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I recently bought a P5P800 motherboard and a Pentium 4 640 cpu. The mobo
came with BIOS 1005, which was listed on the Asus Web site (at the time) as
being compatible with the P4 640 cpu. The computer has been behaving
erratically (very slow shutdowns, etc.), and I can't update the BIOS to the
newest versions (either 1010 or 1011). When I try, either from a bootable
floppy or from the AsusUpdate program, I get the message that no valid BIOS
image exists.
A couple of weeks ago, I E-mailed Asus Tech Support and they recommended
RMA'ing the motherboard, which I did. The new board arrived, and it has the
very same problem. I checked the Asus web page today and now it says that
this cpu is compatible only with BIOS 1007 or later. Could the earlier BIOS
version be preventing me from flashing it with this cpu?
Has anybody else had trouble flashing the BIOS with this motherboard/cpu
combination? Is there a solution other than replacing either the cpu or the
motherboard (again)? thanks in advance.
Jon
came with BIOS 1005, which was listed on the Asus Web site (at the time) as
being compatible with the P4 640 cpu. The computer has been behaving
erratically (very slow shutdowns, etc.), and I can't update the BIOS to the
newest versions (either 1010 or 1011). When I try, either from a bootable
floppy or from the AsusUpdate program, I get the message that no valid BIOS
image exists.
A couple of weeks ago, I E-mailed Asus Tech Support and they recommended
RMA'ing the motherboard, which I did. The new board arrived, and it has the
very same problem. I checked the Asus web page today and now it says that
this cpu is compatible only with BIOS 1007 or later. Could the earlier BIOS
version be preventing me from flashing it with this cpu?
Has anybody else had trouble flashing the BIOS with this motherboard/cpu
combination? Is there a solution other than replacing either the cpu or the
motherboard (again)? thanks in advance.
Jon