(Long time reader/lurker of these fabulous asrock threads)
For the 4coredual-sata2 r2, last offical bios is 2.20, with treiber's being 2.20a. Here's the page (stickied there) for bios releases.
I still have this board, at least for another month or so. Then, hopefully, I would have migrated my current components to a p45 rig if I plan on keeping the ddr2. Last addition to the 4coredual-sata2 was the pci-e gts250 1G to replace my 7600gt agp (256M). Works just fine, though one must remember to reinstall directx after the nvidia drivers. It is touchy though, as anything over stock (266 for me) causes hard locks and vid driver flakiness. The screen starts to flicker, just like when the pcie is first installed but before drivers.
Shame that, as my 295 was rock stable for 13 months, putting my e7400 (2.8) at 3.09 with my gskill ddr2 4gig kit (3.5 seen) at 1:1. Guess that's the trade off for doubling all my synthetic 3dmark scores. I have a PC P&C 500 Silencer (80Plus), so I don't think that's the cause. I'm guessing the pci-e slot isn't really locked at 100, being a little above or below spec, something my XFX GTS 250 obviously doesn't tolerate well.
For the 4coredual-sata2 r2, last offical bios is 2.20, with treiber's being 2.20a. Here's the page (stickied there) for bios releases.
I still have this board, at least for another month or so. Then, hopefully, I would have migrated my current components to a p45 rig if I plan on keeping the ddr2. Last addition to the 4coredual-sata2 was the pci-e gts250 1G to replace my 7600gt agp (256M). Works just fine, though one must remember to reinstall directx after the nvidia drivers. It is touchy though, as anything over stock (266 for me) causes hard locks and vid driver flakiness. The screen starts to flicker, just like when the pcie is first installed but before drivers.
Shame that, as my 295 was rock stable for 13 months, putting my e7400 (2.8) at 3.09 with my gskill ddr2 4gig kit (3.5 seen) at 1:1. Guess that's the trade off for doubling all my synthetic 3dmark scores. I have a PC P&C 500 Silencer (80Plus), so I don't think that's the cause. I'm guessing the pci-e slot isn't really locked at 100, being a little above or below spec, something my XFX GTS 250 obviously doesn't tolerate well.