P5W DH Deluxe Concern

[savvy]

I heard that the BIOS is outdated and needs to be the beta 0901 (I believe) to support 7950 GX2 and Conroe (E6600 in this case.)

I was wondering, once I get the motherboard physically, I just call ASUS and ask them to ship me the new BIOS, right? It's free and not 5 dollars, correct? I just remove the chip and replace it, correct? It should take no more than a minute to replace, I heard. There is no risk of damagin a component if I am careful, right? I just want to clear that up.

Also, if I want to be swift, will a Celeron D processor (LGA 775 for 47 dollars off newegg) work in the P5W DH so I can post and update myself? How would I go around doing this? [This would seem like too much trouble and a waste of time, so I think I will end up just calling ASUS and having it shipped to me, once I do indeed get the motherboard.]

Thanks.

 

[TheSynth]

I just posted the exact same question lol.

I would like to know the answer soon as I'm about to order a 6400 form Tiger.

Could you find the BIOS on the mobo? Where is that dang chip?

 

[soydios]

The BIOS chip is towards the bottom of the motherboard, it's right next to the PCI slots. Specifically, immediately to the right of the second-from-the-bottom PCI slot. It should have a sticker on top saying which BIOS revision it is. The BIOS chip lies in a socket, so you can replace it. To have Asus ship you a new BIOS chip if you cannot flash the BIOS with an older LGA775 processor (i.e. you don't have one like me), contact the Asus RMA department via email, and give them the information listed below for quickest service. Ground shipping is free, overnight is $20. I know this for sure, as they're shipping me a new BIOS chip via the free ground shipping option tomorrow.

rma@asus.com
- "The motherboard does not work as advertised without a newer BIOS than what it shipped with. I need a newer BIOS revision to work with my Intel Core 2 Duo processor. I do not have a spare processor to flash the BIOS with. Please send me a new BIOS chip with revision 0801 or newer using the information below. Thanks in advance."*
- name
- street address
- phone number
- model number & serial number
- ground(free) or overnight($20)**

*supposedly 0801 is compatible with ALL Core 2 Duo processors, but if you want 0901, specify that here
**for overnight, give them your credit card info as well (account number, expiration date, and CSV)

 

[aaaahi]

if you're just now buying the board, i'd hope that it'd have the 701 bios for conroe support. I also believe that the 7950 will work fine with the earlier bios, just no sli, either way you'd be able to get in and flash the bios to the latest one just fine. If you do get a board with a older bios, you'll end up paying ASUS $5 for a chip (and a week or more wait). I'd say worst case, take the board to a local shop and have them flash it for ya.