Merging into mainboard BIOS? WTF?

swiss

Okay,

About a year or so ago, I decided to get a UDMA IDE card, since my on-board IDE channels were starting to fill up fast. However, until now I haven't had to use it. The name of the IDE controller is a Rocket133S, manufactured by HighPoint.

Now, when I do try to use it, I find out that in order for the device to actually work, I have to merge the "HPT371" controller with the mainboard bios. Included in the readme is instructions on how to do so.

4. BIOS Update
===============

HPT371 controller BIOS must be merged into mainboard's BIOS. Please Refer to
your mainboard manual or contact the hardware vendor for updating BIOS.

Now, unsurprisingly my motherboard manual doesn't have any instructions on how to merge third party bioses in with it's own main bios, it only gives instructions on how to update the said bios. My motherboard is an Asus A7NX8- Deluxe btw.

Sure enough, I look in the appropriate driver location and I see a folder called "bios" with a file called "bios371.122" inside. I have no problems installing the drivers for the thing, but if it doesn't even have instructions on how to merge it's bios with my motherboard - well - I don't even know where to begin. My BIOS does come with an "awardflash" utility, which is a bit removed from what I normally do which is upload the BIOS from a floppy.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to tackle this one?

joePC

Merging a BIOS, this must be wrong, I have never heard of that,
It maybe like an SATA controller where the controller has its own bios in order to detect the Hdd's, maybe your card has a separate bios for the controler,

Also when you installed the card and boot into 2K or XP whatever you have and install drivers does this work??

Thanks joePC

joePC

Dont you read the manual:

ahhhh,

1.2 Hardware Installation
Follow these steps to install the adapter and connect hard
disks onto the adapter:

1. Shut down the computer and unplugs the power supply;
2. Please discharge static electricity from your body by
touching a conductor;
3. Remove the corresponding card bracket from the back of
the computer chassis;
4. Insert the Rocket 133/133S/133SB adapter steadily into
a PCI slot on motherboard and then settle it with screw;
5. Set jumper of hard disks and settle them inside the
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computer chassis;
6. Connect hard disks to adapter with IDE data cable;
7. Connect power supply connector to hard disk;
8. Replace the cover of computer chassis.
9. Plug the power supply.

1.3 Verify Adapter’s Installation
After installed Rocket 133/133S/133SB adapter and connected

hard disks as required above, now user can turn on the
computer. Please pay attention to the screen display while starting
computer. If the screen displays “Press <Ctrl><H>...”, it
indicates that the Rocket 133/133S/133SB adapter has been
successfully installed and recognized by the computer. Next,
Rocket 133/133S/133SB adapter’s BIOS will scan the
connected hard disks. Please pay attention to the screen
display. If all connected hard disks are correctly detected, it
indicates that all the hard disks have been connected correctly
and recognized by the computer.
Note:
For Rocket 133S, since it has no EPROM, its BIOS must be
combined into the system BIOS. Otherwise, user will not be
able to see “Press <Ctrl><H>...” message while computer is
booting.

Do this and you should be OK

Thanks joePC