Neo2 Platinum users, Anyone upgrade to 1.9bios for Venice support?

[Abunai]

I guess this is finally the bios that "officially" supports Venice/Diego. Was wondering if anyone flashed and can report positive/negative. Ive stuck with 1.5 since I got the board/chip, and Ive had good performance overall but have experienced a couple wonky things here and there that may or may not be bios related, so Im considering the flash. Appreciate any feedback, thanks.

 

[nealh]

at extremesystems..most seem to prefer bios 1.8 and I am pretty sure it supports Venice as well

in fact I have heard the bios I run 1.36b wil lwork as well

 

[Teal3800]

I flashed from 1.8 to 1.9. When I first seen it, they changed the layout of the bios options, I liked it and figured it is cool that they added a multiply adjustment feature. However after using it I'm very disappointed. I have a a64 3000+ winchester core and had it oced to 250x9, couldn't seem to get it over that even with cpu water cooling, with the 1.8 bios version and now with the 1.9 bios I can't get the bus above 220, I don't have a clue what they did to mess it up so bad and frustrates the hell out of me.

 

[aka1nas]

I also am pretty sure that 1.8 supports venice. I think 1.9 is mainly for dual core support.

 

[Abunai]

Thanks for the reply guys. Do any of you use Live Update to flash? Is it reliable? My floppy drive is rather inconsistent at reading floppy disks so Im kind of hesitent to use it for a bios flash.

 

[Teal3800]

I've always used the Live update and haven't had a problem yet, seems to be same risks doing it with the live update as with a floppy, you just always hope the power doesn't go out.

 

[Megatomic]

1.9 didn't offer any reason for me to update from 1.8 so I haven't installed it yet. I probably won't unless I get an X2 chip while I still own this board.