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40B: Chicony MP983S
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:27 pm
by 447377
Please help me. I have a notebook with the mainboard chicony MP983. My 40gig harddisk isn't recognised.javascript:emoticon(':roll:')
The bios is v146s.bin.
The post messages displayed is:
09/15/1999-FireStar-2A5UQC29C-00
Does anyone have a patched version of the v146s bios?javascript:emoticon(':roll:')
The cpu AMD K6-III+/400 should recogniced too.
Thanks a lot for your help!javascript:emoticon(':lol:')
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 10:17 am
by edwin
patched version for harddisk up to 64GB size here:
(Chicony MP983 S version only).zip
http://wims.rainbow-software.org/edwin/
use at own risk, please report results (brand/model/size of harddisk and success or failure).
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 3:23 pm
by 447377
Hello Edwin,
thanks a lot! The notebook recogniced my 40 gig harddisk fine. It's a Hitachi Travelstar 5K80 (HTS548040M9AT00). The HD-DMA has to be disabled in bios. In the OS (Win 2000 and Linux) the UltraDMA-Mode is shown.
The speed is 4 time faster than with the old hd.
But now I have the next problem. My CPU isn't recogniced. It's a AMD K6-III+ and the memory speed is slowlier than with a patched bios for the cpu.
Can I send you my old patched bios which isn't patched for great harddisks?
Greetings,
Stefan
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:15 pm
by edwin
If that has a patch for the faster CPUs then yes, please do so. Where did you get your bios?
edwin@wimsbios.com
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 4:50 am
by ajzchips
Won't BP's utility do the trick?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:35 am
by edwin
I think he has a hand-patched one.
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 12:43 pm
by janpopan
There is a
commig soon at Jan Steunebrinks web site
regards
Jan
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:05 pm
by BiosMan
An update on this MP-983 BIOS issue;
As I understand it, there are two types of motherboards used in the Chicony MP983 notebook series, a type "D" and a type "S". Hence the different BIOSes.
The latest version for both types used to be v1.43, but later I found an updated v1.46S. The v1.43D seems to be the last version for the "D" boards.
I have patched both the v1.43D and v1.46S BIOS for K6+ support. In addition I've added Write-Allocation support for K6-2CXT, K6-III, and K6+.
Stefan has now succesfully tested this v1.46S patch J.1 BIOS with a K6-III+. I will make a further patch J.2 BIOS to fix the 32GB limit bug as well and send it to Stefan. When tested, I will makes these BIOSes available on my k6plus page. (see link below)
Greetings, Jan.
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:27 pm
by 447377
Hello Jan, hello Edwin, hello all you freaks,
first I say thanks to all of you, especially Edwin and Jan !!!
Sorry for the late reply, I was on the road.
Yeah, the notebook runs perfect with the bios from Edwin (wimsbios patch 64GB). Today I bought a second ram - 128 MB. Now there are 256 MB installed.
Perfect. But the memory isn't so fast which it was with Jan's patched bios (write-allocation and so on - but without the patch for 64 GB hd).
Jan, there are no problems with the great harddisk for the power supply.
What should I do now? Jan, can I send Edwin your bios? Or can I wait till I get a mail from you?
Thanks a lot,
Stefan
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:27 pm
by janpopan
wait for jan's bios
reagards
Jan (an other)
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 12:05 am
by edwin
Yep, the 64GB+ bios is available for download and since Jan is putting a lot more effort in it, he gets the credits from me, no problem there
