I am lucky it is a dip 2mbit chip :o)
I have extracted the bin file (the original is a self extracting win zip)
My hilo programmer does not do the flash chip (mutter mutter mumble mumble)
I am cursed and life is against me ;o)
Regards,
Kat.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Varney"
To:
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ee]:
> Kat,
> The default solution is to put the Bios chip into a programmer and
burn the code to it like an old EPROM. I have had to
> do this before. Most of the time the flash code is still in a hex format.
>
> The last time I had to do this the Bios was still in a dip chip version.
:-)
>
> Good luck
>
> Gordon Varney
>
>
>
>
> > Hi all sorry for cross posting but this is a big screw up (it is on a pc
so
> > no wonder)
> >
> > I have a Tyan Trinity KT - A motherboard in my 18 year old sons PC, I
tried
> > to flash the bios, and the utility hung solid. I can still boot with a
bios
> > checksum error, but the flash upgrade, will not run as the chips header
has
> > been destroyed, so it thinks it is not an award bios chip. Any ideas ???
> >
> > Or am I up for a new MB and needing to copy the flash chip in an
external
> > programmer ???
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Kat (in desperation mode as 18 year old males get pissed off easily)
> >
>
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