What have been the BIOS releases so far?
Based on release dates, it appears 8804 was the initial BIOS release (2007-07-25). However, most new Eees ship with the 0204 BIOS release installed, which is dated 2007-10-05. 8804 has the ability to increase the front-side bus (FSB) speed in the BIOS. However, this was reportedly unstable. At the time of writing (Nov07), the most recent BIOS version is 0401 (released 2007-10-17), and this allows users to fully utilise the USB2.0 ports and also the webcam with applications such as Skype (see Section 7 on Video). This is offered for download via the Eee’s software update facility. For some reason, 8804 is the only update offered to Windows users who utilise the AsusUpdate utility. However, for the reasons mentioned above, 8804 shouldn’t be installed. Other BIOS versions can be found at http://update.eeepc.asus.com/bios/ and on the Eee BIOS download forum thread. There is also mention on the forum of an 0302 BIOS coming preinstalled on some new Eees (release date 2007-10-05)4). Not much
