**UPDATE**FLASH YOUR P4T-E to P4T-533C = NO PROBLEM!!! JUST DON'T FLASH BACK :(

[jbond04]

fkloster...I'm surprised that you didn't hear that you can't flash back to the P4T-E bios! It's too bad I wasn't on the forums earlier to let you know about this danger. Over on the overclockers.com forums, several people figured out that you could flash to the P4T533-C bios, but that you couldn't flash back.

At any rate, you might want to check over there to see if anyone has a solution (IIRC, the bios chip is shot, so you WILL need a new one). Once again, sorry to hear about your board's untimely demise!

 

[sharkeeper]

You make that sound like it's a simple thing to do...not everyone has the soldering skill to be removing and soldering on new components...

<cough>Metcal MX-500DS-11<cough>

We had a flashback in our engine room today. Scared the bejesus out of me! :Q

Cheers!

 

[Wolfsraider]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper

You make that sound like it's a simple thing to do...not everyone has the soldering skill to be removing and soldering on new components...

<cough>Metcal MX-500DS-11<cough>

We had a flashback in our engine room today. Scared the bejesus out of me! :Q

Cheers!

i hope nobody was hurt:Q

google is my friend and he makes bios chips easier to learn about

 

[jjessico]

Thanks for the heads up on that site, I am working on a computer that got pwn3d by CIH and it smoked the bios. Looks like the dorkus will only be out $20 instead of me having to find him a new motherboard.

 

[stonecold3169]

Well, here's something you've probably tried, but just in case...

Some mobos, if they try and post but find a corrupt bios, will automatically check a floppy for a bios fix and reflash itself after a set amount of time (I had an abit board a long, long time ago that took literally 5 minutes to do this), but after it flashed itself it worked again... all I needed was the flash utility and the bios file on the disk and it worked... good luck!

 

[jjessico]

Thanks for the suggestion, on this particular board you pull the cmos reset jumper completely off, insert the floppy w/ utility and bios and give it a go. Unfortunately it didn't work..... That was my last resort. But now it looks like there is some hope again.

Jason

 

[fkloster]

Ok Update....I just got my new P4T-E and my retail 9700pro....

1) This board does not over clock as good as old one &
2) This 9700 does not like an overclocked FSB....therefor I DID IT AGAIN!!!

I flashed it to 1006C bios for the P4T-533C and am running @ the 120/30 setting (25x120x1.7v) = 3ghz


I PROMISE I WON'T FLASH BACK THIS TIME

 

[fluxquantum]

this is interesting since i own a p4t-e. wonder if i should flash. thanks for the great info.

 

[fkloster]

Trust me...if you own a P4T-E with bios 1007e installed...you can flash your bios to P4T-533c bios 1006c....THIS IS FACT!!!

 

[Thor86]

Originally posted by: fkloster
Trust me...if you own a P4T-E with bios 1007e installed...you can flash your bios to P4T-533c bios 1006c....THIS IS FACT!!!

So let me get this straightened out here. With the p4t-533c bios, you can adjust vcore to 1.7 with your p4t-e? Hmmm, very interesting. Got some benchies?

 

[fkloster]

Yes the P4T-E only has voltage up to 1.675 and NO easlily accesable dividers...

The 533c has voltage up into the stratousphere (1.875?) and lots of easy soft menu dividers i.e. 133/33 120/30 ect...

In addition....P4T-E is worth 145

the 533c is worth 175

 

[Thor86]

Originally posted by: fkloster
Yes the P4T-E only has voltage up to 1.675 and NO easlily accesable dividers...

The 533c has voltage up into the stratousphere (1.875?) and lots of easy soft menu dividers i.e. 133/33 120/30 ect...

In addition....P4T-E is worth 145

the 533c is worth 175

Sweet. I didn't even know you could up your vcore on the P4T-E using the bios!

Last couple of questions. The softmenu, meaning you can use bios to set fsb settings? Also, since you are running at 120/30 dividers and hence running "out-of-specifications", any ill effects on your pci/agp bus with your current cards (stability/corruption wise)? Lastly, is it better to run "over" spec or "under" spec for pci/agp (I'm assuming your 120/30 is under spec)?

TIA!

 

[Curley]

I'm taking the plunge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[GrumpyMan]

I've read at Asusboards.com that even though the bios has higher voltage settings when flashed to the P4T533-C bios, that they do absolutely nothing over what the board is supposed to do.

I would suggest you guys read through this thread carefully before flashing. It is a few months old but is relevant still if you're thinking about flashing.

Discussion on the bios flash.

 

[Curley]

It worked fine. I didn't hesitate to flash this board because I purchased it for $50.00 refurbished. This solve my agp/pci divider problem. Needless to say, my 1.6A is running at 2.1 within specs to accommodate my Radeon 9700 Pro which does not like an overclocked agp bus. I have a 2.0a and will see if this will do 2.6. Anyway, I am very happy with the outcome. Oh, did I mention that I am running PC1066. I bought the memory first and then I was going to buy the board, (P4T533-C), but the Radeon put a dent in that plan. So far everything worked good.

Happy Camper!!!