Looking for Award Flasher 5.00 or can I use UniFlash?
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:18 pm
Hi
I have a TMC AI5VG+ (now out of business) with a K2-2/500 processor and have downloaded Jan Steunebrink's modified bios M598U4_J so I can install a K2-3 processor.
The BIOS Utilities page says "Award Flasher v5.00 should be used with older BIOS versions (eg. 4.50)"
I cannot find AF v5.00 - all the Google links are dead. Even 5.xx links are dead (does it have to be a .00 version?)
I've been to UniFlash web site but there seems so many caveats, warnings and untested boards (I appreciate it's a mamoth task) that I'm unsure whether UniFlash will safely do the job. Advice is appreciated.
By current BIOS is
BIOS Manufacturer : Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID : 11/19/1998-VP3-586B-W877-2A5LEM2KC-00
BIOS Date : 11/19/98
BIOS OEM Signon : AI5VG+-U2-1119
BIOS ROM Size : 256K
Chipset : VIA 82C597 rev 4
Super I/O Chip : Winbond 83877F (use 87h) found at port 3F0h
If I were to use AWDFlash then I'm unsure whether to use the following options or not:
/F = use flash routines in original BIOS for flash programming
/LD = destroy cmos checksum and no system halt for first reboot after programming
Note: to start with I am not inserting the K2-3. I will do that later once the BIOS update has gone OK.
Thanks for reading.
I have a TMC AI5VG+ (now out of business) with a K2-2/500 processor and have downloaded Jan Steunebrink's modified bios M598U4_J so I can install a K2-3 processor.
The BIOS Utilities page says "Award Flasher v5.00 should be used with older BIOS versions (eg. 4.50)"
I cannot find AF v5.00 - all the Google links are dead. Even 5.xx links are dead (does it have to be a .00 version?)
I've been to UniFlash web site but there seems so many caveats, warnings and untested boards (I appreciate it's a mamoth task) that I'm unsure whether UniFlash will safely do the job. Advice is appreciated.
By current BIOS is
BIOS Manufacturer : Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID : 11/19/1998-VP3-586B-W877-2A5LEM2KC-00
BIOS Date : 11/19/98
BIOS OEM Signon : AI5VG+-U2-1119
BIOS ROM Size : 256K
Chipset : VIA 82C597 rev 4
Super I/O Chip : Winbond 83877F (use 87h) found at port 3F0h
If I were to use AWDFlash then I'm unsure whether to use the following options or not:
/F = use flash routines in original BIOS for flash programming
/LD = destroy cmos checksum and no system halt for first reboot after programming
Note: to start with I am not inserting the K2-3. I will do that later once the BIOS update has gone OK.
Thanks for reading.