Hi there,
again a lazy user. Should have checked the whole board before asking,
but a quick search did not show any results ...
Is there (or will be in near future) a bios option to turn off HPT completely?
I ask this because it seems there are people around here knowing how
to modify original Bios files - right?
My other box has an Abit BE6II mobo. Intel 440BX chipset (running rock
stable at 133MHz FSB, btw.) and HPT366 chip on board.
Seems to be very similar to BP6 dispite the SLOT1 and only single CPU.
The original BE6II Bios allows to disable HPT366 _completely_.
Any idea if one could take the "disable" code out of the BE6 bios and into
the BP6 bios ????
Sorry if I ask for making it snow in hell
Atropos
Disable HPT completely ?
Disable HPT completely ?
Specs:
BP6 dual Celeron 433 MHz
Viper V330 graphics
256 MB
3 SCSI2 HDD (1GB, 2GB, 4GB)
W2K / SuSE 9.0 / Zeta RC4 Neo
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BP6 dual Celeron 433 MHz
Viper V330 graphics
256 MB
3 SCSI2 HDD (1GB, 2GB, 4GB)
W2K / SuSE 9.0 / Zeta RC4 Neo
Note: No scissors any more
there is BP6 bios on the site without HPT bios, but windows would detect it anyway, so you need to disable it in windows.... that is disturbing, so that's what you may do....
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BP6 (not modded yet)
256MB PC133 C2
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Plus P4 system
yet single PIII-S 512Kb L2 cache at 1400MHz@700MHz
BP6 (not modded yet)
256MB PC133 C2
GF4Ti4200-8x
Maxtor 2x60Gb - all on promise ATA133
Lite-On LTR 40125S@48125W!!!
Plus P4 system
You can find two BIOSs without the HPT here.
I have used them both, and currently have the RV version flashed.
Windows will still give the HPT a set of IRQs, but that is the only trace of the controller left.
I have used them both, and currently have the RV version flashed.
Windows will still give the HPT a set of IRQs, but that is the only trace of the controller left.
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thanx for the replies ...
I am aware of the RV bios. But that was not the original idea.
As far as I understood the RV w/o HPT removes the boot screen of HPT.
But the controler itself stays kind of "online". Thus meaning it still
uses an IRQ and stays accessible from OS.
When the HPT is set to be disabled on my BE6II mobo there's nothing
left of it. No IRQ in use and invisible for OS. (It's like you remove
a PCI card - it's gone, nada.)
Atropos
I am aware of the RV bios. But that was not the original idea.
As far as I understood the RV w/o HPT removes the boot screen of HPT.
But the controler itself stays kind of "online". Thus meaning it still
uses an IRQ and stays accessible from OS.
When the HPT is set to be disabled on my BE6II mobo there's nothing
left of it. No IRQ in use and invisible for OS. (It's like you remove
a PCI card - it's gone, nada.)
Atropos
Specs:
BP6 dual Celeron 433 MHz
Viper V330 graphics
256 MB
3 SCSI2 HDD (1GB, 2GB, 4GB)
W2K / SuSE 9.0 / Zeta RC4 Neo
Note: No scissors any more
BP6 dual Celeron 433 MHz
Viper V330 graphics
256 MB
3 SCSI2 HDD (1GB, 2GB, 4GB)
W2K / SuSE 9.0 / Zeta RC4 Neo
Note: No scissors any more
Although it still uses an IRQ, I believe you would not be able to use the controller with the HPT-less BIOS.
Sadly it is not possible to completely remove the HPT as you describe. I wish it was!
Sadly it is not possible to completely remove the HPT as you describe. I wish it was!
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I had my zip drive hanging off the HPT. Linux would happily still use the HPT, even with the RV BIOS.InactiveX wrote:Although it still uses an IRQ, I believe you would not be able to use the controller with the HPT-less BIOS.
Sadly it is not possible to completely remove the HPT as you describe. I wish it was!
So, with the right OS, you can. Not sure about Windows.
Jeff
Interesting!
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I second that. The short tests I did with an IBM drive connected to the HPT366 gave me decent performance and no worries whatsoever. I even used hdparm to tweak and tune the drive but everything worked like it should.phaedrus wrote:So, with the right OS, you can. Not sure about Windows.
However, Linux has had some problems with the 366 which is evident if you look for Linux and HPT366. However, I doubt it is as much as with Windows.
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Maxtor 6Y080L0 80GB hdd
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Debian Linux stable with 2.4.8 kernel