ASUS P3V4X not compatable with P3 1ghz?

[xDeLiRiOuSx]

Hi everyone. I am not a big fan of overclocking. I had a P3 800mhz (8x100) at it ran find at defult 1.65 voltage. Then I upgraded the CHIP, it is now a P3 (7.5x133) running at 1.70voltage. It seems to boot into windows and works great. It has an ALPHA on it, so it's cool.

My problem is during the boot up, I noticed that the motherboard saids "CPU BIOS UPDATE ERROR" something about the CPU ID is wrong. Anyway. I disabled the CPU update option on the BIOS and the problem went away. My question is that this never happened with my OLD 800mhz CPU. What does this do? Will it slow down my computer?

Here is the exact error message:

<BIOS:> BIOS update data incorrect. CPUID=0000686,. update not loaded.

Thanks
David

 

[AndyHui]

You need to upgrade your BIOS.

Your BIOS does not recognise your processor stepping, so it cannot load the processor specific optimisations, bug fixes, and other bits and pieces.

You need BIOS version 1006 Beta 003 or later.

 

[xDeLiRiOuSx]

Thank you FAQ man!! But where can i get that bios version? Thanks again. I thought I had the most currenty (1005).

David

 

[AndyHui]

ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/BIOS/Slot_I/VIA_Chipset/Apollo_Pro_133A/P3V4X/1006__03.zip

 

[xDeLiRiOuSx]

Thanks Andy!! by the way, that site saids it's the 003 version but it's really the 002 version when you open it via AFLASH.exe utility. I got the 1006.03p version from another site. It upgrades and works fine. I hope it's a legit version not some kind of fraud bios that will harm me. heh

David

 

[xDeLiRiOuSx]

By the way, I read your article on CPU support for asus boards! Your support is greatly welcomed! Thanks