BIOS Updates forum

Hi flinstone3000, There is a webpage about the Edom/WinTech MP071 at https://www.ultimateretro.net/nl/motherboards/8651 You can download the 03/13/98-i430VX-2A59GW09C-01 BIOS for the MP071b there. Note that this 1998 BIOS is limited to 32GB Harddisks, but it can be patched for 128GB HDD support. Let...

Hi, Yes, Awardflash 8.xx is definitely the issue here. These newer Awardflash versions can give strange problems on older boards. For Socket 7 boards you need Awardflash 7.xx. I'm using Awardflash 7.95 and this version works fine here, on any socket 7 board with Award BIOS, except Asus. (For Asus so...

roffle, are you using a HP Pavillion 6640C? If so, then the answer is Yes! I have reports from several HP 6640C users indicating that the Award P5S-VM Rev 1006 BIOS from Asus works flawlessly on their machine and already increases performance by 5-10% with the original CPU installed! And with my pat...

KenOath,

Thanks for reporting back!
I send you the PM with patched GA-586ATS BIOS again.
Strange that you didn't get it...
I used the e-mail address from yr signature.

Jan.

@agus2009

Send you the patched M520 BIOS and flasher with instructions by e-mail.
Please let us know how it works.

Jan.

Jedidiah, there is a TI5VG+ -Z6-0525 BIOS available for your board with full 128GB support. A patched version of this BIOS, with full K6+ support, is available from my k6plus page.
See my signature below for the link and download the TI5VGZ6J.ZIP file.

Greetings, Jan.

@KachiWachi

The original 12/07/98-i430VX-2A59GHTBC-00 BIOS I used only says: PC Chips M-520 (Rel 1.1A) but I believe it is a type "S" BIOS.

Jan.

The BIOS is patchable for 128GB and extented AMD support. Let us know what you need! :wink: Jan. Well, that, of course! ;) There wouldn't happen to be undocumented Vcore settings, eh? If I could shoehorn a K6-2 450 onto this board, that would give me the board for Box 07 for Retro-LAN at Fandemoniu...

I've looked into the M520 12/07/98 BIOS and it seems to have IDE HDD support up to 32GB. CPU support includes the K6-2 and K6-III up to 400MHz but Write-Allocation support is limited to the K6 and original K6-2. So no WA for the K6-2CXT and K6-III, and the K6-2+ and K6-III+ are not supported at all....

Patched ZP-5V Rev:06 BIOS (Thanks Edwin) is ready and sent to saturnlee. I've done the 32GB and 64GB bug fixes and added my usual K6-2CXT/K6+ fixes. If anyone wants to participate in beta testing this BIOS, please send me an e-mail. When testing is completed, I wil add this BIOS to my k6plus page. :...

KachiWachi, thanks again for the heads-up.

saturnlee, I will look into this ZP-5V BIOS and what I can do about it.

Gr. Jan.

KachiWachi, thanks for your attentiveness in this! :wink: OP also send me the same question per private mail. This was my answer: That Elpina MB is indeed the same as the PCChips M577 and Amptron PM9900. The 07/15/1998-577+ITE8661-2A5LEH0AC-00 BIOS you have now is the original Release for the M577 /...

It took me a bit longer than expected but the GA-586AT S Ver.1.32 BIOS is also patched now. I found about the same things to fix as in the 586ATV BIOS: K6-2CXT, K6-III, K6-2+, K6-III+, and Cyrix MII 4.0x multiplier support. I also fixed the 32GB and 64GB bugs for 128GB HDD support. KenOath, I send y...

Beta testing on the patched GA-586ATV Ver 1.28 BIOS is completed now and this BIOS can be downloaded via http://home.hccnet.nl/j.steunebrink/Atv128j2.zip I will add this link to my k6plus page as well, on the next update. I found a lot of things to fix. For details see the included patch.txt file. K...

Hi Papcina, Wow! This thread stirred some dormant memory cells. :wink: Back in 1998/99 I did al lot of Award BIOS patching for these 486 boards. Your 09/26/94-SIS-85C471B/E/G-2C4I9S23-00 Rev.G2. is indeed the latest BIOS from Soyo for the 25J/K/L. However, I have a newer 11/28/95-SIS-85C471B/E/G- BI...