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 BX6
Pentium® II AGP Based ATX Mainboard
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How to update the bios? Please click here.
Besides downloading the bios file, you also need the Flash Utility to flash bios rom. (For files before Aug 2001)

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  • You won't need to update BIOS until the latest bios has improve / fix some functions.
  • You won't need to upgrade through all of the BIOS files, just upgrade to the latest one please and it will include all previous improvments.
  • The CMOS data will be lost after flashing the BIOS. You may need to enter the BIOS setup screen and configure your system information after rebooting the machine.

BIOS: bx6qs.exe  
Bios Issue Date:2000/03/10
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID: QS

  1. Fixes the incorrect capacity issue under Linux.
  2. Fixes the incompatibility issue with W2K.
BIOS: bx6mx.exe  
Bios Issue Date:1999/12/20
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID: MX

  1. Supports Celeron 533Mhz(66Mhz FSB) CPUs.
  2. Supports PIII 600Mhz(100Mhz FSB) CPUs.
  3. Supports 40GB harddisks and abov.
BIOS: bx6mp.exe  
Bios Issue Date:1999/07/23
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID: MP

  1. Fixes the password function.
  2. Supports Socket 370 Celeron 500 Mhz CPU.
BIOS: bx6lw.exe  
Bios Issue Date:1999/07/07
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID: LW

  1. Fixes the password function.
  2. Supports Socket 370 Celeron 500 Mhz CPU.
BIOS: bx6jl.exe  
Bios Issue Date:1999/02/12
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID: JL

  1. Supports Socket 370 Celeron 433 Mhz CPU.
  2. Supports correct naming of Pentium III CPU.
BIOS: bx6hv.exe  
Bios Issue Date:1999/01/25
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID: HV

  1. Fixes the NEC ATAPI ZIP drive incompatibility problem.
  2. Supports the Intel Pentium III 450 and 500 Mhz (Katmai) CPU.
  3. Supports the Intel Celeron 366 Mhz up to 400 Mhz compliance.
  4. Supports up to an 8x clock multiplier.
  5. Solves the problem of Windows98 not being able to shut-down properly when the ACPI function is enabled.
  6. Supports DMI 2.3 . You have to input the parameter /CD to Clear DMI pool data while updating the BIOS. (e.g. A:AWDFLASH NEWBIOS /PY /SN /CC /CD)

EXTRA NOTE:

For Pentium III (Katmai) users, the BIOS will indicate PII EVEN if it is a PIII because the code was finished just prior to the unveiling of the new PIII name for the Katmai. This will be corrected in the next BIOS.

BIOS: bx6gx.exe  
Bios Issue Date:1998/11/23
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID: GX

  1. Updates the K/B default setting to 8Mhz to fix Micorsoft Elite K/Bs.
  2. Changes the ACPI default setting to disable.
BIOS: bx6gq.exe  
Bios Issue Date:1998/10/20
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID: GQ

  1. Supports ACPI function.
BIOS: bx6eg.exe  
Bios Issue Date:1998/07/28
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID: EG

  1. Supports some kinds of display cards with the chipset of Mpact 2.
  2. Allows insertion of more than one display card on the mainboard & add s an Init Display First option in the BIOS for user to choose the primary display card.
  3. Supports the Celeron 300 & 333 CPUs with built-in cache.
BIOS: bx6dl.exe  
Bios Issue Date:1998/05/11
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID: DL

  1. Correction for Intel Celeron parameters.
  2. Correction for DRAM parameters and expanded support for more types of DRAM.
BIOS: bx6cw.exe  
Bios Issue Date:1998/04/17
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID: CW

  1. Supports Soft Menu II.
  2. Supports SDRAM CAS Lattency Time in BIOS.
BIOS: bx6am.exe  
Bios Issue Date:1998/04/10
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID: AM

  1. First release.


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