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40GB: 08/10/1998-i430TX-P5TXBproC-00
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 12:43 am
by DiskUser
Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
P5TX-Bpro Ver 2.2 07/28/1998
The system does not boot when the HDD is tried to be initiated. No matter which values I take for Heads, Cyls, Sectors etc. Only when I chose the option "none" in "Standard CMOS Setup" for no HDD attached, the system is booting without any problems. Please help me
Greetings
Jan
PS: If you can give me a patch that allows me to use HDDs even bigger than 80 GB it would be very usefull for the future.
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 11:58 am
by NickS
That's an ECS P5TX-BPro, download site is
http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/p5tx_bpro.htmlThere is a version 4.1 BIOS, a later version than the BIOS you have, but it is unclear from the site which version of the board this is for.
Version 3.2 says "For PCB 3.x and later versions with LM78,LM75, and chassis instrusion detection"
Version 4.0 says "Taking out LM7x function".
I think it is probably safest to patch the 2.2 BIOS, as your board appears to be version 2.x. Can you check on the motherboard for a version number ?
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 3:26 pm
by DiskUser
On the board it is written P5TX-B Rev. 2.0
Greetings
Jan
PS: Would it be possible to patch this BIOS for using a 300 GB HDD? I do not want to use a 300 GB HDD, I just want to know if it is possible.
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 6:38 pm
by NickS
At the moment we can only patch it to remove bugs that stop it working from 34 GB (32GiB) up to 137 GB (128GiB). To support bigger than this you would need to buy an add-in card.
I will patch the 2.2 BIOS and post it at the "untested" link in my signature in a few minutes.
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:23 pm
by DiskUser
Sorry, but it does not work. I flashed the new Bios using Aflash77, a flashing tool from ECS. It successfully flashed the BIOS and after reboot, the splash screen shows the BIOS string with "128 GB patch" . But when i choose "Standard CMOS Setup" the Bios hangs when it tries to show the first HDD (which is a 80 MB!! HDD). The only way to get out off the BIOS is Ctrl-Alt-Del. And if I choose Auto detection It hangs when it tries to show the first HDD, too and the only way out is a reset.
Any ideas?
Greetings
Jan
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:30 pm
by edwin
yep, there's another way to patch the bios with the apple_rom bp patch. I think NickS will put up that version when he sees your message.
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 1:56 pm
by DiskUser
That would be very kind.
Greetings
Jan
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 6:16 pm
by NickS
Coming right up- just give me a few minutes (sorry, I had a busy weekend).
