On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 12:51:11PM -0500, Andrew Gillham wrote:
> From: "Bill Squier" <groo@old-ones.com>:
> >
> > IMPORTANT:  Update your BIOS to at least WZ beta 01 (CAREFUL with
> revision
> > WW!!)  I have a 256MB DIMM which intermittently locked up the system
> until
> > I installed WZ.  (Somewhere previous to WZ they fixed a problem with
> certain
> > 256MB modules).
> 
> Wasn't this fixed in WW?  According to the release notes for WZ_01:
> 0.Based on KT7_WW.BIN
> 1.Fixes wrongful register setting of "Bank x/y Dram Timing"
>   for normal/medium/fast/turbo with CL=2 setting.
> 2.Fixes wrongful register setting of "Bank x/y Dram Timing"
>   for normal/medium/fast/turbo with 133FSB Athlon CPU. For
>   KT7A and KT7A-RAID only.
> 3.Adds an option to disable fan1 error check and changes the
>   default setting to disable.
> 
> Sounds like the fan1 feature wasn't too popular. :)

Exactly!

I was warning about WW because of the FAN1 problem.  It may have been 
the timing problem you cite above or it might have been:

	"Fixes the misreading issue for certain VCM 256M memory module."

but I'm not sure how to parse that Taiwanglish.  I was under the impression
that the timing problem caused a POST failure-- I was seeing a consistent
hang after the boot floppy image mounted md0.

-- 
Bill Squier (groo@old-ones.com)                          http://www.netbsd.org
  I know I don't deserve a second chance; but as an American,
  aren't I entitled to one?  --Sideshow Bob.