Shuttle BIOS flash - what about the Highpoint controller? Is it in there?

[MichaelD]

My AK35GTR currently has the original, shipping BIOS. The latest BIOS is four versions ahead...a bit more functionality.

Last night, I was all ready to flash my AK35GTR to the latest BIOS when something clicked in my head. After I pulled the magnet away from the steel plate in my forehead, I remembered that I have the RAID flavor of the AK35GT, the GTR.

Shuttle's page lets you DL the latest BIOS for your mobo but doesn't say a peep about the Highpoint controller. See DL page here.

I remember when I flashed my Abit KT7-R, the Abit page mentioned about the Highpoint controller...and to be sure you also added in the appropriate separately downloadable Highpoint bios as well. I don't want to flash my board and kill the damn thing.

Anybody know what the deal is here? Thanks.

ps
I don't want to flash the Highpoint chip if I don't HAVE to; it's running fine. But you can't flash the mobo BIOS chip w/o flashing the Highpoint BIOS chip, correct?

 

[MichaelD]

ttt

 

[LED]

Yes it will as the BIOS has a listing for 2 RAID versions. The version of the Highpoint Driver is as of May and I think there is a newer 1 so check yours

 

[MichaelD]

Good morning LED; thanks for the reply. I'm a little confused (OK, a lot). I read the README and there's nothing listed about the Highpoint BIOS.

But, I went to the Drivers section and DL'd the latest HP driver. I read the readme for W2K. I'm still confused though. Do I have to put the HP drivers on the same floppy that I'll be using to flash my mobo's BIOS with?

This isn't a fresh install of W2K I'm doing. The OS is already up. I just want to flash the BIOS.

If I flash the BIOS, it shouldn't affect W2K's ability to access the Highpoint controller, b/c the drivers for the controller are on my HD. <--is that correct?

Thanks for your help.

 

[LED]

If I flash the BIOS, it shouldn't affect W2K's ability to access the Highpoint controller, b/c the drivers for the controller are on my HD. <--is that correct?

YES



Just flash te BIOS after setting the BIOS to Load Fail Safe Defaults...Also make sure that the MoBo BIOS has the Virus Warning off and the System BIOS Cacheable On. After you flash the new BIOS then the same drivers will load...You can then upgrade the Highpoint drivers if you want afterwards

 

[MichaelD]

Thanks, LED! I appreciate your time. Have a great day.