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Replaced the 74HCT574 chip of my c't-flasher with a 74HC574 one. Result: c't-flasher is not recognized by the software anymore. AFAIK 74HCT has TTL switching levels but 74HC has half supply switching. Of course there is always a possibility that the 74HC chip is bad (unfortunately no possibility to ...

UniFlash since v1.32 supports this card too (run uniflash -ctflash) BIG BIG thanks for the c't flasher support, Rainbow :D (I finally had time today to test it...) The orginal c't flasher software is getting outdated slowly and the Linux software was always a bit odd for me (although it worked fine.

Remove the jumper from jumper block JP6.

I have Chaintech HPT370A raid controller. i accidently flashed it with wrong bios. So no app will recognize it. i have tried many ways to get it back alive but no luck so far. Maybe it's possible to integrate the RAID controller BIOS into the mainboard BIOS (like is the case with onboard RAID contr...

When you talk about double sided, do you mean that IC´s are on both sides?? Yes, that's what I meant (I know that's actually not correct but most of the people understand it that way). There are only IC´s on one side. Then upgrading BIOS won't help. You need a 256MB stick that has IC's on both side...

robbie wrote: I was increasing my RAM, bought a new 256MB CL2,133MHz but get failure during startup, and was hoping that a Bios update would do something

Is it a single-sided or a double sided memory stick?

I had problems with 2D (HDD auto detection crashed when UDMA support was enabled; IIRC 3.2GB Quantum Fireball and 41GB IBM Deathstar was used for testing).
Didn't find the 2C anywhere so I used a patched version of 2B:
http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopi ... ght=6via86

OK, I will give it a try... But it will take some time as my Russian language skills are quite limited...

danijel11 wrote: user manual is in http://oldman.ixbt.com/mb/LS_5V-2/VT5099A.html
but it is in russian, and I don't understand it

There is no information about the JROM1 jumper on this page.

Rainbow wrote:I had a crappy Memtek 256MB module - it was double-sided, but the chips were connected in a weird way - the module looked one-sided from board's view...

x8 memory chips?

A good (IMHO) FAQ concerning RAM support of i440BX (unfortunately already gone from its original location; still available from Google cache):
RAM modules compatible with motherboards based on the i440bx chipset.

No soldering this time...
The owner of the board managed to swap the memory to a DIMM with 128 Mbit chips (which works just fine).

The PC Chips' pinout was the right one. Thank you

No white sticker on the BIOS chip? Chaintech boards used to have the model name written on that sticker (at least all the boards that I have seen) .