32GB+: MSI MS-6154

szymoncio · Mon Jan 06, 2003 11:09 pm

I've got motherboard like in topic (Intel BX chipset). Unfortunatly doesnt recognize my 40GB Barracuda. On the net I was everywhere but the newest version of bios I've found here: ftp://ftp.cq.hktk.com/drive/drive_bios/W654MS10.EXE. Could anybody help me patch this bios.
Best wishes
Simon

Tue Jan 07, 2003 11:24 am

Patched and posted

apple_rom · Tue Jan 07, 2003 12:00 pm

2 NickS
May be - you can try this programm - http://rom.by/Award/patcher/bp-4beta_G.rar
It`s can (only main):
1. Solve all "bigHDD-problem" (32Gb/65Gb) up to 137Gb.
2. Add CPU Support: Pentium-III (Katmai/Coppermine/Tualain), Celeron (Coppermine/Tualatin) with correct frequency display (more than 1000MHz)
ps sorry for my bad english

Tue Jan 07, 2003 12:15 pm

I will take a look, but I do not have any mobos with Intel >P90.
I'll also put a link to it in the moderators forum.

szymoncio · Thu Jan 09, 2003 1:38 am

I've tested patched bios. It works.
Hardware Barracuda 40GB. Unfortunatly my disk is recognised as UDMA 5 (DMA doesnt works in win98 ). I've seen solusion for this problem here: http://www.ryston.cz/petr/bios/ga586hx_mod.html but only for programmers and for Gigabyte mobo. I've tried also advice from apple_rom. It works also, but I dont know why bp-4beta_G.rar program changed bios' bootblock. I've used uniflash to program new bios.
Simon

Thu Jan 09, 2003 1:54 am

If your HDD is recognizes as UDMA5 get a utility from your HDD manufacturer to speed your HDD down to UDMA33 AKA UDMA Mode 2 as it's the highest spped the i440BX chipset is supporting and DMA will work
Known error/BUG in older 4.51PG Bios - it tries to activate a UDMA Mode the mainboardchipset is not capable of

apple_rom · Thu Jan 09, 2003 3:22 am

2 szymoncio and anybody with like problem ("big" HDD, "new" CPU, "+PCI" on VIA-chipsets etc)
You can try this - http://rom.by/Award/patcher/bp-4rc0.rar (with help screen by "/h")
ps. IMHO, reliability (accuracy of patching) patched-bios is ~95-99.9%

szymoncio · Thu Jan 09, 2003 8:11 pm

[quote="apple_rom"]2 szymoncio and anybody with like problem ("big" HDD, "new" CPU, "+PCI" on VIA-chipsets etc)
You can try this - http://rom.by/Award/patcher/bp-4rc0.rar (with help screen by "/h")

Is there any utility wich can fix problem with bad UDMA recognize?
szymoncio

Thu Jan 09, 2003 9:06 pm

There's a utility from your HDD manufacturer and it's for free
Visit the website and get this utility and then run it to deactivate all UDMA modes higher than UDMA33 AKA UDMA Mode 2

apple_rom · Tue Jan 14, 2003 3:02 am

>Is there any utility wich can fix problem with bad UDMA recognize?
fixed - http://rom.by/Award/patcher/BP-4rc2.rar
new in ver.rc2:
- all HDD with UDMA>2 will detect as UDMA33 (on UDMA33_only_MB)
- add K6/K6-2/K6-III/K6-2+/K6-III+ up to 500MHz with Write Allocate support...
some comments:
- BIOS Patcher after patching file make "virtual dual-BIOS":
if you press "-" (or kbd not connected) in the boot of computer - You will start from "original", "non-patching"-BIOS; else - with patched-BIOS...
- BIOS Patcher change NOTHING (in the file of flash-BIOS) - only add two files with STANDART award-utilites (cbrom.exe) - you can this check byself.
(Exception - Asus-bioses. They have nonstandart unpack-algorith, therefore BootBlock must be changed. For Asus-MB+BIOSPatcher flash only with BB).
(and once again sorry for my bad english)