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Is v5 BIOS recommended for v3b IO?
Is v5 BIOS recommended for v3b IO?

New MessageIs v5 BIOS recommended for v3b IO? (modified 0 times) cgrant
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Hello all!

Just got my first v3b IO and want to get started. I've got an Abit BH6 handy to flash the BIOS, but want to make sure that the hacked v5 bios is the way to go.

Now to go find those BH6 flash procedures and wait for the IMOD3 kits to become available again...

Thanks!

--Chris

01-16-2001 12:05:03

New MessageRE:Is v5 BIOS recommended for v3b IO? (modified 0 times) cheaphack
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You should probably use the V2/V3/V4 BIOS as it has support for the Yamaha chip (V5 doesnt because V5 didn't have a Yamaha chip).
01-16-2001 14:28:58

New MessageRE:Is v5 BIOS recommended for v3b IO? (modified 0 times) BadFlash
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V5 works fine in all versions of the I-O. I am running it in several V3's and sound works fine.
01-16-2001 14:57:57

New MessageRE:Is v5 BIOS recommended for v3b IO? (modified 0 times) mp3boombox
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does the sound work in DOS?????

also i think hehe we need a patition to on the fact that we need ;) programmer to use a BIOS back up program to save ALL settings of the BIOS and distribute it. so we dont have to try are luck at seperating the dang usb from teh VIDEO.

01-16-2001 15:36:12

New MessageRE:Is v5 BIOS recommended for v3b IO? (modified 0 times) BadFlash
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I've never tried sound in dos. The VIA drivers have dos drivers, so it may work.
01-16-2001 21:03:26

New MessageRE:Is v5 BIOS recommended for v3b IO? (modified 0 times) cgrant
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So the sound issue is only a potential problem if I plan to run games under DOS, right? Other OS's and straight Win98 compliant games don't have issues then, if that's true. Let me know if I've got that wrong.

So is the 'hot' flash pretty straight forward or should I have badflash take care of it?

01-16-2001 22:42:44

New MessageRE:Is v5 BIOS recommended for v3b IO? (modified 0 times) Tackhead
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I don't know if it works on a V5 audio chip, but I've used a DOS-based MP3 player on my Yamaha-based V1 to play MP3s on CD-ROM. Boot from SanDisk, load DOS CDROM drivers and sound drivers, and run the DOS-based MP3 player.

I've forgotten if there were any special tweaks I had to do, but I *do* know it worked.

01-17-2001 17:09:43

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