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Unknown flash type!?!?
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 4:00 am
by itsbry
"Unknown flash type" is displayed during boot and is also displayed while trying to update bios. I'm using the flash utility that came with the board and I downloaded the bios itself from the company's site. I am sure that the version is correct yet I get this same message.... got any ideas?
specs:
WinXP pro
40 GB HDD
384 MB DRAM
Pent 4 1.7 Gig
Matsonic mobo
BIOS signon: 11/21/2001-P4X266-8233-6A6LWE19C-00
BIOS type: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Super I/O: ITE 8705/SiS 950 rev 2 found at port 2Eh
Chipset: VIA 82C3128 rev 1
OEM signon: MS9107C 11/21/2001
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 5:00 am
by ajzchips
Sounds like your BIOS chip has a corrupt software ID stamp. Try using the "-force" mode of Uniflash. It sometimes manages to re-ID the chip.
http://www.pppr.sk/rainbow/programs.html#UniFlash
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 11:12 am
by Denniss
And check you manual for a possible Flash protection option either per jumper or per Bios setting
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 12:26 pm
by itsbry
Thanks fellas! I appreciate the advice...
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 1:30 am
by itsbry
Bummer guys. Even the Uniflash didn't get it done. It asks if I'm sure that write protect is disabled while I've disabled it in the cmos and by any jumper that I can find.
I was going to use the -force command, but I can't locate the four digit number to save my life... that is our only hope Obi Wan.
Details are in first post... any help is GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 1:44 am
by Rainbow
-force will not help you - it really looks to be write protected...
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:57 am
by sa1901
Hi all.
I have the exact problem when trying to flash Soyo SY-6BA+. The message "Unknown Flash Type" is shown during post.
I am trying to flash the motherboard using
this bios with
this flash utility. The only thing I get is "Unknown Flash Type!"
When I am trying to use Uniflash I get
Flash ROM Chip: UNKNOWN
Organization: N/A (Is write protect disable?)
PCI Chipset: Intel AGPSet 440BX/ZX
There is no jumper for Flash Protection and I can't find something similar in the bios settings.
01/19/1999 i440BX-ITE867-2A69KS2IC-0
Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Any help is welcome...
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:03 am
by KURIAKI
More flash utilities from Soyo:
http://www.soyo.com.tw/dl/bios/
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:23 pm
by sa1901
Thanks for the reply. Still no luck with these ones.
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:58 pm
by KachiWachi
Can you physically ID the chip?
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:52 pm
by sa1901
KachiWachi wrote:Can you physically ID the chip?
I removed the sticker and it says:
MX J985010
28F2000TPC-12C4
1A2889
TAIWAN
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:22 pm
by PGM
Is there a manufacturer´s logo, like Winbond, SST...?
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:53 pm
by KachiWachi
PGM - look more closely at his post.
MX28F2000TPC-12C4
2M-BIT ( 256K x 8 ) CMOS flash memory, 120ns
Rainbow...is this guy supported in UniFlash? I couldn't find the TPC in your list...
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:53 am
by sa1901
PGM wrote:Is there a manufacturer´s logo, like Winbond, SST...?
No, only what I wrote.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:00 am
by ajzchips
MX = Macronix
