Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

[browny1978]

So I'm an owner of a BP6 and it was in fantastic condition, with none of the original capacitors showing any signs of failure. But one day a year or so back, it failed to Post, after working fine just a few hours earlier.

So I did the usual, swapped all the components etc. etc. to no avail. So I boxed it up and thought I'd deal with it another day.

About a month back i recapped the board with Rubycon caps all of the ratings as per this site, but still to no avail. No post.

So I bought some SST BIOS chips that were of similar spec to the winbond one used on the BP6. I programmed one with the official Abit bios, and it also verified good, so I plugged it in, still not expecting much, and voila, it POST'd.

So now I've bought it back from the dead, the issue i've now found is that with a hard drive plugged in to the onboard hpt366 ide controller, if freezes on the hpt bios screen. no hard is detected. use the standard ide sockets and all is fine. Can anybody help?

[pfrcom]

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

programmed one with the official Abit bios

Perhaps try later BIOS version

Text file out of attached Zip mentions later versions of HPT366 controller embedded within Abit version RU BIOS

[browny1978]

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

Sorry, forgot to mention I've tried a few different bios's and hard drives. same happens on all of them.

[pfrcom]

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

Revert to original Winbond chip ??

Some BIOS change logs (not necessarily Abit) mention supporting different chips, so something subtle may be going on in your case

[browny1978]

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

It wouldnt surprise me. Unfortunately my USB programmer didnt support the winbond chip, so I took a punt on the SST chips, as I've used SST before. I'll probably need to buy a TL866 programmer then.

[Dan81]

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

Have you tried replacing EC32?

[browny1978]

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

Have you tried replacing EC32?

Nope, only replaced the capacitors.

[Dan81]

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

I mentioned EC32 (it's also a lytic) as it's in close vicinity of the HPT366, and may be also the reason why your BP6 freezes when trying to access the HPT controller. I remember recapping my Soyo 6BA+IV with Panasonic caps around the HPT controller (also a 366) just so I don't let the original WENDELL caps do any weird juju (like freezing on the HPT BIOS) on my board.

That, and I also would like to know, is the HPT BIOS by any chance the one with a blue background? If so, that one shouldn't have any 40GB HDD limit on it. Maybe 128GB but I doubt it.

[browny1978]

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

OK. I've tried different bios's with different hpt366 embedded bios's to no avail.

[pfrcom]

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

USB programmer didnt support the winbond chip

Have you tried programming Winbond, using settings for SST on your programmer?

[browny1978]

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

The original usb programmer I used didn't give you the option. You plugged it in, it identified it, and then you pressed write to program it. I've just got a Tl866ii+ and that does allow me to choose the exact chip. But although it's flashed correctly. The win bond chip doesn't post still. I do have another chip on order just in case the chip is faulty.