Asus pulls latest A8R-MVP BIOS for unknown reasons

Published by

Users at various websites reported during the last 24 hours Asus removed all traces of their current BIOS for its Crossfire A8R-MVP motherboard; a motherboard touted by Anandtech as a "Mainstream Rocket".

AnandTech Article

Strange issues have circulated in the BIOS front for this motherboard, including an unpublished BIOS that gave Andandtech reviewers better than average performance. Something not generally replicated in the past several months.

Read more

A phone discussion with Asus tech support on the issue can be seen in this thread: PCPer

The quick quote from Asus, "Yes, we pulled the BIOS, and no we aren't saying why".
The v402 BIOS has/had been available for ~6 weeks.