Maybe this will help> http://web.archive.org/web/20040603232745/htt … nload_other.htm

And or this:

Dont know what the changes are.

Hi Robin4,

ah, thanks for the Wayback Machine Link 😀 But the saved Bios is the same version installed at the Motherboard.

And your second Link is missing 😀

Greetings

If you are lucky there is an identical PC-Chips motherboard, it is probably easier to find a BIOS for the PC-Chips board (if it exists).

The Pendant is then the PC Chips M579 ?
I found the following Link -> http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/Archive/PcChips … m579/index.html
The release.txt shows also a BIOS of 1999.

But the Bios is also outdated at 1999.

Will be nice to someone patch or tweaking my original ROM with the LBA48 Patch oder someone had a Download-Link for me 😀

Thanks

If you are unable to patch the existing BIOS, then you should be able to use a dynamic drive overlay to let you use larger drives with that system. This is how I was able to install a 4GB drive into an old 486 that otherwise was limited to 2.1GB. It's not the most optimal solution, but in some cases it can be the only solution.

Another possibility that springs to mind (but which I personally have never attempted) is using a separate IDE controller card instead of the onboard controller. I would presume that some (if not most or all) drive controller cards have their own BIOS/firmware that can properly recognize drives larger than what the motherboard BIOS can natively handle.

Dubinius wrote:

The Pendant is then the PC Chips M579 ? I found the following Link -> http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/Archive/PcChips … m579/index […]
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The Pendant is then the PC Chips M579 ?
I found the following Link -> http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/Archive/PcChips … m579/index.html
The release.txt shows also a BIOS of 1999.

But the Bios is also outdated at 1999.

Will be nice to someone patch or tweaking my original ROM with the LBA48 Patch oder someone had a Download-Link for me 😀

Thanks

Yea the PC Chips M579 looks to be the same board but if the PC Chips BIOS is just as old I guess there are no reasons for risking a crossflash.

Perhaps you could get Jan Steunebrink to patch the BIOS if you ask nicely. You can find his mail on his K6-3+ page.

http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm

Hi @ All,

thanks for the tips. I checked out that this Motherboard has a 32 GB Limit. All HDD´s above this put the Award Bios to Hang at IDE Initialisation.
Good idea to ask to J.Steunebrink to patch the BIOS 😀

Thanks in Advance

Greetings

OP, by chance is there a jumper set on your hard drive that limits the drive to 32GB? If not, can you manually enter the drive data in the BIOS to enable LBA?

Hi RetroBoogie,

this was my first attempt, my Harddisk allows a "Clip" Jumper to 32GB. This now successfully works, but it will be nice to gain Access to the complete 80GB.
I written a eMail to J. Steunebrink. We will see 😉

Greetings.

Greetings,

sorry for this very late Update of my Thread... Had do to something other and less Time...

So, here is the Status:

I spoke with J.Steunebrink and he tell me a very simple Information because he is not able to actually editing/modding AMI Bios Software but has no Problems with Award Editing 😀
First, undo the Clip Jumper (32 GB Limit). Just go straigt to the BIOS, disable Auto Detection and editing the Drive Specifications manually but this first Attempt don t work. I found a bug in my Bios when it goes over 40GB so i play around with my Cylinders to go nearly to this Limit and with this i can now set the full Capacity on the Disk with the Operating System 😀

Greetings

Hey,
Somebody has an old bios to the ms6260s board.
From 1998s?
With the BIOS 10/26 / 1999s I have big problems with the AGP.

Here's the original bios from the board that I have in my collection. I don't know the version, and it's impossible for me to power up the board and check now (can do it in a few days if it is necessary). Hope it helps.

Edit: if someone has the original headers for J1 and J2, a pinout of those would be immensely helpful. It can even be approximative, e.g. USB connects to pins 1 to 8, PS2 connects to 9-12 and so on. Even some pictures would help, I think 😀

thx,Thank you, I wanted this version (8.14.1998S).
Unfortunately, now the socket board does not recognize k6-2 + 550mhz.
Bios sees "AMD 500";)

I will check how the AGP behaves.

maybe there is another bios?

