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Paul,
No plans here to overclock. My new system is plenty fast as is.
I noticed the "clear CMOS" section in the manual and will remember it's
there, just in case.
Have a good 4th!
John
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
news:nospam-0307040356420001@192.168.1.177...
> In article <DqudnYVTHcjn23vdRVn-hA@lmi.net>, "John Blaustein"
> <nomail@nomail.com> wrote:
>
> > Tim,
> >
> > My intuition told me just what you said. I have not, and will not, load
> > ASUS Update. Further, I won't touch the BIOS until there is a need. So
> > far, the system is running perfectly.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
>
> Another point. If you try any overclocking experiments,
> and on POST, the computer claims the BIOS is corrupted - it is
> not. Instead, try the "clear the CMOS" procedure, with the
> computer unplugged for safety. Clearing the CMOS returns the
> computer to default settings, and it is the default settings
> that will allow the processor to be able to read the flash
> chip without finding it corrupted. The Asus code isn't very
> good at handling overclocking errors.
>
> I've only tried one overclocking experiment on my P4C800-E,
> and the nuisance of clearing the CMOS will probably prevent
> me from trying another
🙂 (Having to redo my BIOS settings
> from memory, is a lot of work for one experiment.)
>
> So, if you ever do get a message that the BIOS is corrupted,
> it isn't necessarily true.
>
> Paul
>
> >
> >
> > "Tim" <Tim@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:cc5g5h$otp$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> > > Get rid of Asus update.
> > >
> > > The general consensus is that flashing your bios in windows is
suicide.
> > >
> > > Automatically flashing a bios just because you can is beyond sense.
> > > Every time you flash the bios you run a risk - usually small if you
use
> > the
> > > DOS based flash program, read the instructions, have a good reason,
and
> > know
> > > what your doing. But if you can't say yes to all those preceeding
points
> > you
> > > *do* risk a dead motherboard.
> > >
> > > Sound like scare mongering? It is - on purpose. If you trash your
bios,
> > then
> > > you *will* sooner or later either have a dead motherboard or you
*will*
> > have
> > > to learn a lot very quickly and probably spend some money too.
> > >
> > > When you have a good reason to upgrade your bios, post back here and
> > someone
> > > is bound to help.
> > >
> > > - Tim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "John Blaustein" <nomail@nomail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:waOdnWFMv9sYeXjdRVn-hg@lmi.net...
> > > > My new P4P800-E Deluxe CD has a utility called Ai Booster, but
nowhere
> > > > (that
> > > > I've found) does it say what that does. Can someone help?
> > > >
> > > > I've installed ASUS Probe. Any reason not to let it run at startup
and
> > > > just
> > > > stay in the background?
> > > >
> > > > How about ASUS Update? Is that a reliable way to flash the BIOS if
new
> > > > updates become available?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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