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First post, by LeFlash

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Hello,
someone having a copy of je4333apm.zip?
Its a modified beta-bios from FIC for the VA503+ with K6-III+ Support and up to 60GB IDE drives.
Can't find a copy of it anywhere on the net 🙁

Kind regards!

Reply 1 of 9, by cyclone3d

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I'm not finding the APM version anywhere, but the standard je4333 version is available.

Is there a specific reason you want the APM only version (ACPI option rom stripped out)? Only reason I see for that is if you want to run XP.

The regular version supports K6-2+/K6-3+ CPUs as well as large drives.

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  • Filename
    JE4333.ZIP
    File size
    124.76 KiB
    Downloads
    273 downloads
    File license
    Fair use/fair dealing exception

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Reply 2 of 9, by LeFlash

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The only difference is the stripped ACPI? Ok, i can do this myself.
Thank you for this information!
Got hold of this board today and was immediately happy because i used this board a lot that time.
It's revision 1.0A and has a 4.7k resistor between Vss and NMI on the socket, i'm not sure if that's a factory or user mod.

Reply 3 of 9, by cyclone3d

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Yeah, only difference is ACPI stripped out from what I could find... at least that is what the person that made the original modded BIOS said in the posts I found.

Yamaha modified setupds and drivers
Yamaha XG repository
YMF7x4 Guide
Aopen AW744L II SB-LINK

Reply 5 of 9, by PC Hoarder Patrol

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Seems lost sadly - the closest I could find either online or in my own files is the previous APM version JP4329, which doesn't support K6-II+ / K6-III+ 'mobile' CPUs or 60GB drives.

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JP4329.ZIP
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76 downloads
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Model - VA-503+ […]
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Model - VA-503+

BIOS Maker - AWARD

Fixes - fixed AT power supplies were unable to complete system shut down under WIN98

Notes - for AT Power Supply user only

Status - release

If you're handy with BIOS modding tools you could probably replicate the work of Tim Stinnett (as user 'tcsenter', the modder who created JE4333APM) - here's a link to a thread where he mentions his work.

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/o-mother … ng-down.719618/

Reply 7 of 9, by j3ffery

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I've been experimenting with using awards tool - cbrom.exe, however I'm thinking there is more to the process than just removing ACPITBL.BIN from je4333.bin. I've actually done it and I 'may' try flashing it. I see many people using cbrom.exe to modify boot logos.

Reply 9 of 9, by tcsenter

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Blast from the past - hilarious! For posterity, in addition to the file contributed by SETBLASTER:

je4333APM.zip for FIC VA-503+

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    je4333apm.zip
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    Downloads
    106 downloads
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    Public domain