread. And you said you read the whole thread.. well there you can read till 0088 bios supports step5 b1 cpu's...

cool, but not that many retail owners yet so more attention here maybe. Again it's stepping B2.

[Waus-mod]

I think you have to wait until newer bios will come out. 0088 wont support it. So just hold on

[K.I.T.T.]

well, if the BIOSes that support step 5 also support retail, they should work fine, although i'm not sure about my first statement.

Get all the BIOSes from here:

http://wiki.p5wdh.de/doku.php?id=downloads:bios

[vmsein]

I know for sure that BIOS 0701 will post with a retail X6800 as that is what I am using. I will start a thread later this evening with my overclocking results so far with my X6800 under watercooling

[xgman]

I know for sure that BIOS 0701 will post with a retail X6800 as that is what I am using. I will start a thread later this evening with my overclocking results so far with my X6800 under watercooling

I ended up with 701 also, but how did you flash it to 701 with the 6800? Did you try 502 first?

[vmsein]

I ended up with 701 also, but how did you flash it to 701 with the 6800? Did you try 502 first?

Luckily, I had a Pentium 4 630 cpu that I acquired from my brother. I slapped that in there to do the flashing.

[vmsein]

I should add xgman, that I did have trouble trying to post with the X6800 and bios 0502. My P5W DH witn bios 0502 would boot the P4 630 but not the X6800, which is what prompted the bios flash.

[xgman]

Well on my replacement board bios 502 would not boot the 6800. So after a quick celeron flash to 701 it did work again. So I'm not sure if all or just 6800 conroes (Retail B2 ver) will not boot on the 502 shipping bios. I guess Asus tech is going to receive alot of calls on this once Conroe is shipping in mass.

[JWMc]

Yea this seriously sucks ass. I'm so lucky I was able to borrow a Pentium-D 805 from work to flash to 0701!

-JWM

[ewitte]

Lol. I'm feeling kinda nervous now about the board I just ordered from ebay (new-sealed). I will not have another 775 chip to use for flashing.

[xgman]

Lol. I'm feeling kinda nervous now about the board I just ordered from ebay (new-sealed). I will not have another 775 chip to use for flashing.

yeah, I don't know who to blame for the fact that I had to go out and spend an extra $65 to buy a useless celeron to flash it. Is it Intel for changing the coding between ES and retail so that bioes didn't work? Or that they should have supplied retail code to manufacturers earleir? or Aus for being well, Asus. Eiether way, IK never had this sort of stupid issue with AMD chips ES, retail or otherwise. Even unknown cpus would at least post.

[ewitte]

yeah, I don't know who to blame for the fact that I had to go out and spend an extra $65 to buy a useless celeron to flash it. Is it Intel for changing the coding between ES and retail so that bioes didn't work? Or that they should have supplied retail code to manufacturers earleir? or Aus for being well, Asus. Eiether way, IK never had this sort of stupid issue with AMD chips ES, retail or otherwise. Even unknown cpus would at least post.

I've kinda been looking for the Cheapest Celeron D processor (used even) to use until my preorder ships anyway.

[freecableguy]

choices: 0065, 0078, 0088, 0602, 0701, 08XX

[xgman]

choices: 0065, 0078, 0088, 0602, 0701, 08XX

08xx?? Where dat be?

[xgman]

Tank Guys is now saying on it's website that they have "Conroe Ready" P5WDH boards with bios 701. That sort of confirms that Asus is scrambling to replace all the non retail conroe compatable 502 bioses that haven't shipped yet.

[ewitte]

Tank Guys is now saying on it's website that they have "Conroe Ready" P5WDH boards with bios 701. That sort of confirms that Asus is scrambling to replace all the non retail conroe compatable 502 bioses that haven't shipped yet.

We need to ask him about keeping the BIOS chips on hand for sale. It should be cheaper than buying another 775 chip just to flash.

[Torphoto]

I'm just waiting on retail E6600's to hit the shelves to order a p5w, I hope they all get reflashed by then.