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1. Problems solved or bugs fixed:
Version 3A05 - Mar. 22, 2001:
(01) Defect ID 86 Solved:
"PS/2 keyboard usually could not work under WIN2000 with USB
mouse and no PS/2 mouse after warm rebooting."
(02) Defect ID 90 Solved:
"The USB device could not work any more after resume from sleep
mode(stand-by) under WIN2000."
(03) Defect ID 91 Solved:
"NT4.0 install unsuccessfully after AMI MegaRAC was inserted in
the PCI slot."
(04) For the item "PCI IRQ" in SETUP, do not let IRQ 14 and 15 to be
selected. These two IRQ's are reserved for IDE controller.
Version 3A04 - Mar. 08, 2001:
(01) Defect ID 85 Solved:
"The PS/2 keyboard could not work under WIN2000 and NT4 when
PS/2 mouse did not be plugged sometimes."
(02) Defect ID 23 Solved:
"The MegaRAC card cannot work at bottom PCI slot under Linux 6.2."
(03) Defect ID 21 Solved:
"A yellow bang appeared in win2k device manager when Megarac is
installed in the PCI slot (top)."
(04) Defect ID 20 Solved:
"System detected no floppy when there's MegaRAC installed."
(05) Defect ID 16 Solved:
"System stopped at 'Setup is loading files' while installing
win2k when there's MegaRAC installed."
(06) Defect ID 87 Solved:
"The display of posting font size and position is incorrect after
enter SCSI bios and then exit."
(07) Fix the bug that system always booted from Intel Dual LAN card no
matter what Boot Sequence was set.
(08) Add an item in SETUP for Chassis Intrusion control.
- The default setting is DISABLED.
(09) In SETUP, set USB Legacy to ENABLED as default.
Version 3A03 - Feb. 27, 2001:
(01) Solve the problem below:
- In some combinations of PS/2 keyboard/mouse + USB keyboard/
mouse, PS/2 keyboard cannot work in W2k.
(02) Solve the problem that system hangs at Test Point 38h with 1%
appearance rate. (It's more easily to happen with Micron DIMM's.)
(03) Solve the problem that there would be no display at all with
Test Point ACh if there is any POST error occurred to cause the
system to be paused with F1/F2 message and if any keys are
depressed many times during OPROM initialization.
(04) Work around the 7892 SCSI BIOS + GEM318 problem:
- For GEM318, do not show anything in the SIZE field.
(05) Support CPU Frequency above 8X (from 8.5X to 12X).
(06) Change the HELP for item USB Legacy BIOS to notice user that
USB Legacy Support is valid during POST only.
(07) For the SMBIOS structure, the MLB revision is changed from B to C.
Version 3A02 - Feb. 13, 2001:
(01) Defect ID 72 Solved:
"The APM deamon cannot work by kernel support under RedHat Linux."
(02) Defect ID 69 Solved:
"The 'Standby Timout' function cannot work under NT4.0."
* Note:
When both NT4.0 and W2K are installed, the system will enter
STANDBY mode after one more minute due to the limitation of
RCC chipset. EX: If Standby Timer is set to 1 minute in SETUP,
the system will enter STANDBY mode after 2 minutes of in-
activities.
There is no such limitation if only NT4.0 is installed.
(03) Defect ID 67 Solved:
"The APM function can not work under RedHat 7.0 when the standby
timeout enable."
(04) Defect ID 60 Solved:
"It would no display after press 'F2' when SCSI BIOS Posting."
(05) Fix the bug that Calendar Alarm test of QAPLUS failed when running
over night.
(06) Don't show the message "FOR EVALUATION ONLY. NOT FOR RESALE."
during POST.
Version 3A01 - Feb. 01, 2001:
(01) Defect ID 71:
"After system resumed from S1 mode(stand-by) under WIN2000 ,then
select Restart from OS ,it would hang with no display."
(02) Defect ID 64:
"ECC Event Logging function in the bios seftup utility cannot
record the ECC error message."
(03) Defect ID 53 Solved:
"Warm rebooting would appear 'one bit error'."
(04) Defect ID 43:
"It found one bit ECC error after entering the NT4.0 without
running any test program."
(05) Fix the bug that system reports "Vcore is out of range" during
POST for PIII Coppermine D0 stepping CPU due to improper
settings of high and low limits in H/W Monitor.
(06) Phase in the uCode dated for PIII Coppermine D0 stepping CPU.
