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Clive
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How the "HELL" do you mod an Award BIOS 6 BIOS file from GIGABYTE.

Iv tryed it all, CBROM - MODBIN - Award BIOS Editor

NOTHING WORKS....

I have a K8NXP-9 motherboard and Im trying to update the NV RAID ROM from 4.84 to 5.50 in the latest F9 BIOS file.

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS 8O
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If it were compatible, they would have included it with this bios. Leave well alone and ask them why they're so much behind...
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System error, strike any user to continue...
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Clive
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I did arsk GIGABYTE about the update to the NV RAID ROM 4.84 in the F9 BIOS file... and they said this...

Please test with the F9 BIOS on our website and press F1 in the BIOS to enter help box to check how to switch to latest ROM:-

It doesn't really tell me much about an update to the NV RAID ROM 4.84 now does it!!! :(
DoZe2
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Hi :)

Clive, i modified this bios especially for my own board and it works
perfectly.

For France,this mobo is sold under K8N-ULTRA9, when you remove the stick of the mobo, you can read : GA-K8NXP-9
For me,the latest bios is F8, (perhaps gigabyte have send you an unreleased version, strange but.... :?: )

The F9 version is normally for GA-K8N Pro-SLI not the GA-K8NXP-9 :!:

See here for the GA-K8NXP-9 F8 Bios:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Moth ... uctID=1868

I run Two of this Mobo with overclocked Opteron 165 for
DigitalAudioWorkstation


Nvidia raid bios 4.84 > 5.50:
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(2 WD Raptor 74Go RAID0)
Now, SATA RAID driver version 6.67 can be used with NO BSOD :D

Sil3114 Bios 5.1.39 > 5.3.14:
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I used 4 WD 3200KS on this Mobo,and you can understand at the view
of the Silicon Image SiL3114 history WHY I WANT to Mod the bios....
RAID5 software is not 100% sure, but if you used this mobo with the original bios, you have the crappiest RAID5 ever.... :x

1.Support added for 2 TB (terra-bytes) hard disk drives.
2.Support added for EDD3 int48h to allow use of generic
file system drivers without requiring ATAPI specific drivers.


Corrected Problems:

1.A degraded RAID level 5 set missing Drive 0 would hang the system.
2.Data corruption may occur in degraded RAID level 5 set.
3.Some CD-ROMs were not detected by the BIOS.


I can notice after i do this Mod, the hard reset is "smoother" than before
(Before this Mod,blackscreen appears sometimes after a Hardreset during bootsequence or Hard overclocking for example)
And, a marvelous sustain gain of 15Mo/s for the RAID5! 8O
Before : 55 Mo/s in read mode, 70 Mo/s After

I recommand to change the heatsink on the CK804 too (nForce4 Ultra)
because it's the hottest chipset i've ever seen 8O , for my part i use a Thermaltake HR-05 and now,it's perfect :)
I've added some heatsink on the phase regulator Mosfet, because under heavy load (AudioDSP Software like convolution reverb),
the mosfet (NEC K3570 or 2SK3570 TO220SMD package) are VERY HOT and the output voltage decrease a lot and eheh... cause some freeze!
You can look the datasheet here:
http://www.datasheetcatalog.com/datashe ... 3570.shtml

I have some pictures of the DAW if you want.

Give your e-mail and i send the modded bios immediatly.

PS: Borg Number one, i send you a paypal DONATION, and i never had
a Mail or news,i don't want thanks or something like that,but it will
be cool! Best regards,Doze.
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