40GB: 10/08/1998-I440BX-19981010C-00

[Curio]

My Jamicon motherboad needs a new BIOS to support a 40 Gb HD, but i can´t find it. I tried in this page and in Jamicon page, but there isn´t a new BIOS for my motherboard. Can you help me? Thanks

[Denniss]

Please have a look onto your mainboard for a model number !

[Curio]

About the model of my Jamicon mainboard i only have found 650B.

[Denniss]

There is a 2/99 Bios in the net but no support for big HDD - one of the moderators should patch the latest Bios for you .

[NickS]

Coming right up.... from nix.ru..
Original BIOS file: 650_0205.bin
Original BIOS ID: 02/04/1999-i440BX-19980205C-00
Original BIOS message: Release 19990205-0
patched for 128Gb and in the email

[Denniss]

Please report back success or any problems !!

[Curio]

When i run the awd.exe flasher utility from a bootable diskette and when i try to change my old bios for the patched bios 650_205Z.BIN bios that Nick sent me, the program gives me the following error message: "The program file´s part number does not match with your system!". Of course, after read this message, i don´t continue with the flash. What can i do? Thanks.

[NickS]

This message means that the BIOS ID is not the same. On the BIOS I sent you it is "i440BX-19980205C-00" after the date, on your present BIOS it is "I440BX-19981010C-00". If you are sure this is the 650B board I would go ahead and flash. Some manufacturers change(d) the ID with every version.