(07) For the "NMI Switch Target" item in SETUP, the following
modifications have been done as per Gateway's request:
- Set "SMI" as default;
- Change "Misc LED" to "Fault LED" for the help message.
(08) Add codes for Spyder Agent to read the last Error status.
(09) Decorate the description for APM Standby Timer in SETUP.
Version 3A00 - Jan. 20, 2001:
(01) Defect ID 59 Solved:
"PS2 mouse and keyboard could not work in Win2000 when enable
'USB BIOS Legacy support' in BIOS."
(02) Defect ID 52 Solved:
"Cannot load the VGA driver when the 4GB memory was installed."
(03) Defect ID 65 Solved:
"It would show 'CPU 1 temperature is out of range' when only one
CPU inserted in socket CPU2."
(04) Fix the bug that PME# Wakeup from S5 failed.
(05) Fix the bug that ECC settings were missing after warm starting.
(06) Support APM V1.2.
(07) Change OEM ID & Product ID of SMBIOS structures to 'Gateway' &
'7450R' respectively as per Gateway's request.
Version 2A07 - Jan. 16, 2001:
(01) Solve the following USB specific problems:
- System Hangs at Check Point 55h sometimes;
- Defect ID 57 Solved:
"It could not flash BIOS when USB Host Controller was enabled in
BIOS."
(02) Defect ID 53 Solved:
"Warm rebooting would appear 'one bit error'".
(03) POST Event Logging is supported:
- POST Error Events are logged.
- HWM Error Events are logged during POST, including
(a) FAN1/FAN2/FAN3/FAN4;
(b) System Temp./CPU 1 Temp./CPU 2 Temp.;
(c) Vcore1/Vcore2/Vtt/2.5V/2.85V/3.3V/3.3Vsb/5V/5Vsb/12V/-12V.
(d) Chassis Intrusion.
(04) Support PME# Wakeup from S5 state.
(05) Change CMOS default of USB Controller to be ENABLED.
Version 2A06 - Jan. 08, 2001:
(01) Defect ID 37 Solved:
"System failed to recovery from crisis......"
( Please refer to Section 5 below on How To Create a Crisis
Recovery diskette. )
Version 2A05 - Jan. 05, 2001:
(01) Defect ID 19 Solved:
"System did not show attached HDD when pressing F2 right after
exiting from SCSI BIOS setup".
Version 2A04 - Dec. 29, 2000:
(01) Fixed the NT4.0 Bootable CD can't work.
(02) Fixed the Win2000's shutdown become reboot system.
(03) Fixed the System can't detect the IDE CDROM drive right after
NW51 go installed.
(04) Fixed the system hung at running Configuration Asdsistant when
install Solaris 8.0
(05) Fixed the System hung when installing Linux 6.2 on Hard disk
attached to mylex1100 By hardware always enabled onboard SCSI
terminater (SCSI bios version 3.0 with mismatch definition on
terminater setting)
(06) Improve "Some DIMM hang on POST". Added the delay before
accessing memory which is after Memory Sizing.
(07) Extend the copyright year to 2001.
Version 2A03 - Dec. 23, 2000:
(01) Solve the "Some DIMMs hangs POST" problem.
(02) Change OEM ID & Product ID of MP table for TAG project.
(03) USB BIOS Legacy Support is ready during POST.
(04) Support Console Redirection during POST for AMI MegaRAC card.
(05) PCI Reset will be triggered if it's a warm start.
(06) Power LED will be blinking only in ACPI S1 (Standby) state.
(07) Support H/W Monitor SMI#:
- The following H/W Monitor status will be reported in the SMBIOS
structures:
(a) Fan - RPM and status: FAN1/FAN2/FAN3/FAN4;
(b) Temperature - Value and status:
System Temp./CPU 1 Temp./CPU 2 Temp.;
(c) Voltage - Value and status:
Vcore1/Vcore2/Vtt/Vbat/2.5V/2.85V/3.3V/3.3Vsb/5V/-5V/5Vsb/
12V/-12V.
- For Fan Error events, turn on specific FAN_FAULT LED;
- For other events, turn on MISC_ERROR LED.
(08) Disable H/W Monitor SMI# and USB SMI# upon programming Flash ROM.
(09) Update contents of SMBIOS structures:
- Declare 4 FANs (Type 27), 3 Temperature Probes (Type 26) and
13 Voltage Probes (Type 26).
- Remove Current Probe (Type 29) structures.
- Remove LAN 3 from DMI table.
