The suspense is over, I was able to remove the Bios 4.0Eval. But it
\ntooks some tries. when I was trying to install a previous Bios it
\njust would hang on the load of the Bios from the disk. Only
\nreinstalling Bios 4.0E went alright. Then I tried :
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 awdflash ntmaw40e \/Py \/Sn \/CC
\nI rebooted the system. It had lost all it’s CMOS settings (disk,time,
\npowersaving,chipset,pnp). Then I was able to install a previous Bios.<\/p>\n
In the meantime I had asked my HW supplier to send me a new Bios
\nand I received a floppy this morning with two Bios that are NOT
\non Tyan’s ftp\/web site.<\/p>\n
Information I collected on the floppy my HW supplier send me
\nto fix my Award Bios problem. The person I talked with on the phone
\nwasn’t very clear, but this revision of the Bios should be fixing
\nthe problem the Tyan S1668 and Award BIOS has with the DEC chip on
\nthe Adaptec 3940UW PCI Bridge. I’ll try to install this Award Bios
\nthat I would call version 2.2a, as it’s more recent than the 2.2
\nfile NTMAWD22.BIN, but it uses the same BIOS revision dated 06\/14\/96.
\nIf you want I can make this Bios available to you.<\/p>\n
I installed this Award Bios 2.2a on my Tyan S1668 board. And it fixed
\nmy Bios 4.0E bug under 95 where the mouse corrupts the screen and my
\nMatrox Millenium wasn’t recognized anymore.
\nI will try to reinstall Windows NT 4.0 workstation once I get my
\nPCI and it’s PnP IRQ settings under control again. ( I don’t
\nunderstand
\nhow these IRQ are assigned under PCI)<\/p>\n
Below are some researches I did earlier today about the different
\nBioses and checksums on them.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Erik Bussink REFERENCES : BIOS for Tyan S1668 Checksum codes Award Bios is composed of an LHA original.tmp file and extra code. Filename \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Checksum \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Date S1668P.ROM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0EE3C \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a010\/28\/96<\/p>\n ftp.tyan.com\/bios\/natoma\/Awd<\/p>\n NTMAWD20.BIN \u00a0 \u00a0DCFF \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a006\/13\/96 NTMAWD21.BIN \u00a0 \u00a0AD6C \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a006\/14\/96 NTMAWD22.BIN \u00a0 \u00a0C7DD \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a006\/27\/96 NTMAW303.BIN \u00a0 \u00a0ADE1 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a010\/31\/96 ftp.tyan.com\/bios\/natoma\/Eval<\/p>\n NTMAW40E.BIN \u00a0 \u00a051B0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a002\/20\/97 My HW Supplier has given me these files, one Award Bios and an S1668.ROM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 9121 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a010\/16\/96 06\/14\/96-i440FX-2A69HT5JC-00.0000C-00 S1668P1.ROM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 CE96 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a010\/11\/96 This following part has been taken from Tyan’s \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 S1662\/68 TITAN-PRO BIOS LOG<\/p>\n AWARD BIOS<\/p>\n First release: Second release: Third release: AMI BIOS<\/p>\n No formal release up to 7\/18\/96 The suspense is over, I was able to remove the Bios 4.0Eval. But it tooks some tries. when I was trying to install a previous Bios it just would hang on the load of the Bios from the disk. Only reinstalling Bios 4.0E went alright. Then I tried : \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 awdflash ntmaw40e […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[253,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1914,"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/1914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 er…<\/a>@iprolink.ch<\/p>\n
\n————<\/p>\n
\n———————————-<\/p>\n
\nI guess the real bios is in the original.tmp file, and the outer
\nshell of the .BIN file<\/p>\n
\n———————————————————————-
\nftp.tyan.com\/bios\/natoma\/Ami<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0ORIGINAL.TMP \u00a0 9772 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a006\/13\/96-i440FX-2A69HT5JC-00.0000C-00<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0ORIGINAL.TMP \u00a0 9460 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a006\/14\/96-i440FX-2A69HT5JC-00.0000C-00<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0ORIGINAL.TMP \u00a0 9460 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a006\/14\/96-i440FX-2A69HT5JC-00.0000C-00<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0ORIGINAL.TMP \u00a0 BAA6 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a010\/21\/96-i440FX-2A69HT5JC-00.0000C-00<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0ORIGINAL.TMP \u00a0 52CF \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a002\/19\/97-i440FX-2A69HT5JC-00.0000C-00<\/p>\n
\nAmiBios.<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0ORIGINAL.TMP \u00a0 9460 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0TYN TITAN-PRO V2.2 6\/24\/96<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Award Decompression Bios
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Award BootBlock Bios v1.0<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 AMIBIOS C0625
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 NAMIBOOT.ROM
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1MW_10_TYNS1668 07\/15\/95<\/p>\n
\nftp.tyan.com\/bios\/natoma\/tprolog.doc file.<\/p>\n
\nDate \u00a0 \u00a0Filename \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Banner
\n6\/12\/96 NATOMA10.BIN \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0TYN TITAN-PRO V1.00 5\/20\/96
\nProblem found:
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1. M.S. MPS version 1.1 non compliant
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2. Interupter abnormal high with configuration of
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(WINNT, DP, SCSI HDD)
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3. NCR875 Card not work<\/p>\n
\nReason: Fix problem (1 & 2)in 1st release, and work with ECN96004.
