MSI K7N420 Pro BIOS 2.2 out - Superstability addressed (BIOS now officially available)

[Gstanfor]

link Follow the link in the thread to get the file (it has been released early by a MSI forum moderator).

Fixes included:

K7N420 (MS-6373) V2.2 BIOS Release
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This BIOS fixes the following problems of the previous version:
-Modify CPU FAN warning message
-Set VGA BIOS cacheable as enable by default
-Fixed USB mouse fail after resume from S3 in WinMe
-Fixed Hercules Prophet 4500 VGA card compatibility issue
-Add Superstability function <=<=<=<=<=<=<======== NFS4 take note!
>Load high performance - superstability is disabled
>Load setup default - superstability is enabled

The official release date is this coming friday (25-JAN-2002)

Greg

 

[Athlon4all]

<< -Add Superstability function <=<=<=<=<=<=<======== NFS4 take note! >>

Very good. I'm glad MSi listens to us! I'd be curious to see how "unstable" the system is while uses 3 DIMM's with SuperStability disabled.

 

[Gstanfor]

I'd guess that if you follow nVidia's memory guidelines and use only a single sided DIMM, there will be no instability to report 😉

Greg

 

[Gstanfor]

Bios is now officially available - MSI BIOS Page

There is an article up on the memory issues it addresses - http://www.amdworld.co.uk/nfmemup.htm

Greg