P8Z77-M PRO BIOS 1908 - anyone tested it yet?

[santilmo]

Just checked it today... and I am particularly interested in the first 2 fixes...

P8Z77-M PRO BIOS 1908
1.Fixed Power On By RTC function failed.
2.Fixed F8 function is abnormal under fastboot
3.Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at:

Please share your experiences (if anyone already updated to this). I am quite hesitant to be an "early adopter" to this as what happened with 1805 which happens to be, for the lack of better word, "crappy"...

I would assume this will be released across the board... saw latest BIOS also for V Gene and it has more or less the same release notes.

 

[santilmo]

Any brave souls out there willing to test drive this new BIOS version?

 

[Raincity]

Not me, I don't feel like breaking a working machine.

 

[santilmo]

I am almost tempted to try this out... My cold boot POST time is very inconsistent... it will range from 3 seconds to whopping 55 seconds?!

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Never had problem with new bios updates in recent years.

 

[crabbyman]

Watching. Just got the non "M" version of this board.

 

[bbinnard]

I just made the upgrade 1806 ==> 1908 with no problem. I downloaded the BIOS so the file would be on my system and then used AI Suite II to do the update. The only odd thing was my system rebooted twice after the update - first reboot never even showed the BIOS screen -it just immediately shut down and rebooted (again.) Second reboot worked fine and came up A-OK.

My system is Win7-64 with i7-3770S 3.10GHz

 

[bankster55]

Multi post flash boots means oprom being updated - prob ME
What ME version showing now on BIOS Main page?
FWIW all the mainstream Z77 mobo now have the 1908 avail today

Edit: Just flashed it, yes the ME oprom was updated (V Pro and Deluxe)
Seems similar to 1805, have to set CPU V manually - auto and + goes up to 1.386 under load even at 44X. 1.290 manual seems plenty safe for 44/45 running without issues

 

[dawp]

I just updated my p8z77 V to this bios, so far so good.

 

[trclac]

Just wondering -- 1908 is not showing up in the BIOS d/l for the P8Z77-V DELUXE. Would anyone recommend installing it on this mobo before it's posted on the Asus website specifically for this mobo?

Thanks!

 

[santilmo]

When I was using 1805, I had the following issues:

- iGPU always enabled (don't want it of course since I have a discrete card)
- Still difficult to get into BIOS setup (hit or miss sometimes)
- Settings randomly reverts to default

Now, when I got a P8Z77-M Pro, it already has 1805 on it and man they have the same issues... so I flashed it back to 1406 (tried and tested).

Please tell me if you have the same issues as above with 1908... if there are these issues, I'll just stick to my 1406.

Thanks!