bios upgrade

[KachiWachi]

Recommended by Wim's BIOS...

[KachiWachi]

2A59GF51: Concord COA-530 or Fugutech M530
2A59Gf51C: OEM'ed by Atima, Inc. (http://www.atima.com)
2A59GF51C-00 Fugutech (model: ???)
2A59GF51G-00: Fugutech (model: ???)

Hey NickS - Isn't this the BIOS you patched for me (that I haven't got to try yet)..."L" version though...??

10/16/1997 S Release 10/16/1997 S
10/16/1997 L Release 10/16/1997 L

10/17/97-i430VX-02271997C-00

[NickS]

KachiWachi wrote:

Hey NickS - Isn't this the BIOS you patched for me (that I haven't got to try yet)..."L" version though...??

Yes....when are you going to get a chance to try it ?

[NickS]

loorenzo wrote:

so,i flash first with bin file 5201016 s +awdflash.exe and after i flash with bin file 520 sx ????

If you like, but it is not strictly necessary.

or flash straight away with the second one

You can do this.

is that file been tested before (work)?

No, not with the 64GB bug patch. If this machine is essential to you (e.g. you use it to run your business) and you have no way of re-flashing the BIOS if the flash fails or the flash chip is faulty (it can happen), do not flash the BIOS. Buy an add-in PCI HDD controller with its own BIOS on board (Promise, Maxtor, etc).

do i do the same install that i will have done with the first one or a different way?

Do it the same way.

merci
i will go for the first safe option
anyway ,its to add a 40 go hd
with this new bios,could you tell me what sorte of upgrade i could do
for this old pentium 75 like video card ,usb port,ethernet port,processor...... or a website
ta

[KachiWachi]

NickS - I would have tried it sooner, but it is on a business machine, so I have to pick a time when its use is not critical.

loorenzo - The one posted to fix the 32GB HD bug works just fine, as that is the one I'm using now (on my M520 work machine).

If I interpret the picture right, a M530 has seperate VI/O and VCore, so you should be able to put a 233MMX in that without any trouble. You may have USB problems with the VX chipset...depending on which version is actually in your board, and what you want to run on it. On my DFI, a web camera would not stay online when switching between screens (though it was fine if I stayed on it's screen), and on my home PM7900 (M520), a scanner works just fine.

If you go to The PCChips Lottery BBS and look in the M5xx - 586 Boards section, you may find the info you seek, plus modifications others have done to that board that may make it run even better than it was designed for. I posted some things there about my PM7900 machine that you may find useful with regard to memory, video, ethernet card, etc... See my post here for what i've done with my VX-based DFI (400MHz !!).

ok
i would like to upgrade the bios bin file 5201016 s + AWDFL535 for me to add a 40 hd western digital.to backup my divx trought a crossover cable from my laptop.(will it work ?)
so i need a ethernet card for the pc
i run under win 98 se + office 2000 40 mo (run find)
just added a new cd-rw x52x32x52 (work find)
128 pci audio card
i cannot read divx on my pc
do i need more memory,new video card or a new processor
i use this pentuim 75 for experience instead to put in the bin.
what the best thing to do?
thanks

[Denniss]

You'll need more memory and/or at least a MMX-capable CPU to run DivX

I have old PCCHIPS M530 P200 MMX and upgraded the BIOS so HD up to 64 GB can now be recognized; is there any further version to upgrade so the BIOS can recognize 128 GB? I have EPROM programmer and I can write the binary file directly in flash memory.

[edwin]

Is that an Award bios you are using? What is your current bios?