120GB: 11/29/1999-693A-596-8671-2A6LGB09C

teghem · Thu Jan 15, 2004 4:59 am

hi all

BIOS Date: 11/29/99
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 11/29/1999-693A-596-8671-2A6LGB09C
OEM Sign-On: VBE-A 0407A
Chipset: VIA 82C691 rev 68
Superio: SMC 60x rev 0 found at port 3F0h
OS: WinXP
CPU: Pentium III 600 Mhz MAX: 500 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K

I've already consulted the siemens site and uprgaded the bios
from VBE-A 1206A to VBE-A 0407A. But the bios still hang, when it
comes to recognise the maxtor 120 GB.

also, i've allready downloaded M6vbeax.bin from http://wims.rainbow-software.org/index.php?count=-1 and lauched it with AWDFLASH.EXE
downloaded from the biostar site http://www.biostar.com.tw/ , but it quindly refused with an incompatibilty error.

Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:48 am

What's the exact error message ?

Tried the newes Bios FSC offers ?
-> VBE0727A -> dated 07/27/2000
--> Should support up to 128GB according to our testprog

If you can't find the Bios I'll have a look for the link ....

teghem · Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:57 pm

Denniss wrote:What's the exact error message ?

AWD826G.EXE M6VBEAX.BIN
error message : The program file's part number
does not match with your system

VBE0727A not to be find on the web

Thu Jan 15, 2004 7:47 pm

Bios sent by mail

Fri Jan 16, 2004 2:06 am

teghem wrote:AWD826G.EXE M6VBEAX.BIN
error message : The program file's part number
does not match with your system

This message normally appears when the part of the ID string after the date is different....

Code: Select all

03/23/2000-693A-596-8671-2A6LGB09C-00
11/29/1999-693A-596-8671-2A6LGB09C

Is there no -00 on the old one ?

@Denniss: I guess we can withdraw the patched Biostar BIOS and tell people to use the FSC version ?

Fri Jan 16, 2004 3:39 am

Problem is I haven't noticed the Link I got that Bios from - i wasn't able to find it a FSC

Maybe I got it through our russian Bios collector friends - don't know .

Do you want to have this Bios ?

Fri Jan 16, 2004 11:34 am

Denniss wrote:Do you want to have this Bios ?

Yes, please.

teghem · Fri Jan 16, 2004 7:13 pm

Denniss wrote:Bios sent by mail

thnx denniss

thank to your mail and uniflash, I'm back to bussiness. VBE 0727A
correctly detected the 120 GB maxtor diamondmax plus 9 and,
at first glance, no problems occured.

Whilst reading other threads in the forum, i've noticed that some
members pay attention to the OS. Since i had to screw my OS
installation by the HD upgrade, I've decided to rapidly setup XP,
because of all the *.exe files i'd to deal with. I came from redhat 9
and I plan a dualboot ( grub) Fedora with suse. For the moment, I
don't suspect the upgrade to negatively affect the communications
between linux, the bios and the hardware.

Thar · Fri Mar 05, 2004 3:23 pm

Hi

I have the same problem.
I've downloaded the bios from biostar page and when i use awdflash it reports me the error message "The program file's part number
does not match with your system"

BIOS Date: 11/18/99
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 11/18/1999-693A-596-8671-2A6LGB09C
OEM Sign-On: VBE-A 1118A
Chipset: VIA 82C691 rev 66
Superio: SMC 60x rev 0 found at port 3F0h
OS: WinXP
CPU: Pentium III 500 Mhz MAX: 500 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K

how can i upgrade it?? or when can i download the correct file for my bios?

Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:53 pm

Thar wrote:BIOS ID: 11/18/1999-693A-596-8671-2A6LGB09C

No -00 at the End ?
Then Award Flashprog will complain .
If you are sure you really have the M6VBE-A then use Uniflash to update your Bios !

ftp://ftp.biostar-usa.com/bios/M6VBE-A/Vbe0727a.bin

Thar · Mon Mar 08, 2004 2:59 pm

thanx
it works fine now

loplo · Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:20 am

Hi all

BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 01/07/2000-693A-596-8671-2A6LGB09C-00
OEM Sign-On: VBE-A 0407B
Chipset: VIA 82C691

I just came back from an IT store with a brand new 80GB WD HDD and I noticed, that my BIOS is not recognizing the HDD.

I've downloaded the AWDFLSH.EXE from Amibios and M6vbeax.ini from Rainbow software. When I try to flash my BIOS I receive the following message: "The program file's part number
does not match with your system"

Could anyone help me?

Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:37 pm

If you are sure you picked the M6VBE-A Bios then use Uniflash to update your Bios.

loplo · Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:48 am

Thanks a lot. It's working now.

PeterS · Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:55 am

just wanted to thank you guys. Thanx to m6vbeax.bin and uniflash my old compaq pc can finally recognize its new 80GB WD disk. Came to your site just by change and had a week-long problem solved in just an hour!