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80GB: epox mvp4f
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 5:04 am
by toty2k
i am in a big problem with my mother board epox mvp4f
i brought a new maxtore 80.0 g.b
but my mother board dosn't recognize it
if any one can help me upgerading my m.b
plzzzzzzzzzzzz
thanx for this great forum
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:08 am
by NickS
vp4f1313.bin at
http://www.epox.nl appears patchable:
BIOS ID string: 03/13/2001-VP4-686A-2A5LHPA9C-00
BIOS OEM string: 03/13/2001 For Apollo MVP4 AGP/PCIset
=> BIOS already supports HDDs over 32GB!
but not >64GB, as
Searching for size calculation routine...Found at 2327
Patching code at 2326
Patched...will email
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:41 am
by toty2k
thank you but i am afraid that it doen't work
in this case can you tell me how i can repaire it
or reflash the bios again?
Nicks you are the best
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:59 am
by ajzchips
What doesn't work? The HDD autodetect? If so, try entering the HDD parameters manually in BIOS.
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 9:48 am
by NickS
toty2k wrote:thank you but i am afraid that it doen't work
in this case can you tell me how i can repaire it
or reflash the bios again?
Did you clear the CMOS after flashing ?
Were there any error messages during flashing ?
Does anything appear on the screen now ?
Nicks you are the best
No, but we try harder
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 3:38 pm
by toty2k
nothing appear on the screen
no error messages during flashing
i flashed it with award flash utility
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:27 pm
by NickS
NickS wrote:Did you clear the CMOS after flashing ?
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 10:08 am
by toty2k
no i didn't clear the cmos
plzzz help me
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 10:59 am
by NickS
Clear the CMOS and see if it makes any difference. Unplug the power at the wall, carefully remove the battery from the motherboard and leave for 10 minutes. If you can short-circuit the battery contacts for a minute, do that also. Re-insert the battery and see if this has made any improvement.
If this does not work, you will need to look at the options for "My board is dead" in the main Wimsbios site FAQ. The MVP4F has no ISA slot so you cannot use an ISA video card or FDD card. If you have access to another board with a 32-pin socket you may be able to
hot-flash the original BIOS.
(In the worst case, with Epox there is the option to buy a replacement BIOS.)
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 12:07 pm
by toty2k
ok i have Acorp 6bx/via/zx86 motherboard working
can i hot flash ?
please tell me the detalied instruction on how to hot flash my epox motherboard with the working mother board
i cleared the cmos but nothing happen
thank you for your co-operation
thank you
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 12:21 pm
by NickS
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 8:56 am
by toty2k
ok but i don't know if the bios in acorp motherboard is 256k or not
and i don't konw if the two bios type is supported by the uniflash
and i want to know what is better uniflash or award flash
thank you nick
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 10:56 am
by edwin
uniflash
