New Bios For K7T Pro Family

[Wiplash]

New Bios out for most of the K7T Pro Family of MB. Its 2.0

 

[Wiplash]

Some people have reported an increase of proformance. Heres a list of what it fixes.

1. This is the AWARD(r) BIOS version 2.0 release.
2. This BIOS fixes the following problems of the previous version:
-Fixed Usb_Keyboard_Support='enabled' ,screen sometime have garbage.
-Fixed system halt with tekram scsi card.
-Fixed NT 4.0 CD cannot boot from Adaptec 29160 SCSI adapter.
-Set USB keyboard support item ->enable.
-Set USB mouse support item ->enable.

Also on another message board some one talked about a new beta Live Bios updater. I can't confirm it or can I find it.

 

[John]

Cool, now if they would only realease a newer o/c'ers BIOS

 

[moloch3210]

And if you go to MSI Taiwan, they even have the AWARD V1.0B14 Special BIOS intended for "Power User and Overclockers".

http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/mainboard/6xxx/k7tpro2/wk7tpro2v10b14.exe

You will also find the AWARD 2.01 Beta.

http://www.msi-technology.de/download/bios/63xx/6330_201.exe

Both should work with a K7T Pro 2a...

 

[pugh]

i used the MSI live bios updater on 12/06 ,but for some reason now it wont update to the new 2.0,,anyone know why?

 

[rb56]

I tried to update with live bios update also. All it says that it is unable to connect. I guess I try later.

You can try it Here

 

[Mem]

Yes try later, I`m having that problem & it looks like so do most of you.

 

[MANKOU]

"AWARD(r) V1.0B14 Special bIOS

2. This BIOS fixes the following problems of the previous version:
-built-in 4-way memory interleave function
-wider range of Vcore selection

3. This BIOS is intended for Power User & Overclockers. User can try it at their own risk."

Not on this earth, thank you vey much. And by the way, that "wider range of v-core selection" what more can offer, since the only improvement with this overclocking method gives me not more than 10%?

 

[holdencommodore]

I am having the same problem updating to version 2.0 in MSI live BIOS ver1.3.
It retries 4 times and says it cannot be found....I've just sent a e-mail to MSI about it.

 

[MANKOU]

Oups, I thought that this "power users" BIOS was for K7T Pro (not2).

 

[moloch3210]

I've tested all 3 BIOS (1.0B14, 2.0 and 2.01 beta) using a K7T Pro-2a, and all went well. But since I'm not so fond of all that beta stuff, I'll keep using 2.0. BTW, all those bios are said to be fully compatible with the K7T Pro-2a, as stated on MSI Germany web site.

Also, I've never been able to use Live Bios, so I just use the good old boot disk methode... Seems to be a safer way to update the BIOS...

 

[Davegod75]

is this for the Pro2-A. and isn't the lastest beta newer? ie 2.01

 

[pugh]

someone post back here when they have success at getting live update to work ,i just tried again and it wont go....

 

[MANKOU]

Go with the traditional way (boot disc-startup from boot disc-update) instead of that "on-line" crap. Live update never worked for me.

 

[rbV5]

Live Bios Worked for me...but I had 2.01 already.

 

[holdencommodore]

If you download the newer 1.3 version of Live BIOS, it will work, but there are problems updating to version 2.0 BIOS as described above. Version 1.9 updates fine.

 

[pugh]

mankou,actually it is easy doing it online,i think its more crappy doing it the boot disk way ..IMO,it worked fine for me with the 1.9 bios too....

 

[Wiplash]

How about any comments on memory proformace or anyhting get fixed for you guys?

 

[John]

I updated my Pro2 bios to the dutch 201 and it was successful. However this BIOS is slower on memory performance than the overclocker bios. I tried to flash back to v19, v20, and the o/c'ers bios and now it will not reprogram. It hangs everytime. Looks like I killed it, but it still boots to the OS. Very odd, and this was a bad experience.