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80 GB: 02/10/1999-i440BX-W977EF-ATC-6230C-00

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:00 pm
by devashish
I want to upgrade my BIOS to support an 80 GB HDD but it appears that its stakeholders have already deemed it obsolete... and are not providing any upgrades for it

BIOS Date: 02/10/99
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 02/10/1999-i440BX-W977EF-ATC-6230C-00
OEM Sign-On: ATC-6230 VER:1.0 04 WB
Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX rev 3

Please help
Regards
Devashish

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:18 am
by ajzchips
V1.0 or V1.1 PCB?

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:30 pm
by devashish
its V1.0... wasnt that clear from my previous post...??
it has
OEM Sign-On: ATC-6230 VER:1.0 04 WB


well thats the only basis i m saying this on... if u want me to check out some other info to establish this please let me know

Regards
Devashish

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:28 pm
by NickS
AH, Kuriaki has this BIOS!
Here!

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:05 pm
by NickS
Now patched and available to test - file (A-Trend ATC6230 V1.0).zip at the "untested" link in my signature.
Please provide feedback....

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:40 pm
by devashish
http://wims.rainbow-software.org/nicks/
That "untested" links in the signature does not have a file named
(A-Trend ATC6230 V1.0).zip

http://kuriaki.myftp.org:8245/Archives/ ... 30%20V1.0/
has so many versions of the file... which one is for me??

Regards
Devashish

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:54 pm
by NickS
That "untested" links in the signature does not have a file named
(A-Trend ATC6230 V1.0).zip
Oops! It is there now, renamed (A-Trend ATC-6230 V1.0).zip
has so many versions of the file... which one is for me??
I would be careful about using any file from there; the "104" is the latest "10x" and you already have it; the "202" version actually says:

Code: Select all

01/08/1999-i440BX-W977EF-ATC-6230C-00
ATC-6230 VER:1.0 03 WB
As always, flash at your own risk.

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:25 pm
by devashish
yeah i got the file... thanks a lot
well i m about to flash now.... and at my own risk like you say... but before i take this risk can you please tell me is this patched to support 80GB now... coz otherwise even i have the same BIOS only...

when i flash it will it support my 80GB HDD... is it patched... hence different from my exisiting BIOS.... so i take the risk

Regards
Devashish

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:29 pm
by NickS
The one at my signature is patched and should support HDD up to 137GB.
The BIOS message is slightly changed so that you will know which version you are running.

Not working :(

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:54 pm
by devashish
No this patched BIOS isnt functioning properly... it hangs as soon as I access
1. The Standard CMOS Setup
2. IDE HDD Auto Detection -> Primary Slave (After detecting Primary Master successfully)

I have to use Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the system... thats the only thing I can do

Regards
Devashish

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:05 pm
by devashish
infact on seeing it more closely i have noted that it is not even detecting the primary master properly...

earlier in the table it use to show the sizes of the three options.... but now it shows 0 for all of them

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:07 pm
by NickS
It's worth either clearing CMOS or selecting defaults just to check, but this patch does not fix all bugs :( , so an alternative is to try patching the BIOS with apple_rom's patcher. I can try that a bit later or you can try yourself if you want to get stuck in..... it's at www.rom.by

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:28 pm
by devashish
I dont know anything about BIOS patching.... so could you please do it for me again with this other software you're telling....
I tried clearing the CMOS and also loading defaults... but no it looks like a bug only

can some other BIOS be used instead of this one... i mean is there any concept of compatible BIOSes... or are BIOSes ony very specific to the respective motherboads

Regards
Devashish

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:48 pm
by devashish
I found two related topics to my problem.... maybe past experience gives you some hint

http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=15829
infact in this link it looks like the gentleman faced the same problem with the patch BIOS...

the other link is
http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopi ... 67d2994276

Regards
Devashish

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:27 pm
by NickS
devashish wrote:I found two related topics to my problem.... maybe past experience gives you some hint

http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=15829
infact in this link it looks like the gentleman faced the same problem with the patch BIOS...
Ah, ajzchips had a simlar experience. Probably that explains why I didn't find it in the list of working patched BIOSes...I had a similar experience with MSI MS6119 but the user decided that as he could use the full capacity of the drive it was worth the hassle of disconnecting the drive when he needed to go into CMOS setup. If you can't even get all drives identified, that is rather different.
That was before the patch was developed.

You can now find a file (A-Trend ATC-6230 V1.0 bp).zip at the "untested" link in my signature. Let us know how it went...