Gigabyte beta bios for DS3L

[superstition]

F8a

2007/12/06
Beta Bios

What's new: Support Intel 45nm Wolfdale E8xxx series CPU

Does it really take more than two months to get a BIOS out of beta?

 

[Idontcare]

If no one is bugging Gigabyte to release it then yes, it can languish for quite a while in Beta status.

 

[superstition]

This board is quite popular, so it seems odd that it's taken so long.

 

[Mondoman]

But it doesn't generate as much profit as their higher-end boards, so why spend money (BIOS labor) on it?

 

[Idontcare]

If I had to just purely "guess" I would venture to suspect that Gigabyte is simply waiting for Intel to finally release the mainstream Yorkfields to the market so that Gigabyte can get thru the initial deluge of debug issues the masses will report uncovering with the F8a bios before they will confident enough to release it as an official rev.

 

[alfa147x]

I have this board and it runs my E8400 fine, i think these are for the 45n quad chips

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: alfa147x
I have this board and it runs my E8400 fine, i think these are for the 45n quad chips

nvm i forgot the name of my core

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: alfa147x
I have this board and it runs my E8400 fine, i think these are for the 45n quad chips

nvm i forgot the name of my core

never-mind
I think Penryn is the family name, and Wolfdale is the core name...

 

[Idontcare]

Yes, Penryn = 45nm Core 2 microarchitecture.

Wolfdale = dual-core 45nm

Yorkfield = quad-core 45nm

Harpertown = quad-core 45nm for XEON server

 

[superstition]

Originally posted by: Mondoman
But it doesn't generate as much profit as their higher-end boards, so why spend money (BIOS labor) on it?

The company should either update the bios or not update the bios, not leave people in beta limbo for such a long time. There is more profit, I'll wager, in establishing a reputation for timely bios updates.

 

[superstition]

Originally posted by: Idontcare
If I had to just purely "guess" I would venture to suspect that Gigabyte is simply waiting for Intel to finally release the mainstream Yorkfields to the market so that Gigabyte can get thru the initial deluge of debug issues the masses will report uncovering with the F8a bios before they will confident enough to release it as an official rev.

An earlier bios version says it added support for Yorkfields. I think it's v6.