Official ASUS P67/H67 BIOS Updates

[Stosh68]

Is it finally possible to disable Bluetooth with the new BIOS?

 

[StinkyPinky]

I second (third?) the motion to disable the marvell ports. They've caused problems for me in Windows (idle cpu usage was 8%) and also slow the boot process. Unless you have need of the ports (doubtful) then disable the bastards.

 

[mclaren777]

So is the general wisdom to disable anything that you aren't currently using?

Marvell S6, Bluetooth, USB3, etc?

 

[Bass]

Thanks, the double boot seems to be gone after 1253. Now I will finally try setting my memory back to 1600 MHz again and see if it remains stable this time.

 

[Greatskeem]

Hey guys, I have a small issue:

I went and downloaded the Pro Bios and extracted the .rom file onto my USB stick,I then went inside Bios and went to the end.

I then selected the .rom bios file and started the Installation, it Installed fine...however now my Windows OS which was on the SSD is apparently missing.

Also I had Raid- 0 set up for my other 2xHDD which has also been wiped out and now just shows 2 separate drives, Instead of one at 1.8TB.

The thing is, Bios recognizes that the drive is there, just no OS, however it was working perfectly before the bios update.

Mind you I'm updating from the default bios that comes with the Motherboard.

Can someone explain to me how to revert back? Is this normal?

I was at the windows set up again and it saw all 3 drives, I could Install if I wanted.

However I'm suspicious that something went wrong even though it seems to be working perfectly, except no OS.

I'm not fussed about losing Raid 0 and Windows as I just Installed the OS last night,what I'm scared of is if this happens in the future where I'll have much more data to lose.

Thanks guys.

 

[bankster55]

yeah, the bios flash took away your old boot order
Also a usb drive can be detected as a boot volume
you cant boot unless you have the correct active O/S drive as first
take out usb and dont allow usb boot until you get straightened out

 

[Greatskeem]

Ahh cool, is there a simple way to do this? I've taken out the USB I even manually selected the INtel SSD to boot, yet says no OS.

 

[ahurtt]

Hey Gary, if you happen to check in on this thread I have a question regarding the memory on the qualified vendor list. I am reading other places that the memory controller for Sandy Bridge chipset is rated for 1.5V. I see many...even most...of the memory modules on the approved vendor list for the P8P67 Pro are rated 1.65 V. If SB really does want 1.5V as people are saying, then why is this?

 

[bankster55]

hey, how about making this a sticky?

 

[nOOky]

Flashed to the 1253 bios yesterday. This a.m. it went through the endless loop boot cycle. Grrr. Had to power down a few times with the button and keep restarting.

 

[ahurtt]

So is the general wisdom to disable anything that you aren't currently using?

Marvell S6, Bluetooth, USB3, etc?

I would say that is completely at your own discretion. I personally only disabled the Marvell ports because having them enabled while not in use was causing the undesirable effect of slowing down my boot up process...not any real "this doesn't work right" type problem. I don't personally intend to disable anything else unless a similar situation arises. I didn't pay $180 for this motherboard to then just turn around and gimp it up by turning everything off.

 

[ahurtt]

Flashed to the 1253 bios yesterday. This a.m. it went through the endless loop boot cycle. Grrr. Had to power down a few times with the button and keep restarting.

Did you also:

enter UEFI BIOS -> go to ‘Advanced’ tab -> go down to ‘APM’, press Enter -> enable the “Power on by PCIe.” function. Then press F10 to save & exit. After save & exit, let the system boot into Windows or other OS, then perform a proper shutdown: Start button -> Shut down.

after you flashed the BIOS?

 

[bankster55]

Ahh cool, is there a simple way to do this? I've taken out the USB I even manually selected the INtel SSD to boot, yet says no OS.

If you had AHCI or RAID before flash, you may be in IDE now or the reverse - In other words one always sets failsafe defaults before flash (no O/C) and then failsafe after flash, then reboot to bios and go thru all your settings to return to your config, I never boot into windows UNLESS I have confirmed my settings are the same!
In your case I wuld also do a cmos reset

Having said that.........
Put in your Win 7 DVD
At install screen click repair your computer
It will then look for an install
Whether or not it finds one click on the tools button top left and next
(If it says your system needs repair let it)
Then in the tools options click repair startup
Now depending on how many things it has to fix, you may have to do it 2 or 3 times, beacause each repair op may need a reboot

There is also a little trick if the repair startup isnt allowed when it couldnt find an install in prev step............

In this situation, you can click "install now", let it start the installation until it realizes there IS actually a new installation, you then cancel it, and it goes back to the first screen, and this time if you hit repair, it DOES show the installation!

If that doesnt work we can use the cmd prompt option and diskpart to see whats going on. To boot you need an active sys partition and bootmgr in the right place

But this is getting way off topic, may want to start sep thrd

 

[bankster55]

Flashed to the 1253 bios yesterday. This a.m. it went through the endless loop boot cycle. Grrr. Had to power down a few times with the button and keep restarting.

