Mail Archives: opendos/2000/12/04/19:47:29
Almost right, except :
Unless the MB was designed incorrectly, you cannot program
a Flash part "using just the motherboard", if the MB originally
used an EPROM. You need a separate EPROM programmer.
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Kitt [SMTP:lists AT sk2 DOT org]
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 December 2000 10:03
> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: Re: Optimizing CONFIG.SYS...
>
> On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 02:45:11PM -0700, Patrick Moran wrote:
> > loading any SCSI drivers and that is where it resides. I cannot turn off
> the
> > MB BIOS for this. Some MB can, but I got stuck with one that does not.
> It is
> > EPROM and not FLASH so I can't even remove the code from the MB BIOS.
>
> I don't know if this will help, and you might have thought of it already.
> Anyway, if you look at the EPROM, there should be a part number on it
> (possibly beneath a sticker). Look it up on the web, and you should be
> able
> to find a datasheet for it, and determine its characteristics - voltage,
> pins and capacity. Then you can buy a compatible EEPROM or Flash ROM and
> get
> someone to write a BIOS image to it; I'd imagine you know someone with an
> EEPROM or Flash ROM writer, if you don't own one yourself. Then swap the
> two
> chips, and the new BIOS should load...
>
> In fact, once you've done that, if you're using a Flash ROM you might be
> able to reprogram it subsequently using just the motherboard and a program
> such as UniFlash which supports many different Flash ROMs. That way you
> can
>
[da Silva, Joe]
See above ...
> experiment to your heart's content, safe in the knowledge that you've
> still
> got the original EPROM if things go pear-shaped.
>
> Stephen
>
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