Just got myself an ASUSP8p67

Destroyer^ · 14 Feb 2011 at 11:17

Hey just brought myself one of these babies and just wondering if theres anything i should be weary of? that i should do like updating the BIOS?... i know about the chipset issue

chippy08 · 14 Feb 2011 at 11:44

upgrade bios to latest if you run i to problems.

Destroyer^ · 14 Feb 2011 at 11:48

cheers, are the drivers on disk good enough or is it worth downloading them from their site first?

VoG · 14 Feb 2011 at 12:06

the drivers on the disc are fine tbh, or rather they have been for me. you might find that the board won't run your ram at the correct speed, the 804 shipping BIOS seems to peg the ram at 1333 for some folk ( me included ), but it's easily solved by a flash to 1204. also, once you've flashed the BIOS, clear your cmos, as some folk report system instability if you don't clear the cmos after a flash.

Destroyer^ · 14 Feb 2011 at 14:26

ahh okay, ive heard that removing the CMOS chip is the best way... but does just using the mobo jumper do just as good?

Also whats the best way to flash a BIOS? i have heard using the windows utility is a no no

VoG · 14 Feb 2011 at 14:30

Destroyer^ said:
Clearing CMOS? as in taking the chip out for 5 minutes?.....

nah, theres a jumper on the bottom edge of the board, look in the manual, chapter 2-19, clear RTC RAM

Ginger-Menace · 14 Feb 2011 at 14:31

put it on a usb drive and do it in bios.

Destroyer^ · 14 Feb 2011 at 14:40

Sound cheers for that