TUSL2 - Rev. 1014 bios file on Asus ftp server

[Rick]

Anyone have any info about this bios version? It has a relatively
late date (09/2002) for this motherboard, and no mention is made
about it on Asus' support websites:
ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock370/815e/tusl2/
Emails to Asus have gone unanswered.

Next week I'm going to try putting a 1.26GHz P3-S into a TUSL2
(rev 1.03) and there are conflicting reports on whether the 512KB
L2 Tullies will work on this motherboard. Google archives have
one person saying yes it does work, while another says it doesn't.
And then there's Asus' FAQ which says they aren't supported,
but doesn't say whether they'll work or not. Typical.

Thanks.

 

[Paul]

Anyone have any info about this bios version? It has a relatively
late date (09/2002) for this motherboard, and no mention is made
about it on Asus' support websites:
ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock370/815e/tusl2/
Emails to Asus have gone unanswered.

Next week I'm going to try putting a 1.26GHz P3-S into a TUSL2
(rev 1.03) and there are conflicting reports on whether the 512KB
L2 Tullies will work on this motherboard. Google archives have
one person saying yes it does work, while another says it doesn't.
And then there's Asus' FAQ which says they aren't supported,
but doesn't say whether they'll work or not. Typical.

Thanks.

Using the CTMC package, this is the microcode support in the 1014t.001 BIOS:

(Commands used: splitawd 1014t.001
lha x 00000001.bin and so on, for all bin files
ctmc cpucode.exe /store )

Microcode utility ctmc V1.0, c't/Andreas Stiller 02/2001

Filename Version UpdateID Date CPUID Checksum LoadVers Platform

CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000014 10.06.1999 00000680 2B6C7F13 00000001 00000001
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000011 21.09.1999 00000681 FC16538D 00000001 00000010
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000014 06.02.2001 00000683 0976FD98 00000001 00000010
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000008 05.05.2000 00000686 EA2B7B61 00000001 00000010
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000001 02.11.2000 0000068A 80FC9E3B 00000001 00000010
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000004 15.11.2000 000006B0 65611EB6 00000001 00000010
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 0000001C 15.02.2001 000006B1 6506E1CF 00000001 00000010
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000001 10.01.2002 000006B4 58213E6A 00000001 00000010

Tualatins are 06B1 and 06B4 (tA1 and tB1 steppings). That means Asus did
expect devices with those IDs to be used. The family codes are the same
for the 256KB and 512KB cache processors, which you can see from the entries
at the top of the Pentium 3 list on http://processorfinder.intel.com .

Now, visit here and select "Asus" and "TUSL2":
http://www.powerleap.com/SystemSearch.html

The 1.4GHz/FSB133/512KB P3-S is listed as compatible. Which means at least
that chip has been tested.

Once you've got the processor installed, test with the cache latency option
of CPUZ (or another utility that measures cache size), to make sure the whole
512KB cache is visible in Windows.

That is all I can offer,
Paul

 

[Rick]

Using the CTMC package, this is the microcode support in the 1014t.001 BIOS:

(Commands used: splitawd 1014t.001
lha x 00000001.bin and so on, for all bin files
ctmc cpucode.exe /store )

Microcode utility ctmc V1.0, c't/Andreas Stiller 02/2001

Filename Version UpdateID Date CPUID Checksum LoadVers Platform

CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000014 10.06.1999 00000680 2B6C7F13 00000001 00000001
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000011 21.09.1999 00000681 FC16538D 00000001 00000010
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000014 06.02.2001 00000683 0976FD98 00000001 00000010
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000008 05.05.2000 00000686 EA2B7B61 00000001 00000010
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000001 02.11.2000 0000068A 80FC9E3B 00000001 00000010
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000004 15.11.2000 000006B0 65611EB6 00000001 00000010
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 0000001C 15.02.2001 000006B1 6506E1CF 00000001 00000010
CPUCODE.EXE 00000001 00000001 10.01.2002 000006B4 58213E6A 00000001 00000010

Tualatins are 06B1 and 06B4 (tA1 and tB1 steppings). That means Asus did
expect devices with those IDs to be used. The family codes are the same
for the 256KB and 512KB cache processors, which you can see from the entries
at the top of the Pentium 3 list on http://processorfinder.intel.com .

Now, visit here and select "Asus" and "TUSL2":
http://www.powerleap.com/SystemSearch.html

The 1.4GHz/FSB133/512KB P3-S is listed as compatible. Which means at least
that chip has been tested.

Once you've got the processor installed, test with the cache latency option
of CPUZ (or another utility that measures cache size), to make sure the whole
512KB cache is visible in Windows.

That is all I can offer,
Paul

A million thanks Paul. Excellent info.