Reply 20 of 29, by vmr_
maxtherabbit wrote on 2020-09-08, 01:37:I have a Slocket 8. I'm trying to get it working in a 440EX board with an OEM branded Award 4.51PG BIOS. The board is known good, working fully with a Deschutes P2. When I put the PPro + slocket in there, it boots up but the system hangs right before it prints the CPU ID string. I'm assuming the problem is indeed lack of BIOS support, since if the chipset itself was incompatible it wouldn't even boot or display anything. I've also verified the VRM on the board supports 3.3v.
Anyone up for helping me hack the BIOS to add microcode support? I can dump it with AWDFLASH and post it here if anyone is interested.
Hi, I came across this forum, it could help finding what you are looking for https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/
One thread caught my eye: https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/archive/index … ad-32206-1.html
Also interested to learn more about BIOS modicfication required for PPro cpus, for mobos with 440BX chipset - any suggestions where to start, tools needed? 😀
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