\nDate \u00a0 \u00a0Filename \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Banner
\n6\/27\/96 NTMAWD22.BIN \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0TYN TITAN-PRO V2.2 6\/24\/96
\nProblem found:
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1. In WinNT, can\u2019t \u00a0load VGA driver for Trident & Ali VGA
\ncards.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0( When Video RAM Cacheable & CPU_to_PCI Write Post
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0is enabled)
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2. Adaptec 2940 SCSI card \u00a0not boot WinNT DP system in 5th PCI
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0slot. (AMI BIOS OK)
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3. PCI cards only assign 4 IRQ #
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(1 & 5 PCI slot are hardware connected)
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4. Fast Dram Refresh switch in chipset feature make the
\nperformance low.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5. With a Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM card, under DOS run PCI.EXE,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the VGA card info been shown for hundred times.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 6. Memory count only up to 256MB
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 7. IRQ 14 & IRQ 15 Can not be released. ( Triton HX BIOS
\nbefore
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04\/25 are OK)
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 8. Toshiba X6 CD ROM fail install WinNT ?
\nNote: \u00a0 1. NTMAWD30.BIN is the same one as v2.2, but take off low
\nlevel format
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0option witch not function.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2. New BIOS received at 7\/18\/96, which can support Memory up
\nto
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0512MB or beyond, has NCR875 chip support.<\/p>\n
\nRelease reason: Has better performance, 512MB memory support, IRQ15 &
\n14
\ncab be
\nreleased from CMOS setup.
\nDate \u00a0 \u00a0 Filename \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Banner
\n10\/31\/96 NTMAW303.BIN \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 TYN TITAN-PRO V3.03 \u00a010\/31\/96
\nProblem remain:
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1. SCO Unix SMP fail with SCSI system.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2. Performance low with Adaptec AHA3940 & AHA3985 under Win95
\n& winNT.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3. 5PCI slot not work with Adaptec AHA2940UW & Bustek KT-930
\ncards
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0under WinNT4.0
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4. When put a AHA2940UW or KT-930 on the board, then PCI lan
\ncards will
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0not work on 5th PCI slot.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5. APM12. not ready.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 6. USB not ready.<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Has 1 evaluation BIOS on BBS: NTMAMIE1.ROM 05\/29\/96)
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Receive a new BIOS at 7\/18\/96, witch support DMI, and work
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 with \u00a0 \u00a0ECN 96004. Need testing.
\nEvaluation release:
\nDate \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Filename \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Banner
\n10\/3\/96 S1668E.ROM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eval…..
\nNote:
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1. Has DMI support.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2. No USB support.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3. APM1.2 not verified.
\nFirst \u00a0release:
\nDate \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Filename \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Banner
\n10\/25\/96 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0S1668P.ROM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0TYN TITAN-PRO V3.00 10\/25\/96
\nNote:
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1. Has DMI support.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2. No USB support.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3. APM1.2 not ready. \u00a0 \u00a0
\nshow original<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"