P5K & E8400 Needs BIOS update to work

[sgrinavi]

PK5 box CLEARLY states it

"Support Intel next generaton 45nm Multi-Core CPU"

They just left out the part where you have to update your BIOS to get it to work...


SO, I can:

A - Rip another system apart (q6600 or E4600 ) and plunk a processor in the board, fire it up, flash it, rip it back apart, put two systems back up.... (that's 4x processor installs, right?)... of course whos to say that the P5K supports either one of my other CPUs

B - Assuming the Q6600 works in the stock P5K then I guess I could swap boards (put the pk5 in the q6600 system)... cutting my cpu installs down to 2

C - Purchase a new "old" processor. flash the board. then keep it as a spare? ebay it?

D - Buy a new board and ebay the old one? Only one processor install....

Any other ideas?

 

[Tempered81]

Yes it was a pain for me as well, i had to switch back and fourth between an e2140 & an e8400 for the installation on my Abit Ip35-e. It also came without out of the box support for the 45nm penryn. I think the Asus boards are mostly the same unless your purchase one recently arrived at the vendor.

 

[sgrinavi]

I went with option B, I swapped all my junk around. Took a better part of the day, but it's working out. My q6600 is running just fine on the p5k board, I OC'd right back up to 9x375 without a hitch.

Of course my e8400 is giving me strange temp readings. SHOCKER there, eh? I'm not going to worry about it unless it starts to climb fast.

BTW, I switched over to the diamond powder thermal grease and my temps on the q6600 have dropped a couple degrees.

 

[fwkitziger]

At least you all have a BIOS to work with. P5K-VM owners don't even have a BIOS for Wolfdale from Asus, and it's not looking good to ever have one upon reading Asus forum & email responses. They advertise it on their box, and Anandtech propogates the lie by heralding a marketing list from Asus without even following up with the truth. I am beginning to wonder...not about Asus, their customer service fell off a cliff years ago and they market dead-end boards as future proof, but about review sites turing into shills ala THG.

 

[dingetje]

shitty marketing shannanigans...asus is loosing my respect

 

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: sgrinavi
PK5 box CLEARLY states it

"Support Intel next generaton 45nm Multi-Core CPU"

They just left out the part where you have to update your BIOS to get it to work

They didn't 'leave it out', it is understood by anyone competent enough to be mucking around with motherboards in the first place. Various companies were shipping motherboards with such statements on the box at least three months before 45nm CPUs were even available.

For intelligent consumers wanting to actually research before buying rather than buying the first motherboard they set eyes upon, ASUS website has for at least four months now stated "Please update the latest BIOS to support Intel 45nm CPU" for all models advertising support for 45nm.

So if you purchased a motherboard in November that advertised support for 45nm processors, you would call it a lie upon discovering that 45nm CPUs would not even exist for another two months?

What source of information do you consult to stay informed of current and up-coming hardware trends before making your purchasing decision, Better Homes and Gardens?

 

[Serelaw]

I was thinking the same thing man..Only without any investigation whatsoever as the research.