Re: P5WD2-E Premium, Pentium 965, and no POST...

Fastest? Nearest friendly computer hw shop. They may charge some money for a
BIOS update, but shouldn't usually be much over 25 ??? if they do it..


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"Ronald Cole" <ronald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti
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nospam@xxxxxxxxxx (Paul) writes:
Could the BIOS on the mainboard not support a 965?

Did you check here, to see what minimum BIOS is required ?

http://support.asus.com.tw/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

There may be a paper label glued to the flash chip, and you
can compare what is printed on there, to the CPUsupport list
for the motherboard.

The BIOS chip has a sticker that says 0302. The site says that I need
0405. The site also indicates that I could boot with a 955, but I'm
not gonna shell out $1000 just to be able to flash the correct BIOS
for the 965. Should I call ASUS tech support? Will they send me a
new BIOS chip with the correct version? I guess what I'm asking is
"what's the fastest way to a new BIOS?"

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