P4C800E-Deluxe BIOS 1014 to 1019?? Should we?

[Dave]

Hello all:

I have the P4C800E-Deluxe and it is OC'ed to 3.32+ from the P4-2.4C SL6Z3
in there. I also have DDR memory running at 550MHZ!

I have dual 80 GB SATA drives in RAID0 (Intel Controller).

So, my question is...I never flashed the BIOS from the 1014 this MoBo came
with. Will I gain anything from going to the 1019 rev3 that people say is
great?

TIA

 

[DaveW]

No! BIOS upgrades are for fixing problems that occur in a given user's
specific setup. They do NOT offer performance upgrades. If it ain't broke,
don't fix it.
Note: You may not be aware that frequently BIOS version upgrades go wrong
during execution, leaving you with a corrupt BIOS and a dead motherboard.

 

[Dave]

Thank you Dave. I did order a BIOS Savior so there would not be much of
a chance of making the MoBo not boot. I had heard that the 1019 makes
the system boot faster.

 

[formerprof]

Where are you finding 1019 for the P4C800E-Deluxe? The highest I've been
able to find is 1018.

Incidentally, "frequently" for version upgrades that go sour is overstating
it immensely. I myself have done more than hundred without incident, and I
think that that is the common experience. Upgrades may not always include
performance increases (although 1018 in the P4C800E-Dlx does offer CPU
unlocking), but they do often incorporate bug fixes. Thanks and all good
wishes.


formerprof

 

[Dave]

It is on the beta ftp site...

ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/BIOS/Socket_
478/INTEL_Chipset/i875p/P4C800-E_Deluxe/

 

[Frank]

No! BIOS upgrades are for fixing problems that occur in a given user's
specific setup. They do NOT offer performance upgrades. If it ain't broke,
don't fix it.
Note: You may not be aware that frequently BIOS version upgrades go wrong
during execution, leaving you with a corrupt BIOS and a dead motherboard.

That's the most misleading statement I've ever heard! I've yet to have a
bios update go wrong...and updates do effect system performance.
Just follow the directions.
FB

 

[Jim]

If I am not too wrong, the p4c800e deluxe has a bios repair on the cd or
disk if a problem happens