I'm beginning to get the feeling now that a reset cmos is an absolute must first option with P67 probs (with PSU unplugged)
And holding down the button for as long as you can stand it
(I hate you ASUS for taking away the jumper)

 

[Dadofamunky]

I would go straight to the Asus site for BIOS updates, etc. No way am I loading a bogus "download manager" on my machine. OP, I don't think you're doing anyone any favors by providing links to mediafire/ilivid.com.

Anyone reading this, do yourself a favor and Google "Asus." That's all you need.

 

[Manticorps]

I would go straight to the Asus site for BIOS updates, etc. No way am I loading a bogus "download manager" on my machine. OP, I don't think you're doing anyone any favors by providing links to mediafire/ilivid.com.

Anyone reading this, do yourself a favor and Google "Asus." That's all you need.

What download manager? I didn't load any "bogus download manger" on my machine. I downloaded the updated BIOS and AI Suite from the provided links, that weren't available on the Asus site yet.

 

[Dadofamunky]

What download manager? I didn't load any "bogus download manger" on my machine. I downloaded the updated BIOS and AI Suite from the provided links, that weren't available on the Asus site yet.

I clicked on one of the guy's links and that is what I got - some weird downloading site that wants you to install their download manager.

If that stuff is not available on the Asus site yet then I would not touch it. It amounts to a warez site and those in my experience are nothing but trouble. It is anything but 'official.'

 

[Xed]

I clicked on one of the guy's links and that is what I got - some weird downloading site that wants you to install their download manager.

If that stuff is not available on the Asus site yet then I would not touch it. It amounts to a warez site and those in my experience are nothing but trouble. It is anything but 'official.'

That "guy" is the former AT motherboard editor (and other things) that currently works for Asus.

I had no prompts to install crap, simply click a button to download the rar.

 

[mclaren777]

I'm beginning to get the feeling now that a reset cmos is an absolute must first option with P67 probs (with PSU unplugged)
And holding down the button for as long as you can stand it
(I hate you ASUS for taking away the jumper)

Is it important to unplug the PSU first when clearing the RTC?

 

[kittysox]

I am having a problem since upgrading to 1253 bios on my p8p67 deluxe and it goes like this. I run a 90 gig corsair ssd as a boot drive and a 1tb wdcb as a data drive and since the bios update if I leave both hard drives hooked up it will not boot past the starting windows screen and if i remove the 1tb data drive it loads perfectly. What setting would i need to adjust to solve this very irritating problem. Even when both are connected I can no longer (since bios 1253) see the 1tb western digital hdd anywhere within the bios.

 

[djshortsleeve]

What download manager? I didn't load any "bogus download manger" on my machine. I downloaded the updated BIOS and AI Suite from the provided links, that weren't available on the Asus site yet.

Whats the AI suite? Is that usable right from windows?

 

[bankster55]

@kittysox

Thats an interesting problem
Please answer -
Win 7? X86 X64?
AHCI mode?
Intel ports? SATA 2 SATA 3?
AHCI driver used for AHCI controller in Dev manager?
This exact setup worked fine before bios flash?

 

[kittysox]

@kittysox

Thats an interesting problem
Please answer -
Win 7? X86 X64?
AHCI mode?
Intel ports? SATA 2 SATA 3?
AHCI driver used for AHCI controller in Dev manager?
This exact setup worked fine before bios flash?

Sorry i should have included this in the original post.

windows 7 home premium 64 bit
AHCI mode using the intel express chipset sata ahci controller
the corsair force90 ssd and plextor dvd drive are plugged into a sata 2 intel port(these are viewable in bios)
while the 6gbs wdcb hdd is plugged into an intel sata 3 port. (no longer viewable in bios)

and yes everything worked perfectly before the bios flash, I only flashed it to the newest bios as I was having issues with the computer waking from sleep. I'm really scratching my head over this and asus customer service was baffled and simply told me to reinstall windows.

 

[bankster55]

I clicked on one of the guy's links and that is what I got - some weird downloading site that wants you to install their download manager.

If that stuff is not available on the Asus site yet then I would not touch it. It amounts to a warez site and those in my experience are nothing but trouble. It is anything but 'official.'

I can answer that, they ARE ASUS official
If you go to the ASUS site they give you three choices for download:
Global DLM
Global
China

DLM is download manager - this is their downloader which I assume they think noob dummies need, and which nobody here will use
Apparently Gary used this for SOME of the links given.
Also mediafire with all its adware crap is a rather poor choice
For small files this is best
http://www.datafilehost.com/
big files..........
Hotfile fileserve filesonic etc.

 

[bankster55]

Sorry i should have included this in the original post.

windows 7 home premium 64 bit
AHCI mode using the intel express chipset sata ahci controller
the corsair force90 ssd and plextor dvd drive are plugged into a sata 2 intel port(these are viewable in bios)
while the 6gbs wdcb hdd is plugged into an intel sata 3 port. (no longer viewable in bios)

AHAH!
What do you mean WDC 6GB/s drive? Which exact drive?
There is no WDC drive that will saturate a SATA 3 bus
3Gb/sec equals roughly 300MB/sec, and your WDC is not doing anything over 150MB/sec
Try all drives on the SATA 2 ports
And once again - what driver shows in dev nanager AHCI controller driver tab?