Actions are needed to keep those threads active , until a new bios version shows up :

IMPORTANT We are looking for Old Phoenix Bios for AmiloA 1.08 & -

Contact us at amilo(a)yahoogroups.com

Action ToDo :

• http://support.fujitsu-siemens.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=37001
• http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/ubb-files/Forum2/HTML/003397.html
• http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/ubb-files/Forum2/HTML/003603.html
• http://download.fujitsu-siemens.com/download/FileDownload/fileDownload.aspx?SoftwareGUID=772D0B47-D241-4DD6-92AE-F93372389429&FileFolder=Downloadfiles&FileTypeExtension=EXE&FileNameClient=FSC_4050404.EXE&FileSize=1005823
• http://www.phoenix.com/en/Customer+Services/BIOS/default.htm
• http://www.fsc-pc.de/KnowHow/GB/BIOS/BIOS-Screenshot/Phoenix_4.0x/Amilo/ASeries/A6600_A7600/Main_0000.htm
• http://www.compal.com/asp/driver_dnd/e_download.asp?M_path=/Download/NB/
• Phoenix bios editor 2.2.0.1 as mentioned on MSI website http://forum2.msi.com.tw/viewtopic.php?t=37961&sid=4a2f385c9680d11dc017fdf86d2d2ac5

• Bios / Did you have some remarks to do on BIOS UPDATES ?
• Does bios update conflict w/ Window XP activation ?
• Are there known problem on Bios Downgrade ?

This bios is really poor, no real choice beside time and boot device selection

Phoenix Bios 4.0 R 6
Fujitsu Notebook BF Y26 Bios 1.02
UUID Number : ...
SN : .
CPU : AMD Mobile XP 1400+
Mem: 639Kb System / 222Mb Ext / 256Kb Cache SDRam

Chipset M1533 PCI to ISA bridge 'ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support' / 'IDE, ATA AND ATAPI Block devices' / 'ALI M15x3 chipset Support'

There are some updates (Sep./02 V1.09 ACPI-able) of Bios (but it will be fine to replace it with an opensource ones)

• http://www.fsc-pc.de/KnowHow/GB/BIOS/BIOSFlash/Flash_Amilo.htm
• http://www.fsc-pc.de/DriverCD/Start_GB_Notebook.htm?uri=/KnowHow/GB/BIOS/BIOSFlash/Flash_Amilo.htm&menu=/DriverCD/_1st_Start/GB/MenuListe_BIOS.htm
• http://www.kyf.net/supportaz/down.php
• http://download.fujitsu-siemens.com/download/FileDownload/fileDownload.aspx?SoftwareGUID=772D0B47-D241-4DD6-92AE-F93372389429&FileFolder=Downloadfiles&FileTypeExtension=EXE&FileNameClient=FSC_4050404.EXE&FileSize=1005823

Versions :

• 1.01 : never published ?
• 1.02 : (shipped on mine)
• 1.03 : never published ?
• 1.04 : 29.11.2002 http://www.fsc-pc.de/support/Description.asp?drvid=27290
• 1.05 : never published ?
• 1.06 : never published ?
• 1.07 :
• 1.08 : ?
• 1.09 :
• 1.10

• https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amilo/files# Mirrored files

• http://support.fujitsu-siemens.de
• http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=lang_en%7Clang_fr&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=+site%3Awww.fsc-pc.de+%22%2Bwww.fsc-pc.de%2Fsupport%2FDescription.asp%22&btnG=Search&lr=lang_en%7Clang_fr

Files:

ed2k://|file|BIOS_AMILOA_CY26_A6600_A7600_V1.04.EXE|977288|612771869b2bea0c012a9a2e2dfed40c|
ed2k://|file|BIOS_AMILOA_CY26_A6600_A7600_V1.07.EXE|664842|7897263bb89ab6a13df00b1ba10fd89a|
ed2k://|file|Bios_Amilo_A6600_A7600_CY26_V1.09.exe|670398|b8d5755eae55d0f151ae0a1836e903eb|
ed2k://|file|Bios_Amilo_A6600_A7600_CY26_V1.10.exe|1005823|e905b839b8933e924f3bbd398cdc9874|

V1.10 is out, some users tested and reported some heating regressions but it's Possible to downgrade the Bios back to 1.9 once 1.10 installed

@ http://www.fsc-pc.de/KnowHow/GB/BIOS/BIOSFlash/Flash_Amilo.htm#A-Serie

@ http://www.fsc-pc.de/KnowHow/Files/BIOSFlash/Amilo/Bios_Amilo_A6600_A7600_CY26_V1.10.exe

@ http://www.fsc-pc.de/KnowHow/Files/BIOSFlash/Amilo/Bios_Amilo_A6600_A7600_CY26_V1.10_readme1st.txt

BIOS Flash-update for Fujitsu Siemens current BIOS V1.10: AMILO AMILO A-6600, A-7600 BFY26011001, BFY26011002

Problems solved:

• Fixed serial port commulication lose data.
• Fixed USB 2.0 pcmcia card performance problem.

Known errors, problems and restrictions:

• If customer upgrades from bios version 1.06 or older the HDD will be

locked if the HDD password is enabled. Solution: Disable HDD password before flashing.

• Wakeup by scheduler from S4 state does not work.
• Flashing from BIOS 1.05 to any older version freezes the system

after completion. The user must first remove all power (AC-plug and battery), after this it is possible to use the system with the flashed BIOS version.

Additional information:

• If the HDD get locked during bios upgrade the customer can set any

passwords to get access to the HDD. There is no need to use a master password.

