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Where to download 7n400 Pro2 latest BIOS?
As header, the Gigabyte website seems to be worse than useless with
lots of broken links and 404 errors. I can't find a site that hosts the files themselves, they usually link to the (non-existant) Gigabyte site. I built my system yesterday using this motherboard. Solved the usual problems (thanks to this NG); CLK_SW set to AUTO (this is supposed to be the default, how come everyone's boards are set to 100MHz?) & FSB set to 166MHz in the BIOS to identify my XP2800+ (Barton) correctly. Also had a problem getting the system to boot with two HDD's on IDE3, but it was because I assumed setting the GIGARaid controller to function as ATA would be the way forward, rather than setting it to function as RAID then setting RAID configuration to 'Normal' which fixed it. I'm running a Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card and 1GB of Kingston Memory (2 x matched 512MB modules running in Dual Channel mode) along with a Pioneer DVD-107 on IDE2 and two more HDD's on IDE1. I've just installed Windows2000 professional since things started working properly. Would those in the know suggest updating the BIOS? Not sure what version it is running, but it was fresh out of the box yesterday so I guess whatever version the board ships with. I'm usually of the opinion, if it ain't broke don't fix it but I haven't really started pushing the system yet to see if it is 'broke'. Thanks in advance for any help. Dan |
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"Dan" wrote in message om... As header, the Gigabyte website seems to be worse than useless with lots of broken links and 404 errors. I can't find a site that hosts the files themselves, they usually link to the (non-existant) Gigabyte site. I built my system yesterday using this motherboard. Solved the usual problems (thanks to this NG); CLK_SW set to AUTO (this is supposed to be the default, how come everyone's boards are set to 100MHz?) & FSB set to 166MHz in the BIOS to identify my XP2800+ (Barton) correctly. Also had a problem getting the system to boot with two HDD's on IDE3, but it was because I assumed setting the GIGARaid controller to function as ATA would be the way forward, rather than setting it to function as RAID then setting RAID configuration to 'Normal' which fixed it. I'm running a Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card and 1GB of Kingston Memory (2 x matched 512MB modules running in Dual Channel mode) along with a Pioneer DVD-107 on IDE2 and two more HDD's on IDE1. I've just installed Windows2000 professional since things started working properly. Would those in the know suggest updating the BIOS? Not sure what version it is running, but it was fresh out of the box yesterday so I guess whatever version the board ships with. I'm usually of the opinion, if it ain't broke don't fix it but I haven't really started pushing the system yet to see if it is 'broke'. Thanks in advance for any help. Dan support page for 7n400 pro2 (rev.1) is here http://uk.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...400%20Pro2.htm latest bios is on there F11 dated 2nd August 2004 HTH Mal |
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"Dan" wrote in message om... As header, the Gigabyte website seems to be worse than useless with lots of broken links and 404 errors. I can't find a site that hosts the files themselves, they usually link to the (non-existant) Gigabyte site. I built my system yesterday using this motherboard. Solved the usual problems (thanks to this NG); CLK_SW set to AUTO (this is supposed to be the default, how come everyone's boards are set to 100MHz?) & FSB set to 166MHz in the BIOS to identify my XP2800+ (Barton) correctly. Also had a problem getting the system to boot with two HDD's on IDE3, but it was because I assumed setting the GIGARaid controller to function as ATA would be the way forward, rather than setting it to function as RAID then setting RAID configuration to 'Normal' which fixed it. I'm running a Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card and 1GB of Kingston Memory (2 x matched 512MB modules running in Dual Channel mode) along with a Pioneer DVD-107 on IDE2 and two more HDD's on IDE1. I've just installed Windows2000 professional since things started working properly. Would those in the know suggest updating the BIOS? Not sure what version it is running, but it was fresh out of the box yesterday so I guess whatever version the board ships with. I'm usually of the opinion, if it ain't broke don't fix it but I haven't really started pushing the system yet to see if it is 'broke'. Thanks in advance for any help. Dan http://tw.giga-byte.com/ is a very well done site. It is fast and easly navigated and well up-dated. If there is a problem, it is yours. HG |
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"Mal" wrote in message ...
support page for 7n400 pro2 (rev.1) is here http://uk.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...400%20Pro2.htm latest bios is on there F11 dated 2nd August 2004 HTH Mal Thanks Mal. I'd been connecting to the Taiwan site which is awful, thankfully the UK site is much nicer. A couple of things : Is it worth updating the BIOS? Is there a surefire way to tell if the board is Rev1 or Rev2? Thanks again, Dan |
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"Dan" wrote in message om... "Mal" wrote in message ... support page for 7n400 pro2 (rev.1) is here http://uk.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...400%20Pro2.htm latest bios is on there F11 dated 2nd August 2004 HTH Mal Thanks Mal. I'd been connecting to the Taiwan site which is awful, thankfully the UK site is much nicer. A couple of things : Is it worth updating the BIOS? Is there a surefire way to tell if the board is Rev1 or Rev2? Thanks again, Dan Hello Dan, The revision is printed on the board near one of the corners. I can't remember which one at the moment. I got my board a month ago, Pro2 rev.2. I flashed the bios at that time just to head off any problems. The bios software on the Gigabyte disc worked great. I think it's called @bios. Have fun. It's a great board. -Bill |
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On start up of your computer it will either show you F and a letter for the
bios version for Rev. 2 or F and a Number for the Rev. 1. My Rev.2 board currently got the FF bios version. The latest Bios for a Rev.1 is F10 Hope this helpes "Bill-kb3gun" wrote in message . com... "Dan" wrote in message om... "Mal" wrote in message ... support page for 7n400 pro2 (rev.1) is here http://uk.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...400%20Pro2.htm latest bios is on there F11 dated 2nd August 2004 HTH Mal Thanks Mal. I'd been connecting to the Taiwan site which is awful, thankfully the UK site is much nicer. A couple of things : Is it worth updating the BIOS? Is there a surefire way to tell if the board is Rev1 or Rev2? Thanks again, Dan Hello Dan, The revision is printed on the board near one of the corners. I can't remember which one at the moment. I got my board a month ago, Pro2 rev.2. I flashed the bios at that time just to head off any problems. The bios software on the Gigabyte disc worked great. I think it's called @bios. Have fun. It's a great board. -Bill |
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"henny" wrote in message news:0QnSc.236404$a24.59082@attbi_s03...
If there is a problem, it is yours. You're right, it was my firewall that was blocking the site for some reason. Thanks to everyone for the help! @Bill - I used the @BIOS software to flash to the latest level (FH) and it worked a treat. The board was shipped with FB level bios (initial release) so I think it was definitely worth the upgrade. @Achim - Double letter shown at startup so I've got a Rev 2 board. The latest level BIOS at the Gigabyte site is FH if you want another upgrade! I tried out 3DMark 2003 on the system last night and got a score of 5567 (not overclocked at all) so now I need to find out if that's a decent score or not! Thanks again everyone, this NG is a great resource for help on this motherboard. Dan |
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