iwill kk266r users: what bios do you use, and why?

[Boonesmi]

title says it all

i came across an iwill kk266r board not sure what bios i want to use
i searched the forums, but nothing came up for the new bios dated 05/15

im wondering if its any good,

i know ive heard alot of people say they love the 03/07 bios

ohhh well any input would be welcomed

 

[sd]

I'm using the 0307 right now. For some reason the 0426 made my SB Live skip and stutter. Once I put my Swiftech on and put my system back together, I might try the 0516(or whatever the new one is).

 

[John]

Most of us hardcore users prefer to use a modded bios. I run the Schadow1/Luckydaze 0515. You can get it Here.

1. ACPI Menu to enable or disable ACPI through BIOS (Default=Enable)
2. AGP #1 WS Read option (Default=Disable) To improve AGP performance
3. AGP #1 WS Write option (Default=Disable) To improve AGP performance

Since I run Win 2K, I disable ACPI in the bios, then hit F7 & F6 when the Win 2K setup starts.

 

[BIGGDOG]

What John said. I am currently running the Shadow bios. I had to use it as I am trying to run raid on Win 2000.

Also you can go to AMDMB and look for the IWill forum. Lots of info.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I'm using the 0515 bios and it seems that most of my problems have been solved since the upgrade. I don't have any AGP problem, neither SB related. But I haven't used my RAID yet. The olnly problems left are that the computer refuse the reboot, but shutdown OK, and that my SideWinder 2 is detected twice, no matter how many time I remove it, but it works fine.
A get random lock ups but i 'm not sure if it is related to my OS MOBO or what. Not overclock yet.
I'm using Win98Se, but will be running win2k pro at short.

 

[gogeeta13]

whats the diff between the normal 0515(what i am using) and the luckydaze one?

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Where can I get this luckydaze bios? is it safe? can I safely return to 0515 if I want?
If I set any special feature durin luckydaze bios, what happens if I change to 0515?

too many question? you wont beleave the other doubts I have.

 

[Insane3D]

The luckydaze one is a user modified version of the original 0516 bios. It adds a few tweaks that are not present in the 0516 bios.

 

[Boonesmi]

correct me if im wrong but it looked like the luckydaze bios isnt something users would want unless they plan on using raid with win2k

 

[gogeeta13]

i have win2k already installed with my RAID. Can i now install this luckydaze bios and disable aspi? where can i get the special bios? i am using the 1015 from iwill.net right now.

 

[John]

I provided a link for the bios in my post above.

If you want to disable ACPI after Win 2K is already installed:

1. Go to Device Manager and select Computer -> Properties of ACPI PC
2. Click the driver Tab and choose Update Driver
3. When the wizard gets to the "What do you want the wizard to do?" page, select "Display a list of the known drivers..."
4. Then "Show all hardware of this device class"
5. Then select "Standard PC"
6. Reboot the machine, enter Bios immediately and disable ACPI
7. When Windows 2000 restarts it'll redetect most of the hardware in your machine again and reassign IRQ's to them, turning off ACPI.
8. After rebooting, check under Device manager for double entries of Standard Computer. If you see 2 entries, check which one has no driver installed for it by checking under the driver tab for Standard Computer and delete that one and reboot.

A clean install is recommended if you are a perfectionist like me.

 

[gogeeta13]

John, where is the ACPI in the bios? and how can i disable memory check at startup?(damn 512 takes like 2min, and this bios is so different than my old bx, so many options.)

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Try quick power on self test [enable]