On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 03:59:46PM +0200, Kasper M. Nielsen wrote:
hi Adrian
I don't know if the Ethernet MAC address has changed since the BIOS flash, as I don't know what it was before. Does this look like the MAC your Ethernet got after the flash?
MAC: 04:4B:80:80:80:03
Ok, then it is always set to the same hardware address obviously. Mine reads the same:
glaubitz@z6:~> /sbin/ifconfig |grep HWaddr br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 04:4b:80:80:80:03 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 04:4b:80:80:80:03 glaubitz@z6:~>
Obviously not a good thing :/. At least we should know where the address can be found in the ROM image to correct it afterwards.
Btw, there is supposed to be an AWARD flash utility from the mainboard vendor which allows to re-set the mac address. Have you tried this one? I think AWDFLASH.EXE can be used with a special option for that.
but I can confirm that the board/computer wouldn't boot before a reset-to-factory-defaults was done. I figured that it was standart procedure after a BIOS flash, since it had to been done with my laptop as well.
Well, I didn't know that so I started to panic a bit since my machine wouldn't come up again. It didn't boot until I reset the CMOS.
But good to know that my board still works well ;).
Hilse fra Oslo,
Adrian
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