ASUS P4C800 Bios upgrade?

mako88sb · Rated PG Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

Hi. First posting on this site and I appreciate any help that I can get. I recently bought a 3.4 Prescott cpu for my P4C800 Deluxe MB with a 2.4 cpu. I installed it it along with a new Gigabyte G-Power Cooler Pro. Well, at power up, I got "cpu failure due to overclocking" I had run the auto update for my MB but no new updates reported so I assumed my BIOS was okay. The manual says this MB would be Prescott compatible once those chips where available but after checking on the internet a bit, it seems it may only be good for up to 3.2. However, some say up to 3.4. Which one is correct? If 3.4, where can I get the Bios upgrade to suit it? I'm somewhat new to this so hopefully I'm making sense here.

I re-installed my old chip for now and with the new HS and fan, I'm able to use the ASUS overclocking option to get 3.14 Ghz which is probably good enough for me but since I do have this new chip, it would be great if I can use it.

Forgot to mention that after putting the new chip back in, I keep getting "cpu test failed" at start up but everything runs okay. how would I get rid of that message. Thanks.

Rob

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:16:14 Post Subject:

Hi, welcome.

Do you know what BIOS you have installed?

This page has the list of downloads for that board, and it shows the 1016 version as the latest.

ASUS P4C800 Downloads

But don't believe that... Laughing

Because if you go to their processor support page it says you may need BIOS rev 1017 or 1021.005 to operate that CPU...

ASUS P4C800 Deluxe CPU Support Page

I don't know exactly what you have, but I would get that latest BIOS since it seems to cover it all.

mako88sb · Rated PG Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

Thanks for the help. I got this when I did a diag. : BIOS Ver: 08.00.09

I don't know if that seems right but thats what it shows. I tried accessing the downloads and I can get to the 1017 but don't see the 1021. Even when I click on the 1017, I get a blank screen that says "done" down by the bottom. Is there another site where I maybe able to download from? Thanks.

Rob

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:06:13 Post Subject:

I guess my link was redirected... Was direct to the page. Anyway, here is a link to the BIOS Zip file...

1021-005

And this should be to the page...

LINK

Looks like 1021-005 is the only one available, regardless of what one you pick.

mako88sb · Rated PG Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

okay, I downloaded v1021.005 but found ASUS update wouldn't recognize it, and that I need AFUDOS v2.26. I got that downloaded and extracted but I'm stuck now. How do you get this to work? I tried clicking on it but all I get is a small DOS window that closes right away. Tried dragging & dropping the 1021 file onto it with same results. Thanks again.

Rob

slugbug · Rated XXX Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 772 Location: Canada

Was your previous cpu overclocked? Your bios may be trying to use those setting on the new cpu. That might explain the error message.
Try resetting your motherboards cmos using the jumper.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:21:45 Post Subject:

mako88sb · Rated PG Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

mako88sb · Rated PG Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

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mako88sb · Rated PG Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

Well, I think I got mixed up a bit. Looks like v1021.005 can be updated using the ASUS utility so I updated the upgrade utly but I'm running late for work and will have to try it later. Just curious about the statement "Flashing the Bios". What exactly does this mean? Is it a separate step used during Bios upgrading? Thanks.

Rob