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Abit BL30G bios update?

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:14 pm
by SiTRiC
hi i have this motherboard Abit BL30G
with the bios : 11/28/2001-i845-W83627HF-6A69VA1BC-6J

I cannot find an update for this BIOS anywhere...
Though it was listed on the BIOS list of wimsbios


i need to update the bios so that i can boot from USB pen drives....

my BIOS info....
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BIOS
This module contains information about your BIOS chip (Basic Input Output System) capabilities.



BIOS Information
BIOS Name Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Id 11/28/2001-i845-W83627HF-6A69VA1BC-6J
BIOS Vendor Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Version 6.00 PG
BIOS Date 11/28/2001
Starting Address $E000
ROM Size 262,144 Bytes (256 KB)

BIOS Capabilities
Supports ISA No
Supports MCA No
Supports EISA No
Supports PCI Yes
Supports PCMCIA No
Supports Plug and Play Yes
Supports APM Yes
BIOS Upgradeable (Flash) Yes
BIOS Shadowing Allowed Yes
Supports VL-VESA No
Supports ESCD Yes
Supports Boot from CD Yes
Supports Selectable Boot Yes
BIOS ROM Socketed Yes
Supports Boot from PCMCIA No
Supports EDD (Enhanched Disk Drive) Specification Yes
Supports Int 13h for Japanese Floppy for NEC 9800 1.2 MB No
Supports Int 13h for Japanese Floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB No
Supports Int 13h for 5.25" / 360 KB Floppy Yes
Supports Int 13h for 5.25" / 1.2 MB Floppy Yes
Supports Int 13h for 3.5" / 720 KB Floppy Yes
Supports Int 13h for 3.5 / 2.88 MB Floppy Yes
Supports Int 5h / Print Screen Services Yes
Supports Int 9h / 8042 Keyboard Services Yes
Supports Int 14h / Serial Services Yes
Supports Int 17h / Printer Services Yes
Supports Int 10h / CGA/Mono Video Services Yes
Supports NEC PC-98 No
Supports ACPI Yes
Supports USB Legacy Yes
Supports AGP Yes
Supports I2O Boot No
Supports LS-120 Boot Yes
Supports ATAPI ZIP Drive Boot Yes
Supports 1394 Boot No
Supports Smart Battery No

BIOS Language
Current Language English, United States (n, US, iso8859-1)
Available Language 1 English, United States (n, US, iso8859-1)
Available Language 2 English, United States (n, US, iso8859-1)
Available Language 3 English, Canada (r, CA, iso8859-1)
Available Language 4 Japanese, Japan (a, JP, unicode)

BIOS Information
BIOS Name Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Id 11/28/2001-i845-W83627HF-6A69VA1BC-6J
BIOS Vendor Award Software Inc.
BIOS Date 11/28/01
Starting Address $0100
ROM Size 196,608 Bytes (192 KB)

BIOS Capabilities
Supports ISA No
Supports MCA No
Supports EISA No
Supports PCI No
Supports PCMCIA No
Supports Plug and Play No
Supports APM Yes
BIOS Upgradeable (Flash) No
BIOS Shadowing Allowed No
Supports VL-VESA No
Supports ESCD No
Supports Boot from CD No
Supports Selectable Boot Yes
BIOS ROM Socketed No
Supports Boot from PCMCIA No
Supports EDD (Enhanched Disk Drive) Specification No
Supports Int 13h for Japanese Floppy for NEC 9800 1.2 MB No
Supports Int 13h for Japanese Floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB No
Supports Int 13h for 5.25" / 360 KB Floppy Yes
Supports Int 13h for 5.25" / 1.2 MB Floppy No
Supports Int 13h for 3.5" / 720 KB Floppy No
Supports Int 13h for 3.5 / 2.88 MB Floppy Yes
Supports Int 5h / Print Screen Services No
Supports Int 9h / 8042 Keyboard Services No
Supports Int 14h / Serial Services Yes
Supports Int 17h / Printer Services Yes
Supports Int 10h / CGA/Mono Video Services No
Supports NEC PC-98 No
Supports ACPI Yes
Supports USB Legacy Yes
Supports AGP No
Supports I2O Boot Yes
Supports LS-120 Boot No
Supports ATAPI ZIP Drive Boot Yes
Supports 1394 Boot Yes
Supports Smart Battery No


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Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 12:43:32 am

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:43 pm
by Denniss
the -6j Bios already is the latest Version, there's nothing newer.

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:56 am
by SiTRiC
there are 3 options unknown to me in the boot menu... ZIP400,SCSI,OTHER
also i'm trying to boot with a USB2 compliant device but my motherboard is USB 1.0 so is that also a problem..
one more thing.... how do i unlock the clock frequency settings?

can i flash with some other BIOS?