ASUS P5B Deluxe 0711 BIOS Cold Boot solved

**phile** · 10-06-2006, 11:56 AM

You have precisely illustrated why I renamed (shortened) the BIOS file, in my instructions.

-phil

**sierra_bound** · 10-06-2006, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by phile

You have precisely illustrated why I renamed (shortened) the BIOS file, in my instructions.

-phil

Actually what I illustrated is why renaming the file is a waste of time.

Are you are wasting bandwidth here with this discussion.

**ssabripo** · 10-06-2006, 05:03 AM

Thus far, the best methods of updating (and easiest) I've found are:

1. using the Asus EZ-Flash utility in BIOS (not Alt-f2, but goto BIOS and update). Have your ROM file in a floppy or USB drive ready.

2. using windows Asus update...very simple, although it crashed a couple of times, and you still have to goto BIOS to update your settings, etc.

3. After having issues with AFUDOS, I never bothered with it again.

**JoeBar** · 10-06-2006, 11:06 AM

Come on guys. "How to flash bios" is written on the m/b's manual...

**ssabripo** · 10-07-2006, 10:50 AM

Well....711 is working good so far now for me!

I will keep these settings for 24/7 :

Vcore = 1.3875
Vdimm = 2.25
Vfsb = 1.4
NB = 1.4
SB = 1.45

fsb = 450, RAM:fsb 1:1, mem at 4-4-4-8-4-35

**kman540** · 10-07-2006, 01:57 PM

Within the 0711 Bios, Is there an option to enable the Serial ATA BootRom for a raid configuration like it says on page 5-30 of ythe manual or am I missing the obvious?

**Cappie** · 10-07-2006, 11:38 AM

Do you still have cold boot issues ssabripo?

**ssabripo** · 10-07-2006, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by Cappie

Do you still have cold boot issues ssabripo?

nope....

it did it the first time I installed it, and now everything seems fine. One curious thing is that the temperatures went up by 2deg C with this bios...wierd.

but other than that, I'm fine.

running 51-52 idle / 57-58 load.

**bachus_anonym** · 10-07-2006, 12:51 PM

0711 fixes the problem, period. PC will still ocassionally shutdown when coming out of BIOS, e.g. often after changing CAS latency or at certain FSB speeds. But it is way, and I mean way, less frequent compared to previous BIOSes, when system would always shutdown, regardless If you even changed anything in BIOS or not. Plus, with the new BIOS, I have yet to see machine to shutdown when restarting from Windows (which was always the case before). Also, system will still do the "double-start" or "double-spin" (or whatever you want to call it) when starting up cold (e.g. after normal shutdown and then turning off your PSU). That's no biggie at all, as power to HDDs is not being cut-off.

AFUDOS will flash whole area, including NVRAM and DMI. In some cases it's better than Asus Update or EZ Flash (btw, I flashed 0711 using EZ Flash and had no problems after clearing CMOS). For instance, for those that have problems with PC Probe II install (saying mobo does not support it), look in CPU-Z Mainboard tab and check if mobo information is there. After one BIOS flash before I had this happen that this info was missing (blank) and I could not instal either PC Probe II nor AiSuite. No flash helped until AFUDOS was used. After that, all went back to normal. Just something to keep in mind...

**Pjoeloe** · 10-07-2006, 09:50 PM

yes bachus_anonym, it`s nice that the cold boot problem is almost gone, but what I realy want to know is, what solved this problem in the bios?

I mean, why is asus not aplying this to all the bios updates ? I`ve bought a second sound card, so I must get a 2 pci based board

only option is asus and my local dealer only has the DH version but this board has the shutdowns on starting ( and restarting ) HDD power downs with scary clicking

and I think it`s time to solve this thing

**bachus_anonym** · 10-07-2006, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by Pjoeloe

yes bachus_anonym, it`s nice that the cold boot problem is almost gone, but what I realy want to know is, what solved this problem in the bios?

I have no idea what they did but latest BIOSes for P5B non-Deluxe and P5B-E (both i965) also have this "feature" removed (at least according to changelogs).

**Rattle** · 10-08-2006, 06:32 AM

I still get cold boot with new bios and I had lots of problems with FSB, back to 614 for me.

**Mark099** · 10-08-2006, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by Rattle

I still get cold boot with new bios and I had lots of problems with FSB, back to 614 for me.

Flash 0711 twice, then clear the CMOS. I think you'll be fine. I have been using 0711 since it has come out and haven't had any stability issues.

**scoobysix** · 10-09-2006, 01:38 AM

Going from 0614 to 0711, my E6600 running at 3ghz on the exact same BIOS settings, what used to be 13 hours Orthos stable now reports an error after 9 hours.

The only other difference I can think of is going from a 7900GT to a 7950GX2.

I also noticed that the CPU fan now seems to spin 100rpm slower.

**Pjoeloe** · 10-09-2006, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by bachus_anonym

I have no idea what they did but latest BIOSes for P5B non-Deluxe and P5B-E (both i965) also have this "feature" removed (at least according to changelogs).

ok, so no extra option of the world famous tRD / read delay and Row refresh cycle / Trc in the bios ? Because these things fix the cold boot...

**GAR** · 10-04-2006, 01:03 PM

double restart fixed, man thats great news!

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