Bios update wanted

[maxor]

I've just bought an 80 GB Maxtor disk and stupid me forgot to check if my
mobo could see/use it.
Anyways I rememered this site and checked for a bios upgrade and found
it. Or so I thought. :cry:
When starting the update (Award bios, I used awdflash v 8.12) it
complained about the checksum so I aborted and ran ctbios to identify
my board. This is the output I got:

- ID-String: 08/22/97-i430TX-2A59IA2AC-00
- Award Modular BIOS v 4.51PG
- Board version: VBS1.2 002 ATC-5040

So I checked the forum and found a topic that had a similar problem and that used
the command awd812 /py /cc /Sb and all went fine, untill I rebooted.

It now checks the memory, displays the PnP message and then stops.
I've already tried generating keyboard errors and switching hardware (video card, RAM,
unplugging/plugging all IDE/floppy) I even tried using the Intel PXE networkboot but nothing worked.

I'm now looking for the right BIOS file that will work so I can reprogram it.

Thanks in advance.

Maxor

[NickS]

From the message it looks like it *should* be Atrend ATC-5040, but the BIOS ID is listed against 5020; what BIOS did you use ?

For info:

ATC-5020/5020+ BIOS V1.02 at Zdnet.de
has BIOS ID 10/08/97-i430TX-2A59IA2AC-00 (similar to yours)
ATC-5020+ BIOS VER:1.0 02
also has a .lzh archive of an earlier 5020 BIOS

http://www.nix.ru/support/drivers.html? ... vendor=129
has ATC-5040 BIOS1.03 which has BIOS ID 09/25/98-i430TX-S672-ATC-5040C-00
and OEM message ATC-5040 VER:1.0 03 LM

Looks tricky

[maxor]

It's indeed tricky.

I've tried almost every bios update from the atc-50xx range including
the 5020 and I got the checksum error every time.

Nevertheless I'll just try your update files it just might work.

Btw. after the update I got the 2nd ID string listed in your post.

Thans for your quick reply,

Maxor

[Rainbow]

What's printed on the board?

[maxor]

It reads ATC-5040.

I'm currently trying different bios updates to see if the checksum
matches and that I might have missed it.

[Rainbow]

Patched BIOS sent. Use another version of Awdflash or use UniFlash (flash including bootblock from the advanced menu).

[maxor]

I thank you on my knees!

The patched version worked and I've just reinstalled everything.

Thanks again!

Greetz and thanks for all the help,

Maxor