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Re: Upgraded bios on DX58SO to the latest

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:07:56 GMT

Are you using a 1st gen Intel SSD or 3rd party SSD? The controller on some of those causes the board to boot very slowly. Remove the drive and try booting without it attached.

Re: The CPU T4400 is core2 or pentium?

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:58:09 GMT

You are part right in your comments. The Pentium version of a Core 2 Duo CPU is the same core other than the cache size and the FSB speed. A Wolfdale C2D may have 4MB cache and a FSB of 1066MHz. A Wolfdale Pentium may have 1MB cache and a FSB of 800MHz.

Re: What do you think of the packaging and documentation of Intel brand motherboards

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:36:06 GMT

Interesting comments. I do agree that the PDF manuals from Intel's site are of high quality and are easier to revise then a printed manual, but there is something to having that information in some form of printed booklet in the box. I miss the days when products came with comprehensive documentation to support their products. Remember WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, dBase IV? These were ring-bound heavy stock paper books. They covered most of what you needed in these programs. You didn't need the internet to find out how to use their products.

Now, I'm not saying we need 10 lbs of books to come with a motherboard, but something that covers the basics of the board and covers the basics of the BIOS would be nice.

Re: DX58SO, BIOS 5020, and Gulftown not booting

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:12:35 GMT

Flashing the BIOS won't do anything to your CPU. It may just hose your current BIOS. Did you try to recover back to a previous bios? Remove the CMOS battery and let it sit for a few minutes before you try.

Re: Issue with BIOS Flash (byte overflow): who can help?

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:03:15 GMT

Have you tried downloading the update again? You may have a bad BIO file. Did you try using iFlash from a DOS boot disk? If you are doing a recovery from a USB key, make sure no other BIO file is in the root directory except the one you want to flash.

What do you think of the packaging and documentation of Intel brand motherboards

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:59:15 GMT

Do you think the packaging and doucmentation of Intel brand motherboards is good or bad? Do you think a printed manual should be included?