If a motherboard has a modded bios available that adds support for K6-2+ / K6-III can I assume it adds support for the regular K6-2 to as well?
Modded bios usually already have that support from the original fab, the + series were newer and a lot of fabs never bothered to update the bios with support so some community members can mod the latest bios to support the + CPUs.
TrashPanda wrote on 2022-01-22, 03:43:Modded bios usually already have that support from the original fab, the + series were newer and a lot of fabs never bothered to update the bios with support so some community members can mod the latest bios to support the + CPUs.
ASUS TX97-XE specifically. Manual only mentions the K5/K6. That's why I ask.
EDIT: Think I might have answered my own question. Asus lists a BIOS from 2000 that specifically says K6-2 support.
Private_Ops wrote on 2022-01-22, 03:56:TrashPanda wrote on 2022-01-22, 03:43:Modded bios usually already have that support from the original fab, the + series were newer and a lot of fabs never bothered to update the bios with support so some community members can mod the latest bios to support the + CPUs.
ASUS TX97-XE specifically. Manual only mentions the K5/K6. That's why I ask.
EDIT: Think I might have answered my own question. Asus lists a BIOS from 2000 that specifically says K6-2 support.
http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm
Youll find the modded Bios for your board here ! in the patched Bios section, it also adds support for drives larger than 32gb along with + support.
Direct link to file
http://home.hccnet.nl/j.steunebrink/0112xej2.zip
@TrashPanda, thanks for supporting my website. 😀
You are correct, most BIOSes I’ve patched for K6-2+/-III+ already have support for the original K6-2/K6-III CPUs. But if they don’t, I have added K6-2/K6-III support as well so all BIOSes on my k6plus page support the K6-2/K6-III/K6-2+/K6-III+ models.
@Private_Ops, the original TX97-XE Revision #401A0-0112xe-1 BIOS already supports the K6-2/-III up to 400MHz (6 x 66). So you only need the 0112xej2 patched BIOS for the K6-2+/-III+ CPU, for 450MHz (6 x 75) and 500MHz (6 x 83) support, and for drives above 32GiB.
Cheers, Jan.
Chkcpu wrote on 2022-01-22, 12:29:@TrashPanda, thanks for supporting my website. :) You are correct, most BIOSes I’ve patched for K6-2+/-III+ already have support […]
@TrashPanda, thanks for supporting my website. 😀
You are correct, most BIOSes I’ve patched for K6-2+/-III+ already have support for the original K6-2/K6-III CPUs. But if they don’t, I have added K6-2/K6-III support as well so all BIOSes on my k6plus page support the K6-2/K6-III/K6-2+/K6-III+ models.@Private_Ops, the original TX97-XE Revision #401A0-0112xe-1 BIOS already supports the K6-2/-III up to 400MHz (6 x 66). So you only need the 0112xej2 patched BIOS for the K6-2+/-III+ CPU, for 450MHz (6 x 75) and 500MHz (6 x 83) support, and for drives above 32GiB.
Cheers, Jan.
G'day from Australiia Jan, your site has been a big help to me recently so thank you !
Chkcpu wrote on 2022-01-22, 12:29:@Private_Ops, the original TX97-XE Revision #401A0-0112xe-1 BIOS already supports the K6-2/-III up to 400MHz (6 x 66). So you only need the 0112xej2 patched BIOS for the K6-2+/-III+ CPU, for 450MHz (6 x 75) and 500MHz (6 x 83) support, and for drives above 32GiB.
Cheers, Jan.
Well when it gets here (Russia to the US) I'll certainly test it out (I have a couple K6/2/+ CPUs laying around). This one has onboard Vibra16X sound, which was the reason I wanted it.
