bios for ecs k7s5a v3.1

[spanky]

i'm having some really strange problems with a system with this motherboard. at first, i thought a format and reinstall would solve the problem, but it did not. so then i tried to swap out the ram, no dice. changed video cards... same problem. swapped cpu... no luck. different power supply... nope. so now i am down to a bios flash. so i go to http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/bios.html and look for a bios update, but it does not appear to have any updated bios for my mobo. they have k7s5a pcb 1.x, k7s5a2 pcb x.x, k7s5a+ pcb 1.0x, & k7s5a pro. am i supposed to use the bios for the "k7s5a pcb 1.x"? or do they not offer any updated bios for my mobo?

 

[clumsum]

Go to ECS Taiwan site, they have the V3.1:

ECS Taiwan

What is the persistant problem you are trying to fix with the Bios update?

 

[spanky]

thanx for the tip clumsum dang... i should've thought of that

the problem was really wierd... after a clean install of the OS, i would still get windows errors when trying to access certain apps (ie - nero, aim, ws ftp). also i could never access paypal's website. it's always bitchin' about some cookies, but i and tried every possible cookie and security setting.

now this was about two months ago. it pissed me off to the point i just chucked it aside and wanted to forget about it. so today i dug it back up and decided to take another st@b at it. miraculously... no probs. so right now, i figured i would flash the bios and pray for the best in the future.

 

[John]

Originally posted by: spanky
i'm having some really strange problems with a system with this motherboard. at first, i thought a format and reinstall would solve the problem, but it did not. so then i tried to swap out the ram, no dice. changed video cards... same problem. swapped cpu... no luck. different power supply... nope. so now i am down to a bios flash. so i go to http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/bios.html and look for a bios update, but it does not appear to have any updated bios for my mobo. they have k7s5a pcb 1.x, k7s5a2 pcb x.x, k7s5a+ pcb 1.0x, & k7s5a pro. am i supposed to use the bios for the "k7s5a pcb 1.x"? or do they not offer any updated bios for my mobo?

You would use this one

 

[clumsum]

Originally posted by: John

You would use this one

That's it, use the 02/10/29 Bios ........ or go to:
OCWorkbench ECS Forum ....... and use the latest Cheepoman overclock bios (which is my Bios of choice).

 

[PING]

try doing a pci slot shuffle of your peripherals. that fixed my random crashes on ecs board.