650i and P04 Bios update

[Dano38]

Hi All....
I did a search, and didn't come up with a previous thread on this, so hope it isn't a repeat.

I read the sticky up top and already had tried that...figured I'd see what others had to say.

Updated my P03 bios to P04 and life was good...for a while....now sporadically, when I reboot, or turn on for that matter, POST hangs only to be corrected by powering down and unplugging.

Reflashed bios ver P04 x 3, no joy.
ran SFC /scannow.....for whatever reason....no joy.
Reset everything at stock speeds (no overclock on anything)....no joy.
Updated drivers.....nothing but new drivers, old problem.

I'm thinking it's a buggy BIOS ver....? Was considering going back to P03.

Always wanting the latest and greatest, things ran fine with P03, but since 04 was there......

If the solution is to revert to P03, is that posted anywhere? I've been rooting through my stacks of back ups but haven't come accross a back up of that version....maybe it's on a dreaded 3.5 floppy.....?

Any insight?....Thanks in advance!

(CPU is Intel E6320 1.8GHz)

[xfxsupport]

I would recommend going back to the P03 version if nothing but the BIOS was changed and you started to have issues. Have you tried powering down and removing the CMOS battery for a bit? If you need the P03 Bios please start a support ticket at www.xfxforce.com and let me k now the ticket number.

[Miker]

After you installed the new BIOS you cleared CMOS right?

[Dano38]

Yes, several times....thanks for the insight. I started a ticket with XFX and hopefully can try ver P03 again.

[Dano38]

Hmm....been several days since I submitted a report to XFX, but no Ticket number yet. How long should that take?

Update....my bad...I found the number....thought it was to be emailed.

[Dano38]

Got the ver P03 BIOS installed and my problems disappeared. Guess it's a bug in 04 ver...?....don't know. But, for those interested, it did help to switch back.

OUTSTANDING support from XFX on this one! Thank you very much!

Dan