ABIT Posts new BIOSes

[Guyver]

There are new BIOS revisions for the following boards...

ABIT BM6, BE6-II, BF6, BX6R2

ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/bios

Guyv

[This message has been edited by Guyver (edited 09 May 2000).]

[bongo]

hello

I have a ABIT BE6 II, does this motherboard support 133mhz dram? If it
does not, is there an upgrade? Is it worth buying the 133mhz memory for

this motherboard?

ALSO

I noticed that on your site you have recent FLASH upgrades for BOTH the
BE6-II motherboard AND HPT366 ultra66 controllers.

Do I need to flash my board with BOTH BE6-II AND hpt366, or does the
BE6-II motherboard flash upgrade contain the upgrade data for the
HPT366 as well??

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT because I FRIED my ABIT motherboard last
time
flashing both separately.


thank you

vancouver, canada




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"The path of excess leads to the temple of knowledge"

ABit BE6 II UDMA 66 w/ PentiumIII 500mhz
Matrox G400 DH 32 meg MAX
Maxtor 13gig UDMA66 7200 Seagate 9gig UDMA33 7200
SBlaster Live Mp3+ (with gold connectors and robot voice
Aureal Vortex SuperQuad2500
19" PF790 Viewsonic (superb flat screen)
19" Samsung 950p (amazing quality for the price)
ACK 580 crdless k/b and mouse
Panasonic 7585 CD RW 32x8x4
Pioneer DVD 114 10x40x
USR V90 ISA everything modem
one big case fan and standard retail CPU/HS cooling from Intel
a 3COM ADSL HOME CONNECT WarpMODEM

[Guyver]

Bongo,

First of all, the BE6-II does support PC133SDRAM very well thank you. See system specifications at the bottom of this post.

Secondly,

The HPT366 controller embedded within the motherboard (BE6, BE6-II) does get it's BIOS updates via the mainboard BIOS flash procedures. Do not run the standalone HPT366 controller BIOS updates on either of these boards.

Finally, I'm just an interested end-user like yourself, I just posted a link to ABIT's FTP site.

Good luck, enjoy...

Hope these answers helped...

Guyver


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OK, Here's the rig...

ABIT BE6-II
PC Power & Cooling 425W ATX PS
PIII650E@866 (1.65V) with Alpha P3125S Cooler and 2 27CFM 4500RPM+ Fans
2xVantec Slot Coolers (40CFM each)
2x128MB PC133HSDRAM
2xQuantum Atlas 10K Ultra160/m 18.2GB Drives
Adaptec ASC-29160 Ultra160/m controller
Matrox G400MAX (not OC'd)
MAG DX-715T
SBLive!Retail
3Com 3CR990-TX-95 NIC
3Com USRobotics 56K Voice Faxmodem Pro (USB/Serial)
HP Deskjet 895CXi (USB/Parallel)
HP 6200Cse Scanner (USB/SCSI)
Iomega ZIP 100 ATAPI
Imation LS120 ATAPI Iomega Jaz 1GB SCSI
HP 8200i ATAPI
Matshita 3X DVDROM ATAPI
Kenwood 52X TrueX Ultra SCSI
Cambridge Soundworks DTT2500 Dolby Digital Sound System

Did I get too much? No!
Did I spend too much? (Total package about 5.5KUSD) - I'd say that's a Yes!
Am I having too much fun? Absolutely!

[cjolley]

Thanks Guyver.
chuck


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ABit BF6, Celery 333@500, 128mb gh@cas2, 10gb IBM@7200, SB Live Value@3.0, Pioneer 104s DVD, Mitsumi CDRW@2x2x8, Acatel 1000 ADSL@1.5mb/sec, Linksys EtherFast NIC, LG 995e, USB mouse,Matrox G400 MAX!!!!

[bongo]

thank you Mr. G, and very nice system ye have.

[jackzod]

Wow that's fast, it's not even listed on their site yet...

Any hint of what it improves ??? (or worsen

[Guyver]

It appears to rectify issues of the QY revision of the BIOS which was released towards the tail end of March, and then subsequently pulled off the web shortly thereafter. It does appear to improve stability on the BE6-II, and make a few slight improvements in settings. Since it is a larger bios image, it may have a new rev of the HPT366 controller.

Guyv

[DuRaNgO[MU]]

Damn, what's up with the BE6?
jim