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Reply 1660 of 1661, by Roman555

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Hi,
I've found in my archive AMI BIOSes for Packard Bell Saturn mainboard MS-6309 v2.1 and 2.32 beta. I guess the former is listed on Theretroweb but the second is not.
I 'm not sure which hardware revision it is for but I suppose it is for rev 1.x.
The interesting fact is that v2.32 beta one has microcode for Tualatin cpuid 06b1 .
Maybe it can be useful. So I attached original file that make a bootable floppy and also the extracted ROM with its Ami flasher

binwalk Saturn.232


DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL DESCRIPTION
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65705 0x100A9 Intel x86 or x64 microcode, sig 0x00000665, pf_mask 0x10, 1999-03-10, rev 0x0002, size 2048
67753 0x108A9 Intel x86 or x64 microcode, sig 0x00000665, pf_mask 0x10, 1999-05-05, rev 0x0003, size 2048
69801 0x110A9 Intel x86 or x64 microcode, sig 0x00000681, pf_mask 0x10, 1999-09-21, rev 0x0011, size 2048
71849 0x118A9 Intel x86 or x64 microcode, sig 0x00000683, pf_mask 0x10, 2000-01-10, rev 0x0010, size 2048
73897 0x120A9 Intel x86 or x64 microcode, sig 0x00000686, pf_mask 0x10, 2000-05-05, rev 0x0008, size 2048
75945 0x128A9 Intel x86 or x64 microcode, sig 0x0000068a, pf_mask 0x10, 2000-11-02, rev 0x0001, size 2048
77993 0x130A9 Intel x86 or x64 microcode, sig 0x00000683, pf_mask 0x10, 2001-02-06, rev 0x0014, size 2048
80041 0x138A9 Intel x86 or x64 microcode, sig 0x000006b1, pf_mask 0x10, 2001-02-15, rev 0x001c, size 2048

cat autoexec.bat

@ECHO OFF
:: NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL - PRODUCT SUPPORT & SERVICE PLANNING
:: 16:50 4-2-2002/TH
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO ********** NEC Computers International *********
ECHO ***************************
ECHO Packard Bell Saturn motherboard
ECHO XP Compliant BIOS version 2.32 BETA!
ECHO ***************************
ECHO ********** NEC Computers International **********
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO This flash utility will automatically update your
ECHO Saturn motherboard BIOS to version 2.32.
ECHO.
ECHO IMPORTANT NOTE:
ECHO This version is not officially qualified, but tests
ECHO indicate it is fully functional and XP compliant.
ECHO This means that this BIOS version is not fully supported.
ECHO If you experience problems after using this BIOS,
ECHO Technical Support may ask you to revert your system to
ECHO the last version of the BIOS that is qualified and supported.
A:\CHOICE /N /C:YN Do you want to continue? [Y(es), N(o)]
ECHO.
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO CANCEL
CLS
ECHO Launching update program...
ECHO.
ECHO DO NOT POWER OFF YOUR SYSTEM DURING THE PROCESS!
ECHO.
a:\F826_14.EXE Saturn.232 /A
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Finished.
ECHO.
ECHO ** Important:
ECHO ** Remove the diskette from the disk drive and restart your computer.
ECHO ** The computer MAY start with a CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR message.
ECHO ** This is just proof of a successful BIOS update and no cause for alarm.
ECHO ** Press F2 followed by F5 (ENTER) and F10 (ENTER) to save the new settings.
ECHO ** Your computer will restart again, and the new BIOS settings will take effect.
ECHO ** You may want to write down these instructions before restarting the computer.
ECHO.
GOTO END

:CANCEL
CLS
ECHO Update aborted by user.
ECHO Please remove the diskette from the disk drive and restart your computer.
ECHO.
GOTO END

:END

[ MS6168/PII-350/YMF754/98SE ]
[ 775i65G/E5500/9800Pro/Vortex2/ME ]

Reply 1661 of 1661, by Roman555

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The latest (?) Packard Bell BIOS for MS-6159 (PB Suva)

[ MS6168/PII-350/YMF754/98SE ]
[ 775i65G/E5500/9800Pro/Vortex2/ME ]