(10) The spelling of 'system' was wrong for the following message:
"System passwords have been cleared!
Please turn off Position 1 of S1 and reset the system."
Version 2A02 - Dec. 08, 2000:
(01) Solve the AIC-7892 BIOS termination problem when <F2> was pressed.
(02) Defect ID 08 Solved:
"USB function could not work in New motherboard after I have
enabled it in BIOS."
(03) Work around the "Some DIMMs hangs POST" problem.
(04) For ACPI compliance, blink Power LED while in S1 state.
(05) Restore the CPU Frequency Adjustment functionality.
- There will be two-level items in the Advanced Chipset menu in
SETUP as below.
"CPU Frequency Control [Enabled]
CPU Frequency Value [ 400 MHz ]"
(06) Adjust the way ECC/Scrubbing is controlled/displayed:
- Scrubbing node in SETUP is eliminated.
- If ECC is set to DISABLED/ENABLED, then Scubbing will be fixed
to DISABLED/ENABLED respectively.
(07) Defect ID 17 Solved:
"It would show wrong CPU speed after set the CPU speed....."
Version 2A01 - Nov. 29, 2000:
(01) H/W Spec. Changes:
- One more H/W Monitor (Winbond 83782D) is added.
==> Turn on all four fans in early POST.
(02) Problem Solved:
"There will be a termination error after pressing <F6> to load
defaults in SCSI BIOS Utility with no cable connected for the
onboard 7892 SCSI BIOS V3.00."
(03) New Feature Added:
- Implement NMI Switch functionality.
(04) New Feature Added:
- Turn on the Misc LED upon ECC errors, PERR and SERR.
(05) Add the support for APM INT15 interface.
(06) Remove all codes regarding to BMC.
(07) Remove the item "ACPI Enable" in SETUP.
(08) Change the contents of ACPI table:
- Support C1 power state for processors.
- The 32-bit PM Timer is used.
(09) Updates on SMBIOS Structures:
- Remove LAN 3 definition.
- Remove BMC definition.
- Add two Management Device structures for W83782D's.
Version 2A00 - Nov. 25, 2000:
Initial Release.
2. VGA BIOS - ATI Rage-XL VGA BIOS:
V4.328 - July 21, 2000.
3. SCSI BIOS - Adaptec AIC-7892 SCSI BIOS:
V3.00 - Oct. 27, 2000:
Initial Release.
4. The Crisis Recovery Utility:
4.1 How to create a Crisis Recovery diskette:
(1) Boot the system from a bootable floppy diskette with DOS.
(2) Copy all files from the directory RELEASE\SU2\3A05\RECOVERY to
a HDD.
(3) Copy the target BIOS.ROM to the same directory.
(4) Copy the files FORMAT.COM & XCOPY*.* to the same directory.
(5) Prepare a free floppy diskette.
(6) Run CRISDISK.BAT and follow the procedure, then the Crisis Recovery
diskette will be made.
5. Flash Utility:
5.1 PHLASH.EXE:
V1.69 - Feb. 28, 2000.
5.2 PLATFORM.BIN - Flash Configuration File:
V1.00 - Jan. 18, 2001:
. Disable USB Legacy function upon upgrading flash ROM.
V0.91 - Jan. 15, 2001:
. Do no check DIP 4 of SW1 upon updating the Boot Block.
V0.90 - Jan. 15, 2001:
. Keep the SMBIOS strings, ex: system board serial number,
intact when upgrading flash ROM.
. Force the CMOS checksum to be destroyed when upgrading
flash ROM.
. Solve the bug that keyboard is dead after finishing
programming flash ROM via PHLASH utility.
. Check DIP 4 of SW1 upon updating the Boot Block.
V0.81 - Jan. 08, 2001:
Do not check DIP 4 of SW1 upon updating the Boot Block.
V0.80 - Jan. 08, 2001:
. The block at address FFFE0000h (64KB) will be erased first,
then any failures of erasing/programming other blocks will
cause BIOS checksum bad in the next boot; thus activating
the Crisis Recovery mode effectively.
. The Boot Block is to be updated only if DIP 4 of SW1 is set
to ENABLED.
V0.70 - Dec. 22, 2000:
Use the right way to prevent the USB Controller from issuing
SMI#.
V0.60 - Dec. 14, 2000:
Disable HWM_SMI# & USB SMI# upon programming Flash ROM to
prevent the system from being hung.
V0.50 - Sep. 16, 2000:
Initial release.
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Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
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