Thanks for the info.

I want to run 8G of that memory simply because it's
what I've got 12GB of at a good price, not the fastest,
but useful for the computing I'll be doing on my next
2 PCs, and it overclocks reliably to PC-6400+ speeds reportedly, so as long as it works nicely with 4 sticks on
the M/B I'll be happy.

Thanks for the CPU support table link and the
404 BIOS suggestion for G0 Q6600's. Last time I had
checked (weeks ago) the CPU and MEMORY compatibility
tables were basically empty of most useful information, and
I hadn't given them the credit to assume they'd have
updated the info for G0 yet.

Yes, please, I'd be interested to find out what happens with
your G0 CPU and BIOS boot/upgrade experience.
Please let us know what BIOS rev. you end up going
from and to and whether there are any boot / volt /
frequency / etc. problems before or after.

Do these ASUS BIOSes do automatic "on by default"
over volting / overclocking? I seem to remember my
A8N32-SLI Deluxe did exactly that, and had lots of
chronic problems over and undervolting the CPU depending
on one's settings, and from what I've heard it's not an
uncommon sort of problem with ASUS boards.

Hence I'm even more than "normally" concerned about
what it'd do with an "unrecognized" CPU stepping
and very old BIOS version at boot.

I don't see any labels to indicate what the factory
flashed BIOS version is, so my only real options are to
try it with the G0 Q6600 or buy a Pentium D just to
verify/reflash the BIOS.

Quote Originally Posted by msgclb View Post
Why?



You'll notice that your Q6600 G0 at this link shows that the P5K Deluxe needs the 0404 BIOS.

http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/c...l=P5K%20Deluxe

With luck in about 50 hours I'll know if the BIOS that ships with my new P5K Deluxe will work with a new E6750 G0. I'm only hoping to get in the BIOS to flash. If I can't do that then I'll use a CPU that this board supports. So if you can wait a couple of days then I'll let you know what happened.