i am still trying to get this running: epia-m + bios savior + dip2plcc adapter + doc millennium 8mbyte
it took quite long until all parts arrived.
anyway. the current problem is that if i plug the dip2plcc adapter into the bios savior socket epia-m does not boot anymore... (of course i've written the bios to the bios savior plcc chip before).
that's very strange -- i am going to check the pins of the adapter. i've 2 adapters. both refuse to work with the board. maybe this is a high frequency electrical problem... does someone know in which "speed" the bios is accessed?
niki
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Niki Waibel wrote:
i am still trying to get this running: epia-m + bios savior + dip2plcc adapter + doc millennium 8mbyte
that won't work with the normal bios. You will also have trouble getting it working with linuxbios, due to the chipset issues.
If there is a huge demand for this we can open up that issue again and try it again.
ron
i am still trying to get this running: epia-m + bios savior + dip2plcc adapter + doc millennium 8mbyte
that won't work with the normal bios.
that's clear.
but right now i have epia-m + bios savior + dip2plcc adapter (without doc millennium 8mbyte). bios savior is switched to its internal bios chip (which works (burned the orig bios) if there is only epia-m + bios savior). but if i plug the dip2plcc adapter (without touching the switch on bios savior) then the system does not boot anymore.
that is very strange, isn't it?
You will also have trouble getting it working with linuxbios, due to the chipset issues.
that is what i expect.
If there is a huge demand for this we can open up that issue again and try it again.
so someone should start digging into this :)
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Niki Waibel wrote:
but right now i have epia-m + bios savior + dip2plcc adapter (without doc millennium 8mbyte). bios savior is switched to its internal bios chip (which works (burned the orig bios) if there is only epia-m + bios savior). but if i plug the dip2plcc adapter (without touching the switch on bios savior) then the system does not boot anymore.
anybody remember what part is on the savior?
ron
but right now i have epia-m + bios savior + dip2plcc adapter (without doc millennium 8mbyte). bios savior is switched to its internal bios chip (which works (burned the orig bios) if there is only epia-m + bios savior). but if i plug the dip2plcc adapter (without touching the switch on bios savior) then the system does not boot anymore.
anybody remember what part is on the savior?
had a tricky look behind the sticker: winbond w29c020cp90b in the PL version of bios savior.
niki
I think the 90 refers to speed, and I note that in my EPIA the part is a -70. This may be part of the problem.
ron
On 02-Sep-2003 ron minnich wrote:
I think the 90 refers to speed, and I note that in my EPIA the part is a -70. This may be part of the problem.
that is not actually the problem. it was never the plan to use bios savior in the production system. i have no problem to remove bios savior and replace it with dip2plcc conv + doc during operation. (the bios savior socket makes removing of the plcc easy).
we should focus on detecting/programming the doc. i have a md-2802-d08. an md-2202-d128 is about to arrive.
how can i do that with the epia-m?
niki
epia-m + bios savior + dip2plcc adapter + doc millennium 8mbytethat won't work with the normal bios. You will also have trouble getting it working with linuxbios, due to the chipset issues.
If there is a huge demand for this we can open up that issue again and try it again.
In general, I think EPIA-M support would be great for lots of people.
EPIA-{EM6000|M9000|M10000} to be precise.
I will continue to see why the EM6000 has a wrong baudrate setting on the serial port, booting LinuxBIOS.
Regards,
Leon.
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