[18th Anniversary] Asus Black Pearl - P5k-Premium Testing Report

[jonny_ftm]

for the life of me, I cannot get this board to take any bios other than the original (0104) and the current (0504). I have an e8400 in there right now, and the original bios (0104) posted, but said unknown CPU. It allowed me to flash to 0504.

Now, I want to downgrade the bios to 0404, because I think 0504 is causing problems with my ballistix. It will not take the bios. It will not downgrade to anything other than 0104. I was able to get 0104 back on using the Bios Crash recovery thing, and even from 0104, it will not let me put on 0204 or 0404, saying that the current ROM version is newer than what I am trying to upgrade to.

Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
system:
E8400
P5K Premium Rev 2.00G
2GB Ballistix ddr800

AFUDOS v2.17 and previous would downgrade securely in dos mode. You need a boot CD though with floppy emulation as the boot file exceeds 1.44Mb
But, in your case, wolfdales are supported only since 0504. So, any older bios will give you a CPU init error

They arent the tightest and will rock quite easily if you push them but work okay. Just to be sure push the pins to check they are all the way in . I am sure Jonny FTM will be on the case recommending you throw the whole lot away

Exacltly, but really only for high vcore on a quadcore. High FSB won't load the mosfets too much, it is really the vcore with those quadcores.
Anything above 1.45v usually will make your mosfets burning to the touch on full load. An alternative is a really very good horizontal case air flow near the mosfets area
And, look here, on the maximus what could happen if you care
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...45&postcount=1

So, I will at least reseat the stock cooler and believe me, used compound is usually real crap