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Subject: Re: Beta Bios for tyan board

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 18:00:19 03/03/02

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On March 03, 2002 at 20:45:17, K. Burcham wrote:

>
>
>I know there are several here running this board, S2460.
>In case you have read that there is a new bios, but were not sure
>what the improvement was.
>I dont need the update. mine is fine with no issues. mine has never
>reboot on selecting a shut-down.
>
>http://www.tyan.com/support/html/bios_support.html#beta
>
>Beta-BIOS  Downloads
>
> The BIOS updates listed below are beta versions only. They are our most recent
>beta BIOS files, engineered to add/enhance features such as updating hard drive
>support to 80GB, updating the latest C-0 micro-coding for Intel's Pentium III
>processors, etc.
>
>
>
>2466100k.exe
> S2466
> * Resolves issue with ATI Radeon hanging during post.
>* Adds ability to completely disable serial ports in BIOS.
>* Resolves ESC key not working in Option ROM BIOS.
>* Improves IDE performance
>* Improves memory compatibility
>
>
>amd20912.exe
> S2462
> * Fix dual monitor support for either AGP & PCI or AGP
>* & onboard ATI.
>* Add ability to disable Serial ports in BIOS & ACPI O/S.
>
>
>v10316.exe
> S2460
> * Permanently disables WOL when the system is
>* shutdown, so system doesn't reboot when shutdown
>* from Win2000 or WinXP with Firewire Card.
>* Fixes 'Half text' display issue after exiting motherboard
>* BIOS when using the ATI Radeon 8500.
>* Add option to disable IRQ for PCI VGA.
>
>
>NOTE:  Understand that these updates are STRICTLY in beta stage, and are not
>"production worthy" at this time. If you have problems with any of the beta BIOS
>versions listed here, Tyan Technical Support will strongly encourage you to
>flash your BIOS to a fully supported version.

I would *SERIOUSLY* recommend that you NOT use this update if you are running XP
CPU's on your board.

More than a handful of people have reported their CPU's not working after
flashing the BIOS.



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