eva2000

Asus support.. never used their tech support before LOL

Asus Blitz Formula 1205 vs 1402 bios

Just flashed my Asus Blitz Formula from 1205 to 1402 official bios http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...ula/BF1402.zip with E8500 already installed. Using in bios EzFlash and USB drive the flash was successful with no problems

Noticed to changes in bios from 1205 to 1402 bios.

1. 400FSB Strap added to 1402 must be for QX9770
2. CPU ratio no longer has AUTO and Manual selection - it's just one setting which you can select ratios for AUTO to 9.5x in N/2 increments while I have my E8500 installed. AFAIK, N/2 cpu multiplier support was added in 1302 bios and higher
3. The memory timings section now shows what the auto values are set as horizontally across the screen - must of flowed on down from what I saw in Maximus board bioses
4. Transaction Booster levels increased. 1205 bios enabled showed only level 0-1, while 1402 bios shows level selections between 0-3
5. Command rate shows 1N/2N instead of 1T/2T now

Bugeyes

really...? where do download there bios files from then?

eva2000

Oh you mean Asus product download pages.. they work for me no probs

Bugeyes

Well send me a link to P5k-V, I've been trying through the product home page all morning with out success

T_M

George, noob questions on Blitz:

1. How do you get so many RAM frequencies available? I can only ever get about 3, and they depend on the strap chosen.
2. DRAM Static Read Control - should enable or dissable for PI?
3. Transaction booster does what?

eva2000

1. leave FSB Strap at AUTO.. as all P35/X38/X48 chipset boards regardless of brand only provide certain dividers at certain straps.
2 & 3 - read Asus Blitz Formula Bios Template more explanations.. these 2 settings are related to tRD/Performance level - Static read control enabled for on 1205 was like Transaction booster enabled level 1 in performance but required more NB volts than TB level 1. Which works better depends on cpu FSB, mem divider and whether your memory and NB can handle it. Trial and error

weird no probs here http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...52&modelmenu=1

downloads http://support.asus.com/download/dow...us&model=P5K-V

Bugeyes

Yeah the link to the product page works fine it's that second one thats giving me the ****s, might phone internode and see if it's there ****y network

thx anyways
mike.

scotty1991

Good to see my motherboard handels these chips well.