Modded ASUS P5Q/Pro/Deluxe/Premium BIOS

[MonsterDK]

Ket, I just wanted to say thanks, not just for you BIOS work, but for discovering the problem with CPU-ME on later BIOSes. I recently bought a P5Q-Deluxe with a Q9300, and of course the first thing I did was flash the BIOS. I then spent a week fighting the board, and even with extra voltage to the DRAM and NB, the system was still very unstable at stock settings, with crashes, bluescreens, applications falling over, and general crappyness all over. The system behaved like a total lemon, and was even worse at stock voltages.

Now having gone back to 803, the system is totally rock solid, with no crashes or bad behaviour. After a week of major frustration, you've solved my problem and a lot of grief.

It's a pity the 803 runs my RAM a little slower than the later BIOSes, but hopefully we can hassle Asus into fixing this issue and get to use newer BIOSes.

Ket, I'm not sure it is the board. The issues I've had are as Pants-Of-Fire has also outlined above. Applications crashing, BSOD etc etc..

I don't want to RMA a board to end up with the same situation with a replacement. and i've had this board for a while now also. SO they will prob send it off for repair than replace it.