Asus P5B - Which BIOS ver needed to allow PCI-e Rev 2.0?
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:51 pm
Does anyone know which BIOS version (of the 13 released so far at the asus download site ) is required to allow the newer PCI-e Rev 2.0 video cards to operate reliably? I am using Win XP.
EVGA tells me I need to update the BIOS (I am at ver 0806), but flashing BIOS is the last thing I want to attempt with the horror stories out there on the web about turning this mobo into a boat anchor when flashing BIOS.
I have a new EVGA 9600 GT that will not play games after anywhere from 10 sec to 20 min and results in black screen and audio looping. For all non-gamer applications the board works beutifully. An expert at EVGA thinks I do not have the capability to run PCI-e ver 2.0 with the BIOS installed (9600 bd is a ver 2.0).
Any help provided in much appreciated. In the interim I purchased a 7200 GS and the on-screen comparison to the 9600 is STARK (the 7200 is going back today). I used to have a 7300 GT that worked fine and gave acceptable results but it flat out DIED and EVGA thought they were doing me a favor (I guess) by shipping via RMA a 9600 GT - which appears will not hold up in my machine.
EVGA tells me I need to update the BIOS (I am at ver 0806), but flashing BIOS is the last thing I want to attempt with the horror stories out there on the web about turning this mobo into a boat anchor when flashing BIOS.
I have a new EVGA 9600 GT that will not play games after anywhere from 10 sec to 20 min and results in black screen and audio looping. For all non-gamer applications the board works beutifully. An expert at EVGA thinks I do not have the capability to run PCI-e ver 2.0 with the BIOS installed (9600 bd is a ver 2.0).
Any help provided in much appreciated. In the interim I purchased a 7200 GS and the on-screen comparison to the 9600 is STARK (the 7200 is going back today). I used to have a 7300 GT that worked fine and gave acceptable results but it flat out DIED and EVGA thought they were doing me a favor (I guess) by shipping via RMA a 9600 GT - which appears will not hold up in my machine.