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80GB: 61-0816-001437-00101111-071595-ali1621-M726mrt_v1.2
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 10:08 am
by simbit
Is there a more upto date bios that will recognise my WD caviar 80g hard drive?
My current bios is
Bios Date : 08/16/99
Bios type : American megatrend
Bios ID : 61-0816-001437-00101111-071595-ali1621-M726mrt_v1.2
OEM Sign on : 08/16/99 s
Superio : NSC 332 rev 8 found at port 2Eh
OS : Win2000 pro
CPU : Pentium III - 450mhz
rom size 256k
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 11:17 am
by Denniss
http://www.pcchips.com.tw/BIOS.html
>> New name is M726T
There are two Biosfiles - one 128KByte and one 256KByte
> Your flashprog should warn you if you try to flash the wrong one
Does the Bios only detect 32GB or is it hanging during IDE detection ?
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 10:37 pm
by simbit
It actually detects my 30gig hard drive ok but when I connect the 80gig drive it just hangs during detection.
Shabs
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 12:02 am
by Denniss
Make sure the jumpersetting on the WD HDD are correct - uses a non-standard Single-Master setting if only the HDD is connected to one channel
Is the IDE-port the HDD is connected to set to Auto-Detect on each system start ?
> Try "IDE HDD Autodetection" in Bios
> The HDD or WD website should have Cyl Head Sector values written onto it - try to enter these values manually in Bios and enable LBA
If this does not work upgrade Bios
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 1:02 am
by ajzchips
A friend of mine has my old M726mrt with the 128KB BIOS working just fine with an 80GB HDD (latest BIOS release).
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 8:47 am
by simbit
I have checked jumper settings and HDD auto detect with no joy. I have not tried manual setting cylinder head values. I will give a try, but i suspect it is the bios version as ajzchips says.
The question is how do I know which one is the right version for my board. 128k or 256K? My current version has a 256k rom.
Shabs
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 9:59 am
by NickS
If it has a 256K ROM, use the 256K image.
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 12:51 pm
by simbit
Ok. I have tried to flash the upgrade as recommended by pc chips on their website but I keep getting chipset/flash part is unavailable. this function will be invalid
Shabs
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 8:08 pm
by Denniss
What's the flash prog you've used ?
Read the manual - maybe there is some kind of flash protection active
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 11:03 pm
by simbit
I used AMINF336.EXE and the only instructions are those posted on the PC chips site. doesn't say anything about flash protection
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 10:10 am
by Rainbow
Try older AMIFlash - one can be found on my page, or use UniFlash.
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:22 am
by simbit
I've downloaded AMIflash, but is there an easy step by step instructions on how to use it?
The instructions i have found so far look daunting.
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 8:52 am
by Rainbow
usage: amiflash.exe bios.rom
(where amiflash.exe is the name of the utility and bios.rom is name of the file to flash)
The amiflash from my site is tested on M726 (non-MRT), UniFlash works fine too on M726.
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 4:31 pm
by simbit
Since there appears to be 2 bios update files for the M726T( I believe this the new model number for M726MRT), how can I be sure which is the correct file. Is it the 2k1106s or the 991204s, or will Amiflash warn me if I try to flash the wrong one?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 10:21 pm
by NickS
NickS wrote:If it has a 256K ROM, use the 256K image.
