ftp:\/\/ftp.tyan.com\/bios\/natoma\/eval<\/a>
\n>Apparently this is a pre-release of the “TYAN TYN 4.0”. \u00a0Anybody
\n>willing to give it a try? \u00a0My diskette drive seems to have died
\n>over this last weekend, so I can’t…
\n>.. Juan
\nHere goes …
\nWARNING !!! I installed BIOS 4.0E and I cannot move back to 3.03 !!!!<\/p>\n1)
\nInstallation of the BIOS went without problems, but it changed one
\nsetting for sure, the Boot setting. It would not boot directly from
\nthe floppy, and I had to change the settings. Look at all those
\nnice settings: A,C,D,SCSI,CDROM
\nThe ‘Verifying DMI Pool Data’ wasn’t present before (I think).<\/p>\n
2)
\nInstalling the NT Server 4.0 (1381) with the BIOS 4.0E 2\/19\/97 on a
\nDual PentiumPro\/256kb brings up a Blue Screen as below when the
\nscreen resolution changed and the real NT kernel is activated
\n\u00a0(screen shows version,memory,build)<\/p>\n
-BlueScreen—————————————————————-\u00ad—
\nMicrosoft (R) Windows NT (TM) Version 4.0 (Build 1381).
\n1 System Processor [96 MB Memory] MultiProcessor Kernel<\/p>\n
*** STOP: 0x0000000A (0x0000AB74,0x00000002,0x00000001,0x801DD1DE)
\nIRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL*** Address 801dd1de has base at 801d7000 –
\nhal.dll<\/p>\n
CPUIP:GenuineIntel 6.1.7 irql:2 SYSVER 0xf0000565<\/p>\n
Dll Base DateStmp – Name \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dll Base DateStmp – Name
\n80100000 3202c097 – ntoskrnl.exe \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0801d7000 31f578cb – hal.dll
\n8020b000 31f51355 – setupdd.sys \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 80065000 31ec792d –
\nSPDDLANG.SYS
\n80001000 31f8ff94 – pcmcia.sys \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a08023f000 31ec6c74 –
\nSCSIPORT.SYS
\n8000b000 31ec6c6d – vga.sys \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 80252000 31ec6c90 –
\ni8042prt.sys
\n80258000 31ec6c94 – kdbclass.sys \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a08025b000 31eedd07 –
\nfastfat.sys<\/p>\n
Address \u00a0dword dump \u00a0 \u00a0 Build [1381] \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 – Name
\n8014ab00 801dd1de 801dd1de 806aeb60 806ae933 8069bb68 8011595e –
\nhal.dll
\n8014ab10 8011595e 8011595e \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 –
\nntoskrnl.exe<\/p>\n
Restart …
\n—————————————————————————\u00ad—<\/p>\n
3)
\nInstalling the NT Workstation 4.0 (1381) with the BIOS 4.0E 2\/19\/97 on<\/p>\n
a Dual PentiumPro\/256kb in the same conditions as just above gives the<\/p>\n
same result : Blue Screen with different settings for the memory
\nallocations. Should be insteresting to see if NT 3.51 crahses as well.<\/p>\n
4)
\nBooting with the Windows 95 OSR2 system already caused some graphics
\nproblems, but they might have come from the fact that I interupted
\n95 in it’s boot process twice the hard way.
\n4.0E seems to allow the using of the USB port. But having two Matrox
\nMillenium screws up the IRQ settings. It would be nice to have a
\nsetting to choose which IRQ the Serial Bus would use. I might need
\nto remove one.<\/p>\n
At this stage I cannot move back to the BIOS 3.03 !!!!!<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 more adventures to follow very soon…<\/p>\n
[Later…]<\/p>\n
My adventures in BIOS land continue…<\/p>\n
There is a new Award Flash Utility, but you can’t find it on
\nTyan’s site nor on Award. I found it on http:\/\/soyo.com.tw\/bios.htm<\/a>
\npage. It’s the Award Flash Utility 5.33 writer. The directory also
\ncontains a DMICFG program for DOS. Interesting.<\/p>\nThe upgrade to BIOS 4.0E has completly screwed up my Windows 95 OSR2
\ngraphic part. It will not detect my Matrox Millenium card anymore
\n(I even removed the second card as it was conflicting with the USB)<\/p>\n
NT 4.0 (srv & wks) still crashes during the second setup disk.<\/p>\n
And I cannot move back from the 4.0E Bios to the 3.03 Bios. Maybe
\nthe Award Flash program doesn’t allow the move back to a older
\nBIOS revision.
\nWell I’m going to call my motherboard supplier for a new Bios chip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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