GA-8KNXP 2.0 - FJ BIOS

http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-8KNXP%20(Rev%202.0).htm

Download here, dated September 15th 2004:

http://www.giga-byte.com/Download/Do..._8knxp2_fj.exe


Not tried them, i just HOPE they fixed the boot delay issue i experienced
using SATA drives in RAID 0, will report my experience in using this new
BIOS.

I've had a chance now to check out the latest FJ BIOS, they rock!!!!

No SATA boot delay issue...everything is working perfect, it's just like FH,
but more recent. The date displayed during bootup is September 10th 2004.

In fact, and it might be my imagination, i think the boot time is a little
quicker using FJ. Overall i am most pleased and Gigabyte have resolved the
bug i reported.

This new BIOS has cured a problem I was having with a new CD drive. If I
left a disk in the drive when I went to S3 standby, the drive would not
function when I woke up the machine. The drive light would blink
continuously, I couldn't eject the tray with the front panel button, and the
drive icon would disappear from My Computer. A re-boot was required to
restore things to normal. I assumed this was a firmware problem with the
Asus drive, but the new FJ BIOS has provided a cure. Machine seems to be
running better than ever!


"Richard Dower" wrote in message
...
I've had a chance now to check out the latest FJ BIOS, they rock!!!!

No SATA boot delay issue...everything is working perfect, it's just like
FH, but more recent. The date displayed during bootup is September 10th
2004.

In fact, and it might be my imagination, i think the boot time is a little
quicker using FJ. Overall i am most pleased and Gigabyte have resolved the
bug i reported.

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:18:08 GMT, "Kilgore Trout Jr"
wrote:

This new BIOS has cured a problem I was having with a new CD drive. If I
left a disk in the drive when I went to S3 standby, the drive would not
function when I woke up the machine. The drive light would blink
continuously, I couldn't eject the tray with the front panel button, and the
drive icon would disappear from My Computer. A re-boot was required to
restore things to normal. I assumed this was a firmware problem with the
Asus drive, but the new FJ BIOS has provided a cure. Machine seems to be
running better than ever!

FJ caused mine not to even load up the XP boot logo without rebooting
and bringing up the last known good config boot menu, glad I backed up
FI (which I have no issues with) just before I upgraded.

Still no updated ICH5R RAID bios as well. :-(

"Sam" wrote in message
...

Still no updated ICH5R RAID bios as well. :-(

Indeed, the BIOS for ITE, Intel and Silicon Image have not been updated at
all. I checked everything before and nothing save for the main Gigabyte BIOS
has been updated.

"Sam" wrote in message
...

FJ caused mine not to even load up the XP boot logo without rebooting
and bringing up the last known good config boot menu, glad I backed up
FI (which I have no issues with) just before I upgraded.

Dunno, i had a SATA boot delay issue with FI, so i went back to FH. But FJ
is working fine for me....seems each motherboard responds differently to
BIOS updates.

Richard Dower wrote:
http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-8KNXP%20(Rev%202.0).htm

Download here, dated September 15th 2004:

http://www.giga-byte.com/Download/Do..._8knxp2_fj.exe


Not tried them, i just HOPE they fixed the boot delay issue i experienced
using SATA drives in RAID 0, will report my experience in using this new
BIOS.

Loading FJ bios renders my system unbootable. Rolled back to backup bios.
sigh

Brendan

"Brendan S (Scratch User)" wrote in message
u...
Richard Dower wrote:
http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-8KNXP%20(Rev%202.0).htm

Download here, dated September 15th 2004:

http://www.giga-byte.com/Download/Do..._8knxp2_fj.exe


Not tried them, i just HOPE they fixed the boot delay issue i experienced
using SATA drives in RAID 0, will report my experience in using this new
BIOS.

Loading FJ bios renders my system unbootable. Rolled back to backup bios.
sigh

Brendan

Works perfect for me Brendan, as stated...every motherboard/system reacts
differently.

If you flashed the main BIOS to FJ and are booting off the backup, you'll
need to flash the man BIOS back to your previous BIOS.

Richard Dower wrote:
"Brendan S (Scratch User)" wrote in message
u...
Loading FJ bios renders my system unbootable. Rolled back to backup bios.
sigh

Brendan


Works perfect for me Brendan, as stated...every motherboard/system reacts
differently.

If you flashed the main BIOS to FJ and are booting off the backup, you'll
need to flash the man BIOS back to your previous BIOS.

Yes I did. Although that may be the FH bios, so I might have to go reflash the FI bios.

Brendan

Whenever I try to update my BIOS to FI or FJ through the Qflash utility , I
press enter to bring the
Update from floppy, then I highlight the bios file. Whenever I press enter
to start the update, I get an error Stating wrong file size. What would be
causing this problem? Thanks,

"Richard Dower" wrote in message
...
http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-8KNXP%20(Rev%202.0).htm

Download here, dated September 15th 2004:

http://www.giga-byte.com/Download/Do..._8knxp2_fj.exe


Not tried them, i just HOPE they fixed the boot delay issue i experienced
using SATA drives in RAID 0, will report my experience in using this new
BIOS.