"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[Mumid]

Only one way to solve it lads,

1) power off (pull the power cord)
2) remove the 2 bios (plz keep an eye on how to place them) chips : the pc boots from the right hand one so 1611 pull that one first and put aside
3) put the one on the left on the right hand side
4) Boot Pc and enter Bios
a) either you can continue to use this chip and flash it with eg 1406 or
b) you can open EZ flash to HOTFLASH the 1611 chip (that used to be on the right hand side) continue to step 5
5) no fear while the pc is running (in EZ flash tool) : pull gently the bios chip and replace it with the 1611 chip version
6) continue to flash 1406 or bios of preference
7) 1611 is reflashed with bios of preference

I just did this as the Asusupdate tool gave me some warning of it not being the correct eeprom and the above method worked fab ( I got one 0803 and one 1406 now )

Just make sure when pulling the bios chips that you don't use too much force as the pins bend easily (luckily they don't break rapidly)

Thanks for the solution sir.

You just need an older version of afudos don't you?! I've got one knocking around I use to do all the flashes on my p5wdh.

Can you upload it somewhere so we can try it? Cheers

[gaddster]

Now I'm certain that afudos is generic so you should be able to use the one I do. Put it here and it's version 1.19 I believe