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Post Thu Jul 04, 2002 10:53 pm
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Post Thu Jul 04, 2002 10:53 pm
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I want to flash my bios on my old mainboard which is a jetway j-542b so i got the util awardflash and the bin file but i read the faq @ jetway.com and it says this.

If your BIOS is earlier that Aug/1998.You can only update the BIOS: The mother board must using either "Winbond" or "SST" EPROM (Underneath of Award label. In order to avoid crash EPROM chip, you must check it before you update the BIOS)

Problem is i removed the award label from the bios chip and all it says is ASD is it safe to flash it or will i trash the board. :roll:

TIA.


Post Thu Jul 04, 2002 11:21 pm
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The ASD is supposedly Winbond-compatible, but there have been numerous problems with ASD's. Perhaps Jetway is the only mobo manufacturer to somewhat admit that ASD's do get corrupted... who knows?

I'd wait for a second opinion/reply.

Post Fri Jul 05, 2002 5:51 pm
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Right lets rephrase that how can i get the above mentionted jetway board to accept a 40gb hdd without the bios locking out completly.

TIA.

Post Fri Jul 05, 2002 9:34 pm
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I just installed a 60 GB HD successfully to my old system with Award 4.51PG BIOS. Go to IBM's Website to download a utility software called Disk Manager 2000. It will let you install HD drive>32GB into a system with old BIOS.

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