BIOS Updates forum

Well, maybe this post should be posted to Guru's forum but it is actually a newbie question so here it comes:


Is there any FREE software to decompile a bios file?

I've seen that 'Sourcer' by V Comm but there is not even an evaluation version to play with.... :O(


Thanks in advance,
Valerio

Thanks for the link but I have yet a fresh W29C020 (2Mb) chip and have the 2Mb bios file too. I burnt it and.... unfortunately, it didn't work. I was told this mobo could be a limited serie based on 1Mb chip and I guess it will never understand this 2Mb update file as offered to donwload at Tekram s...

Ha ha ha.... Well, they are honest enough to warn people about its own products...


The chip is a WinBond W29C011A-15
(http://www.winbond.com/e-winbondhtm/par ... ?Pname=760).

It seem to be quite similar to W29C020 which has 2Mb.


Valerio

To whom it could interest: flashing with S4 programmer in several steps is fairly easy. You just have to indicate the appropriate offset for each 128Kb chunk you want to write. Yo have to set the offset directly in the programmer. Due to unknown reasons this feature doesn't work from PC terminal. Va...

I'm looking for a bios file for a 'Tekran P6Pro-AU' motherboard. I am not looking for an 'update' but the original 128 Kb file which came with the board when was purchased. PD.: The 'update' on Tekran website is 256Kb but the chip on the board I have has just 128Kb. Maybe it is an error or maybe the...

At least with the programmer I mentioned all worked fine when 'binary' format is selected. I didn't even find problems about checksumming when burning bios files in two steps (S4 128Kb but bios chips 256Kb).

I suppose it is the same for other devices.

Valerio

File format I used is 'binary'.
In fact, if you read the content of the chip after burnt it must look exactly like you see when editing the bios file with a hex editor (i.e. UltraEdit).


Greets,
Valerio

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