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Hi. I'm trying to modify the Asus P2B bios, version 1014 beta 3, you can find it here , with the module 6421v431.rom, you can find it here (I found mine in the driver cd of my sata card). I tried with CBROM and Award BIOS Editor 1.0, but even tho the module is integrated, the mod won't work. I have ...

yes, 1106 is VIA. the bios should examine vendor and chip id and launch the included module if a card that matches was found. for in-depth information read this: http://www.geocities.com/mamanzip/Articles/Low_Cost_Embedded_x86_Teaching_Tool.html (i really love that site. so much useful info. thanks...

both. vendor id is the maker of the chip (there's a big official list) and device id is the number the vendor has given the chip (every vendor can choose their own numbers). Ok, actually Vendor ID is 1106 and Device ID is 3249. search for "PCIR". the values are stored vendor id, device id. and they...

symbios logic is a spinoff of ncr and was later acquired by LSI. so their chipsets are (more or less) the same. i just remove the original module from the bios and add the new one. you don't need to alter any filenames. just make sure they are 8.3 the pci id is stored within the module you are addi...

Hi. I just tried to integrate the 6421v431.rom module in an Asus P2B (beta) bios, the 1014.003 (bios 1014 beta 3), but it won't work, as doesn't do anything after POST. I found that this bios have an integrated Symbios module that works with bios-less pci scsi cards (I have an ncr card with the 53c8...

there's not enough space left to patch it in. :( Eh, I knew that. :( hmm, since the card itself has a bios chip i don't see the point in patching it into the mainboard's bios. The real chip code is. AM290F010 -90JC Is a flash chip, no? So suitable for bioses... Anyway I don't find any tool to flash...

Any news, cp?

doesn't the sata raid have its own bios chip? This is a nice question. The card have a soldered 29F010 chip, but the bios don't show up when booting, and I tried with another motherboard before the soyo: I used it with a MSI k7t266 pro2-ru mobo, but was impossible to boot from the sata raid card, i...

Hi. I'm not so a bios guru, I just need assistance/support for what I want to do. I have a Soyo motherboard, SY-5EHM v1.1, with Award BIOS 128 KiB large. I bought a cheap Via sata raid vt6421a chipset controller, and found info about merging a rom file into motherboard bios for give it boot features...