[LDJ]

Hello There!

There's a new official BIOS for the Asus K8V Deluxe Motherboard, download it here:

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/it...uxe&Type=Latest

Have Fun!
LDJ

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wasn't 1008 released a few weeks ago on their site. I see the date on the file is August 5 but I have 1008 and I got is on the same site a while ago

[LDJ]

Hello PhatSOB!

wasn't 1008 released a few weeks ago on their site. I see the date on the file is August 5 but I have 1008 and I got is on the same site a while ago

The BIOS 1008 is dated 05-08-04, both on the US and German sites.

I have these versions:

K8V-ASUS-1008.001 Beta. dated 05-07-04
K8V-ASUS-1008.006 Beta, dated 01-07-04
K8V-ASUS-1008.007 Beta, dated 26-07-04

1008d.001 (Beta), dated 05-07-04

1008d.rom dated 05-08-04

It's the first time I see the NON Beta version on the Asus sites,
and considering it's dated 05-08-04 I think it's the first 1008 officially released bios.

NB. If you look into the files, the 1008d.001 dated 05-07-04, and the 1008d.rom dated 05-08-04, you will see that there is different dates, at the very end of the files. Respectively 08/03/04 and 05/06/04

Kind Regards
LDJ

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what dopes this bios change? the readme says adds cpu support, but is that all?

[LDJ]

Hello Acme!

what dopes this bios change? the readme says adds cpu support, but is that all?

They normally give very sparse informations, regarding what is supposed to be
fixed. The only thing I can say is, that this bios, as the former one, are stable.

I always install the newest bios available, as well as new releases of drivers.

I am very pleased with the board. Never had so stable a system, like this, before.

Kind regards
LDJ

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im getting an error trying to upgrade my bios. asus update says "the model of bios image doesn't matcg the one of the bios rom please press exit button to exit. what do i do now? it wont connect to the ftp site and download the bios either, it times out

[LDJ]

im getting an error trying to upgrade my bios. asus update says  "the model of bios image doesn't matcg the one of the bios rom please press exit button to exit. what do i do now? it wont connect to the ftp site and download the bios either, it times out

I have the "old" K8V Deluxe board. First revision I think it is. Since I bought the MB, Asus have made several flavors of the K8V. The bios, we are talking about here, is for the K8V Deluxe with 3COM 3C940 Gbit Lan crtl.

Is it the same board you have? You should make sure that the BIOS is intended for exactly your MB.

I use the Asus Update V5.28.01, and run the update from a Win2000 boot'ed system. Asus states that this update version is mandatory for updating to newer BIOS rev.

When running the update prg. I choose the site: ftp.asuscom.de, to get the latest BIOS, which is 1008.
If I choose to update from one of the 2 other sites, it's only possible to update to previous BIOS versions.


Kind Regards
LDJ

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naa my mobo has the marvell yukon gbit ethernet built in. This bios doesn't apply to me? the latest one i have is 1003.

[LDJ]

Hello Acme!

naa my mobo has the marvell yukon gbit ethernet built in. This bios doesn't apply to me? the latest one i have is 1003.

If your board is the Asus K8V SE, you can get a newer BIOS here:

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/it...uxe&Type=Latest

The Asus German site has, IMO, alway the latest versions.

Kind Regards
LDJ

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ok I upgraded to the 1004 one. Im sad now though, I wanted 1008! :(

[LDJ]

Hello Acme!

ok I upgraded to the 1004 one. Im sad now though, I wanted 1008!  :(

No, you are not sad, because the BIOS 1008 version would not have matched your board.

Consider it like this: You develop a BIOS, it's up to you how you christen it. You could chose whatever name it should have, wouldn't matter if you called it George or Gary. or something totally different :-)

Keep having fun
LDJ

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Look at it this way. The numbers mean nothing in terms of the features. The numbers are just versions. The features can be the same across different boards. Installing the wrong bios, like trying to get the 1008 will make your computer a paper weight. I have lots of experience with upgrading bios and even I get tense upgrading, because you know that if 1 thing goes wrong, you can fry a board.

