021029 OC BIOS release 2. (With and without FastWrites enabled) Bases on the official 021029 ECS BIOS. Changes as always (older OC BIOS versions): 1) The NIC module is replaced with one (Etherboot module) that works quite better than the original one, especially if you want to boot from network. 2) The Symbios module is removed to avoid troubles. 3) Some personal adjustments for stability and compatibility New in this version: 4) PCI IDE Busmaster is enabled by default 5) Parallel port mode is set to SPP again to Fix the ACPI problem a few people did have after disabling the LPT port. (Either Amibcp is doing something wrong while changing the mode from SPP to EPP+ECP or the BIOS just doesnīt like this to be changed with Amibcp."Thatīs the reason why I released this new 021029 OC BIOS version. In the previous release the mode was set to EPP+ECP.") 6) C000- DC00 shadow option is unhidden and disabled like in an AWARD BIOS (normaly hidden and set to cashed in the K7S5A BIOS) Should improve compability / Disabling does not affect performance. The shadow option is copying the I/O ranges and ROMs of PCI devices into the memory or is cashing them to speed up their access and performance but mostly doesnīt speed anything up and additionaly causes troubles if enabled or set to cached. Aviable FSB settings: 100.9 / 100.9 MHz 107 / 107 MHz 110 / 110 MHz 112 / 112 MHz 124 / 124 MHz 133.9 / 133.9 MHz 137.33 / 137.33 MHz 100 / 133 MHz 133 / 100 MHz 133 / 166 MHz 166 / 125 MHz* 143 / 143 MHz 147 / 147 MHz 150 / 150 MHz 166 / 166 MHz* 200 / 200 MHz* * not bootable due a PLL chip issue but can be used with software tools after booting at a lower FSB. Btw, donīt care if it displays below the selected FSB that your Mem and CPU is for example at 100Mhz while you selected 133Mhz. This is only cosmetic, your memory and Cpu will of course run at the selected FSB.You can check this with tools like WCPUID. Extra memory settings: RAS Active Time: 4T,5T RAS Precharge Time: 2T Notes: I have heard some people saying this BIOS is just a copy of the CheepoBIOS but that canīt be and is not true. Best prove are the two links below. He posted his BIOS based on 021029 one day later than me and i donīt have a timemashine. Link to the first release: http://pub65.ezboard.com/fk7s5amotherboardforumfrm6.showMessage?topicID=250.topic Link to his post: http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=37&t=002979 Also, the same people are saying itīs way slower than his one. Well, this BIOS is tweaked with stability in mind and not performance but the measured differences are within 3-5% where sometimes his is a bit faster and sometimes this one. I canīt tell you which one you should prefer but I prefer stability with good performance. Thatīs the reason why I am modding the BIOS. I just canīt accept that my system crashes after a few hours of editing my captured videotapes and am loosing all I worked for in this time. At least, should you still have some troubles with this BIOS which are not caused by the modifications itself, flash to 020429 (proven to be best working until now) and if there are troubles caused by the modifications which do not appear with the official one please report back so I can narrow them down but check before with the official one if the problem persists or not. http://pub65.ezboard.com/fk7s5amotherboardforumfrm6 Errors are human...:) Honey.