Testing / comparing : Intel D975XBX2 / Asus P5B DX ***56K WARNING***

[ArcticOC]

Yes I know..Yet another BIOS release for this ancient treasure of a mainboard Some things just refuse to die on you..

BIOS Version 2838
About This BIOS:
• September 03, 2008
• BX97520J.86A.2838.2008.0903.1859
• SATA RAID info:
• Intel(R) RAID for SATA - v5.6.2.1002
• Marvell* 88SE6145 SATA BIOS – v1.1.0.34
• PXE UNDI: Initializing Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.28
• PXE Base Code: Intel(R) Boot Agent GE PXE-2.1 build 085
New Fixes/Features:
• Added workaround to remove "-" at the back of the Processor
Temperature Margin value in Hardware Monitoring.
• Fixed system hang while language is not selected after language
list message pop-out.
• Fixed issue where Language selection and language display mismatch
after press Ctrl+Alt+Del.
• Added workaround to fix language option not showing correctly.
• Fixed issue where the change in BIOS language does not take place
cleanly.
• Fixed issue where user loses control of setup browser if the setup
page shows only text.
• Fixed an issue where pressing ESC key and answering NO will cause
the highlight for the selected option to disappear.
• Fixed issue where language selection and language display are not
matched after user pressed F9/loaded default in BIOS setup.

Go grab it here

[redphil]

The bios-support is a nice thing, especially considering that the board isn't a mainstream board, don't think there are many xbx-users out there.
I bought a bt2 a few days ago, will see how it can compete to his grandfather (and a dfi x38 board, maybe I'll add the biostar i45 to the race, too).