nf7 bios D21/22

ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/bios/nf7-s_2.0/

abit shows 2 new(er) bios in that folder. D21 and D22. anyone using these bios? i flashed first with 22, my computer would post but not load windows. I flashed it to 21, with the same results. After some difficulty i managed to flash it back to bios 20 and all is well.

what's the deal ??


J.

I beleive the D version bios's are for the nf7-s 2.0 only. I see you said nf7....maybe thats the problem?

my board is an nf7-s v2.0. that would be why i was browsing the nf7-s v2.0 folder @ abitFTP. .


J.

There is many people having problems with the D21 and D22 bios because of a newer silicon bios embedded in these new bios's. Many people have reported the same problem as you. I got lucky and it worked for me.

There are hacked D21 & D22 bios available that that have the 4227 silicon bios embedded instead of the newer one that ABIT has put in them.

GL

Lvcoyote

thanks for the info Lvcoyote. I couldn't quite figure out the problem, and little or no info on bios 21/22 floating around the forums. I don't have any real problems with bios 20, i just flashed it to the newer bios because i'm like that.. lol.


thanx again,

J.

Any advantages to verson 22?

Juliendogg,

The problem is discussed in fair detail in the Abit-Usa forums (forum.abit-usa.com). I found it's a pretty good resource for NF7-S users, and there are always pretty good modded bioses for it around (including d10 ones where the 10/10.5 multi w/ cpu interface problem doesn't exist).

BigBaller

I believe the only addition in d22 is "First Bios for NF7-V" support or whatever. There has been some speculation as to what it is, but it even mentions in the release notes that there is nothing new for the NF7-S in d22. Why they released it as an NF7-S bios then is another question... I'm still using modded d20 w/ SATA Bios 4.2.27 as I didn't see any need to move to d21 or d22.

Thanx Tyson,

Yah, i frequent Abit's forums. You'll see my name pop up there once in a great while. But these forums will allways be my fav, an if i start a thread askin about something, 'tis here first. .



J.