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First post, by PcBytes

Posted on 2013-03-22, 20:18

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Hi!I have a K7S5A v3.1 with a custom BIOS (Award BIOS instead of AMI) and it does not recognize my USB Keyboard.Alright.Make a custom BIOS with the Small Logo,USB Keyboard Support and custom BIOS bootup string and save.Now here is the problem:
OLD CHIP:Winbond W49F002U-12B
NEW CHIP:ATMEL 49F002T-12PC
The question is,is the ATMEL good for flashing the new BIOS I made?It's made for minimal OC purposes or such,just to make myself some kind of almost OEM machine (with the exception that it allows minimal OC settings and has support for USB keyboards)and this is the final step I need to do.
Waiting for your replies!

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Reply 1 of 11, by JaNoZ

Posted on 2013-03-22, 20:23

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look for the datasheets regarding programming voltage and pinouts are the same.
i think youre safe, and good to go.

Reply 2 of 11, by Scylla

Posted on 2013-03-22, 23:16

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Bof, I really loathed this board. I was working in a computer store and we never had to return as many motherboards as this particular model, not even at the height of the faulty capacitor crisis.

On the brighter side, I had a functional one (rev 5.1) for many years. I think I ended selling it quite expensive, because it had some features that were really sought after and were highly moddable although I can't recall exactly what they were.

Reply 3 of 11, by PcBytes

Posted on 2013-03-23, 07:12

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I have flashed it now,it works but still it doesn't see the USB Keyboard even though I set the options in the program I used (modbin6 if curious)for USB KB support to be Enabled.

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Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 4 of 11, by swaaye

Posted on 2013-03-23, 18:07

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Scylla wrote:
Bof, I really loathed this board. I was working in a computer store and we never had to return as many motherboards as this particular model, not even at the height of the faulty capacitor crisis.

I've heard others say the same. ECS quality control sucked. I've also read tales of Abit boards having high defect rates, actually.

Reply 5 of 11, by Putas

Posted on 2013-03-23, 18:40

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Is this the Pro version with USB 2.0? If yes try other controller as well. There is a legacy support switch in setup, maybe could help.

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I've heard others say the same. ECS quality control sucked. I've also read tales of Abit boards having high defect rates, actually.

Hm, both attracted overclockers/modders, just on different sides of wealth spectrum. I killed few k7s5a's myself, along with CPUs, was worth the experience.

Reply 6 of 11, by PcBytes

Posted on 2013-03-23, 19:54

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Actuallly it's the v3.1 one with a modified K7S5A2 bios (see above)to allow booting without halting on errors and show the small EPA logo.Still I made it enable the USB Keyboard support but the keyboard does not work.

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 7 of 11, by Scylla

Posted on 2013-03-24, 00:59

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PcBytes wrote:
Actuallly it's the v3.1 one with a modified K7S5A2 bios (see above)to allow booting without halting on errors and show the small EPA logo.Still I made it enable the USB Keyboard support but the keyboard does not work.

Have you tried fiddling with the +5VSB setting or disabling APM completely?

Reply 8 of 11, by PcBytes

Posted on 2013-03-24, 06:58

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There is no APM of +5VSB setting I can disable.Just ACPI Function and ACPI Suspend Type.

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Reply 9 of 11, by Scylla

Posted on 2013-03-24, 15:49

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PcBytes wrote:
There is no APM of +5VSB setting I can disable.Just ACPI Function and ACPI Suspend Type.

+5VSB setting is usually selectable from a jumper in the motherboard.

Reply 10 of 11, by PcBytes

Posted on 2013-03-24, 16:42

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The motherboard is utterly simple,so there are no jumpers than one for CMOS and one for (probably)Keyboard.

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Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 11 of 11, by Scylla

Posted on 2013-03-24, 22:52

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Then it seems that you're going to have to flash it 🙁
I've checked the manual (props for ECS for still maintaining all its old files in their server) and I don't think there's any relevant configuration to be made in the board itself.

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