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More info?)
Count the pins on each side of the chip
If each side has 16 pins
Send me the chip and I have the equipment (maybe)
to flash it here
I will not know till I actually have ythe chip in hand
Some of the smaller computer shops not the
Best BUY Ids
have the ability to program the chips
It is actually a waste in any case
What do you expect to get
If it aint broken do not fix it
What does the newer bios do
It will never be a screaming deamon
"Jerry .com>" <jglong3@<nospam> wrote in message
news:1ed4j0p7sj58gcpuj0pdn4i1tc0a5qpgfp@4ax.com...
> Hello Ben,,,,,
>
>
> THANKS for the Reply!
>
> One reason is to learn how to do this without endangering the original
> BIOS chip on the 600 MotherBoard. The use of the 600mb.exe as I
> understand creates a bootable environment to a floopy disk in \A: that
> upon booting from that floppy starts the flash after the boot (a HOT
> FLASH). This does not allow the original chip to be removed and a new
> blank chip to be inserted. If I have not understood the comments about
> creating this bootable floopy correctly please let me know.
>
> The expected gain is to understand if the BIOS RECOVERY PROCEDURE will
> allow a new blank BIOS chip to be flashed by manipulating the defined
> jumper and then proceeding with the BIOS UPGRADE PROCEDURE that are
> listed in the link below.
>
> Also, I do not have an external FLASHER and want to flash BIOS code to
> a chip! But, not a HOT FLASH to the original chip which is what I
> think I understand happens when using the 600mb.exe to create a
> bootable floppy.
>
> In the past this has been done on other MotherBoards with a process
> that allows a FLASH .exe process to be executed with the input
> argument of a file containing the BIOS code without a reboot. This
> allows the original BIOS chip to be removed and a new blank BIOS chip
> installed that is to be FLASHed and then a Re-boot to use the new BIOS
> chip and code.
>
> The 600mb.exe file is a self extracting .exe and creates a floppy in
> \A: with the files for flashing and then instructs to create that
> floppy as bootable with:
>
> sys c: a:
>
> Further, as I understand, this Bootable disk when booted will perfrom
> the FLASH after the boot (a HOT FLASH) which does not allow the
> original chip to be removed and a new blank chip to be installed.
>
> At the current time I have used 600mb.exe to create the bootable
> floppy with the files for flashing the 600 Motherboard.
>
> But, I have not executed the boot using this floopy because that boot
> does the flash and as such does not allow the original BIOS chip to be
> removed and a new blank chip to be installed.
>
> Reading the following instructions about the 600 MotherBoad from the
> link listed below indicated the following might be a safe way to
> preserve the original chip by removing the original chip and inserting
> a blank chip and then settting the jumper as indicated:
>
> BIOS Recovery
>
> 1. The 'FLASH NORMAL/FLASH RECOVERY' jumper block, J14 is located
> near the Primary Power Connector, J20/J22.
>
> 2. Move the 'FLASH NORMAL/FLASH RECOVERY' jumper block, J14 from
> pins 2-3 to pins 1-2.
>
> 3. Insert the BIOS upgrade diskette and reboot the system. No video
> is available during the procedure.
>
> 4. The system beeps once and starts copying the recovery code into
> the CMOS Flash memory.
>
> 5. The system beeps twice as the recovery completes.
>
> 6. Turn off the system and move the jumper block,J14 from pins 1-2
> to pins 2-3.
>
> 7. Leave the BIOS upgrade diskette in the floppy drive, and
> continue with the original upgrade following the procedure
> described in 'BIOS UPGRADE PROCEDURE'.
>
> The 'BIOS UPGRADE PROCEDURE is in that same web page pointed to by the
> link below
>
> Based on these two procedures: powering off the computer; remove the
> original chip; put in a fresh blank chip and follow these BIOS
> RECOVERY instructions seemed simple enough.
>
> The setting of the J14 jumper to pins 1-2 was expected to allow
> a boot block to be read from the floppy rather than the BIOS chip.
> What happened is nothing,,,,,,there was no activity from the floppy.
> No beeping once to siganl the beginning of the recovery and no beeping
> twice to signal the end of the recovery!!
>
> Am I mis-interpreting these instructions at the link listed below or
> do I need to do something different like finding an external flasher?
>
> Also, I just want to make sure I have a correct understanding of
> where pin 1 is for these jumpers:
>
> Are these set of pins (J14, J15, J16, J17)
> numbered starting at 1 from the closet edge of
> the Motherboard?????
>
> THANKS for your HELP, TIme, and Advise!!
>
> Jerry
>
>
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:10:39 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net
> (Ben Myers) wrote:
>
> >Yes! Before following a potentially unfamilar procedure, "What do you
expect to
> >gain with the new bios?" The only reasons to update a flash BIOS are to
> >correct a malfunction which effects the way you use the computer, to add
new
> >features, or to extend existing features... Ben Myers
> >
> >On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:58:45 -0500, Jerry <jglong3@<nospam>.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>Hello,,,,
> >>
> >>And, thanks for your time, help, and advise!!!!
> >>
> >>This system is a Pacakrd Bell Legend 822 CDT and has been upfraded to
> >>48MB RAM and the Windows 98 SE was installed.
> >>
> >>System works great, but I would like to flash a BIOS chip with the
> >>latest BIOS on the file 600mb.exe. And, I do not want to do this with
> >>the original chip in the BIOS slot.
> >>A floppy was created using the 600mb.exe BIOS upgrade for this 600
> >>Motherboard. It was executed to create the FLASH environment on a
> >>floopy and then that floppy was made bootable W98SE with the
> >>following:
> >>
> >> sys c: a:
> >>
> >>
> >>So it seemd that the instructions for doing a BIOS RECOVERY from the
> >>instructions offered at the following link would be the trick:
> >>
> >>
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/pb/mb/600.htm
> >>
> >>Power off the computer; remove the original chip; put in a fresh blank
> >>chip and follow these BIOS RECOVERY instructions---seems simple
> >>enough.
> >>
> >>But, the setting of the J14 jumper to pins 1-2 was expected to allow
> >>a boot block to be read from the floppy rather than the BIOS.
> >>
> >> NOTE:
> >>
> >> Just want to make sure I have a correct understning of
> >> where pin 1 it for these pins:
> >>
> >> Are these set of pins (J14, J15, J16, J17)
> >> numbered starting at 1 from the closet edge of
> >> the Motherboard?????
> >>
> >>What happened is nothing,,,,,,there was no activity from the floppy,
> >>no beeping once and no beeping twice to signal the end of the
> >>recovery!!
> >>
> >>Am I mis-interpreting these instructions at the above link or do I
> >>need to do something different.
> >>
> >>THANKS for your HELP, TIme, and Advise!!
> >>
> >>Jerry
> >>jglong3@att.net
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>