I don't know the details, but I would imagine that the boot roms are different. I can't really see Cisco using a Phoenix bios... Finesse is the original OS used in PIXes, the boot roms probably have the Finesse kernel inside. Larry Letterman would probably know for sure.
Alex Calorifer Gogu wrote: > > A couple of weeks back I bought for about $100 a defective > CISCO PIX 520. > The box came complete with one 16 MB Flash card and one NIC. > The box was sold to me as "Motherboard defective" it is the > Intell Al440LX moteherboard. I took apart PIX boxes before at > work and noticed that they were actuall PC Mobos. That is why I > reasoned that repairing the PIX 520 should be only a matter of > replacing the board with an identicall one that retails for no > more than $60. > I also noticed that the newer boards on the PIX 520's are Intel > SE440BX2 without sound modules. > I went ahead and bought the new board and installed all cards > but when I power up I get no console output. I reasoned that > the Flash card might be bad and I installed one with 2 MB, > still same results...No console output. I went to CCO and > downloaded the Boothelper utilities to boot the PIX from the > Floppy but that does not help either. > I have read multiple discussions about "Clone PIX" and > "FrankenPIX" where people stated that you can build one if you > just have the Flash card... Aparently there is more to that. > Any Ideeas? CISCO TAC told me that there is "special drivers > for the console port" onboard the original Motherboards on a > chip. I have some doubts about that considering that in all the > times I contacted TAC with different issues I got vague answers > and they allways missed the point regardless of the fact that I > have a "Partner" contract. > Meantime I acuired a "local director" with a working > motherboard inside but without flash. I took that out and > swapped out the PIX Mobo but I still get no console output. > Meantime If I use the board as a PC board everithing is fine. > Is there a certain BIOS that needs to be loaded on the > Motherboard prior to installing the cards ? > On the "sho ver" of some PIX 520 with 2 MB Flash there is a > line: > "Finesse Bios V3.3" is this line refering to the bios on the > board or on the Flash card ? > > > Any insight in this issue will be appreciated Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=48967&t=48959 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