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Thank you for the tips LDJ.
I've been a little gun shy upgrading my Bios after the warning about upgrading from 1003 & not being able to get the boot disk technique to work.
Last night i took your advise & Dl & installed the latest Asus Live Update (5.30.xx i think it was), was very careful & ran it & it installed the 1007 Bios like a champ. I am glad i stumbled on this thread finally.

Thanks again for your good tips on this one.

[LDJ]

Hello Shreader!

Thank you for the tips LDJ.
I've been a little gun shy upgrading my Bios after the warning about upgrading from 1003 & not being able to get the boot disk technique to work.  
Last night i took your advise & Dl & installed the latest  Asus Live Update (5.30.xx i think it was), was very careful & ran it & it installed the 1007 Bios like a champ.  I am glad i stumbled on this thread finally.

Thanks again for your good tips on this one.

I think it's nice that you bothered scrolling through the threads, finding this rather old posting on subj.

I have only tried flashing with the "Asus Live Update" plus from a bootable floppy disc. Upgrading the BIOS always make me a little shaky, until I have rebooted, and things seems to have gone alright :-)

That's because I also have done the flashing and had bad experiences. The most importing thing is, IMO, not to panic. That's easier said than done, I know.

I once flashed the BIOS, and had no other choice, after the flashing had gone bad, than pulling a working BIOS out of similar Asus board on the fly, installing the bad BIOS, and flashing it back again, while still booted.

With this board, Asus K8V Deluxe, I have once flashed with a Beta BIOS, and the system wouldn't boot after restart. I used the jumper, on the MB, to reset the BIOS, and could boot again.

I'm glad I could be to some help :-)

Have Fun
LDJ

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Since this thread seems to have come back to life... I have noticed that in the windows ASUS internet update program it tells me the latest BIOS is 1007, just like shreader. I already have 1007 and was considering goin to 1008, but I'm not gonna risk using the boot disk since about 2 or 3 months ago my board was turned into a paper weight until I could get to an ASUS service center and have them hot-swap a bios chip for me. Any news as to why the ASUS update thinks 1007 is newest? I have the newest version of ASUS update too BTW. Has anyone had ASUS update find 1008?

[LDJ]

Hello KniteWulfe!

Since this thread seems to have come back to life... I have noticed that in the windows ASUS internet update program it tells me the latest BIOS is 1007, just like shreader. I already have 1007 and was considering goin to 1008, but I'm not gonna risk using the boot disk since about 2 or 3 months ago my board was turned into a paper weight until I could get to an ASUS service center and have them hot-swap a bios chip for me. Any news as to why the ASUS update thinks 1007 is newest? I have the newest version of ASUS update too BTW. Has anyone had ASUS update find 1008?

I thought that explaining this (again) would be easy, but it turned out, that there is more to it.

First go to this site, and download the latest ASUSUpdate application, which is very new, dated 04-11-2004 07:31:00:

ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/BIOS/BIO...susupd53101.zip

The reason for this is, that when you use the ASUSUpdate program, it will tell you that:


The application has detected a newer version
from remote server, please press Next to
update it first.


And even if you have downloaded the latest ASUSUpdate application, from an Asus homepage download place, you will not get the version, of the application, that the link above, point you to. And you will still get the msg:

The application has detected a newer version, update it first etc.


You can try to use the Self-Update method, but I got an error, when the self update executed, after the download sequence was finished. It is possible to have the application downloaded as a *.zip file, as part of the Self-Update session, and you will be asked where to save the file.

In the case you do use the Self-Update method, and you get the error as I did, you can unpack the asusupd53101.zip file, that you saved, unpack it , and install it.

I find it easier to download and install the ASUSUpdate application in the first place.

