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hi all

BIOS Date: 11/29/99
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 11/29/1999-693A-596-8671-2A6LGB09C
OEM Sign-On: VBE-A 0407A
Chipset: VIA 82C691 rev 68
Superio: SMC 60x rev 0 found at port 3F0h
OS: WinXP
CPU: Pentium III 600 Mhz MAX: 500 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K

I've already consulted the siemens site and uprgaded the bios
from VBE-A 1206A to VBE-A 0407A. But the bios still hang, when it
comes to recognise the maxtor 120 GB.

also, i've allready downloaded M6vbeax.bin from http://wims.rainbow-software.org/index.php?count=-1 and lauched it with AWDFLASH.EXE
downloaded from the biostar site http://www.biostar.com.tw/ , but it quindly refused with an incompatibilty error.

What's the exact error message ?

Tried the newes Bios FSC offers ?
-> VBE0727A -> dated 07/27/2000
--> Should support up to 128GB according to our testprog

If you can't find the Bios I'll have a look for the link ....

Denniss wrote:What's the exact error message ?

AWD826G.EXE M6VBEAX.BIN
error message : The program file's part number
does not match with your system

VBE0727A not to be find on the web

Bios sent by mail

teghem wrote:AWD826G.EXE M6VBEAX.BIN
error message : The program file's part number
does not match with your system

This message normally appears when the part of the ID string after the date is different....Is there no -00 on the old one ?

@Denniss: I guess we can withdraw the patched Biostar BIOS and tell people to use the FSC version ?

Problem is I haven't noticed the Link I got that Bios from - i wasn't able to find it a FSC

Maybe I got it through our russian Bios collector friends - don't know .

Do you want to have this Bios ?

Denniss wrote:Do you want to have this Bios ?

Yes, please.

Denniss wrote:Bios sent by mail

thnx denniss

thank to your mail and uniflash, I'm back to bussiness. VBE 0727A
correctly detected the 120 GB maxtor diamondmax plus 9 and,
at first glance, no problems occured.

Whilst reading other threads in the forum, i've noticed that some
members pay attention to the OS. Since i had to screw my OS
installation by the HD upgrade, I've decided to rapidly setup XP,
because of all the *.exe files i'd to deal with. I came from redhat 9
and I plan a dualboot ( grub) Fedora with suse. For the moment, I
don't suspect the upgrade to negatively affect the communications
between linux, the bios and the hardware.

Hi

I have the same problem.
I've downloaded the bios from biostar page and when i use awdflash it reports me the error message "The program file's part number
does not match with your system"

BIOS Date: 11/18/99
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 11/18/1999-693A-596-8671-2A6LGB09C
OEM Sign-On: VBE-A 1118A
Chipset: VIA 82C691 rev 66
Superio: SMC 60x rev 0 found at port 3F0h
OS: WinXP
CPU: Pentium III 500 Mhz MAX: 500 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K

how can i upgrade it?? or when can i download the correct file for my bios?

Thar wrote:BIOS ID: 11/18/1999-693A-596-8671-2A6LGB09C

No -00 at the End ?
Then Award Flashprog will complain .
If you are sure you really have the M6VBE-A then use Uniflash to update your Bios !

ftp://ftp.biostar-usa.com/bios/M6VBE-A/Vbe0727a.bin

thanx
it works fine now

Hi all

BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 01/07/2000-693A-596-8671-2A6LGB09C-00
OEM Sign-On: VBE-A 0407B
Chipset: VIA 82C691

I just came back from an IT store with a brand new 80GB WD HDD and I noticed, that my BIOS is not recognizing the HDD.

I've downloaded the AWDFLSH.EXE from Amibios and M6vbeax.ini from Rainbow software. When I try to flash my BIOS I receive the following message: "The program file's part number
does not match with your system"

Could anyone help me?

If you are sure you picked the M6VBE-A Bios then use Uniflash to update your Bios.

Thanks a lot. It's working now.

just wanted to thank you guys. Thanx to m6vbeax.bin and uniflash my old compaq pc can finally recognize its new 80GB WD disk. Came to your site just by change and had a week-long problem solved in just an hour!