Re: AWE64 Value, wrong connector type, for CD-Rom analogue connection?

Posted on 2024-02-21, 21:18

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You get variances when the card was OEM for Dell or HP etc and they specified a different hookup to match their case hardware. There were three common styles and you can get them all covered with "Universal CDROM audio" cables like this one... https://www.cableleader.com/25in-universal-cd-rom-audio …

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AWE64 Value, wrong connector type, for CD-Rom analogue connection?

Posted on 2024-02-21, 15:53

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Hey, I bought an AWE64 Value this week, and I was about to install it, and realised I needed to plug my CD-Roms analogue connector into it, for pass through, right? So on the AWE64 card, it has a CD-Rom plug, but its the same form factor as a floppy drive power connector. NOT, the kind that is …

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Re: Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453, Windows 98 boot disk clone fail

Posted on 2024-01-27, 17:05

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So, looked for a boot disk for Win98, and there IS a floppy. So Ill give that a try now, and see how it goes. Fingers crossed. And first horrible problem overcome. Winimage, despite APPEARING to be the tool for the job, DOES NOT produce working bootable floppy disks from valid images Instead I used …

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Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453, Windows 98 boot disk clone fail

Posted on 2024-01-27, 12:43

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Hey, so, my Ergo Pro x453 had an issue with its BIOS and this was fixed in another thread. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=98257 Now that's fixed, I decided to backup its 26 year old IDE hard drive (2gb), with Windows 98 installed, before cloning that onto a Compact Flash card (16gb) So …

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Re: help with damaged motherboard - Fujitsu ICL ergo pro X

Posted on 2024-01-27, 12:20

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But I cant find any bios updates for Fujitsu ICL Ergopro x450/90. My motherboard has an number: A9930174E. Can anyone help me, please, with an old ftp or archive from fujitsu? The file name for the BIOS load file should be BXX_VVV.LDB where XX is BIOS ID and VVV is the revision identifier. Hey, …

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Re: Help with BIOS behaviour, Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453

Posted on 2024-01-27, 12:07

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You mention using a detergent; Again, it's a long-shot explanation, but maybe plausible. Necroware seems to wash his motherboards in water+detergent on a regular basis and I dont think he has any issues. Also, I get there might be a tiny theoretical charge from soap, but I beleive these chips need …

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Re: Help with BIOS behaviour, Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453

Posted on 2024-01-27, 12:02

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Congratulations on the repair. I had a Fujitsu iCL ergopro X series, with pentium 90 mhz, socket 5, with bios corupted. I gave up at the repair becouse I couldnt find any bios to flash from floppy. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=90769 Ok, I may drop into that thread and help you there. …

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Re: BIOS Upgrade Diskette, DMP format?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 16:29

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The video is now complete Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453 PC - CH03: The Repair https://youtu.be/jdukubiLE34 I hope it captures the overall flow of how the machine was fixed in the end. It was certainly an interesting collaboration and I learnt a lot. I also have a friend, who is an engineer, and makes a lot …

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Re: Help with BIOS behaviour, Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453

Posted on 2024-01-26, 16:27

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Hey, sorry guys, I did not notice the thread had flipped to 2 pages, and the conversation was continuing. So, the reason why I was quiet, is now that the machine is working, I had to get pen to paper as it were and make a video about it. Right now, I don't have a setup conducive to recording me …

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Re: BIOS Upgrade Diskette, DMP format?

Posted on 2024-01-22, 14:43

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Well good news. The BIOS did the trick, I flashed the machine, which has a rather neat, no screen BIOS flash process and when this was complete, the machine now boots again. Of those two files the DPM contains the fully floppy disk based flash process/files with the 1.33 version of the BIOS, whilst …

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Re: Help with BIOS behaviour, Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453

Posted on 2024-01-20, 13:51

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I agree this is a peculiar flash procedure but it all depends on how the Bootblock code was written. Note that this BIOS recovery procedure calls for a blank pre-formatted floppy with only ONE file on it: the B56_K.LDB BIOS load file. So no need for a bootable floppy or a dosflash.exe program. All …

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Re: Help with BIOS behaviour, Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453

Posted on 2024-01-20, 12:53

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That's a nice photo. What camera did you use? IPhone 14 Pro Max, using its 3x optical zoom, to avoid too much perspective. If my @RetronautTech Youtube channel takes off, Id like to get a professional camera, and a decent ZOOM lens which would make these kinds of shots, with the right rig and …

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Re: Help with BIOS behaviour, Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453

Posted on 2024-01-20, 01:26

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OK, for anyone concerned, here is a photo of the logic board https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mun5j1vhemhmhoff4i91c/Logic_Board.png?rlkey=2q4czx70tpegto0djvhjco4j0&dl=0 So, there are some competing views, and others not so much. But what I need to really focus in on here, is WHAT do I do next. Right …

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Re: Help with BIOS behaviour, Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453

Posted on 2024-01-19, 16:19

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As the x453 worked before you dismantled and cleaned it, I now think it is less likely that the BIOS is borked. Perhaps some bad solder joints finally let loose during cleaning of the mainboard. Happened to me once where the chipset southbridge legs came loose from their solder pads during washing. …

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Re: BIOS Upgrade Diskette, DMP format?

Posted on 2024-01-19, 00:33

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Use DiskDump utility to extract file B56FB58C.DMP to 3.5" 1.44MB diskette. DiskDump utility can be found from external number EX0004198. ...but it looks like you can skip their tool and just chop off the first 162 bytes, and it becomes a bootable floppy image (at least QEMU liked it, I didn't …

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Re: BIOS Upgrade Diskette, DMP format?

Posted on 2024-01-18, 23:09

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jakethompson1 wrote on 2024-01-18, 22:53: What is the exact size of the .DMP to the byte? its 1,474,722 bytes Chris

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BIOS Upgrade Diskette, DMP format?

Posted on 2024-01-18, 19:26

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Hey, I have been trying to find a BIOS flash disk for my Ergo Pro x453, by a miracle I cant quite believe, Fujitsu actually have files available for download, for this machine from 1998. So One file is FTS_BIOSUpgradeforx453x653BIOSID56Version1__5745.exe (231kb), and Im pretty sure its a BIOS flash …

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Re: Help with BIOS behaviour, Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453

Posted on 2024-01-18, 18:22

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Once again Jan, thank you for your clear reponse, info about how the whole BIOS dance happens is pretty crucial here.... (Yes, I watched the nice video on your YouTube channel.) ;) Thank you very much for watching! :) For anyone else reading in, the channel is https://www.youtube.com/@RetronautTech …

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Re: Help with BIOS behaviour, Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453

Posted on 2024-01-15, 20:19

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Do you have the speaker connected and do you hear any beep codes? Page 5-7 shows the beep list and if you hear any of these codes, this would help a lot. I hope you don’t hear the dreaded beep code for “The checksum of the BIOS ROM is not correct”. Yes, I do have a speaker... Not heard the …

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Re: Help with BIOS behaviour, Fujitsu Ergo Pro x453

Posted on 2024-01-15, 16:03

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Finally, when I look at the handbook at https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/2799360/ergopro-e452-652-and-x453-653-models-pc-handbook-fujitsu-uk/45 and navigate to page 5-4, it shows POST code 61 as “Harddisk controller error”. By this time during POST you should see something on the screen and …

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