Recommended updates to ASUS Bios

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I've been off the forum for a while - my Digital Storm "beast" has been hard at work 24/7 since late March on Stanford's Folding at Home when I'm not doing the occasional gaming, making good use of the i7 2600k quad core / hyperthreading performance to make significant contributions to the programs biomedical research. The MSI GTX560Ti, moderately overclocked to 950 MHz, is also quite productive in use 24/7 for "folding". Running at a 24/7 GPU load of 99% as shown in Afterburner, the temps are only 56 deg C, although I don't think all the memory is excercised.  
Since it's been a few months since I've had the system, do the Digital Storm techs have any recommendations for firmware update? Also another upgrade question.

The system was delivered with the 2/11/2011 1305 AMI BIOS for the ASUS P867 Deluxe MOBO. ASUS has released two versions since then - 1502 and 1503, and has 1606 in beta. Any known issues with updating to the later versions? I see on the forum that a number of folks have posted that their Stage 7 emails indicated version 1503 - so that's what Digital Storm must be shipping with. 
How about recommendations for updates to the Nvidia drivers for the GTX560? I see that Stanford is reporting some issues with some of the newer ones (e.g., 275.33, 64bit Win7 creates issues with the Stanford molecular dynamics simulation software). I'm still running on ForceWare 266.66 that was delivered with the system.
I ordered my system with 4 GBytes of memory. It came with two sticks of 1600 MHz Adata in slots 2 and 4. I notice that slot 1 is tucked way under the Noctua  NH-U12P SE  cooler (which, BTW, is doing an excellent job with the CPU at virtual 100% 24/7 since the end of March). I want to add two 4 Gbyte sticks soon. Any experience of retrofitting additional memory in Slots 1 and 3? Any types to avoid due to big heat spreaders and the proximity of the Noctua? 

Thanks. 

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinGuide

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System Configuration:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - HAF 922 
Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s) 
System Memory: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) 
Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible) 
Expansion Bay:  Hot swap Drive Bay; Internal Digital Media Reader 
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Solid State Hybrid (By: Seagate) (7200 RPM) (Model: ST95005620AS) 
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks 
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition WD1002FAEX) 
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks 
Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray & DVD Writer/Reader (Burn + Play Blu-Ray & DVDs) (12x BD-R) (Lite-On iHBS112) 
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks 
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) 
Video Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (Includes PhysX Technology) 
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio 
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua NH-U12P SE Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue)
CPU Boost: FREE: Overclock the processor between 3.6GHz to 3.9GHz 
Graphics Boost: FREE: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability 
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) 

Edited by bakerac - 07 Jun 2011 at 8:20pm

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bakerac Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 26 Jan 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 38	Quote Reply Topic: Recommended updates to ASUS Bios Posted: 07 Jun 2011 at 8:17pm
	I've been off the forum for a while - my Digital Storm "beast" has been hard at work 24/7 since late March on Stanford's Folding at Home when I'm not doing the occasional gaming, making good use of the i7 2600k quad core / hyperthreading performance to make significant contributions to the programs biomedical research. The MSI GTX560Ti, moderately overclocked to 950 MHz, is also quite productive in use 24/7 for "folding". Running at a 24/7 GPU load of 99% as shown in Afterburner, the temps are only 56 deg C, although I don't think all the memory is excercised. Since it's been a few months since I've had the system, do the Digital Storm techs have any recommendations for firmware update? Also another upgrade question. The system was delivered with the 2/11/2011 1305 AMI BIOS for the ASUS P867 Deluxe MOBO. ASUS has released two versions since then - 1502 and 1503, and has 1606 in beta. Any known issues with updating to the later versions? I see on the forum that a number of folks have posted that their Stage 7 emails indicated version 1503 - so that's what Digital Storm must be shipping with. How about recommendations for updates to the Nvidia drivers for the GTX560? I see that Stanford is reporting some issues with some of the newer ones (e.g., 275.33, 64bit Win7 creates issues with the Stanford molecular dynamics simulation software). I'm still running on ForceWare 266.66 that was delivered with the system. I ordered my system with 4 GBytes of memory. It came with two sticks of 1600 MHz Adata in slots 2 and 4. I notice that slot 1 is tucked way under the Noctua NH-U12P SE cooler (which, BTW, is doing an excellent job with the CPU at virtual 100% 24/7 since the end of March). I want to add two 4 Gbyte sticks soon. Any experience of retrofitting additional memory in Slots 1 and 3? Any types to avoid due to big heat spreaders and the proximity of the Noctua? Thanks. http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinGuide =========================== System Configuration: Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - HAF 922 Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core) Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s) System Memory: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: Hot swap Drive Bay; Internal Digital Media Reader Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Solid State Hybrid (By: Seagate) (7200 RPM) (Model: ST95005620AS) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition WD1002FAEX) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray & DVD Writer/Reader (Burn + Play Blu-Ray & DVDs) (12x BD-R) (Lite-On iHBS112) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (Includes PhysX Technology) Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua NH-U12P SE Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue) CPU Boost: FREE: Overclock the processor between 3.6GHz to 3.9GHz Graphics Boost: FREE: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) Edited by bakerac - 07 Jun 2011 at 8:20pm

DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 2011 at 2:02am
	Don't update bios unless you need to do so due to some problem. feel free to upgrade your gpu drives whenever you like, however for folding you won't see much of a difference from gpu driver upgrade as games do. there is a much easier way to fold if you use fah tracker, here is mine: oc your 560 to get more power for folding, remember fah is shader dependent. I think you need to just remove the fan from the side of the d14 that is covering your dimms, which is really easy, I think its clipped in. Edited by DST4ME - 08 Jun 2011 at 2:03am
	Nvidia Drivers----AMD Drivers

ironmb Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Feb 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 506	Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 2011 at 2:57am
	If it isn't broke dont fix it :P.

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