120GB: 08/02/1999-i810-47B27X-6A69MF09C-00

perake · Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:42 am

FIC motherboard CW33
Award bios V6.00PG
Version VB412

It doesnt recognize the HDD
Any tip ?

/Perake

Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:20 am

http://www.fic.com.tw/support/motherboa ... odel_id=58

The VB415 Bios is what you are searching

perake · Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:27 pm

Thanks info.
But VB412 is PCB Ver. 1.1 and VB415 is PCB Ver 1.2 .
Are you sure that VB415 works ok then ?

/PerAke

Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:41 pm

Hmmm, FIC usually has different letters in Bios version if Bios are intended to be used on a specific PCB revision. Using VB41x in all Bios versions might indicate it is working on all CW33 PCB version. If diferent PCB requires diferent Bios they would have used vb for PCB 1.0, Vc for 1.1 and VD for 1.2 (or a similar numbering system).

Is there any chance to contact FIC tech support about this issue?

perake · Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:33 pm

Sent e-mail to FIC 2 days ago, but no reply yet.
See if Ill try that VB415 .

perake · Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:35 pm

Upgrade to VB415 worked ok, with HDD 120GB WD1200.
It also solved a problem with the USB.
Thanks tip.

Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:28 pm

Denniss wrote:Hmmm, FIC usually has different letters in Bios version if Bios are intended to be used on a specific PCB revision. Using VB41x in all Bios versions might indicate it is working on all CW33 PCB version. If diferent PCB requires diferent Bios they would have used vb for PCB 1.0, Vc for 1.1 and VD for 1.2 (or a similar numbering system).

Is there any chance to contact FIC tech support about this issue?

This is NOT true for their VC35 board. iee43 works on both 1.1 and 1.2, iee44 only on 1.2 PCBs. So not a general rule of thumb...