V6 Bios update 1001A..

I just noticed there is a BIOS update Ver.1001A with hardly any description except (1.Support HD Freeze lock function). Has anyone update it or know what it suppose to do ?

 

Please note: I am only cutting and pasting.
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Good news for all the Asus V6V users, who are annoyed about the fan noise of their notebooks. Since last week Asus offers a new BIOS Update (Version 1001A) which is absolutely amazing.
With the new BIOS the fan does NOT run when using office applications (yea!!!), and even at high load the notebook is now much more silent. The issue with the notebook crashing after coming back from Standby mode with activated NX-feature is also solved.
All in all the new 1001A BIOS is a great piece of software, and I recommend every user to install it. )))

 

Sounds good.
I've never updated a BIOS, but I know asus provides Aflash or something like that to do it. However, i'm a bit confused about the new BIOS file. In the descrioption it says "OS: DOS", (where the older version says DOS/XP).
Is this just simply because the BIOS runs from DOS and not XP, and can I use it on my V6V winXP?

 

Good info, thanks a lot, I'll try it out this weekend...

 

Would you mind posting how it performs or any problems which might occur. I'm a bit weary about updating bios.

 

Well I went ahead and flashed my system a few hours ago. And the biggest difference is the fan speed. Now the fan turns on at about 55 degrees. But only at 1200 rpm (instead of 1400 rpm at about 50 before, actually, I have never seen the fan run at 1200 rpm before). At the moment i'm trying to punish it a bit by running multiple semi-heavy aplications, and it's still at 1200 rpm at 65 C degrees.
I guess the CPU can run a bit hotter, than ASUS estimated when making the first BIOS.

Pros: My system runs quieter which is a thing a prioritise higher than the con.
con: My system runs hotter. I actually can feel the palmrest being warmer than before i updated the BIOS, but I don't mind that.

Hope it helps anybody who's wanting a bit more info, before flashing.

 

Thanks R,

Actually, there is a thread about it at Asus official forum ( http://vip.asus.com/forum/bbs.aspx?board_id=3&SLanguage=en-us), and some users reported the palm rest gets a little too hot under a very heavy load with the new bios. I don’t really hear the fan at all (or it doesn’t bother me) but I don’t really want to increase the temps on palm rest, so I’ll stick to the old one for now…

 

It's one of those things where people have to decide what's best for them.
I never play games, and the programs I use which requires a lot of CPU/GPU power, only use it in "spurts". So it's never a constant load over a longer period of time as with heavy 3D gaming.

My main worry with the new bios isn't the palmrest. It's more the area between the powerbuton and the keyboard. This also gets hotter (and as V6V owners know, it's quite hot with the "old" bios).
My concern is more the laptops components getting overheated and failing or wearing out faster.
It's probably unjustified, because I don't really know how it affects the machine. Anyhow, I trust that Asus don't put out a BIOS that will screw up my machine, and as I understand the warranty isn't affected by BIOS update, if anything should go wrong.

 

I upgraded my bios with v1001 and regret it. The fan always runs at 1200 RPM and the palmrest and the area near the power button get VERY hot. Winflash doesn't allow a guy to flash a previous bios version which is unfortunate. I tried using the AFlash utility but I got some weird "Can't find system bios hook" error message when trying to run aflash after booting from a CD. Actually, I might start a thread on that problem.... Anyways, I vote for more fan, less heat!

 

I actually read somewhere that you actually can flash an earlier version, after having upgraded. You have to edit the date of the old bios to get winflash to flash it. You might wan't to look into that, if you're sick with the new bios.
I'm still satisfied with it. I've been doing a bit of testing to get some more acurate data. Here's what i've found so far:
Fan turns on at 55 C degrees at 1200 rpm (it doesn't run always on my system as Candajer says, however when the fan is off, you can hear the GPU fan).
Fan goes from 1200 to off at 50 C degrees.
I've had my system up to 75 C degrees, and the fan was still at 1200. And yes, the area near the power button gets very hot.
The ASUS people in my opinion should have made another "step" at something like 65 C degrees, where the fan could run at 1400-1600 rpm.

Does any asus users know of a program to control fan speeds?
I've tried SpeedFan, and Centrino Hardware Control (CHC) but none of those support my system?

 

I received a different version of AFlash from ASUS tech support (different from the 3 versions on their ftp site!) that worked with my V6V and flashed the 0801A bios. The fan runs at 1700RPM at temps greater that 55 degrees (I got up to about 65 degrees), and at 1400RPM for cooler temps. There is a definite increase in fan noise but I am happier now that my right wrist is no longer sweating while I type
Anyways, if anyone else wants to regress to a previous bios version, I have the Aflash version that works on the V6V.

 

Yeah, I to have flashed the new bios and found that things get quite warm. Could you please send me that version of flash canadajer as I may want to go back to the older version. At the moment it's winter so there isn't really a problem with the heat, but come summer....

The best this that I've found is that my V6 does have any problems coming out of standby like it did before. But like mentioned before I wish they just had some more steps built in for the fan speed instead of the one speed.

Max temp so far is 71 deg C with fan at 1200, idle is 51 deg C, no fan