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More info?)
Thanks
From what I gather, ASUS just doesn't want us to know anything
-Larry
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> In article <Dauyd.8676$jn.6887@lakeread06>, "Larry" <none@none.com> wrote:
>
>> Any particular reason why the software updates on the USA site are always
>> WAY behind the DE site?
>
> I get the impression that the updates are coming from the German site,
> and are redistributed to the other sites in a week or so. You never
> see a BIOS update first on another site, and then on the German site.
>
>>
>> Also, years ago I remember a "Tech Support Page" on the DE site that had
>> a
>> historical listing of all software releases and their description/changes
>> (in english) in near realtime. Anyone have the link to this page?
>
> The German site received a "makeover", that had all the earmarks
> of head office reining in their fun. Some of the pages ended up
> being cosmetically ugly, as a result. The FAQ pages are still
> there, but they don't look as nice.
>
> BIOS release notes are available for the release BIOS, but not
> for the beta BIOS. If you go to an Asus download page, there are
> "more" links on each line of the page. The "more" link for
> a BIOS file contains the release notes for the file. This is a
> sample of the popup you get when clicking a "more" link:
>
>
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/descript.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=21&l3_id=4&m_id=1&key_f_name=1002.zip
>
> The only thing wrong with that system, is BIOS releases that
> are removed from the download page, also lose their "more"
> link, so you can no longer discover what bugs were fixed
> in those releases. In a situation like that, you have to
> visit web.archive.org and look up the Asus web page, at
> some past point in time.
>
>>
>> Is there an english entry into the DE support site?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> -Larry
>
> The site is designed to make you fluent in German
>
> (Try babelfish.altavista.com)
>
> Paul