Bios Upgrade

[Tiffosi2000]

Hi

Just installed Athlon 2600 XP processor. I have a K7S5A motherbord.
However the pc will only recognise the cpu as being Athlon 2000+
Do I need a bios upgrade?
How do I do it if i do?

Help

[Livy]

maybe your board cannot take more than an ahtlon 2000?

from manual for pcb ver 1.0 page 9


The following list notes the processors that are currently supported
by this mainboard.
Athlon: 650 MHz~1.4 GHz, FSB: 200 MHz, 266 MHz

not to sure but if you update it may support, not to sure as different pcb versions, and dont know yours.
http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/k7s5a.htm

[CornerPocket]

Your board should support the cpu, however you will need to flash the Bios in order for the board to do so. Go to ECS Bios page (http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/k7s5a.htm). This should be your board model. (You'll notice that the 02/08/09 version has: 1. Support AMD Athlon XP 2400+ and 2600+ CPU). You can flash to the most recent as it should have all the fixes incorporated into it.

Instructions on 'How to Flash' from ECS site:
(Yours appears to have the AMI Bios, review those instructions).

How to use WinFlash Utility (http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/winflash_award.htm)

How to use Award Flash Utility (http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/flash_award.htm)

How to use AMI Flash Utility (http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/flash_ami.htm)


Note: Bios upgrade useable on K7S5A PCB 1.X / 3.X

[Tiffosi2000]

Thanks for the advice,

I got pretty far but when i am in dos and start the flash prog. I get the following error;

(it starts ok)

Chipset type - SiS SiS/SB
Flash Pt - Winbond 49f002u_V3
Error 2 - File does not exist

i am using Amin F355 & 020809 upgrade!

Any ideas??

[J'Pol]

Check your bus speed in the bios and make sure everything is set to maximum, the speed and multiplier.

My Athlon XP+ only shows a speed of 1100 if the bios is set at it's normal settings 100 bus. However It is a 1700 XP (1456 real speed). The bios has to be set at the higher settings to take advantage of the actually speed.

That reads like drivel and I can´t be arsed changing it, sorry. If you understand what I mean then you will understand the above, if you don´t then no re-writing would make any difference.

PS I would try every option before I thought of flashing the bios. It´s a major step. OK for the cognoscenti like corner mod, but make sure you know what you are doing before you try it.