P5A-B BIOS revision information:
Latest Beta BIOS revision source: http://www.k6plus.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=1105#p9014
1011bn005.zip P5A-B M/B WO/Audio (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1011beta 05/13/2002
1. Fixed PME not enabled for some cards.
2. Remove Set off APM Mode 1.0 checking, fix Win 2000 APM mode can't shut down.
3. Fixed P5A/P5A-B when shutdown in Windows XP cannot turn off power.
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Older BIOS revisions source: http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/archive/asus/so … p5a-b/index.txt
ab5i1010.zip P5A-B M/B (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1010 05/31/2000
ab5n1010.zip P5A-B M/B WO/Audio (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1010 05/31/2000
1. Support IDE HDD larger than 32GB.
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ab5i1008.zip P5A-B M/B (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1008 10/25/1999
ab5n1008.zip P5A-B M/B WO/Audio (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1008 10/25/1999
1. AGP Turbo mode default disabled.
2. Added patch code for nVidia Riva TNT2.
3. DMI revised for max CPU speed, max DRAM size & L2 cache size entries.
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ab5i107a.zip P5A-B M/B (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1007.A 09/14/1999
ab5n107a.zip P5A-B M/B WO/Audio (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1007.A 09/14/1999
1.Fix for AMD K6-2 500MHz processor speed detection error.
2.Add Y2K patch.
3.IRQ 12 released if PS/2 Mouse not installed.
4.Fix for Cyrix MII-366 detection error.
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ab5i1007.zip P5A-B M/B (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1007. 05/17/1999
ab5n1007.zip P5A-B M/B WO/Audio (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1007. 05/17/1999
1.Fix for AMD K6-3 475MHz processor speed detection error.
2.Added K6 Write Allocate control item.
3.Fix for ATI Rage128GL/VR shutdown hang problem when using K6-3.
4.Added patch for ATI Rage128GL/VR.
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ab5i1006.zip P5A-B M/B (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1006. 03/22/1999
ab5n1006.zip P5A-B M/B WO/Audio (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1006. 03/22/1999
1. Fix for USB falied in DOS mode with 1006.004 BIOS.
2. Fix for Windows 200 shutdown failure with 1006.004 BIOS.
3. Added support for 450MHz K6-2 & K6-3 with Vcore = 2.4V.
4.Fix for ATI Rage128GL driver installation failure.
5. Added support for Modem Power Up in ACPI mode.
6. Added support for Wake On Lan in ACPI mode.
7. Fix for NT5.0/W2000 installation failure.
8. Fix for NT5.0/W2000 HCT 8.0 test failures.
9. Fix for system reboot at SCSI init with K6 & USB.
10. Changed name for AMD-K6-3 to AMD-K6-III.
11. Fix for flash utility failure with USB keyboard attached.
12. Added ATI RagePro Patch for P5A-B WOA.
AGP DPLL counter += 7
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ab5i1005.zip P5A-B M/B (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1005. 01/15/1999
ab5n1005.zip P5A-B M/B WO/Audio (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1005. 01/15/1999
1.Added ATI RagePro Patch for P5A-B. AGP DPLL counter += 7
2.Added Rise mP6 recognition.
3.Added "CDROM,A,C" boot sequence.
4.Added AMD-K6-2 366/380 support.
5.Parity check bit enabled for supporting some Creative audio cards which use NMI for SB16 emulation.
6.Added IR PnP BIOS node report if IR enabled
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ab5i1004.zip P5A-B M/B (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1004. 10/21/1998
ab5n1004.zip P5A-B M/B WO/Audio (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1004. 10/21/1998
1. Fix for Matrox Mystigue PCI card crashed after VGA firmware was upgraded.
2. Fix for HCT 8.0 PCI test error.
3. Added patch for Riva TNT.
4. Fix for USB_IRQ_ITEM no function.
5. Fix for system reboot with the combination of AMD K6-2 & USB Keyboard.
6. Fixed modem wakeup failed under Win98 (ACPI mode).
7. Disable Ring Wakeup under Win95/Win98 (APM mode) if it's Setup disabled.
8. Fix system hang at POST 0dh when Winfast S800 VGA card is plugged in.
9. Fix for NT 5.0 when working in ACPI mode got shutdown when Space bar is pressed.
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ab5i1003.zip P5A-B M/B (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1003. 08/28/1998
ab5n1003.zip P5A-B M/B WO/Audio (ALi 1541/1543C), BIOS ver. 1003. 08/28/1998
1. Add AGP patch for 3D Labs Permedia2, Trident 3DImage 9850, Nvidia Riva 128.
2. Fix the system can't boot from some model of LS-120.
3. Fix ESCD updated unexpectedly.
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