40GB: 11/06/1999 - 691 - 586B - s669 - 2A6LFV3EC - 00

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Hi

I have Award Modular BIOS V4.51PG.

BIOS string is 11/06/1999 - 691 - 586B - s669 - 2A6LFV3EC - 00
Flash type is WinBond 29EE011/5V

ChipSet is VT82691

Please do advise me.

Ams.

[Rainbow]

It's PC Partner board with VIA Apollo chipset, 128KB (1mbit) and SMC Super I/O. The latest official BIOS is OLDER than your :
02/10/1999-691-586B-S669-2A6LFV3EC-00

Save your BIOS to file and send it to my e-mail. I will patch it for you.

Thanks , sorry I mentioned wrong date - '11/06/1999' it is 2/10/1999
Let me know to which email id shall i send my bios file.

Ams

[NickS]

In that case Rainbow has already patched it - look at http://wims.rainbow-software.org/, "PC Partner VIA Apollo Pro".

Hi Nick ,

But the patch at http://http://wims.rainbow-software.org is for ITE , and I need it for
Super IO - SMC

Thanks,
Ams

[NickS]

OK, send it to the address in rainbow's sig, (@wimsbios.com) although he probably already has it.

[NickS]

..or if you are in a hurry I could send it to you now.

Hi Nick,

That will be great. Please do send it to me as early as possible.

Thanks.
Ams

[NickS]

OK, done (sorry if I trod on your toes, Ondrej)

Ahe thanks, It worked !!!. One problem i am facing is my hard drive was
previously formatted on a different machine which detected my hdd. But now I can't see the data I had copied on to it.
Do I have to format the hdd again ? I havn't changed the ATA mode settings since i am not sure of what speed my mother board supports.
Please do advise.

Ams.

[NickS]

It is quite possible that a HDD formatted on one PC may not be readable on another PC, depending on what sector translation schemes are used on the two PCs. In this case I am afraid it is likely that you will have to re-partition and reformat the drive.

[ajzchips]

Or... you may have to check what CHT parameters were auto-assigned by the previous machine, and manually apply them to the other one.