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by ruelnov
Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:29 pm
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: Patch A Bios Eeprom ?
Replies: 17
Views: 12068

Rainbow:

That's a good point to try. But for my system that's no longer able to keep time accurately without power applied, CMOS would still trigger a checksum error during cold boot.
by ruelnov
Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:52 am
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: Patch A Bios Eeprom ?
Replies: 17
Views: 12068

I've done this bios customization a number of times on my system using Modbin6 for award bios v6PG. I simply changed the default settings to my own preference and everytime I boot up I don't go through CMOS setup anymore. My onboard RTC is also not keeping it's time accurately when powered down, eve...
by ruelnov
Sat Jun 12, 2004 9:21 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Forcing boot block in corrupted award bios
Replies: 19
Views: 26541

That shorting trick should work if the boot block code is not corrupted, and it should not be if /sb switch is used when flashing the bios (instead of /wb switch). Rainbow: Have you experienced a bad flash and using /wb switch before? And if so, were you still able to recover by forcing boot block t...
by ruelnov
Sat Jun 12, 2004 6:21 am
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: Hacking Award BIOS to disable onboard video
Replies: 37
Views: 28806

Hacking Award BIOS to disable onboard video

Could somebody please help me disable my onboard video through BIOS code tweaking? I have tried the following, but did not work: a) Setting PCI vs. AGP in CMOS setup, b) Disabling onboard vga through the Operating System. Other details: a) BIOS --- Award V6PG b) No option to disable onboard video in...
by ruelnov
Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:16 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Forcing boot block in corrupted award bios
Replies: 19
Views: 26541

Rainbow: I was actually able to recover my system before you replied, and using exactly the same method you suggested. It did work, although I was pretty anxious that time I may damage my bios chip totally. But I felt I had to do that last tinkering before I throw my mainboard into the garbage can, ...
by ruelnov
Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:49 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Forcing boot block in corrupted award bios
Replies: 19
Views: 26541

Sorry, but I could not use that /F switch because there's no floppy access happening. Again, no beeps, no video, and floppy LED never comes on. In short, boot block may not have been executed at all. Not even if I put in a specially-prepared floppy with the autoexec.bat file for automatic reflashing.
by ruelnov
Tue Jun 08, 2004 2:55 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Forcing boot block in corrupted award bios
Replies: 19
Views: 26541

Forcing boot block in corrupted award bios

Any ideas on how I could force boot block to execute so I could recover my dead system? I just need boot block to search the floppy, and I could take it from there even if there's no video. Please help. I'm willing to try any possible workaround before I throw this motherboard into the garbage can. ...