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looking for Tekran bios file
Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 7:43 pm
by Valerio
I'm looking for a bios file for a 'Tekran P6Pro-AU' motherboard.
I am not looking for an 'update' but the original 128 Kb file
which came with the board when was purchased.
PD.:
The 'update' on Tekran website is 256Kb but the chip on the board I have has just 128Kb. Maybe it is an error or maybe the hardware was revised and bios chip upgraded from 128Kb to 256Kb... don't know.
Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 8:10 pm
by soupy
It is with doubt that Tekram's P6PRO-Au is your best choice for next-generation performance.
http://www.tekram.com.tw/ProductSpec.AS ... t=P6Pro-Au
Hehe, sorry. What's written on your BIOS chip, under the sticker?
With many doubts indeed
Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 8:12 am
by Valerio
Ha ha ha.... Well, they are honest enough to warn people about its own products...
The chip is a WinBond W29C011A-15
(
http://www.winbond.com/e-winbondhtm/par ... ?Pname=760).
It seem to be quite similar to W29C020 which has 2Mb.
Valerio
Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 4:27 pm
by soupy
Hm. You could always order the new 2Mb BIOS in a pre-flashed chip.
I've used this guy. He's fast and inexpensive, and can get you a Winbond.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... egory=1244
I tried that but....
Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 7:06 pm
by Valerio
Thanks for the link but I have yet a fresh W29C020 (2Mb) chip and
have the 2Mb bios file too. I burnt it and.... unfortunately, it didn't work.
I was told this mobo could be a limited serie based on 1Mb chip and I guess it will never understand this 2Mb update file as offered to donwload at Tekram site.
That's why I was looking for the old, original 1Mb file as it came with this mobo when was purchased.
Valerio
Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 12:25 pm
by Rainbow
Try flashing a 128KB BIOS for a board with the same chipset.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 2:11 pm
by NickS
The 1.01 version of the BIOS is 256KB too. Are you 100% sure of the ID of the board ? What are the BIOS ID message and OEM string ?