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MCP61PM-AM Rev. 1.0
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This one's in my Gateway GT5432 - also used in other models, as well as Acer Aspire E380 (so I'm told), and an eMachine or two.

I used the "HP Nettle2/3 COMPAQ IRIS8 and Acer Aspire E380 Unlocked RETAIL Bios" as on this page

Being a BIOS-mod newbie, I almost panicked when it would not boot, then remembered I had to reset the CMOS... duh!

OK, it works. Not so terribly exciting though... but worth it!!

It added a few features: "AMD Cool and Quiet (works!... but may have seen some instability when using it after OC-ing), Adjustment of CPU FSB (had this before, but now it actually saves/uses it), and even setting the voltage (RAM voltage from 1.8V to 1.9V - used it!) and memory timings (same as original)."

It also allows disabling of the on-board GPU when another one is plugged-in... nice little feature!

Still lacks any kind of REAL control over RAM timing though... just very basics as OEM BIOS 3-speeds to choose from, or automatic.

(Note: Some "OEM" settings/options were accessed with a CTRL-F1... this does nothing now as all options are always exposed)

Still lacks CPU multiplier... BUMMER!!

Bought that 5000+ Black Edition, and not able to fully utilize it. Was able to squeeze out about 3GHz though, with Clock of 230MHz, FSB mult. of 4 ("K8<->NB"), my 800MHz memory would only run reliably in the 667MHz setting. Shame, having CL2 memory running at CL5.... or worse.

Might still try to move back to FSB mult. of 5 - giving me a FSB of 1150MHz... any thoughts? (remember, I'm new at this modded BIOS thing... so any help is good help!)

Original 1.12 and Gateway's latest 1.14 attached... in case anyone wants to take a look
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This is well accomplished work. First I'd like to thank you for confirming that the Gateway boards are compatable, many people wanted to hear the outcome of this.

Have you opened the ABIT bios image in MODBIN and unhidden the multiplier option?

TheWiz
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(07-24-2010, 12:33 AM)TheWiz Wrote: This is well accomplished work. First I'd like to thank you for confirming that the Gateway boards are compatable, many people wanted to hear the outcome of this.

Have you opened the ABIT bios image in MODBIN and unhidden the multiplier option?

TheWiz


OK... remember newbie here... Huh
Please elaborate... I thought that Abit bios was already "Mod'd" to its full extent...? Has this not been done by anyone that I could download and try?

Side note - and addendum to my prior post... I did move the FSB multiplier ("K8<->NB") back to 5, with a 230MHz clock, and it runs very stable at 1150MHz FSB... YMMV

My 800MHz DDR2-6400-2CL memory is running still at (yuk) CPU/8 (373.9MHz on CPU-Z), CAS=5.0, RAS-to-CAS of 5, RAS-prechg=5, RAS cycle=15, bank cycle=21 clocks, CR-2T

EDIT: oops... it's late (early?1am) I was thinking you were referring to the "Acer Aspire E380" bios that I ran... my bad. I'll have to look up the Abit bios..
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Tthe BIOS image on the blog image you references is the "Acer Aspire E380 BIOS" It actually runs perfectly well on several boards, but it was originally an ABIT BIOS.
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Been looking, looking... but maybe I am dense...
(be gentle... remember "newbie")

I have been unable to find the CPU multiplier settings in this BIOS.... is there a further mod I need to download? I looked in the Nettle2 discussion, the Abit discussion... but it's a bit rough trying to follow all the various threads, and rabbit trails off of each thread.

My AMD B.E. awaits to be unleashed! Big Grin
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According to banana19 who was one of my testers for the multiplier image, this flashed BIOS along with the ctrl f1 ctrl f9 keys should give you the multiplier option.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1525839/abit_unlocked.bin

TheWiz

(Flash the same way you did with the last mod)
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WHOOO-HOOO!!!!!!

HAPPY CAMPER HERE!!!

now THAT is what I was hoping for all along!

Big Grin YOU GUYS ROCK!!! Big Grin
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sorry if I don't act like a "pastor" Angel ... (I am...) as well as a techno-geek from long before we were 'kewl'... been working with PC's since 1980, when I was an engineer for a company developing EXTERNAL hard drive systems for the ORIGINAL IBM "Personal Computer"... because they saw NO NEED for a "Personal Computer" to have a hard drive! (Naw... the 160KB floppy was just fine... NOT!)

Oh, the stories I could tell about actually living through (and working in the industry) the entire history of the "PC".... our first hard drives were 5MB 5.25" full-size... about 8.5" long, 5.75" wide, 3.5" tall, weighing in around 5 pounds... and our OEM cost was around $1500 each. The access time was a screaming (well, more like clunkity-clunking) 200ms, with a transfer speed of maybe 250Kbps.... but we all wondered if anyone would ever really need that much storage space in a small business (our target customers). I've seen hard drives go from (get this!) 34 cubic inches per Megabyte, to 0.0000053 cubic inches per Megabyte (Seagate's 750GB 2.5", 1" thick notebook drive).... and $300/MB to $0.00005/MB

Personally... my first "PC" was a brand-new Apple-II at the age of 17, then upgraded to the Amiga 1000 when it first came out... then an A2000 later. Mix in an original MAC or two, a Sinclair ZX81 or three... then I finally caved-in later and built my first PC-clone - a 80186 based machine (an odd 8086 variant), then a 286, 386, Pentium, and on and on... man... I'm old! (51)

Also seen the entire history of "GUI"... including the first nice PC-based GUI... Digital Research "GEM"... before Windows 1.0 came out.

Then we of course have to consider how we used to dialup at 600-1200 bps to connect to BBS systems... looong before the WWW came into existence. I was one of the first 1000 users registered on eBay...

Now THAT has been a ride!

(SORRY.. for the RANT... but see what happens when I get happy!)Tongue

OH... the details!
EVERYTHING WORKS!

Yeah, I have to turn the power OFF sometimes to get the Clock frequency to "stick" after setting it and saving it... but this an already known issue... from what I gather.

So far I'm at:
210 MHz clock
15X CPU multiplier (NPT Fid control) = 3.15GHz
CPU Voltage of 1.35V (NPT Vid Control) (which, BTW, defaulted to 1.30V)
HT link is 5x (1050 MHz FSB)

My 4GB (4x 1GB) of DDR2 800/6400 memory runs at 394.9MHz (doubled) 6.0/6/6/18/25/2T - doing perfect. Will try to squeeze a bit more out of my memory later... maybe. ;-)
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Glad to hear of your success Big Grin

Admin
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Is it OK to post pix of all BIOS settings screens?
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Yes, you have full permission to post pictures. if there are any spasce issues, please notify me and I will raise your account limit.

TheWiz
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