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ATO2161A-DC

(Dual Core Ready)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These BIOS and Driver downloads are only for ATO2161 G-Series (Rev.G) . Please check the sticker on the power connector for the motherboard Revision. Sometimes the sticker is near the CPU as indicated below.

If the number format on the sticker is like xx-xxxxxx-Gxxx , then this is ATO2161 G-Series (Rev.G).

Please DO NOT download / upgrade the BIOS UNLESS your system has a BIOS-related issue. Flashing the wrong BIOS can cause irreparable damage to the system.

 

 Download BIOS 2.13 (Zip File 465K)

Date: 11/18/2005

Description:

1. Added microcode patch for AMD K8 Errata #123
2. Added AMD K8 errata #131
3. Update PowerNow! PStable for 254 and 280
4. Fix BIOSCheck 2.4.2 fail
5. Add item "Processor Frequency Downgrade"
6. Fix sometime AMD8131 enter Hot-Plug mode, the PCI-X clock would be down
7. Support High Precision Event Timer
8. Add PCI slot Latency time control
9. Add item "Speculative TLB Reload" in setup to avoid RH AS3 GART error
10.Enable E000 decoding in BB
11.Change BIOS version and DMI string to V2.13

 

ATO2161 Dual Core BIOS Installation Instructions

You must use the "phlash16.exe " BIOS flash utility included in the .zip file and a boot disk to boot the system up.
Boot Disk - Refers to either a Windows 95 or Windows 98 boot disk. Other type of boot disk might load memory resident programs, which will interfere with the flash process. Make sure you hit the F5 key when the boot disk first starts running to make sure no other programs are loaded in the background without your knowledge
  • Flash the ATO2161 Dual Core BIOS using the following command: PHLASH16 /mode=3 /C /BBL biosfile.rom
  • Please replace "biosfile.rom" with the version of BIOS you are flashing to, for example, "hdama_dc213.ROM" for BIOS version 2.13
  • /BBL is to flash the BIOS boot blocks
  • /C is to clear CMOS

IMPORTANT: If you don't add the /c parameter, you'll need to clear CMOS manually.

 

To clear CMOS manually:

  • Turn off your computer.
  • Take off the power cord.
  • Short pin2 and pin3 with a jumper for a few seconds.
  • Replace the jumper on pin1 and pin2

The jumper is near the battery and pin1 is nearest the PCI slot.
IMPORTANT: If you don't take off the power cord, the CMOS may not be cleared.

 

Troubleshoot
In the rare event that something goes wrong (for whatever reason) and you end up with a "dead BIOS", where the board will not POST or show video after a BIOS update and after manually resetting CMOS, you can bring a dead BIOS back to life if you have a 2nd working ATO2161 (HDAMA) board. Simply take the ROM chip out of the working board and put it in the dead board and use it to boot the dead board. Then after the board is booted, remove the good ROM and put the dead ROM back into the board and use the flash tool to flash it. That should get it going again.

Recovery
In the rare event that something goes wrong, for whatever reason, and you end up with a "dead BIOS". Meaning, in the case where the board will not POST or show video after a BIOS update and after manually resetting CMOS, you can bring a dead BIOS back to life. Download

 

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