Am Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:54:39 +0200 schrieb Coquelicot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >> Dear LinuxBIOSers, > >> > >> I have a brand new VIA EPIA M-II (with 1 GHz CPU) motherboard that > >> I would like to boot faster than by factory default (carputer > >> projects). I have following purchased BIOS Savior from FrozenCPU : > >> RD1-PMC2 but it seems that it is the wrong one (I have installed > >> the BIOS Savior but the motherboard doesn't boot, I have tried both > >> positions of the switch). After replacing the original BIOS back on > >> the motherboard the boot works OK, so it seems that's definitely > >> the BIOS Savior chip that is not working. > >> > >> I am tempted to do the direct flashing (ie. without the BIOS > >> Savior) but I know that's pretty risky... especially that I want > >> the motherboard boot Linux from CF port (I read the howto and I > >> think I know what to do) which can be tricky. > >> > >> Greetings to all LinuxBIOS users & developers, > >> > > >If you don't have two left hands, i suggest this. > > > >Buy an second Flashchip, which same Pining. > >Bend out the Pins of this, so you can stack both Flashchips together. > >Bend the ChipSelect Pin seperate from both chips. > >Take an drilling tool and cut out the Chipselect in the socket. > >Take the CS from mainboard and search for an 3,3 or 5 V pin, depend > >on what is for the flashchip high. > >Buy an switch, 2 changer, > > > > ___ Chip 1 > >Mainboard -----/ > > \___ Chip 2 > > > > ___ Chip 2 > >3,3/5V --------/ > > \___ Chip 1 > > > > > >For my it work perfect. The unused, saved, Chip have to see the high > >pegel, so it ignor everything. > > > >And sorry about my bad english. > > > >Greeding Markus > > > Dear Markus, > > this is a challenging approach! I probably don't have 2 left hands > but I have really never worked with BIOS before :-). So I need more > information: where can I find ChipSelect signal on the > motherboard/BIOS socket? > > I assume that I can skip the whole procedure if I do a 'hot swap' of > BIOS chips on the motherboard? I am planning to use Linux to > re-program the BIOS so I assume that I can do the 'hot swap' of the > chip with motherboard powered on? or is it not advisable approach? > You can hotswap afterwards. But hotswap is only to flipp a switch. The CS you find simple. Search for the datasheed of your bioschips. In the pin-table you found it. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios