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infin|ty said:
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SEALTeamSix said:
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I'll be back on tomorrow ready to roxx0r boxx0r...my mobile 2500+ should be here tomorrow They're so annoying.infin|ty said:So I put the BIOS you made on a floppy. Then use the bios flash instuctions off the shuttle webpage? The BIOS that you gave us, when I flash it, will it already have the interface change, agp aperature, and precharge bug and the other stuff already done for me? Or does this just allow me to change them? Now this ModBIN thing, you do that and you give us the final product right?
But, I'm working on it so stay tuned - I WILL be successful. It turns out ModBIN might not be powerful enough to do all that I need to do to get the VCore adjustments, but I have other avenues to pursue Right now though I'm gonna get in a few ZZZ's... it's 4:30, and I have to be at work at 5:30... aaaaaargh...
SEALTeamSix said:Follow Shuttle's instructions on how to flash the BIOS and you will do it fine. My BIOS has all that crap changed, so the default settings will be the correct ones (Turbo interfaces, PreCharge bug fixed, etc). The only thing I don't know is whether or not it will allow you to change your VCore and all that (my ultimate goal), though at this point I suspect it won't
edit: okay, so I couldn't get to sleep, so I went and searched a little more - right now this page is where I'm at - I've torn apart the BIOS into the individual ROM modules and am sifting through webpages on where exactly to find the voltage and multiplier settings and how to unlock them / make them available in a menu.
-SEAL
SEALTeamSix said:Follow Shuttle's instructions on how to flash the BIOS and you will do it fine. My BIOS has all that crap changed, so the default settings will be the correct ones (Turbo interfaces, PreCharge bug fixed, etc). The only thing I don't know is whether or not it will allow you to change your VCore and all that (my ultimate goal), though at this point I suspect it won't
edit: okay, so I couldn't get to sleep, so I went and searched a little more - right now this page is where I'm at - I've torn apart the BIOS into the individual ROM modules and am sifting through webpages on where exactly to find the voltage and multiplier settings and how to unlock them / make them available in a menu.
-SEAL
You seriously rock man, and i mean it sincerely. I'm gonna do research tonite in some shuttle/nf2 forums and see if i can provide us with any leads or information. I'll either edit this post or start a new one if this one drowns.SEALTeamSix said:
It's this real nice SPDIF bracket he's speaking of. This guy seems to be the mn31n guru over there and he's claiming that its a fully featured bracket with all the bells and whistles. Here's the info rich thread i quoted from. Newegg user reviewer's claim this shuttle spdif bracket works fine on the mn31n. There's a chance the Asus & Biostar spdif bracket may work too(?), come to think of it, i have an Asus one somewhere....i wish i knew the make of the one i have installed now. Here's an MSI accessory kit including SPDIF for only $11 shipped.
Do a search for "MN31N" in the Shuttle forum over at NforcersHQ. You'll see a ton of possible "easy" fixes for that problem (sry can't remember any specific ones). Hope it works out well.infin|ty said:
infin|ty said:
SEALTeamSix said:Reformatting? You shouldn't have to reformat for a BIOS flash... though if you are trying to do it in Windows, it will need to reset the computer... my suggestion is to use AWFlash to do it (the one where you press a button during start-up to get to). My edited version of the BIOS doesn't have anything drastic done to it, just some of the default values changed, and I didn't do anything that I thought would have the remote chance to bork a board.
Here is a good tutorial by ASUS - the steps are the same for our Shuttle boards (though you don't need to copy AWFlash.exe or the BIOS to the hard drive, you can use them straight from the floppy.
edit: has anyone tried what I did to see if it worked in unlocking the voltage? I now don't think it would, but you never know until it's tested...
second edit: it might speed things up if someone would comb through some of the links at BIOS Central for me... I've gotta be in to work at 5:30am again tomorrow, so I won't be able to do too much more tonight... Basically, BIOSes are modular, and the one .BIN file is actually composed of several modules, each controlling various parts of what the whole BIOS needs to do. I'm able to break off the various modules, but so far I haven't been able to make sense of them - either I'm not looking at them using the right program (though I have used a hex-editor to view the files), or I'm not looking hard enough. Anyway, the jist of it is that if I could see where the default voltage was in the BIOS, or the way that it responds to what the CPU says it needs, I could change the value it would go to. So far, it looks like it might be in the ACPI ("(Advanced Configuration and Power Interface") module.
-SEAL
infin|ty said:
How's the build going for you? Did you get it worked out?
Dude, i'll admit that i tried to read(learn!) but this stuff is new to me, and thus atm, over my head. Tommorow i'll have 3/4 of the day to assemble and experiment. I'll try a couple of bios's and i'm eager to find a low cost SPDIF alternative. I just have to find my Asus Nforce1 spdif bracket and i'll report any results here.SEALTeamSix said:
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