Re: Fan speed errors and startup hang time

Yeah, you're right about the microcode, I get the error that says BIOS
data incorrect CPU ID=000000F29 (not sure about the exact amount of
zeros). Right now my BIOS is 1004. I've searched everywhere for a BIOS
flash and found one on a website, but they want to charge me 30 dollars
for it, which is ridiculous. Sony has a useless update, and I was
thinking about possibly making a backup of my BIOS and trying to flash
it with the P4B266 update from Asus, but I'm skeptical to do that.
Other than flashing the BIOS I don't know how to do anything else to
update the microcode. Thanks for your help.

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