Hi,
I have a SOYO 5-EA, a SOCKET 7 board (not super, just socket7), P200 max. Soyo 5EA uses the ETEQ EQ82C661X.
I want to fit an EVERGREEN SPECTRA upgrade module (a voltage converter board that comes with an AMD K6-2 400 Mhz and clock multiplier, allowing to insert an AMD K6-2 cpu into socket 7 (non-supersocket7) boards).
The guys at evergreen tell me that due to the "ETEQ" chipset used, they can't offer me a mrbios upgrade, and that my board's bios must be patched to detect the AMD K6-2 cpu.
Could this be done by getting the original Soyo 5-EA bios and patching it with AMD codes? How? Any bios wizards our there?
Thanks!
Willy
Soyo 5EA (socket7) and AMD K6-2 400 (Evergreen Spectra)
There is no ETEQ chipset. It's just a VIA chipset relabelled by SOYO.
10/23/97-EQ82C6618A-ETEQ-2A5LDS29C-00
2A5LD = VIA Apollo VPX
10/23/97-EQ82C6618A-ETEQ-2A5LDS29C-00
2A5LD = VIA Apollo VPX
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
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BiosMan
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Hi Willy,
I don't think you need an mrbios update to run the Spectra K6-2/400. The latest SY-5EA BIOS should do just fine.
Check if you run the EA-D5 BIOS now with BIOS-ID 10/23/97-EQ82C6618A-ETEQ-2A5LDS29C-00. If you have an older version, you can download 5ea-d5.bin from http://www.soyousa.com/downloads/dlmissing.php
I've checked this BIOS and it has support for the K6-2 and K6-III, although it indicates these CPUs as AMD-K6(tm), but this is just cosmetic. CPU speeds upto 400MHz are supported as well. Only Write-Allocation for the K6-2CXT and K6-III is not supported, so you will have to use a utility like SetK6v3 for optimum performance.
Greetings,
Jan.
I don't think you need an mrbios update to run the Spectra K6-2/400. The latest SY-5EA BIOS should do just fine.
Check if you run the EA-D5 BIOS now with BIOS-ID 10/23/97-EQ82C6618A-ETEQ-2A5LDS29C-00. If you have an older version, you can download 5ea-d5.bin from http://www.soyousa.com/downloads/dlmissing.php
I've checked this BIOS and it has support for the K6-2 and K6-III, although it indicates these CPUs as AMD-K6(tm), but this is just cosmetic. CPU speeds upto 400MHz are supported as well. Only Write-Allocation for the K6-2CXT and K6-III is not supported, so you will have to use a utility like SetK6v3 for optimum performance.
Greetings,
Jan.
The Unofficial AMD K6-2+ / K6-III+ page
http://www.steunebrink.info/k6plus.htm
http://www.steunebrink.info/k6plus.htm
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Denniss
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Apple Rom's patching utility should be capable of adding this CPU support if the latest from Soyo doesn't have
www.rom.by
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www.rom.by
>> Use at own Risk !!
can someoneplease send methat patcher cuz the site link is dead.
(email thx)
(email thx)
Such huge landfill new tech costs when all we need is scaleability.
I think he means the link to BIOS Patcher ver. 4.00.rc.7.1
(http://www.rom.by/Award/patcher/bp-4rc71.rar)
That link is indeed dead...
(http://www.rom.by/Award/patcher/bp-4rc71.rar)
That link is indeed dead...