Dear WIMSBIOS.COM-Team,
I´m searching for a patched BIOS for my Bravo-Baby/Ford Lian/Redfox/Aprocom BX-6XP2 Mainboard witch doesn´t accept the new 80-GB-Western-Digital-HDD.
BIOS: AWARD 2A69KF9A
BIOS Date: 03/08/99
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 03/08/1999-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KF9AC
BIOS Eval: FOR BX-6XP2 PCI/ISA/AGP MODE VER:1.5_C
Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX rev 3 (Pentium II)
Superio: Winbond 977TF rev 0 found at port 3F0h
Mainboard: Bravo-Baby/Ford Lian/Redfox/Aprocom BX-6XP2
Perpaps the best way is to send somebody my old BIOS Ver. 1.5_C to patch it because no other (patched) version is working!
I´d be much obliged, if I could get help here!!!
Thanks,
Michael
80GB: BX-6XP2
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Last edited by dielegende on Fri Jan 03, 2003 2:12 pm, edited 2 times in total.
It's rev.C of the BX-6XP2 board. The BIOS is 256KB - the latest BIOS for rev. C is:
07/17/2000-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KF9HC-00
FOR BX-6XP2 ISA/PCI/AGP MODE VER:2.2
The BIOS ID is different. Anyone tried this one?
07/17/2000-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KF9HC-00
FOR BX-6XP2 ISA/PCI/AGP MODE VER:2.2
The BIOS ID is different. Anyone tried this one?
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Hi again!
Perhaps this could be helpful information for any BIOS Guru:
1) The BIOS witch is now in use you can find and download here (256 KB):
03/08/1999 i440BX-W977TF-2A69KF9AC-0
http://www.dielegende.de/_downloads/BX-6XP2.BIN
2) I´m searching since weeks all around the web and I also tried the patched BIOS diskussed between comdata and NickS in this forum here:
80GB: I440BX-W977TF-2A69KF99C-00
http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopi ... 1afee681b1
Unfortuately it didn´t work any way.
3) The Western Digital HDD I want to use is a Carviar WD800 (80,0 GB, UDMA/100, 7200RPM, E-IDE, LBA 156301488, MDL (=WD P/N): WD800BB - 00CAA1, 2002-08-30, DCM: D8FACV2CH)
I searched many hours and you are my last hope!
Please help me,
Michael
Perhaps this could be helpful information for any BIOS Guru:
1) The BIOS witch is now in use you can find and download here (256 KB):
03/08/1999 i440BX-W977TF-2A69KF9AC-0
http://www.dielegende.de/_downloads/BX-6XP2.BIN
2) I´m searching since weeks all around the web and I also tried the patched BIOS diskussed between comdata and NickS in this forum here:
80GB: I440BX-W977TF-2A69KF99C-00
http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopi ... 1afee681b1
Unfortuately it didn´t work any way.
3) The Western Digital HDD I want to use is a Carviar WD800 (80,0 GB, UDMA/100, 7200RPM, E-IDE, LBA 156301488, MDL (=WD P/N): WD800BB - 00CAA1, 2002-08-30, DCM: D8FACV2CH)
I searched many hours and you are my last hope!
Please help me,
Michael
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@ Rainbow:
Thank you very much for your information. This seems to be a newer BIOS than mine. Where did you find it?
I searched for many, many hours and only found older versions.
Michael
Thank you very much for your information. This seems to be a newer BIOS than mine. Where did you find it?
I searched for many, many hours and only found older versions.
Michael
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Is there anybody out there...
...who could help me???
I´m sorry, but it´s really urgent. I need the patched BIOS for to make an important backup with the 80-GB-HDD.
I would be very thankful for any hint to solve the problem...
Found something here http://www.nt.ru/support/BIOS/bios.html
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@ Rainbow:
Interesting link, thank you very much!
I tried immediately this version (because it has the right size):
BX-6XP2C.BIN [REV:C AND LATER] --- 00/07/17 --- 2.2 --- 256 Kb --- PENTIUM II/III CPU, Y2K
I tried to flash with the Award Flash Memory Writer V8.12, but I got only this message:
-> The program file´s part number <-
-> does not match with your system! <-
Is it possible to make the necessary BIOS changes on my own?
I read on http://www.jan-hill.com/bios.html (german) that it´s ´only´ a bug.
And there exists a software tool to fix this 32GB and 64GB bugs...
Is this right???
Interesting link, thank you very much!
