HP MCP61PM-HM (Nettle2) 5.27 With Unlocked Overclocking Options

[edrap]

Hi edrap,

I have the same GPU in this mobo with the ABIT BIOS. It does do the clicking at first, but if you give it about 30 seconds it will properly boot and run the card under the modified BIOS. I get really weary with the HP Winflash, so if you want everything working I'd try re-following the same instructions, clearing your cmos, putting the new card in, and just waiting until it boots (booted up for me after about 30 seconds of clicking). This BIOS unfortunately doesn't have USB boot support, drives me nuts too.

Additionally, you could follow the same procedure using the stock BIOS rom if you want to play it safe.

TheWiz

Thanks for the reply, though I don't quite understand your instructions. Currently, the gpu card is installed and working albeit with the pre-boot noise (in the stock bios, then in the modified bios, and now in the corrupted bios). After the bios corrupted, I took out the card to see if that fixed it (the bios, not the clacking noise which I'll just live with), but it didn't. I cleared the CMOS then, at which point the bios started at least booting into the OS, so I put in the card again. I can't currently change bios options at all, since the text is still completely garbled and pressing any of the enter setup keys just causes it to hang (or possibly enter setup, but I can't read it anyway since it's a white screen). So I can't re-follow the original instructions since I can't boot into the flash drive with awdflash (and I don't have a floppy drive) - is winflash my only option? When I did that yesterday with the stock bios rom and the update all setting, that's when my bios screwed up. Does it matter that I ran it in Windows 7? edit: also, did the "update all" setting mess it up?

Sorry if the above was unclear. Basically, can I go from my corrupted bios currently back to the stock HP 5.27 bios using winflash, and if so, what settings should I be using in the program (there are quite a few)? Or is there another program I should be using? Cheers.

[TheWiz]

Hi edrap,

There is a better way you could do this, I didn't really fully get the big picture until this post. Here's what I would do.
Download the stock HP BIOS here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1525839/Bios/Net527.bin

Make a bootable CD with the awdflash file, win98 startup files from the zip, and the BIOS file (renamed to BIOS.BIN)

Then, unplug your hdd and any other device so that the PC is forced to boot of your DVD drive.

Then you should be able to get to awdflash and use the same commandline instructions as you did with the ABIT BIOS. This should completly wipe the corrupted BIOS and start you off on a clean slate.

Let me know if you need Live help assistance,
TheWiz

[SoDWins]

I bought a X4 955 Phenom II and it does not boot up.

I have a nettle2 HP Pavillion?

Anything I am doing wrong?

[edrap]

Hi edrap,

There is a better way you could do this, I didn't really fully get the big picture until this post. Here's what I would do.
Download the stock HP BIOS here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1525839/Bios/Net527.bin

Make a bootable CD with the awdflash file, win98 startup files from the zip, and the BIOS file (renamed to BIOS.BIN)

Then, unplug your hdd and any other device so that the PC is forced to boot of your DVD drive.

Then you should be able to get to awdflash and use the same commandline instructions as you did with the ABIT BIOS. This should completly wipe the corrupted BIOS and start you off on a clean slate.

Let me know if you need Live help assistance,
TheWiz

Thanks for the suggestion. I likely won't be able to have another stab at the problem for a few days, but will report back on how it goes.

[TheWiz]

SoDWins,

It has been reported that the 955's high power draw (125W) makes the board have a hard time posting because there is only a max TDP of around 95W. We are working on a BIOS solution for the higher power chips, but I do believe MrTangoWhiskey can help you get that working.

Thanks,
TheWiz

[Romano]

Hi
I'm very satisfied with the BIOS update, but today, my system crashed two times. It's the first time I've got these kind of errors.
Any relation with the BIOS update ?
PS : I've overclocked my 5600+ (210 MHz FSB instead of 200) but it's stable.

[sbbday@gmail.com]

I have a question....or a problem, which ever you prefer.
I flash the bios, without a problem, but on all my games now I get a consistent 20-30 fps less. That's with stock settings, and even when I oc it, it still is 10 frames less then what it use to be. So where I use to get 60 frames on CoD 4, now I was getting at most 30

I have a athlon x2 5000+ (none BE)
with 4 gigs of crosair ram
Win 7 64 bit
and an Gigabyte 4670 1 gb

[TheWiz]

Are you sure device manager has all of your system drivers shwoing as installed? I haven't heard of this one before.

@Romano. I have used this BIOS for almost 2 years on one of my boxes without a problem, run your CHKDSK.

TheWiz

[sbbday@gmail.com]

Yeah, I went through and checked that first. It puzzles me

:edit: If anyone would be so kind as to post a stock bios bin that I can flash. All the installers are for vista and I can't find a bin file anywhere.

[TheWiz]

Here's the stock bin: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1525839/Bios/Net527.bin

Also, check with MrTangoWhiskey and the other threads in the confirmed section, there are some other unlocked BIOSes that may give better benchmarks for you.

TheWiz