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Asus P2B-B w/ support for 40GB HDD
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:22 am
by maman
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 03/22/99-i440BX-P2B-B-00
I've tried using the latest version of Asus P2B BIOS for this motherboard (1004.003, i.e. 1004 beta3). But, after flashing the BIOS. The motherboard is
dead. It seems to be the BIOS is incompatible
. I've opened the original BIOS with modbin and both differ in some respect.
Anyway, I'll do hotswapping to resurrect the board.
Is there any patched version for 40GB HDD (above 40GB is a plus
) ?
If there isn't then I'll try to patch it myself.
TIA,
a.k.a pinczakko
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 1:04 pm
by maman
Just found the bug:
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E000:3E9E calc_HDD_capacity: ; CODE XREF: Read_IDE_Param_Direct+9Aj
E000:3E9E 59 pop cx
E000:3E9F 51 push cx
E000:3EA0 E8 C4 02 call sub_E000_4167
E000:3EA3 26 8B 05 mov ax, es:[di]
E000:3EA6 3D FF FF cmp ax, 0FFFFh
E000:3EA9 0F 84 FA 00 jz loc_E000_3FA7
E000:3EAD 89 04 mov [si], ax
E000:3EAF 26 8B 45 02 mov ax, es:[di+2]
E000:3EB3 26 8A 75 06 mov dh, es:[di+6]
E000:3EB7 26 8A 55 0C mov dl, es:[di+12]
E000:3EBB 26 F6 45 01 80 test byte ptr es:[di+1], 80h
E000:3EC0 75 31 jnz short loc_E000_3EF3
E000:3EC2 26 F6 45 63 02 test byte ptr es:[di+99], 2
E000:3EC7 74 2A jz short loc_E000_3EF3
E000:3EC9 26 66 83 7D 78 00 cmp dword ptr es:[di+120], 0
E000:3ECF 74 22 jz short loc_E000_3EF3
E000:3ED1 26 66 83 7D 78 FF cmp dword ptr es:[di+120], 0FFFFFFFFh ; patch here!!!
E000:3ED7 74 1A jz short loc_E000_3EF3
E000:3ED9 26 81 7D 7A F0 0F cmp word ptr es:[di+122], 0FF0h ; patch here!!!
E000:3EDF 77 12 ja short loc_E000_3EF3
E000:3EE1 52 push dx
E000:3EE2 8A C6 mov al, dh
E000:3EE4 F6 E2 mul dl
E000:3EE6 8B C8 mov cx, ax
E000:3EE8 26 8B 45 78 mov ax, es:[di+120]
E000:3EEC 26 8B 55 7A mov dx, es:[di+122]
E000:3EF0 F7 F1 div cx
E000:3EF2 5A pop dx
.........
E000:8B04 Display_HDD_Size: ; CODE XREF: E_seg:8AF8j
E000:8B04 C1 E1 02 shl cx, 2
E000:8B07 F7 E1 mul cx
E000:8B09 F7 E3 mul bx
E000:8B0B 5B pop bx
E000:8B0C 1F pop ds
E000:8B0D assume ds:nothing
E000:8B0D B9 84 1E mov cx, 1E84h
E000:8B10 F7 F1 div cx ; Patch the bug!!!
E000:8B12 89 86 9C 00 mov [bp+9Ch], ax
E000:8B16 68 00 E0 push 0E000h
E000:8B19 68 27 8B push 8B27h
E000:8B1C 68 31 EC push 0EC31h
E000:8B1F 68 46 1C push 1C46h
E000:8B22 EA 30 EC 00 F0 jmp far ptr locret_F000_EC30 ; calling Fseg procedure at F000:1C46 (sub_F000_1C3F)
Anyway, where to submit the patched BIOS when I'm done? I hope I got the time to test the BIOS this week.
TIA,
a.k.a Pinczakko
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:45 pm
by ajzchips
I suppose you can contact Rainbow about it. The patched BIOSes are hosted at his site: wims.rainbow-software.org
Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 6:57 am
by edwin
P2B/P3B series can die like this for no reason at all. So I hope you can indeed resurrect with just the proper bios.
Re: Asus P2B-B w/ support for 40GB HDD
Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:37 pm
by KURIAKI
maman wrote:I've tried using the latest version of Asus P2B BIOS for this motherboard (1004.003, i.e. 1004 beta3).
Do you mean 1014b.003?
Re: Asus P2B-B w/ support for 40GB HDD
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 1:28 pm
by maman
KURIAKI wrote:
Do you mean 1014b.003?
aah.., yes. I've mistyped it above. Sorry guys
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 6:50 am
by maman
BIOS patched and tested
. Only upto 64GB this time though. I haven't got the time for higher capacity HDD
can i have your patched bios update for asus p2b
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:43 pm
by cberdon
maman wrote:BIOS patched and tested
. Only upto 64GB this time though. I haven't got the time for higher capacity HDD
hi maman,,.. i tried to use the asus p2b board and tried to update it but it seems.. the 1014b asus posted in their site having problem updating the bios .... can i have your patched update for asus p2b? can you send to my email? pls.... cberdon [at] gmail [dot] com
Re: can i have your patched bios update for asus p2b
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:49 am
by maman
cberdon wrote:
hi maman,,.. i tried to use the asus p2b board and tried to update it but it seems.. the 1014b asus posted in their site having problem updating the bios .... can i have your patched update for asus p2b? can you send to my email? pls.... cberdon [at] gmail [dot] com
bios has been sent.
file is available at:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MAFGRE5O
Thanks
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:56 pm
by cberdon
Thank you very much maman! I really appreciated your response to my request. Thanks for sending me the file
Re: Thanks
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:22 am
by mosesk
cberdon wrote:Thank you very much maman! I really appreciated your response to my request. Thanks for sending me the file
Hi guys.
Can I get specific directions on how to flash the P2B mobo with the 1014 patch.
Do I need to create a floppy or is there another way.
My floppy drive is not working.
Thx
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:49 pm
by edwin
Either by floppy or by hotflashing the chip in another board (also from floppy...)
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:10 pm
by mosesk
edwin wrote:Either by floppy or by hotflashing the chip in another board (also from floppy...)
Hi.
Thanks for your reply.
Let me be more specific about my situation.
I have an ASUS P2B mobo.
I am trying to install XP onto a 40 GB hard drive
I can't get it to complete.
The current BIOS is 1012.
And unfortunately I think I have fried my floppy drive and controller.
First question I have is- is there a problem with the mobo accepting a 40 GB hard drive?
And given my floppy situation is there another way to get the 1014 BIOS.
I don't think I can flash it in another board
Thx
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:13 pm
by edwin
no there's no other way than getting it flashed by
www.badflash.com or mounting a floppy controller card, disabling the onboard floppy controller (under peripheral setup) but not the A: drive in the bios.
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:53 pm
by mosesk
[quote="edwin"]no there's no other way than getting it flashed by
www.badflash.com or mounting a floppy controller card, disabling the onboard floppy controller (under peripheral setup) but not the A: drive in the bios.[/quote
Thank you very much for your help