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STATUS: BBS:YES
CE: IBM PS/VALUEPOINT POST/BIOS UPDATE VERSION 66A
THE PURPOSE OF THIS FILE IS TO LIST ALL THE PROBLEMS FIXED WITH
THE FOLLOWING LISTED BIOS CODE LEVELS.
THE CURRENT UPDATE IS TITLED:
L6JT66A.EMT
THE FILE MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE LIBRARY. AFTER DOWNLOADING, A FILE
EXPLOSION BY MEANS OF EMT4PM PROGRAM HAS TO BE DONE FOR THE PACKAGED
FILE ONTO A 3.5" 1.4MB DISKETTE.
VIEW THE FLASH EEPROM LEVEL BY ACCESSING THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY
PROGRAM. THE FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH POSITIONS OF THE EEPROM LEVEL
REPRESENT THE CODE LEVEL. FOR EXAMPLE LDJT65A IS CODE LEVEL 66A.
***************************************************************
THE PROBLEMS RESOLVED WITH 51A LEVEL ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1- LOSS OF VIDEO WHEN SWITCHING BETWEEN GRAPHICS MODE AND TEXT MODE WHEN
USING A CUSTOM CHARACTER FONT SET IN ADDITION TO USING THE STANDARD
CHARACTER FONT SET.
2- UNREADABLE VIDEO AFTER INSTALLING SCO UNIX * OPERATING SYSTEM.
3- 162/163 ERROR INSTEAD OF 8603 ERROR AFTER AN INSTALLED MOUSE IS
REMOVED.
4- DISKETTE DRIVE FAILURES WHILE RUNNING DOS 5.0 AND EMM386 WHEN A
BUSMASTER OPTION CARD IS INSTALLED.
5- SYSTEM UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE AN INSTALLED 212MB IBM HARD DISK DRIVE.
6- WINDOWS 32 BIT DISK DRIVER USABILITY PROBLEMS RESOLVED.
* SCO UNIX IT A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF SANTA CRUZ OPERATIONS.
**************************************************************
THE 53A LEVEL INCLUDES FIXES CONTAINED IN THE PREVIOUS LEVELS
PLUS THE FOLLOWING:
1- ELIMINATE DISABLING ONE OF THE SERIAL PORTS AFTER "SOFT BOOT"
(CTRL, ALT, DELETE).
2- CORRECT COLOR PROBLEMS RUNNING AUTOCAD IN 800 X 600 64K COLORS.
3- SUPPORT 8514 MONITOR 1024 X 768 43HZ INTERLACED MODE.
4- SUPPORT 1024 X 768 72HZ NON-INTERLACED MODE.
5- FIX VARIOUS MONITOR TIMING PROBLEMS THAT CAN CAUSE THE DISPLAYED
IMAGE TO BE NARROW OR NOT CENTERED.
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THE 54A LEVEL INCLUDES FIXES CONTAINED IN THE PREVIOUS LEVELS
PLUS THE FOLLOWING:
1- SYSTEM HANG CONDITION WITH 128K WRITE-THRU L2 CACHE INSTALLED.
2- UPDATES TO THE S3 VIDEO CODE
3- FIX FOR STACK UNDERFLOW OR FLOATING POINT ERRORS
4- FIX FOR FAILING ADAPTERS UTILIZING INTERRUPT 2
****************************************************************
THE 58A LEVEL INCLUDES FIXES CONTAINED IN THE PREVIOUS LEVEL
PLUS THE FOLLOWING:
1- SYSTEM HANG CONDITION CAUSED BY POST CHECKING FOR THE PRESENCE OF AN
L2 CACHE OPTION WHEN THERE IS NO CACHE CARD INSTALLED IN THE SYSTEM.
THIS FAILURE WAS FOUND IN MANUFACTURING TEST. NO FIELD FAILURES
REPORTED.
2- FIX FOR INTERMITTENT 102 POST ERRORS DURING A WARM BOOT
(CNTRL + ALT + DEL).
****************************************************************
THE 61A LEVEL INCLUDES FIXES CONTAINED IN PREVIOUS LEVELS
PLUS THE FOLLOWING:
1- FIX FOR LOSS OF VIDEO AFTER SWITCHING VIDEO MODES.
REFER TO SERVICE INFO 77 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
****************************************************************
THE 62A LEVEL INCLUDES FIXES CONTAINED IN PREVIOUS LEVELS
PLUS THE FOLLOWING:
1- VIDEO BIOS FIX FOR THE NEW VERSION OF WORD PERFECT 6.0
****************************************************************
THE 64A LEVEL INCLUDES FIXEX CONTAINED IN PREVIOUS LEVELS
PLUS THE FOLLOWING:
1- A WORKAROUND FOR THE MATH CO-PROCESSOR PROBLEM GENERATING
EXEPTION ERRORS.
****************************************************************
THE 65A LEVEL INCLUDES FIXES CONTAINED IN PREVIOUS LEVELS
PLUS THE FOLLOWING:
1- S3 FIX FOR THE REELMAGIC COLOR PALETTE PROBLEM REV. 2.03.064
L6JT65A HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE MULTIMEDIA
CARD "REEL MAGIC". THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE S3 WINDOW'S
DISPLAY DRIVERS THAT CAN BE SUPPORTED USING THIS BUILD WITH
THIS REEL MAGIC CARD:
640 X 480 256 COLORS
640 X 480 32K COLORS
640 X 480 64K COLORS
800 X 600 16 COLORS
800 X 600 256 COLORS
A workaround for the math coprocessor problem
generating exception errors.
****************************************************************
THE 66A LEVEL INCLUDES FIXES CONTAINDED IN PREVIOUS LEVELS
PLUS THE FOLLOWING:
1- TEST FOR DENMARK PROBLEM
2- NO VIDEO BIOS CHANGE, SAME AS LEVEL 65 !!!
3- CONVERTED A NEW INC FILE , POSSIBLE CHECKSUM PROBLEM WITH
DANISH LANGUAGE FLH
4- FIXED THE CHECKSUM ALGORITHM AFTER ROM TO RAM TRANSFER