I tried immediately this version (because it has the right size):
BX-6XP2C.BIN [REV:C AND LATER] --- 00/07/17 --- 2.2 --- 256 Kb --- PENTIUM II/III CPU, Y2K
I tried to flash with the Award Flash Memory Writer V8.12, but I got only this message:
-> The program file´s part number <-
-> does not match with your system! <-
Is it possible to make the necessary BIOS changes on my own?
I read on http://www.jan-hill.com/bios.html (german) that it´s ´only´ a bug.
And there exists a software tool to fix this 32GB and 64GB bugs...
Is this right???
Last edited by dielegende on Sat Jan 04, 2003 6:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Now I tried Uniflash V 1.29 in combination with the same BIOS
(BX-6XP2C.BIN [REV:C AND LATER] downloaded from http://www.nt.ru/support/BIOS/bios.html)
Uniflash showed this message:
WARNING: BOOTBLOCK MISMATCH !!
PROCEED ANYWAY [Y,N] ?
May I proceed ???
(I made a backup of the original bootblock with Uniflash but I´m still a little bit afraid...)
(BX-6XP2C.BIN [REV:C AND LATER] downloaded from http://www.nt.ru/support/BIOS/bios.html)
Uniflash showed this message:
WARNING: BOOTBLOCK MISMATCH !!
PROCEED ANYWAY [Y,N] ?
May I proceed ???
(I made a backup of the original bootblock with Uniflash but I´m still a little bit afraid...)
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Hello everyone,
OMG!! Wow, that´s great! I´ve got same problem!
I'll wait for solution, okay?
Thanks in advance
JJ
OMG!! Wow, that´s great! I´ve got same problem!
I'll wait for solution, okay?
Thanks in advance
JJ
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Hi again!
The more I´m reading and learning, the more I think, I should perhaps use the advanced option of UniFlash for flashing WITH bootblock...
What do you think???
The more I´m reading and learning, the more I think, I should perhaps use the advanced option of UniFlash for flashing WITH bootblock...
What do you think???
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Hey, that´s a little bit dangerous, isn´t it?The more I´m reading and learning, the more I think, I should perhaps use the advanced option of UniFlash for flashing WITH bootblock...
Does anvbody know that russian website http://www.nt.ru/support/BIOS/bios.html ???
Cause I can´t read this.
Thanks in advance
JJ
Do you have a spare 256KB BIOS ROM you can use for the hot-swap (hot-flash) technique ? That way you could recover if there's a problem flashing the 2.2 BIOS.dielegende wrote:Hi again!
The more I´m reading and learning, the more I think, I should perhaps use the advanced option of UniFlash for flashing WITH bootblock...
What do you think???
The tool which moderators here use was written by Rainbow. It could patch your existing BIOS but the later BIOS already has support for HDDs >64GB whereas the tool does not fix the display routines for drive size >64GB; although the drive will (normally) work the POST may not show the correct size. The later BIOS also mentions Y2K and PII/PIII support. I would use the later BIOS and write the bootblock, but have a fallback route - like hot-flash.
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Hurra, hurra!!!
It worked!!!
I was brave and flashed the russian BIOS version 2.2 with Uniflash in advanced mode WITH bootblock and now the 80-GB-HDD is recognized!!!
This is really a happy new year!
@ rainbow and NickS:
I´m very thankfull for your help and information. I just have had to buy a new mainboard and a new chip and probably new RAMs till Wendesday!
But this way I saved money!
Thanks a lot! This forum is great!!!
Michael
It worked!!!
I was brave and flashed the russian BIOS version 2.2 with Uniflash in advanced mode WITH bootblock and now the 80-GB-HDD is recognized!!!
This is really a happy new year!
@ rainbow and NickS:
I´m very thankfull for your help and information. I just have had to buy a new mainboard and a new chip and probably new RAMs till Wendesday!
But this way I saved money!
Thanks a lot! This forum is great!!!
Michael
I have exactly the same motherboard and BIOS like 'dielegende' and had the same problems with a 80GM harddisc.
Then I did the same as him: I flashed my bios with Uniflash (using the patch from http://www.nt.ru/support/BIOS/bios.html) in the advanced mode with bootblock.
MY ADDITION: First my PC didn't boot at all after this, but then I reset the BIOS on default again (with a jumper on the mainboard, also possible by taking away the battery for a few minutes). Then it worked!
Thanks for the help in this great forum !
Then I did the same as him: I flashed my bios with Uniflash (using the patch from http://www.nt.ru/support/BIOS/bios.html) in the advanced mode with bootblock.
MY ADDITION: First my PC didn't boot at all after this, but then I reset the BIOS on default again (with a jumper on the mainboard, also possible by taking away the battery for a few minutes). Then it worked!
Thanks for the help in this great forum !