Flash Changes Models 8476 / 8477 General Information: Model 8476 is year 2000 ready. Model 8477 is year 2000 ready. NTJTxxA is the flash diskette level. NTKTxxA is the binary image level. (BIOS) NOTE: All changes carry forward. That is, if a change is added in 01, it is also in 02, 03 etc. CHANGES for NTKTxxA/NTJTxxA: NTKT05A/NTJT05A: BIOS release to manufacturing NTKT06A/NTJT06A: Security Update NTKT07A/NTJT07A: Cache Code Update DMI code Update IDE Seek use LBA addressing NTKT08A/NTJT08A: Flash Code Update DMI Information corrections Network Code updates ECC cache / cpu speed default settings re-defined Security Code bit 7 switch fix HCT updates NTKT09A/NTJT09A: Processor Patching Fix Patch code update Memory Hole Fix Fix Configuration Error with CD ROM Fix for Syquest problem NT5.0 / keyboard problem ACPI Memory and I/O updates NTKT10A/NTJT10A: APM updates DMI update LS-120 boot fix IPDLT update for rev 3 440BX ISA memory hole / Win 95 fix Processor support update NTKT11A/NTJT11A: Windows 98 does not detect ACPI support NTKT12A/NTJT12A: Adding new model #s & board serial #s to SMBIOS Memory Hole Fixes Add soft off support to SMI handler new patch file for 652 C segment not being shadowed with ISA cards Power LED stays on in Stand-by mode on Win98J NT5 ACPI issues NTKT13A/NTJT13A: System intermittently loses CMOS setup data ACPI changes for WINDOWS/98. Celeron CPU Name is not correct at Setup Utility DMIBIOS information updates. Hayes Optima (Serial) modem does not connect NTKT14A/NTJT14A: Add Alertpak Token Ring Support IDE Bus Master controller UDMA setting wrong for Zip drive Intermittent hang at checkpoint 58 during Win 98 reboot PCI modem diagnostics hangs system if using IRQ 11 or 15 Cannot update model and serial number during bootblock flash. Memory beep code after boot block recovery completes. E000 segment not fully initialized causing boot hang W/ECC DRAM System board identifier is corrupted very occasionally after bootblock recovery. NTKT15A/NTJT15A: UDMA mode 0 is being set for non udma devices. ADD LSA version .99j Will not boot SCO cdrom Can't format a ZIP drive under DOS Release IRQ12 if no mouse is installed Update ACPI for NT 5.0 Wn98:USB Hub will not work in Bios ATI AGP adapter with 64K ROM hangs or causes system to reboot. Win95 ignores bios apm settings Problems configuring the 5250 Express ISA adapter in PnP System fails with 2 adaptec quad port ethernet pci adapters APM HCT resume test fails if resume on wake is set. Intermittent error beeps during a warm boot New Patches for various processors Remove video vendor banner during POST. Letter 'm' is not recognized in password in some french langs. Readme.1st files have incorrect information. NTKT16A/NTJT16A: Serial B does not work correctly if Serial A is disabled Monochrome monitor not displaying correct shades of grey 67x processor cache support update IBM 100/10 ISA Ethernet in causes BIOS error 18XX in level NTJT15A Diskette emulation not working with ServerGuide. NTKT17A/NTJT17A: System with processor models less that 0650 run slow with build NTKT16A. Level NTKT16A was not released. NTKT18A/NTJT18A: 3DLabs Oxygen RPM adapter hangs entering NT4.0 LSA code puts out bogus "Unsupported" message Request to add user selection of AGP/PCI as primary display Put Intel LSA (DHCP) code version .99L Add patch 653 for slot1 processors Add support for Pentium III processors. NTKT19A/NTJT19A: Setup States PentiumIII is a PentiumII Add Processor Serial Number Access Menu Item and disable processor serial number by default. Intermittent hangs on re-boot BIOS Setup date prompt displays YY not YYYY for the year NTKT20A/NTJT20A: Added new machine type to SMBIOS information. NTKT21A/NTJT21A: 1. ACPI changes to support NT2000 2. Add Pentium III 550MHz support 3. Patch for Pentium III 550MHz processor 4. '1886 configuration error' occurs when adapter has empty DMA descriptor 5. Japanese language text changes for Processor Serial Number Access setup option 6. Support for AVID video card 7. System re-boots on second attempt to boot with non-system diskette NTKT22A/NTJT22A: update to allow fans to run continually for processors with speeds equal to or greater than 550 MHz NTKT23A/NTJT23A: Update CPU patches for various Intel processors Intermittent hang during POST (Power On Self Test). Memory information incorrect when memory hole at 15M-16M is used for some ISA cards. NTKT24A/NTJT24A: Windows NT Simplified Chinese will not install from CD Keyboard locks up during Windows 95 boot when mouse is not installed System will not boot if 4k page DIMMs are installed L2 cache size reported incorrectly on Pentium III with 673 processor patch Setup: French translation of Power-on Password submenu is displayed incorrectly OS/2 Warp 4.0 hangs when USB keyboard/mouse are installed System Service Function call returns incorrect memory information Updated 665 processor patch NTKT25A/NTJT25A: Force fans to run continuously when processor speed is 550MHz or higher NTKT26A/NTJT26A: System will not boot if 512MB registered DIMMs are installed Incorrect UUID in SMBIOS information Add Pentium III 600MHz support Additional processor microcode updates System hangs on re-boot after Windows NT is installed from CD 1962 configuration error on warm boot when enhanced security is enabled NTKT27A/NTJT27A: ACPI does not correctly report memory usage at top of memory