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

[timber715]

I don't call this process safe, but worked with a lot of people here

could that be the main reason why your motherboard is not stable anymore? besides the temp decrease for me, i got better oc that i previously had... not much but its prime stable.

[rbsmontemor]

could that be the main reason why your motherboard is not stable anymore? besides the temp decrease for me, i got better oc that i previously had... not much but its prime stable.

No, it's not the reason. It's running perfectly now at 475x8, but with bios 705.

Before bios 7XX -> 6XX stable.
After bios 7XX -> 6XX crap.

Rbs.

[monza1412]

Any more feedback about the new bios? Still no revert in the safe way?


Maybe this can help to the ones stucked with it:


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&postcount=14

[robz]

I'm brand new here so can someone post the best bios version to use, and a link? Great thread by the way.

[Skratch]

im in the same boat,my board came with 4303 or something like that,should I change it?

[McLaren__F1]

im on 0404 no problems so far.

[ACK]

im on 0404 no problems so far.

me too!!

[TypeVR6]

Any more feedback about the new bios? Still no revert in the safe way?


Maybe this can help to the ones stucked with it:


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&postcount=14

This method just killed my board. I flashed it back to 0601 and now I can't even turn on my PC....keeps restarting on its own even before it gets to post....

[genec57]

This method just killed my board. I flashed it back to 0601 and now I can't even turn on my PC....keeps restarting on its own even before it gets to post....

Hmmmm, I was tempted to try that but I was just a bit leery of it - now I know why. Sorry about your misfortune. From my experience your board is toast - hopefully you are still in warranty.
It is a shame that Asus has put out a bios that will not allow you to go back. All previous bios's for this board have been reversible.
I am not at all pleased with the 0705 - I have had to bump my vcore a good bit to maintain the same oc as before.
I should know better - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Asus even tells us not to upgrade if you don't have a problem. Oh well, live and learn. X38 anyone?

[monza1412]

This method just killed my board. I flashed it back to 0601 and now I can't even turn on my PC....keeps restarting on its own even before it gets to post....

Real sorry to hear that mate, I hope you can RMA it.

[jeeka]

My flash to 0705 has been pretty good. I wish I could flash back to 06xx so I can test my 3D Mark 06 scores. All voltages, timings and other setting have not had to be adjusted.....In fact, I ran my q6600 at 3.9Ghz (no volt change) for a while before taming it down back to 3.8Ghz, my previous OC with an earlier BIOS.

This method just killed my board. I flashed it back to 0601 and now I can't even turn on my PC....keeps restarting on its own even before it gets to post....

As far as this link:http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&postcount=14

If you look at the guy's sig, he runs a P5K Premium, not a deluxe. I am not sure if this was meant for all p5K's or just p5k Premiums, or if he was helping someone with a p5k deluxe and just happens to run a slightly different board.......someone please correct me if I am wrong.

[sesdave]

My flash to 0705 has been pretty good. I wish I could flash back to 06xx so I can test my 3D Mark 06 scores. All voltages, timings and other setting have not had to be adjusted.....In fact, I ran my q6600 at 3.9Ghz (no volt change) for a while before taming it down back to 3.8Ghz, my previous OC with an earlier BIOS.



As far as this link:http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&postcount=14

If you look at the guy's sig, he runs a P5K Premium, not a deluxe. I am not sure if this was meant for all p5K's or just p5k Premiums, or if he was helping someone with a p5k deluxe and just happens to run a slightly different board.......someone please correct me if I am wrong.

TinTin did a lot of early testing of the p5K premium - He posted these BIOS reversion details on this thread http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...151965&page=23 because some PREMIUM owners were having trouble reverting from latest 0504 bios to 0404. As you say -it may not have been meant for general P5K use.
Personally I wouldnt used asus update for anything especially on a deluxe - I killed my deluxe with a failed Asus Update flash which is why I now have a Premium as an RMA replacement.