ASUS P5B-Deluxe; Problems & Fixes

[chuckbam]

Heads up, another new Bios out. Amazing support from Asus considering the age of this board now

BIOS 1226 (Status Unknown) Dated 11/23/2007, released 11/30/2007

Description:
1. Fix CPU ratio will not reset after load BIOS default
2. Enable support for N/2 Ratio option

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...P/P5BD1226.zip

Comments:
Like a couple others of the latest BIOS releases (1219, 1223), this one also stops in POST and says: Checksum Error, Overclock failed, press F1 to enter BIOS.
I deal with it by entering BIOS and loading BIOS defaults (<F5>), and then reinserting all my preferred BIOS settings. Save and Exit (<F10>).

I had problems with the last two bios and slowly went back to #1219. It was very painful. I was getting random problem all due to that Dam ATK0110. I find that is the first thing that gives under any stress. I gave up trying to take it off my system a long time ago.

With the Quad CPU I have, the bios posts wrong MHz, but all the utilities show the correct MHz, benchmarks are good and I am rock solid.

What is N/2 Ratio?

I agree, ASUS has done a good job keeping up with CPU support with this board. I have set up a few P35 systems and would replace my motherboard if I thought it was worth the effort. Other than, a small memory performance improvement. I think there is no real reason to upgrade till the new socket comes out and the memory controller is on the CPU. I think that is in Q4 of 2008. And, I may give it 6 more months to make that upgrade. Or, maybe I will not be able to stand it and jump in.