ASUS P5B Deluxe 0711 BIOS Cold Boot solved

[bing]

I had the same problem as described in point 1. As some have pointed out that you need to clear CMOS after you have flash the BIOS. That solved my problem.

Nah...they'll stay as OC noob, c'mon as I pointed out, some of them don't even know how to read a thread !
They just know how to do a whining post.. lol

[Cappie]

For people having problems flashing bios or are afraid to use the EZflash or Winflash follow below tips to do a simple clean DOS flash. And this without the need of having a Floppy drive,

Follow this link,

http://www.boodaa.de/index.php?optio...d=22&Itemid=31

and make sure you also have .NET framework 2.0(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...isplayLang=en). Then just download the 0.6 final,

http://www.boodaa.de/download/BootDi...ick%20v0.6.exe

and download this tool,

http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vm...d21-050404.zip

then just follow the onscreen tutorial,

http://www.boodaa.de/download/Videos...o-Tutorial.wmv

and make sure your USB-stick is connected to your PC, it sure works like a charm. You'll have a USB bootable dosstick in under 3 min with help of these little tools.

Enjoy!!!

[heikis]

flashed my bord with the asus update in windows and it did a couple of cold boots (the setup was configured @ default) but then it worked like a charm. and no sign of instability (401FSB)
historical day !

[Random]

Do you guys remove the onboard battery to clear the cmos ?

Some of us will appricate a clear set-by-set guide on how-to flash your bios with afudos.

Thank you.

[heikis]

Do you guys remove the onboard battery to clear the cmos ?

Some of us will appricate a clear set-by-set guide on how-to flash your bios with afudos.

Thank you.

the asusupdate has an option "clearCMOS after update". and its selected by default.

[phile]

Do you guys remove the onboard battery to clear the cmos ?

Some of us will appricate a clear set-by-set guide on how-to flash your bios with afudos.

Thank you.

To flash the BIOS using the AFUDOS method, you'll need 2 floppies. The first floppy will be your boot disc, so format that (in Windows) as FAT and make it bootable. Format the second disc in the same manner, but do not make it bootable. On this second disc you will copy the AFUDOS executable (afudos.exe - found on the P5BD CDROM) and your BIOS file, renamed to P5BD.ROM.

With your two floppies ready to go, reboot and enter the BIOS. Configure the boot order placing the floppy drive at the top of the list. Save and reboot with the bootable floppy in the drive.

Once you see the A: prompt, remove the boot disc and insert floppy number 2.

Now, type the following, at the A: prompt:

afudos /iP5BD.ROM /pbnc /n

Note: The 'i' in the above line is NOT a typo.

-phil

[adamant415]

To flash the BIOS using the AFUDOS method, you'll need 2 floppies. The first floppy will be your boot disc, so format that (in Windows) as FAT and make it bootable. Format the second disc in the same manner, but do not make it bootable. On this second disc you will copy the AFUDOS executable (afudos.exe - found on the P5WDH CDROM) and your BIOS file, renamed to P5WDH.ROM.

With your two floppies ready to go, reboot and enter the BIOS. Configure the boot order placing the floppy drive at the top of the list. Save and reboot with the bootable floppy in the drive.

Once you see the A: prompt, remove the boot disc and insert floppy number 2.

Now, type the following, at the A: prompt:

afudos /iP5WDH.ROM /pbnc /n

Note: The 'i' in the above line is NOT a typo.

-phil

I don't know if I would want to try using iP5WDH to flash a p5b.

[phile]

I updated the post to reflect the P5BD. It's the same method, regardless of board model, just as long as you're using the proper BIOS ROM.

-phil

[Cappie]

You don't necesseraly need to rename the romfile, it could just as well have said,

afudos /ip5bd0711.rom /pbnc /n --->> reflecting the latest 0711 bios for P5B Deluxe

that renaming of biosfile is only necessary I think when using EZflash.

[ssabripo]

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.

[phile]

You don't necesseraly need to rename the romfile, it could just as well have said,

afudos /ip5bd0711.rom /pbnc /n --->> reflecting the latest 0711 bios for P5B Deluxe

that renaming of biosfile is only necessary I think when using EZflash.

I suggested renaming the file only to shorten it, thus eliminating the possibility that DOS would truncate the name, causing an unnecessary problem for some.

-phil

[Random]

To flash the BIOS using the AFUDOS method, you'll need 2 floppies. The first floppy will be your boot disc, so format that (in Windows) as FAT and make it bootable. Format the second disc in the same manner, but do not make it bootable. On this second disc you will copy the AFUDOS executable (afudos.exe - found on the P5BD CDROM) and your BIOS file, renamed to P5BD.ROM.

With your two floppies ready to go, reboot and enter the BIOS. Configure the boot order placing the floppy drive at the top of the list. Save and reboot with the bootable floppy in the drive.

Once you see the A: prompt, remove the boot disc and insert floppy number 2.

Now, type the following, at the A: prompt:

afudos /iP5BD.ROM /pbnc /n

Note: The 'i' in the above line is NOT a typo.

-phil

The first step is quick format the floppy disk in FAT mode, and create an ms-dos startup disk, is that right ?

What about setting bios defaults and clearing cmos ? do we skip those steps ?

Thanks.

[phile]

Setting BIOS to defaults and clearing CMOS is up to you. I see no reason why these are necessay, and have never experienced any problems as a result of not doing them.

In any case, part of what the /pbnc switch does is to destroy the CMOS data.

-phil

[Random]

Setting BIOS to defaults and clearing CMOS is up to you. I see no reason why these are necessay, and have never experienced any problems as a result of not doing them.

In any case, part of what the /pbnc switch does is to destroy the CMOS data.

-phil

Allright thanks alot for the help.

[JoeBar]

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

[sierra_bound]

I suggested renaming the file only to shorten it, thus eliminating the possibility that DOS would truncate the name, causing an unnecessary problem for some.

-phil

P5BD0711.ROM is the correct DOS abbreviation for the latest file.

If you're not sure about the correct abbreviation for the bios file, type:

dir/w/p

This will call up a directory of the files on the floppy with the correct abbreviations.

[phile]

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

-phil

[sierra_bound]

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.

[phile]

Now, I hardly think things call for such tone, Sierra. Despite providing a set of instructions that work perfectly as is, you felt the need to suggest a minor alteration. We obviously disagree which approach is the easier of the two, but do not accuse me of wasting space on these boards when it is you who decided to fix what was not broken.

-phil

[sierra_bound]

"Fix what was not broken"? Your logic is a little warped. I don't rename the bios file before I flash. So how is that fixing something?

I will let the members decide who is wasting whose time. In a meantime, feel free to carry on this discussion without me.

[Cappie]

To summarize whats been going on in this thread, the way I see it from reading all the replies, is that people using windows asusupdate are more likely to experience the cold boot bug than users who'r doing it with AFUDOS.

Maybe the people who'r still experiencing the cold bug after flashing should try and use the AFUDOS method and report back their findings. Also write down if you did the load optimized defaults, clear cmos, whatever thing and in what order.

[ssabripo]

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

[Cappie]

Do you still have cold boot issues ssabripo?

[ssabripo]

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.

[JoeBar]

To summarize whats been going on in this thread, the way I see it from reading all the replies, is that people using windows asusupdate are more likely to experience the cold boot bug than users who'r doing it with AFUDOS.

Maybe the people who'r still experiencing the cold bug after flashing should try and use the AFUDOS method and report back their findings. Also write down if you did the load optimized defaults, clear cmos, whatever thing and in what order.

I can't see where u realized that. I also updated though winxp and no cold boot.