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award 4.51 i430VX (unknown board)
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 4:59 pm
by stee2003
need correct .BIN file for Award Modular v4.51
I bought an old system with an unknown board to set up as a small server at my home. I want to plug in 128mb RAM and therefor need an update. I have tried awd802 and uniflasher but dont seem to have the correct files
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 6:37 pm
by soupy
FAQ #30
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 7:58 pm
by Rainbow
It's Abit SM5-A board. The latest BIOS is "09/08/97-i430VX-Ali5123-2A59GA1FC-4Y" at
ftp://ftp.abit.nl/pub/download/bios/sm5-a/sm54y.exe, but the memory problems you have are most probably due to chipset limitation.
Thanx alot
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 8:55 pm
by stee2003
Well thanx guys, this will mean I´m up for an new mobo....
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 9:59 pm
by Rainbow
Windows NT 4.0 server works fine with 64MB RAM and Linux too.
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 10:13 pm
by stee2003
I know, but I hoped to put the edo rams into some older machines(486) which run in my home network as workstations for renters(I run a studebt home)
Thanx anyway
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 10:29 pm
by Rainbow
First try if the 486 boards work with EDO. Some older 486 boards work only with FPM SIMMs and not the newer EDO.
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2002 4:28 pm
by stee2003
I know it does, this mobo I was writng about is a p100, old but funtional and supporting edo ram.
Then take this one´s dimm and stick it in an 486dx4
I´ll probably come for an advice on these boards ones finished with the 430vx........
see ya
