BIOS Updates forum

umh.. i just got thought, i have system bios cached in bios setup, probably that difference i see is just cached bios... but still, bios file 256k but actual bios 128k?

playing games with calculator is never good idea but so far, all 4004 based cpu's works.

hell no. check http://humppa.pp.fi/current_and_beta_diff.txt i did with hexcmp. they are different.
as you see from it, first file is my current and is patched to have more than that beta which has mostly empty space.

no, i have other.
that on qdi page is for 76.8GB and my bios is 136GB. there are differences in bios rom files.

Probably so, so what they actually patched, they patched bios to show up correctly drives between 32 - 80GB.. (32GB barrier fix up to 80-137GB?)
Still, that A3 bios on qdi page is different than this i have currently in use.
maybe i could check if hexcmp has option to make diff file what is ...

I think you are correct, it is not a typo - probably the "76GB" means "tested with an 80GB drive" and 76GB is what you get when formatted, another "anomaly" that gives the HDD manufacturers a bigger size to advertise. If there is an address limit explanation for 76GB I would be interested to hear ...

trofim wrote:The simms in one bank are identical. Any other ideas?

I would point that.. So, there are only 2 of these SIMMs identical, and other 2 are different in size or chip count?

well, don't just rename command.com to awdflash.exe, it don't convert com to exe (exe's have MZ at start of file).
you should try bin2exe (found on _OLD_ ms-dos) to convert .com to .exe so they will work.
that utility was designed by microsoft long time ago, to make few programs work over 64kB limit ...

I tried to hotflash a 256k flashrom from an DFI CA61 rev.B1 in an old Mboard that uses its original 128k flashrom to boot. I used Uniflash 1.40


are you sure you can flash 256k from 128k thing? i think there are some controllers on mainboard for bioses, and if it's for 128k it may not flash 256k.

could you tell me in private about that stability problem, i have pc that every now and then just hangs, some days takes like 9 hourse before hangs and then it may hang 30min after reset again and after that work for 3 hours etc.. and i think mainboard has something (already IDE-0 not working, using ...

For more information about this mainboard i have:

This is from IBM Aptiva type 2193 model 420, and IBM pages says different mainboard for that model.
For some reason it has got replaced on production line (bugs?), there is replacement note on page (replaces FRU something).

OR this mainboard may ...

Advance 5 133 A5133_v17e.zip Support large HDD over 76G
BrillianX 1S B1s_v22e.zip Support large HDD(75g)and CII CPU
BrillianX 9 B9_v13b.zip Support large HDD over75G
LegenX 4 L4_v20b.zip Support win2000(APM)and large HDD(76.8G)
LegenX 7 L7_v20a.zip Support large HDD(76G)
LegenX 9 L9_b30c.zip Support ...

on QDI site is only patched to 76.8GB, my version recognise 136GB... didn't i mention it?

maybe i should upload somewhere that bios file.

edit:
advance 3 bios download page says following:
date: 10-21-99
so it is older and probably recognises up to 8GB, or probably 32GB...

edit2: 03/17/99-MVP3 ...

I have this mainboard which i suspect to be QDI or VIA, bios says 07/12/2000-MVP3-586B-866-2A5LEQ1AC-00.
QDI has some 2A5xxQ1AC, but not exactly same as my mainboard.
Is there any possibility to get new upgrade for drives over 160GB?

And what can be done with "OEM ROM", "EPA ROM" and "LOGO ROM ...