Help please flashing IBM / Gigabyte board
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:02 pm
Hi,
I'm trying to get a new BIOS into a Gigabyte GA-6WMMC7-1 board that's out of an IBM Netvista 6345 (as far as I can figure out). It's an Intel 810 chipset.
The board appears to be the standard Gigabyte version with a paper label (IBM 19K3582) over the Gigabyte model number and an IBM Bios.
The Gigabyte number on the board does not have the -1 on the end, but the manual for the -1 has the exact jumper layout, the none -1 version is slightly different.
The initial problem is that the CPU I have in it is not properly recognised & it goes in to setup on every boot with Error 167 (processor bios update not found). Other than that, it runs perfectly. It's a 'junk box' project & this is the only spare board/CPU combination I have at the moment.
I have tried every means I can think of to do a BIOS update.
I have tried both the IBM 'from the OS' and Dos boot disk updaters, the Gigabyte update with it's supplied Amiflash, the latest amiflash and Uniflash.
The IBM Windows updater recognises the current BIOS & tries to update it, but hangs very solidly when the progress bar gets to about half way.
None of the others work 'as is', the error is typically along the lines of unrecognised flash chip.
I have tried Uniflash -force 89ad (the BIOS chip is an Intel N82802AB).
This tries to work, I get some green segments in the progress bar but it appears they are just where the file matches the existing BIOS or is blank; nothing is changed on reboot.
I have tried the built-in BIOS recovery facility. This will appear to read a BIOS file of the correct name '$IMAGEPT.USF' as per the IBM Dos update disk, but again no changes on restart.
The BIOS chip is a PLCC package, soldered directly to the board (which is annoying as I have a universal programmer..)
There are two jumpers associated with BIOS protection near the BIOS chip, according to the manual JP24 is Write Protection when closed & JP16 is Top Block Lock (presumably Boot Block?) & jumper closed is 'unlocked'
As well as the default JP16 Closed & JP24 Open, I've tried every combination of these both with the recovery mode & Uniflash, just in case there is a typo in the manual. No change.
(Uniflash takes around 35 mins to run through - is this normal?)
The other BIOS jumper is JP13. This is shown as: 1-2 Normal, 2-3 Safe Mode & Open = Recovery mode. Normal & Recovery are pretty obvious but I'm not sure what 'safe mode' does.
I have tried setting the CPU clock down to 66 MHz rather than 133 in case there are timing issues - no change.
The CMOS Setup has been reset to default after just about every boot.
I can't see any BIOS write protect in the CMOS setup, but the setup layout very different to the usual AMI etc. style & it's possible I missed something being half asleep in the early hours - but I don't see how any settings could lock out the recovery mode??
Any help greatly appreciated!
I'm trying to get a new BIOS into a Gigabyte GA-6WMMC7-1 board that's out of an IBM Netvista 6345 (as far as I can figure out). It's an Intel 810 chipset.
The board appears to be the standard Gigabyte version with a paper label (IBM 19K3582) over the Gigabyte model number and an IBM Bios.
The Gigabyte number on the board does not have the -1 on the end, but the manual for the -1 has the exact jumper layout, the none -1 version is slightly different.
The initial problem is that the CPU I have in it is not properly recognised & it goes in to setup on every boot with Error 167 (processor bios update not found). Other than that, it runs perfectly. It's a 'junk box' project & this is the only spare board/CPU combination I have at the moment.
I have tried every means I can think of to do a BIOS update.
I have tried both the IBM 'from the OS' and Dos boot disk updaters, the Gigabyte update with it's supplied Amiflash, the latest amiflash and Uniflash.
The IBM Windows updater recognises the current BIOS & tries to update it, but hangs very solidly when the progress bar gets to about half way.
None of the others work 'as is', the error is typically along the lines of unrecognised flash chip.
I have tried Uniflash -force 89ad (the BIOS chip is an Intel N82802AB).
This tries to work, I get some green segments in the progress bar but it appears they are just where the file matches the existing BIOS or is blank; nothing is changed on reboot.
I have tried the built-in BIOS recovery facility. This will appear to read a BIOS file of the correct name '$IMAGEPT.USF' as per the IBM Dos update disk, but again no changes on restart.
The BIOS chip is a PLCC package, soldered directly to the board (which is annoying as I have a universal programmer..)
There are two jumpers associated with BIOS protection near the BIOS chip, according to the manual JP24 is Write Protection when closed & JP16 is Top Block Lock (presumably Boot Block?) & jumper closed is 'unlocked'
As well as the default JP16 Closed & JP24 Open, I've tried every combination of these both with the recovery mode & Uniflash, just in case there is a typo in the manual. No change.
(Uniflash takes around 35 mins to run through - is this normal?)
The other BIOS jumper is JP13. This is shown as: 1-2 Normal, 2-3 Safe Mode & Open = Recovery mode. Normal & Recovery are pretty obvious but I'm not sure what 'safe mode' does.
I have tried setting the CPU clock down to 66 MHz rather than 133 in case there are timing issues - no change.
The CMOS Setup has been reset to default after just about every boot.
I can't see any BIOS write protect in the CMOS setup, but the setup layout very different to the usual AMI etc. style & it's possible I missed something being half asleep in the early hours - but I don't see how any settings could lock out the recovery mode??
Any help greatly appreciated!