J1 https://www.pccables.com/products/70599.html

Skyscraper wrote on 2015-07-31, 17:17:

Yea the PC Chips M579 looks to be the same board but if the PC Chips BIOS is just as old I guess there are no reasons for risking a crossflash.

Yes, the MATSONIC MS6260S must be a rebranded PcChips M579. My MS6260S board has arrived the same "M579-T99" tagged bios as quicknick, but the Dubinius one has "MS6260S" tag.

quicknick wrote on 2019-03-19, 22:27:

if someone has the original headers for J1 and J2, a pinout of those would be immensely helpful. It can even be approximative, e.g. USB connects to pins 1 to 8, PS2 connects to 9-12 and so on. Even some pictures would help, I think 😀

I have both the original headers but the J1 (for the USB; PS/2 mouse and IR) is not a simply header but a card with ribbon cable: "ATX Form Card" and it have two 10V 470μF capacitors for USBs and other components for all connectors. So althougs the first 8 pins of the J1 are the same as the most common USB pinout: http://www.frontx.com/cpx108_2p3.gif (except the "S-GND" is not connected) but with a normal USB header with this wiring will not work moreover can cause damages. I have attached images about my ATX Form Card. I thing PcChips have used this pinout/cards for same age and later AT form factor motherboards, because I see a later card with green PS/2 mouse connector (my one is "REV: 1.0" and all connectors are black), and you can still buy this card from some sites:
https://www.google.hu/search?tbm=isch&q=%22atx+form+card%22

J2 (C-Media CMI8330) header is an easier rebuildable thing. I have measured the pinout. Here are my results:

DeadMan274 wrote on 2019-03-19, 22:58:

thx,Thank you, I wanted this version (8.14.1998S). Unfortunately, now the socket board does not recognize k6-2 + 550mhz. Bios se […]
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thx,Thank you, I wanted this version (8.14.1998S).
Unfortunately, now the socket board does not recognize k6-2 + 550mhz.
Bios sees "AMD 500";)

I will check how the AGP behaves.

maybe there is another bios?

What the bios shows/writes at boot "AMD 500" is must be just a cosmetic problem only. My board with the same bios version shows/writes "Cyrix M II-350" but diagnostic program (AIDA16 v2.14) writes "PR433" which means my CPU is runs on the correct (the jumpered) speed.
With this old bios version how the AGP behaves? What was the big problem with the 10/26 / 1999 (the last) bios version?

Thank you very much Gona, it seems I will use this board one day 😀

DeadMan274 wrote on 2019-03-19, 21:16:

Hey, Somebody has an old bios to the ms6260s board. From 1998s? With the BIOS 10/26 / 1999s I have big problems with the AGP. […]
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Hey,
Somebody has an old bios to the ms6260s board.
From 1998s?
With the BIOS 10/26 / 1999s I have big problems with the AGP.

Dubinius wrote on 2015-07-29, 21:52:

MATSONIC_MS6260S_BIOS.zip

This is the last one

quicknick wrote on 2019-03-19, 22:27:

MS6260S (Socket7, ALi M1542).rar

This is the oldest one

I got between bios versions - special thanks to edwin (www.elhvb.com). I have tested all of them, and there is no difference, all have problems with some nVidia cards.
Although I have succesfully installed on Win98 SE the GeForce2 GTS with Detonator 5.13 (4.12.01.0513) driver and GeForce 3 with Detonator 7.76 (4.12.01.0776).

Gona wrote on 2020-02-16, 12:25:

What the bios shows/writes at boot "AMD 500" is must be just a cosmetic problem only. My board with the same bios version shows/writes "Cyrix M II-350" but diagnostic program (AIDA16 v2.14) writes "PR433" which means my CPU is runs on the correct (the jumpered) speed.

I was wrong. Although the M II and K6-2 are only cosmetic problem, the K6-2+ and K6-III+ CPUs are works without problem with the latest bios version.
I have tested them:

I have succesfully used 512MB SDRAM modules in this motherboard (two of them so I can reach the maximum cached size: 1GB).

Gona wrote on 2020-05-30, 21:26:

special thanks to edwin (www.elhvb.com).

BTW, he's joined VOGONS, username: evasive 😀