update for 1440EX-W83977-2A69JSHMC-00

[manabenz]

Hi Ppl

Despataley in need of an update for the above mentioned.
It's an Intel 440LX/EX chipset from SYE (Shining Yuan Enterprise)
http://www.sye.com.tw/ and http://www.luckytech.com.tw/
both of which are dead.

Anyone have the update.

TIA

Mayuresh

[soupy]

P6LX7 - 04/14/1999-I440EX-W83977-2A69JSHMC-00 i440LX

Hmmm...Lucky Tech has this model name as well. I wonder if they made it. Is this your board?

http://www.cnd.ru/Products/MB/LuckyTech/P6LX7.htm

[edwin]

SYE = Luckytech. All the boards have the same names and bios strings.

[manabenz]

P6LX7 - 04/14/1999-I440EX-W83977-2A69JSHMC-00 i440LX

Hmmm...Lucky Tech has this model name as well. I wonder if they made it. Is this your board?

http://www.cnd.ru/Products/MB/LuckyTech/P6LX7.htm

Yes..perfect that's the board.
I infact had come across it yesterday.
However LucktTech's site makes no mention of any i440LX board.
I found this one working site for LuckyTech http://www.hyweb.com.tw/gallery/profolio/luckytech/
No mention at all of my board.

I'm also trying plasma-online.de
They have my exact board listed under SYE, but the bios update page leads to some russian link and hav'nt been able to proceed much futher than that.

I found this link..
http://babelfish.altavista.com/urltrurl ... endor%3D19

It's all garbled. I've downloaded everything I saw with an "L"
Anyone know which one is the right one out of these.

Is my board so prehistoric that no updates are available?

Mayuresh

[ajzchips]

The only BIOS releases I've managed to find are:
128KB (yours)
INTEL 440LX P6LX7 BIOS REV:C
04/14/1999-i440EX-W83977-2A69JSHMC-00

256KB
INTEL 440LX P6LX7 BIOS REV:D
04/19/1999-i440EX-W83977-2A69JSHOC-00

at: http://www.cnd.ru/Support/FTPList.asp?t ... TECH\P6LX7

[manabenz]

Thanks ajzchips

Can you in any way confirm that these are fine to be installed.
I just don't want to end up with no board coz I'm trying to arrange for another board for my celeron 366 but no luck so far.

Mayuresh

[ajzchips]

These are the correct updates. Yours is the 128KB version.
If the support you're looking for is recognition of HDDs over 32GB, then forget it. Neither of these versions will. But we can patch the BIOS for you to support upto 64GB if you wish.

[manabenz]

These are the correct updates. Yours is the 128KB version.
If the support you're looking for is recognition of HDDs over 32GB, then forget it. Neither of these versions will. But we can patch the BIOS for you to support upto 64GB if you wish.

WHOA
That would be damm neat.
I infact did try the one you pointed out.
As you mentioned, it did not get my 40gig.
What was surprising is that the Bios date at the bottom left during mem check did not change at all
What I was more intrested in was trying to get rid of a nasty winXP bug which keeps dumping a BSOD on me with a hardware error which MS acknowledges to be a bug. THey suggested that I update my BIOS.

I think the bug will take care of itself in the upcoming Service Pack, but 40 gig support would'nt hurt.

SHould I mail you my bios dump?

Mayuresh

[manabenz]

Hi

I've kept my BIOS dump here.
http://mayuresh.marhost.com/uploads/savebios.zip

I've also kept it on
http://mayuresh.netfirms.com/uploads/savebios.des
Pls just rename the .des extension to .zip since netfirms do not allow .zip files.

I would appreciate it if you could give me that 40 gig support.
TIA

Mayuresh

[ajzchips]

The Marhost file is corrupt, FYI.

Anyway, the patched version of your BIOS is here:
http://wims.rainbow-software.org/ajz/

Disclaimer:
Please remember that we at Wim's cannot guarantee 100% success. The risk of flashing the patched BIOS is solely yours. All we ask from you is feedback regarding the success/failure of this patched release.

[manabenz]

Thanks a TON.

Marhost was giving problems, so I had put it up at netfirms as well.
nevermind....

I will try out your bios update tonight and I'll post whatever the results.
Thanks again.

Mayuresh

[manabenz]

It worked...
Flashed it, took of the limiting jumper and WHOA....more 5gb to play with.

Thanks ajzchips
You've been a big help.

btw...I think I have also managed to sort out that winXP problem giving me BSOD's on startup. I think it's my sound card which was causing it.
So got both things sorted out yesterday.

Thanks for your help again.
Much appreciated.

Mayuresh

[edwin]

Care to tell which soundcard and how it was solved? We might want to know...

[manabenz]

sound card: ess1868

It was nothing more than trial and error.

I searched the MS knowledgebase and found out that it is a problem with XP Pro, Home and 64bit. They suggested that I start ripping my comp out and start testing each adapter etc etc...

I tested my sis6326 8mb, my memory, my data cables etc etc...everything but my sound card on 2 of my frinds machines.
They ran perfectly. Never thought that a sound card can cause so much havoc. Then I went and borrowed a second hand 440BX from a local dealer to test it. I was sure by this time that it was my motherboard which was screwing up and I was looking to replcae it with this test board. When this test board started heating up unusually, I took it off and put my board in. Since my friend wanted something from my hdd quick, we connected without the soundcard and for 3 restarts it worked just fine. Then I put it in and VOILA...bule screen. Now I'm running it for over 36 hours and over 30 restarts without my ess and it's running just fine.

How i solved it:
I'm using my friends yamaha card
Kicks butt compared to my ess.

Mayuresh

[ajzchips]

Manabenz, you realize this is the kind of feedback we truly appreciate and NEED. Thanks for your cooperation