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More info?)
On 6-Sep-2004, nospam@needed.com (Paul) wrote:
> Generally, BIOS are not interchangeable. There is always some small
> difference in the chips used on each board, so if you use the wrong
> BIOS, something may stop working on the board. Also, the size of the
> BIOS can differ - some boards use 256KB, others use 512KB, and the
> size mismatch will prevent a good flash.
>
> If you can be patient, I see a new BIOS on the Asus Germany ftp
> site:
>
>
ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUScom/BIOS/Socket_478/INTEL_Chipset/i865pe/P4P800-E/1003e_01.zip
>
> Give this file a few days before it is posted in the Beta section of
> the download page for your board. It appears this file contains updated
> microcode, which should make WinXP SP2 work better.
>
> 1002 microcode support
> Version UpdateID Date CPUID Checksum LoadVers Platform
> 00000001 00000014 16.07.2002 00000F0A 64731550 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 0000002E 02.05.2003 00000F12 B2548D0A 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 00000005 08.05.2003 00000F13 386C53DA 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 0000001E 05.06.2003 00000F24 9BA58D71 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 00000015 21.07.2003 00000F25 D6976E46 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 00000037 04.06.2003 00000F27 972CD5FA 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 00000017 18.07.2003 00000F29 C42D13A3 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 00000007 21.11.2003 00000F33 B78B30F0 00000001 0000000D
> 00000001 00000002 09.12.2003 00000F37 2B57BD9E 00000001 0000000D
> 00000001 00000007 10.11.2003 00000F34 F1AD5AF6 00000001 0000008D
>
> 1003.001 Beta microcode support
> Version UpdateID Date CPUID Checksum LoadVers Platform
> 00000001 00000014 16.07.2002 00000F0A 64731550 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 0000002E 02.05.2003 00000F12 B2548D0A 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 00000005 08.05.2003 00000F13 386C53DA 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 0000001E 05.06.2003 00000F24 9BA58D71 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 0000001F 06.04.2004 00000F25 8268CCFC 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 00000037 04.06.2003 00000F27 972CD5FA 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 00000021 24.03.2004 00000F29 DEEC05F1 00000001 00000004
> 00000001 0000000A 11.05.2004 00000F32 2538EF0A 00000001 0000000D
> 00000001 0000000B 12.05.2004 00000F33 E5668AEA 00000001 0000000D
> 00000001 00000002 09.12.2003 00000F37 2B57BD9E 00000001 0000000D
> 00000001 0000000E 04.05.2004 00000F34 9B18561D 00000001 0000001D
>
> 1003.001 has a new entry for 0F32 (whatever that is) and the 0F33
> Prescott entry has changed from the bad updateid value of 0x7 to
> a later value of 0xB.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
Well that saves me asking a question, is there a 1003 BIOS coming out. I was
reading an earlier post and it was mentioned and wanted a bit more
clarification. The "man" has spoken and I am happy.
Cheers Paul
Rik