X2 Pro

[kosmiq]

Chip should work and the bios should not be any problem. make sure it is correctly installed. look carefully at the D0 point and make sure it really has proper contact. check all solders and so on.

[spedmetal]

Originally Posted by kosmiq

Chip should work and the bios should not be any problem. make sure it is correctly installed. look carefully at the D0 point and make sure it really has proper contact. check all solders and so on.

The bios could be the problem if it was an old bios. There are a few versions of the X2 pro, do you know which one you have?

[kosmiq]

Well the bios should not be a problem atleast... Of course it could be if it is reeeeeaally old but I doubt it is THAT old.

[spedmetal]

Originally Posted by kosmiq

Well the bios should not be a problem atleast... Of course it could be if it is reeeeeaally old but I doubt it is THAT old.

You never know man... it sure could be old. If it still works in the V1.0 maybe put it back in and flash it with the most resent X2 bios.

[suggy]

probabley about 4 year old. Came out of my V1.0.
Will try putting back in V1.0 and reflash.
Whot is the latest X2 bios

[kosmiq]

I am not sure how big the flashrom is on the X2Pro but the latest X2 bios is 5035, atleast it was the last time I checked, could be 5037 or some too of course. But you can only use that one if you have 512kb's banks or bigger.

If you happen to have 256kb banks you should either iND 5003 bios (has some bugs but I like it) or X2 4981 (almost the same as 4983 but you can config it).

[spedmetal]

Originally Posted by suggy

probabley about 4 year old. Came out of my V1.0.
Will try putting back in V1.0 and reflash.
Whot is the latest X2 bios

Yeah a 4 year old bios would surely be the problem.

Originally Posted by kosmiq

I am not sure how big the flashrom is on the X2Pro but the latest X2 bios is 5035, atleast it was the last time I checked, could be 5037 or some too of course. But you can only use that one if you have 512kb's banks or bigger.

Dont all X2 pro's has a 1meg bios that can be 4/256 2/512 or 1/1024? Yeah I'm pretty sure they all do.

EDIT: Correction you can have these combinations.

2 256k bios's

        +-------+
        | bios1 |
Bank 0  | 256k  |
        |       |
        +-------+
        | bios1 |
Bank 1  | 256k  |
        |       |
        +-------+
        | bios2 |
Bank 2  | 256k  |
        |       |
        +-------+
        | bios2 |
Bank 3  |  256k |
        |       |
        +-------+

2 512k bios's

        +-------+
        | bios1 |
Bank 0  | 512k  |
        |       |
        +       +
        |       |
Bank 1  |       |
        |       |
        +-------+
        | bios2 |
Bank 2  | 512k  |
        |       |
        +       +
        |       |
Bank 3  |       |
        |       |
        +-------+


Example of X2 PRO 256k/512k Mixing.....

2 256k bios and 1 512k bios

        +-------+
        | bios1 |
Bank 0  | 256k  |
        |       |
        +-------+
        | bios2 |
Bank 1  | 256k  |
        |       |
        +-------+
        | bios3 |
Bank 2  | 512k  |
        |       |
        +       +
        |       |
Bank 3  |       |
        |       |
        +-------+


1 512k bios and 2 256k bios

        +-------+
        | bios1 |
Bank 0  | 512k  |
        |       |
        +       +
        |       |
Bank 1  |       |
        |       |
        +-------+
        | bios2 |
Bank 2  | 256k  |
        |       |
        +-------+
        | bios3 |
Bank 3  | 256k  |
        |       |
        +-------+

[spedmetal]

Ok here is an even better example