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New MessageUSB fixed BIOS floating around? (modified 0 times) zyxw
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Hi,
I've read the USB CD/RW threads recently... and it still boils down to not having a bios with a working patch for the USB freely available. Does anyone have a patched BIOS floating around?
01-04-2002 02:05:01

New MessageRE:USB fixed BIOS floating around? (modified 0 times) ckbone
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You can buy a "fixed" chip from Badflash for less than $20. However, if this current version fixes your USB problem, you'll be lucky. Badflash has the distribution rights for this BIOS version, developed by members of this board....read: not free.
01-04-2002 18:06:49

New MessageRE:USB fixed BIOS floating around? (modified 0 times) Wild_Pencil
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The BIOS that Badflash has doesn't implement Georgie's USB fix yet. If you're waiting on this particular fix, you'll want to hold off until an announcement is made on this BBS.

Anyways, it would be more effective (and cheaper) for you to download the "pci" utility mentioned in Georgie's thread and manually tweak this setting for your particular machine, rather than rely on a patched BIOS to do this for you. That way, you get full control over the whole PCI set, in case other PCI tweaks come into the spotlight.

There is a beta BIOS that implements Georgie-USB fix that some beta-testers have used for a few months without incident. I just haven't put in the time to package up the "Tweak" tool that sets the Georgie-USB value. Current Tweak tool only runs under Windows, which makes life difficult if you're on Linux, QNX, or BeOS.

-WP

01-06-2002 00:36:17

New MessageRE:USB fixed BIOS floating around? (modified 0 times) keith721
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If it's Win98SE, this article in the Knowledge Base may be relevant:

USB Devices May Not Work in Windows 98 Second Edition (Q240075)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q240075

This applies to AMD processors faster than 350 MHz with VIA Technologies USB controller. Apologies in advance, if this has already been posted, elsewhere.

01-06-2002 08:10:24

New MessageRE:USB fixed BIOS floating around? (modified 0 times) laserfan
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For the record, while the hard disk tweaks have worked beautifully, I was never able to find a combination of settings that made my USB Ethernet woes go away, and I think I tried every one! "Major PIA" as my IO is my main email/surfing tool, and I have to remember not to use it to download anything of size/value...
01-06-2002 08:37:37

New MessageRE:USB fixed BIOS floating around? (modified 0 times) Georgie
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Please, see the new, perfectly working USB fix here.

See you there,

Georgie

04-13-2002 22:02:46

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