asdf53 wrote on Yesterday, 19:21:

Those are Windows drivers, not BIOS files. The HPT BIOS is a single binary file with a size of around 25 kb. It's a bit confusin […]
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Those are Windows drivers, not BIOS files. The HPT BIOS is a single binary file with a size of around 25 kb. It's a bit confusing because the drivers share the same version numbers with the BIOS.

You mentioned that your controller BIOS says 1.25 at boot, so even if your motherboard BIOS is up to date, the controller's isn't so far.

Regarding the sound card, I'd suggest trying it with the HPT controller disabled in BIOS and your drives connected to IDE1 and IDE2. If that doesn't help, test the card in your other motherboard if possible, to determine if it's damaged or if it's just a driver issue.

You don't even have to reinstall Windows 98. Just use the same hard drive on your other board, boot into Windows, delete device manager using registry, re-detect hardware. Later, transfer the hard drive back to the Abit board and repeat the process.

Ahh, okay. I take it I need to download a version of Awdflash? Or is that part of the BIOS/CBROM?

And I wouldn't worry about reinstalling 98, I've set up an entirely fresh test build, so I have 98 installed on a spare hard drive. 😀

You should be able to use any 8.x version of Awdflash. Here's 8.23, for example: https://archive.org/download/bnobtc_bntbtc/bn … %2FAWDFLASH.EXE

Other versions here: https://ia601408.us.archive.org/view_archive. … v3-20040508.zip

asdf53 wrote on Yesterday, 20:09:

You should be able to use any 8.x version of Awdflash. Here's 8.23, for example: https://archive.org/download/bnobtc_bntbtc/bn … %2FAWDFLASH.EXE

Other versions here: https://ia601408.us.archive.org/view_archive. … v3-20040508.zip

Great. Thank you. 😀 I'll give all of these a try and report back.

asdf53 wrote on Yesterday, 18:09:

Someone described the process here: https://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/topic297972.html#1641861 […]
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DustyShinigami wrote on Yesterday, 17:41:

Still a bit unsure regarding the HPT BIOS at the moment, but I've put the Sound Blaster back in and it's detected it fine. What I need though are the right drivers. I'm 100% certain the ones I was trying before aren't right. I get the impression they're just for the standard Audigy...? I do have an Audigy 2 update, but not the actual driver, which I need to find.

Someone described the process here: https://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/topic297972.html#1641861

You need:
- ABIT BIOS file for your board: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/abit-ab-be6-ii#bios
- HPT BIOS 1.28 https://soggi.org/storage/highpoint.htm
- CBROM. The poster in the thread used cbrom215.exe, available here: https://archive.org/download/bnobtc_bntbtc/bn … %2FCBROM215.EXE

Process:
CBROM215.EXE abit_bios.bin /D
CBROM215.EXE abit_bios.bin /pci hpt_bios.bin
CBROM215.EXE abit_bios.bin /D

The /D commands are just to verify the pre- and post-modification state.

The resulting abit_bios.bin must then be flashed to your board using Awdflash.

Needless to say, it's at on your own risk. Make sure you have the correct versions for your board.

Okay, I've updated the BIOS to the latest version without any issues. Makes a change. ^^ However, before I do anything with the HPT BIOS I want to make double sure of something before I mess with it. Do I need to put 'abit_bios.bin'? Or does that need to be replaced with the actual name of the file? In this case it's named 'HPT366_1.28b (Beta)'. Though it's not a .bin file.