ASUS A8N—VM CSM Bad BIOS Update 02080601
Feb 8th, 2006 by Don Ray
Not getting any response from ASUS sent me back to the Internet to search for solutions. I found a couple of entrys that said that some people had luck downloading the BIOS and using the ASUS EZ Flash Utility. When you look up the new BIOS it specifically says not to use EZ Flash. I figured that I currently have a PC that doesn’t work and needs a new BIOS. I can either wait until ASUS responds (read “Could be when hell freezes over”) or you can take the chance that EZ Flash will work.
I am too old to wait to long, so I elected to give it a try. I downloaded the BIOS, renamed it as instructed then booted the new PC while holding down the alt key and the F2 key. What do you know, the new BIOS installed. As I write the new PC is busy installing SuSE 10.0. I guess, I am getting ready to move on to the next set of problems.
Hey Friend,
Thanks for putting me on the right track to fix my computer with the same motherboard problem. It’s amazing that all these months later, your article is still saving people. I’ve been fighting this computer with various issues, mostly related to the overheating caused by overclocking. Twelve months later, I’ve finally got a working computer. Actually I have 2 working computers because I bought so many parts trying to solve the overheating problem. I bought this AMD 3500+ on ebay, hoping the slower speed would solve the problem, and while waiting for it to arrive, I discovered the overclocking settings and by dialing down my cpu speed, both motherboards are now working great, thanks to you helping me with the 3500+ cpu bios problem.
Anyway. Thanks for the post. I wish you well.
Hi Jason.
I am happy that the post helped you solve your problem.
Howdy,
I’m running this motherboard with an Athlon 64 3800+ processor in it. Since prices have dropped so much, I would like to install an Opteron 180 dual core in it. They are both socket 939, but as you know the Opteron is a dual core processor. Will I have to update my bios before doing so?
I have no idea. I would check the motherboard web site to see if the CPU is supported. If it is, then I would look at the BIOS updates for that motherboard and see if any were to support that CPU