First post, by ketma
I wonder if anyone can help with the following.
I recently acquired a P6DLS motherboard but have a few issues with it. The board currently has BIOS version 1.33 installed dated 07/15/95 (according to the config screen). The latest BIOS version 1.35a is dated 01/15/99.
The processor I am using is 333MHz 'Deschutes' which was released in 1998 and could be contributing to this issue. (?)
1) I am unable to update the BIOS to the latest version 1.35a from DLS2081.ROM On attempting to flash the BIOS it fails almost straight away on programming and then I have to use the BIOS recovery method via floppy disk to recover the BIOS (which thankfully works).
I have tried the following:
- BIOS ROMs from various sources which all match (to rule out corruption) but still no success.
- Renamed the latest BIOS to SUPER.ROM so this is read upon recovery - however this fails and I am forced to use the SUPER.ROM read from the original source (1.33)
- Tested the flash process by saving the current BIOS and then flashing that back - which works ok.
I was maybe thinking of trying an interim BIOS version but haven't been able to find any on the internet (apart from 1.35a).
2) The board has onboard SCSI but the option is greyed out in the BIOS. Changing various options has no effect to'enable' this.
- The SCSI LED flashes for a spit second on power up but I'm not sure if this is meant to remain lit (?)
- No SCSI BIOS option is displayed or listed in the PCI startup config screen.
So now I'm wondering what to do or try, get hold of a earlier processor (233Mhz), obtain an EEPROM programmer and flash the BIOS chip off the board or just give up and live with the current version.
Thanks.