Offical Thread ASUS P5E3 DELUXE/WiFi-AP Problems, Workarounds, BIOS info.

[oscar3d]

To be honest, I'm also waiting for the final bios 504. I will try the battery thing on the weekend, but why should be do that hazzle in the first place? Anyway, deosn't CMOS get cleared by default when you update with EZ Flash tool?

When I got the problem with Express Gate (after using Asus Update) I did try flashing it back using EZ Flash to the original BIOS that came with the CD. Turned out that this didn't work either, and the Logo screen said "P5E3 Deluxe" but without the "WI/FI Ap@n" extension.

When I fixed Express Gate on my machine, I used the USB device that holds Express Gate content.

Note: This device only appears in the BIOS, after you screw up Express Gate.

Inside I found two BIOS ROM files:

1) P5E3xxxxxx.rom (the interesting thing is that the name of this bios says something like "epgate" at the end. Suggesting that it has express gate enabled.
2) P5Kxxxxxxx.rom

I used the first one, and then my machine flashed back to BIOS 0132, older version. But recovered express gate.

That's why I don't want to update until I have either a new non-beta BIOS, or I have confirmation from Asus on what's really going on.

ACE76, I hear you, from now on I will never use Asus Update. But even using EZ Flash tool, to update, I will lose Express Gate again. I will try on the weekend.