ASUS P5K Deluxe - Intel P35 Bearlake + E6600 B1 / Q6600 B3

[sesdave]

There should be no problem with RMA.
I have not heard of anyone having update problems other than with with ASUS update - particularly with Vista.
Bios updates are chancy from within the OS and not just with Asus. It is always best to update at the Dos level.

Yes - you are right on Asus update. I was using Vista X64 when I had the failed update. And you are also right on the RMA - after discussing the problem with the vendor they gave me an RMA for a full refund. As they did that I felt so good that I have gone and ordered the P5K Premium to find out if it is even better than the deluxe. The write ups say it runs cooler and should enable even better o/c's. We shall see - just as long as I dont use Asus update -lol!