Asus P5W DH - New beta BIOS (1503)

[phile]

That's right, the cold-boot issue has been fixed. Your HDs and water-cooling gear shall be spared further abuse at the hands of the evil cold-boot.

Download here:
http://p5wdh.de/downloads/asus/bios/p5wdh1503.zip

-phil

 

[phile]

I'm simply stunned by the positive reaction! :laugh:

-phil

 

[nrs251]

Any other changes besides that?

 

[phile]

None that I can see.

-phil

 

[Gary Key]

I would wait for the official 1504 release.

 

[jose]

Does the 1504 release have something special ?

 

[nrs251]

Asus ever going to give us more memory timing control??

I'm sick of these once a week, useless BIOS updates.

 

[Skott]

Originally posted by: nrs251
Asus ever going to give us more memory timing control??

I'm sick of these once a week, useless BIOS updates.

I got a sneaking suspecion it'll be in the next revision of this mobo or its successor model. Easier for them to add it in then instead of a fix now. Not convenient for the consumer though.

 

[Gary Key]

Originally posted by: jose
Does the 1504 release have something special ?

Greater memory compatibility, a little more overclocking headroom.

 

[mebiuspower]

Can someone please post link regarding to the cold-boot issue?

I went to that .de website and I can't read the language (german?)

 

[mebiuspower]

Oops nevermind just found threads like this one a few pages down.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=29&threadid=1948132&enterthread=y

 

[phile]

Prior to BIOS 1503, when overclocking, the machine would do a cold-boot when saving BIOS config, or restarting the machine. Apparently, this cold-boot served to reset the northbridge strap. With this latest BIOS it would appear that they figured-out how to reset the strap without fully cutting off the power to the board.

-phil

 

[nrs251]

Why is that so important?

How about the mem timings. More stabiltiy with OC. etc.

This sounds like a lipstick on a pig BIOS.

 

[Skott]

Originally posted by: nrs251
Why is that so important?

How about the mem timings. More stabiltiy with OC. etc.

This sounds like a lipstick on a pig BIOS.

LOL...thats a funny one!

 

[elsupremo]

It's extremely important for some people. And I mean deal-breaker important, particularly for those with phase-cooling units with controller cards. The quick turnoff and reboot can damage a phase unit badly. It is also hard on hard drives and WC gear, as Phile said.