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    V1jp Bios 312

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by lenardg, May 1, 2007.

  1. lenardg

    lenardg Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I have a problem with my V1JP. It seems there is a problem that Windows (Vista) cannot shut down the notebook when on battery. I got this problem when I tried to hibernate and both on normal shutdown. When plugged in, there is no such problem. I was looing at ASUS download page for BIOS updates, and I noticed there is a 312 BIOS available, with the following description:

    Change VBIOS to lower memory clock from 400Mhz to 380Mhz that can fix r5test.exe test fail in factory. ​

    Does VBIOS refer to Video BIOS? Does this mean this update would slow down the video performance of the notebook? (Anyone with experience with this BIOS version?)
     
    lenardg, May 1, 2007
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  2. loopty

    loopty Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes the VBIOS is the video bios. Yes it would slow down the video performance. And it stinks that they would just lower the setting instead of only allowing the good ones to pass QA.
     
    loopty, May 1, 2007
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  3. AlexF

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    Actually, I think it's good that they reduce it, since it shouldn't be that fast on a laptop anyway. You can overclock it using RadTool or something similar. What would be nicer would be the means to "permanently" change it ourselves if we wanted to.

    Think of it this way: it'll overheat less when the GPU is running. :)

    I wonder what other changes 312 brings...
     
    AlexF, May 3, 2007
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