Now to the BIOS update section :-)

Execute ASUSUpdate ( Programs/Asus/ASUSUpdate) and you are presented with an image, with the text:

Select Update Method

Here you can select which of these options, you want to use:


Save Current BIOS To A File
Update BIOS From A File
Update BIOS From The Internet
Download BIOS From The Internet
Check BIOS Information
Options


Choose:

Download Bios From The Internet

Push: Next

Next Image:

Select The Update Server

Choose:

ftp asuscom de

Next Image:

Select The Bios Version

Please Choose Bios File From The Combo Box

In the Combo Box choose:

K8V Deluxe 1008 Final (05.08.2004)

As I claimed before, the only server that holds the BIOS Ver. 1008, is ftp asuscom de, that is if you use ASUSUpdate when booted in Win2000/WinXP.

You can, however, go to respective Asus sites, and download the 1008 BIOS. The BIOS can then be flashed with ASUSUpdate, when you, at the first image choose:

Update Bios From A File

And point to the BIOS file you just downloaded.

In this case, you can probably use the ASUSUpdate version, that you already have installed. But then again, you still can not use the ASUSUpdate application for future BIOS updates.

Have I confused you? Hope not, as I did spend some time, using my minor English vocabulary, to make everything understandable.

Write back, and let me know how it went!

Have Fun!
LDJ

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No, you are not sad, because the BIOS 1008 version would not have matched your board.

that's why it thinks that. maybe your board isn't the one that supports the new bios?

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wow, thanks LDJ. Of course it was an obvious solution I was overlooking. I remember now I have already DL'd the 1008 BIOS I just didnt realize you could use ASUS update to flash it from a file... Still I am worried about something going wrong. Anyway is there any news yet on whether ASUS will ever release a bios with a lockable PCI/AGP? Or is that impossible?

[LDJ]

Hello Acme!

No, you are not sad, because the BIOS 1008 version would not have matched your board.

that's why it thinks that. maybe your board isn't the one that supports the new bios?

According to what you wrote:

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Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: K8V Deluxe BIOS 1008
ok I upgraded to the 1004 one. Im sad now though, I wanted 1008! Sad

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k8v se deluxe athlon 3400
2x512mb kingston memory 1x256 someshit
ati raedon 9800se 128mb
1x60gb ide 2x80gb sata raid0
winxp sp2 3xCocaCola's

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I assume that you already have the latest BIOS available for your Asus K8V SE Deluxe? I went to the Asus download page, looked under K8V SE Deluxe, and was shown the latest version of BIOS, for your motherboard, which is 1004.

It's mandatory to only flash a BIOS with the EXACT version, meant for your board. If the flashing program tells you, that the BIOS, your are trying to flash, doesn't match your board, you can be sure it's true!

Am I missing something, or was your question not for me ?
If the question wasn't meant for me, I apologize.

Kind Regards
LDJ

[LDJ]

Hello KniteWulfe!

wow, thanks LDJ. Of course it was an obvious solution I was overlooking. I remember now I have already DL'd the 1008 BIOS I just didnt realize you could use ASUS update to flash it from a file... Still I am worried about something going wrong. Anyway is there any news yet on whether ASUS will ever release a bios with a lockable PCI/AGP? Or is that impossible?

The question PCI/AGP lock: I don't think it's possible for boards, which have the VIA K8T800 chipset.

Boards that comes with VIA K8T800 PRO chipsets should, to my knowledge, be able to lock the PCI/AGP bus.

Don't worry about flashing with the 1008 BIOS. I flashed to that version without problems. Come on now, it's me who is 64 years old :-)

Another thing, it's easy to overlook almost anything, in this PC freaking hobby.

It's only when you do "research", like I had to do, in order to give you an advice, that you really get down into the details.

A couple of month from now, I'll probably have forgotten the details again, and do another "research" for the same issue.

I was a Flight-Mechanic, certified on Boeing 707 passenger aircraft's, until I retired some years ago. To fill that job, you need to read the manuals frequently, or you could end up making serious mistakes, which could be fatal for peoples lives.

But in this PC hobby, you are already on the floor, and mistakes can be corrected without any losses of lives :-)

Thanks for the donation of points!
Kindly
LDJ

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