P4G8X Bios 1005 Beta 001 out!!

[Thor86]

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=15&l3_id=17&m_id=2&f_name=1005_001.zip~zaqwedc

Supposedly fixes the memory timing issue when overclocked.

 

[THUGSROOK]

has anyone ever mentioned how lousy the asus website is?

im telling ya theyve got the orginational skills of a 5yo :|
im pretty sure that same 5yo writes the bios files too

the X-bios must have embarressed them

 

[Thor86]

Heh, don't even bother with this one, it does NOT fix the memory timing issue.

Thugs, you may be right about the 5 yos.

 

[THUGSROOK]

honestly ~ i seriously doubt they will ever fix the cas settings.

they think we are stupid ~ but we know they are stupid

Asus has their head up their butt again cause they think thats the best place to be.....

 

[Thor86]

Yeah, I agree.

I don't think they will fix this ever, when they will start whoring the P4C800 to the public.

 

[THUGSROOK]

if you stare at the asus logo for a long enough time, it starts to look like this......

iAnStUeSl

 

[Mikki]

God forbid they ever think about us...we always find a way around the hurdles but I get tired of having to go around them... They could be so much more....

 

[dbwillis]

I wonder if they will come out with ANY (even a beta) BIOS to support the 800fsb P4's..I hope..

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: Mikki
God forbid they ever think about us...we always find a way around the hurdles but I get tired of having to go around them... They could be so much more....

exactly!
you have to wonder how much they are getting paid to "handicap" their intel boards.
just whos idea was it to disable cas settings on p4b266 and p4g8x motherboards when OCed?

thats not an oversite ~ its done on purpose

 

[Mikki]

I agree 100%, and why? Obviously it's to do with money somehow....I don't understand why they don't make a mainstream board (BMW 325) and then a sport version of the same board (BMW M3) with enabled goodies and a bios to match...charge extra, I don't care...it's total BS knowing that somehow it all comes down to money....

 

[oldfart]

It goes back further. My CUSL2 815E had it too. They also forced AGP to 2X on that board over 140 FSB. This caused any 3D app to lock the PC hard as soon as it was launched :|:|. This is what started the X-86 guys. Without that BIOS, that board would have been useless to me.

 

[THUGSROOK]

since that bios is a bust anyways....

can we rant about onboard hard ware too?

we want bare boards ASUS !

 

[Mikki]

Don't get me started on that one...:disgust:

 

[Thor86]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
since that bios is a bust anyways....

can we rant about onboard hard ware too?

we want bare boards ASUS !

Seriously.

 

[Ketchup]

This is why I like Abit. You don't have to pay out the wazoo like you do with Asus, you don't have to worry about NOT being able to run default vcore because the board overvolts so much, you don't have to worry about Abit slapping your hand for trying to overclock it (locked CAS settings, anyone?), and you don't have to worry about messing with the BIOS AND Jumpers to overclock it (although on Asus's latest motherboards this isn't a problem.) If Abit had made a Granite Bay board, I don't think the Asus would be as popular is. I will definitely look at buying Abit's Canterwood board when it start hitting store shelves.

 

[THUGSROOK]

the IT7 wasnt exactly cheap

and i wish Asus still had those jumper blocks ~ i think they removed them cause we figured out how to hack 3:4 ratios out of them :evil:

 

[Thor86]

I'm going with Thugs on the IT7 Max, man that thing was so expensive at least around here locally if you could even find one.