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No problems at all with A7V133 Bios 1010.01B, I'm using it for over 1.5
years now.
This Bios came quite late when newer motherboards where more important.
I noted that, also with other motherboards, such a late Bios revision
keeps it's Beta status forever.
Matt wrote:
> Any probs with the beta bios on this board? If it works, why is it still in
> beta? I am thinking of trying that bios on my A7V133 1.05
>
>
> "Eric P." <Eric.P@discussions.inter.nl.net> wrote in message
> news:414be397$0$3899$19deed1b@news.inter.NL.net...
>
>>Yes, the 1.05 is the version number you can find between the last two PCI
>>slots, maybe it's also mentioned on the carton the A7V133 came in.
>>I use Bios 1010 Beta 001-B since february 2003.
>>This Bios also supports 48-bit LBA if you need that.
>>
>>A7V133 Beta BIOS 1010.01B 1010AVU01B.zip
>>http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=A7V133&Type=BIOS
>>
>>I haven't heard about any problem between SP2 an Duron or A7V133.
>>Can you start into Dos from a regular (Windows or Dos) startup floppy.
>>If yes you could maybe do a repair install of Windows XP.
>>If that doesn't help I would disconnect/remove all hardware not needed for
>>booting temporarily to investigate the problem.
>>
>>Patrick Lam wrote:
>>
>>>Eric,
>>>
>>>Thanks very much.
>>>
>>>What is the "1.05" in your description? Is it the motherboard version or
>>>the BIOS version?
>>>
>>>I am not sure how I can check the MB version, but my BIOS is 1009. Also,
>>>I am using Duron 800MHz.
>>>
>>>Anyone heard of compatibility problem of Duron and SP2?
>>>
>>>I really hope that it's not the problem on the MB, because switching it
>>>means I have to give up 1G of SDRAM ...
>>>
>>>Patrick
>>>
>>>"Eric P." <Eric.P@discussions.inter.nl.net> wrote in message
>>>news:414b29e0$0$282$19deed1b@news.inter.NL.net...
>>>
>>>
>>>>No problems on an A7V133 1.05 with an Athlon XP 1800+ and 512MB of Ram
>>>>here.
>>>>Installed SP2 on august 19.
>>>>
>>>>Patrick Lam wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Has anyone had Windows SP XP2 on an A7V133 MB?
>>>>>
>>>>>I upgraded to SP2 recently (on a fresh copy of XP), but the machine
>>>>>never boot beyond after the Windows XP logo splash screen afterward.
>>>>>But it worked perfectly with SP1!
>>>>>
>>>>>Got a few general pointers with my previous post, but they couldn't
>>>>>really solve the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>I am just wondering if anyone has installed SP2 on the same or similar
>>>>>motherboard (e.g. with the VIA 4-in-1 chipset) successully at all. If
>>>>>so, please kindly let me know (then I will believe mine should have been
>>>>>damaged somehow).
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>Patrick
>>>
>>>
>
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