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I have an PI 166 and a motherboard with a biosnumber called:
05/07/97-i430VX-2A59GV5FC-00
the problem is that the bios not correctly detect my HDD because it can not detect hdd's over 8GB so i think i need a bios uppdate but i can not find a bios update for that board ;(
Please help
My english rulez *my last english lesson is 5 years ago*
Vision Top (Otto) appears to be the manufacturer - I have a VT586TX. Vision Top is defunct. Check back in a while to see if we can find any links to a newer BIOS.
I Know the URL from Visiontop *ggg*
But...like you sayed the firm no longer exist...
now i can only hope that somebody know where i can get a Update for the Bios...
ajzchips wrote:@NickS... btw, what's the BIOS ID string and message of your VT586TX? I'll might have something for you in my beta collection...
OK, back at work now....my VT586TX didn't work when I turned it on - panic! I must have flashed the wrong BIOS into it last time I was using it for hot flashing. I sorted that out using "VT586TX VER:4.14", ID 06/13/97-i430TX-2A59IV59C-00.
I also have "VT586TX VER:4:20" from PorcelainGod, ID 09/05/97-i430TX-ITE8679-2A59IV59C-00, but someone else asked me for 4.14 after flashing his board with 4.20 stopped it working, so I have not tried that yet.
Nick... weird... same BIOS ID, but perhaps different I/O.
Here's what I've got for "V5" (betas):
12/02/97-i430TX-W83977TF-2A59IV59C-00
11/05/97-i430TX-ITE8679-2A59IV5AC-00
11/05/97-i430TX-ITE8679-2A59IV5BC-00
11/27/97-i430TX-ITE8679-2A59IV59C-00 (this one was called 2A59IV5C by Award. Perhaps it was designed for a particular revision of the VT586TX, and that's why it includes the 2A59IV59C segment).
Note: the only difference between V5A and V5B is that the latter supports a system monitor (CPU temp).
So, would you like to try out the beta? Do you have the Winbond or the ITE?
OK, I received 11/27/97-i430TX-ITE8679-2A59IV59C-00, patched it for HDD up to 128 Gb and flashed it. The board starts up OK, recognises and boots from my IBM 40Gb drive. I really need to do a clean install to check it out completely, but all the signs are good.
I've emailed chakotey2003 to ask how his upgrade went.