Here's my problem:
I have a BIOS flash that I want to use. The flash
consists of three files:
ProgBios.exe <- flash program
file.fpd <- Identifier for the BIOS version????
file.bin <- actual BIOS image
This is followed by loading the required stepping data
using a program named "MuLoader". MuLoader consists of
two files
MuLoader.com <- loader program
MUDATA.gdb <- Data file
The MuLoader program is run AFTER rebooting the machine
following a BIOS update
Now the problem is that the BIOS image does not contain
the necessary steppings table for Coppermine processors.
I want to use a Coppermine processor, and the motherboard
can physically support one (can provide necessary voltage,
etc.), but only if I can provide the necessary steppings
data. The MULOAD data file I have HAS the correct
steppings data (it's newer than the BIOS image).
If I flash with the BIOS update and then reboot
after inserting a Coppermine, the system just sits
there--doesn't post. What I need to do is to somehow
get the necessary
steppings info into the BIOS at the same time I do the
flash. I have been told it is possible to somehow
get the information in the data file associated with
MULOAD program into the BIOS image at the time I do the
flash, but I don't know how to do this...When you run the
flashbios program, it doesn't ask for an optional MuLoad
data file. (Maybe it looks for it automatically?)
Does anyone understand this stuff enough to explain how I might
incorporate the data from the MuLoader program (which is recent
enough to have the necessary steppings info) into the BIOS image?
DrDap
I have a BIOS flash that I want to use. The flash
consists of three files:
ProgBios.exe <- flash program
file.fpd <- Identifier for the BIOS version????
file.bin <- actual BIOS image
This is followed by loading the required stepping data
using a program named "MuLoader". MuLoader consists of
two files
MuLoader.com <- loader program
MUDATA.gdb <- Data file
The MuLoader program is run AFTER rebooting the machine
following a BIOS update
Now the problem is that the BIOS image does not contain
the necessary steppings table for Coppermine processors.
I want to use a Coppermine processor, and the motherboard
can physically support one (can provide necessary voltage,
etc.), but only if I can provide the necessary steppings
data. The MULOAD data file I have HAS the correct
steppings data (it's newer than the BIOS image).
If I flash with the BIOS update and then reboot
after inserting a Coppermine, the system just sits
there--doesn't post. What I need to do is to somehow
get the necessary
steppings info into the BIOS at the same time I do the
flash. I have been told it is possible to somehow
get the information in the data file associated with
MULOAD program into the BIOS image at the time I do the
flash, but I don't know how to do this...When you run the
flashbios program, it doesn't ask for an optional MuLoad
data file. (Maybe it looks for it automatically?)
Does anyone understand this stuff enough to explain how I might
incorporate the data from the MuLoader program (which is recent
enough to have the necessary steppings info) into the BIOS image?
DrDap