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have a intel 430tx chipset, with a pentium 200 mhz cpu. I also had running an AMD K6-2 chip with 64mb of ram on another computer. The problem is that the k6's motherboard does not accept SDRAM of which I have 128mb whilst the pentiums board does. The other problem is that the k6-2 isn't identified by the pentium's motherboard.

Is there a solution to this? I need the extra ram to run linux (I am aware of the tx's limitation on ram capabilities). I was hoping there is a bios upgrade I can apply to the chipset to enable the k6 (and hopefully a larger lba limit).

The code from the bottom of the screen is as follows:

i430tx-W977-2A59IS2FC-00

it is a soyo 5xa5 board with an V4.51PG bios as far as I am aware, but the only place i seem to find a trace of a bios is on the main site, and the soyo FTP is not working.

Any help finding a newer bios (if in existance) would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Rich

Incomplete BIOS string (date)
Latest BIOS update was:
5xa-2a8
03/02/1999-i430TX-W977-2A59IS2FC-00
http://www.soyousa.com/bios/586new/5XA- ... 30988d33fc
Old Soyo site is working fine:
http://www.soyousa.com/downloads/dlmissing.php

Thanks very much.

Might be patchable...contact BiosMan.

The BIOS recognizes the following:
PENTIUM.6x86.AMD-K5.AMD-K6(tm).AMD-K6(tm)-2.AMD-K6(tm)-III.IDT WinChip .Tillamook.Rise mP6(tm).Rise mP6(tm) II.6x86MX.Cyrix M II/IBM 6x86MX.Cyrix MediaGX With MMX

...the K6-2 is recognized then, but another issue would be proper enabling of Write Allocation, etc.

If this Bios is recognizing a K6-III then there should be no problem with Write Allocation on K6-2 (if K6-III is supported properly).
The other question is why does this board not accept SDRAM ?
-> damaged socket or Bios buggy ?

Denniss wrote:If this Bios is recognizing a K6-III then there should be no problem with Write Allocation on K6-2 (if K6-III is supported properly).
The other question is why does this board not accept SDRAM ?
-> damaged socket or Bios buggy ?

It does work with SDRAM, it was the other motherboard (used by the k6-2 originally) which wouldn't accept sdram as it only had edo physical connections, no sd slots, sorry for the confusion.

Thanks for the help though, fully working k6-2 450mhz with 128mb running windows xp stable (alot more stable than 98 may I add).

Rich