• Systems which are delivered without internal floppy disk drive can

boot from USB floppy disk.

• The USB floppy disk drive will become the first boot device when it

is connected.

• It is mandatory to use this BIOS version with the new CPUs (2400+

and higher with 512KB 2nd Level Cache).

<bb> i just patched my bios to 1.10 and the great thing: it seams to fix my pcmcia / CardBus wlan issue (system freeze when heavy traffic)

i didn't do any longer tests on heating but as long as i monitore it now there is no big change could be it is a little lower but i am not sure… after a while with 100% cpu it's at 75C, then going down slowly to 71C when i keep having 10-20PU my some-hundred-megs download finished successfully without any problems… i'm gonna do some more stress tests to my wlan card </bb>

<atlantic> coz I think my graphics card freezing since I upgrade 1.05→1.07

<atlantic> 1. boot windows
<atlantic> 2. try to use a Direct3D application, for example, play a movie with  BSPlayer (which is use DirectShow)
<atlantic> 3. Close your notebook (switch into Standby mode)
<atlantic> 4. Switch it on again
<atlantic> 5. Try to use a Direct3D application

</atlantic>

# # dmidecode 2.3
# SMBIOS 2.31 present.
# 44 structures occupying 1332 bytes.
# Table at 0x000D8010.
# Handle 0x0000
#      DMI type 0, 20 bytes.
#      BIOS Information
#              Vendor: Phoenix
#              Version: 1.02
#              Release Date: 09/12/2002
#              Address: 0xE42A0
#              Runtime Size: 114016 bytes
#              ROM Size: 512 kB
#              Characteristics:
#                      PCI is supported
#                      PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported
#                      PNP is supported
#                      APM is supported
#                      BIOS is upgradeable
#                      BIOS shadowing is allowed
#                      Boot from CD is supported
#                      Selectable boot is supported
#                      EDD is supported
#                      Japanese floppy for NEC 9800 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)
#                      5.25"/360 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
#                      5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
#                      3.5"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
#                      3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
#                      Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
#                      8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
#                      Serial services are supported (int 14h)
#                      Printer services are supported (int 17h)
# Handle 0x0001
#      DMI type 1, 25 bytes.
#      System Information
#              Manufacturer: FUJITSU SIEMENS
#              Product Name: Amilo A-Series
#              Version: 0100
#              Serial Number: 12345678901234567
#              UUID: EA803131-A407-11D6-846A-00023FAF59F3
#              Wake-up Type: Power Switch
# Handle 0x0002
#      DMI type 2, 8 bytes.
#      Base Board Information
#              Manufacturer: ATI
#              Product Name: Raptor
#              Version: Rev0.4b
#              Serial Number: None
# Handle 0x0003
#      DMI type 3, 17 bytes.
#      Chassis Information
#              Manufacturer: FUJITSU SIEMENS
#              Type: Other
#              Lock: Not Present
#              Version: N/A
#              Serial Number: None
#              Asset Tag: No Asset Tag
#              Boot-up State: Unknown
#              Power Supply State: Unknown
#              Thermal State: Unknown
#              Security Status: Unknown
#              OEM Information: 0x00001234
# Handle 0x0004
#      DMI type 4, 35 bytes.
#      Processor Information
#              Socket Designation: U23
#              Type: Central Processor
#              Family: Athlon
#              Manufacturer: AuthenticAMD
#              ID: 80 06 00 00 FF F9 83 03
#              Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 8, Stepping 0
#              Flags:
#                      FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
#                      VME (Virtual mode extension)
#                      DE (Debugging extension)
#                      PSE (Page size extension)
#                      TSC (Time stamp counter)
#                      MSR (Model specific registers)
#                      PAE (Physical address extension)
#                      MCE (Machine check exception)
#                      CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
#                      SEP (Fast system call)
#                      MTRR (Memory type range registers)
#                      PGE (Page global enable)
#                      MCA (Machine check architecture)
#                      CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
#                      PAT (Page attribute table)
#                      PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
#                      MMX (MMX technology supported)
#                      FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore)
#                      SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
#              Version: AMD Athlon(tm)
#              Voltage: 2.2 V
#              External Clock: Unknown
#              Max Speed: 1200 MHz
#              Current Speed: 1200 MHz
#              Status: Populated, Enabled
#              Upgrade: ZIF Socket
#              L1 Cache Handle: Not Provided
#              L2 Cache Handle: 0x0009
#              L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
#              Serial Number: Not Specified
#              Asset Tag: Not Specified
#              Part Number: Not Specified
#                      CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
#                      USB legacy is supported
# ...

mount -o loop ~rzr/incoming/FSC_4000404.img /mnt/tmp/
strings  bios.wph  | grep Corp
Insyde Software Corp.

<dogi>LCD allways off after a BIOS update :

http://www.prestigio.com/products/show.cfm/notebooks/Nobile/Nobile_157/

Book : http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/28/0437257&from=rss

http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/bootdet.html

http://www.amilo-forum.de/topic,1491,-Amilo-A-7600-cy26-Suche-BIOS-v1-09.html

http://support.fujitsu-siemens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5442&highlight=rzr

Floppy: http://forum.fujitsu-siemens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=22433&p=71382&hilit=amilo+a7600#p71382

http://dl-extern4.treiberupdate.de/download2/446608.zip

# rzr@nrv:tmp/ # [0] # cat Recover.bat 
EEPROM W 20 20 'FF'

# rzr@nrv:tmp/ # [1] # cat USB.bat 
EEPROM W 20 20 '55'

wine   EEPROM W 20 20 'FF'
Write Fail
Write Ok