new v6v BIOS

There is a new v6 bios out that claims to have fixed some issue, but after reading the asus forum, I can confirm that it doesnt fully solve the problem.
They sa its beter than the last couple BIOSes but its not as good as 801 in terms of heat and stuff like that.
Anyone test it yet?

 

You could always test it out and tell everyone else

Honestly, there's no real harm... and if you're really unhappy with it, you could always go back to a previous BIOS version (if you go through the meticulous procedure...)

 

Exactly... no real harm unless you don't know what you're doing. The easier and safer they make things that were once hard and dangerous...... the more dangerous and harder reversing it will be........ so people who don't know what a bios is, just sees a new one and they want it or think they need it.... they should really know the good and bad and beforehand, unless they want to be the guinea pigs..

 

meh yeah but from waht i hear its probably not worth even trying. Im too lazy to muck around with hex editors.

 

How can i go back to a previous bios? Can anybody tell me that? Justin? AuroraS? thanks a lot.

 

There was a thread on it a while ago... but here's the gist of it:

1. Download the Dos flash utility AFLASH2_Dos_050127.zip from here:
http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/M6VA/AFLASH2_Dos_050127.zip

2. Download the OLD Bios image you'd like to revert back to (if something goes wrong with the new one) from the ASUS website.

3. Create a Clean Bootable CD-Rom (for BIOS upgrade) as per the instructions on here: http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#clean
Remember to copy the flash and bios to the correct directory!

4. Boot from CD and run the flash program

5. Done.

 

Makasin i'ved tested the new bios. at the time, the fan goes to 2400rpm ??? Cool it down a bit. Oh yes!!! The fan as no problems now (in my opinion, there is'nt any problem, maybe the problem was me... ). I'm a all tests guy... I try everything. Someday i will have a problem.I hope is not in my v6v!!!

 

Two questions:
1)
Okay the fan goes to 2400. But when. What are the temperature "steps". The problem i found with the 801 BIOS was that the fan was constanly on. I now have the 1001A, which i'm quite happy with, except that it only has one step. 1200 rpm or off. How is the new one with regards to this???

2)
What are the risks of updating BIOS? And what does flashing mean excactly? (I know when you flash, you change your BIOS, but how does the process work?)

 

Typically, I wouldn't upgrade to a new BIOS unless I had to! I never forget what happened to me one time...I was updating the BIOS on my old zv5000z (HP), and...it FROZE in the middle of the update . I had to send it in to them to get it fixed - ever since then, I have been extremely cautious about doing ANYthing to the BIOS!

I did, however, upgrade the BIOS on my Acer because it was the memory was running at PC2100 speeds (266MHz), where they should have been running at PC2700 (333MHz). I bit the bullet and did the update - paid off!

If the BIOS specifically says it will fix a hardware issue or help with better power management, I would do it, but otherwise, I'd hold off.

 

There ARE some risks involved with flashing your BIOS... if something were to go wrong WHILE flashing, then your computer will most likely NOT be operable.
During the "flash", the BIOS chip on the motherboard of your computer is basically being "overwritten"...so if something were to screw it up, then your BIOS will be corrupt; without a working BIOS, a computer will not operate.

However, updating BIOSes can be a good thing... because, as we already know, it can change the behaviour of the fan... perhaps increase hardware compatibility (i.e your computer may be more compatible with new RAM sticks or newer hard drives)...

However, unless you are fairly knowledgable with computers, or you are experiencing problems in which you KNOW a BIOS update will fix, I would advise against it...

as the saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."