I recently updated the Chaintech VFN4 BIOS from one dated 02/03/2005 to the latest 06/03/2005.
For some bizarre reason, the onboard MAC LAN (on- board ethernet) is disabled by default.
It took me many hours to discover why I had no internet connectivity after that upgrade.
Also, the first POST page flashes by so quickly as to be unreadable. That's the page with the EPA logo and cpu and memory timings.
I'm tempted to go back to my original BIOS. Also, their instruction for downloading and installing a BIOS leave something to be desired. Recent BIOS are all .bin files, whereas they tell you they are .exe files.
A little more quality control and beta testing is in order for Chaintech.
-Bob
For some bizarre reason, the onboard MAC LAN (on- board ethernet) is disabled by default.
It took me many hours to discover why I had no internet connectivity after that upgrade.
Also, the first POST page flashes by so quickly as to be unreadable. That's the page with the EPA logo and cpu and memory timings.
I'm tempted to go back to my original BIOS. Also, their instruction for downloading and installing a BIOS leave something to be desired. Recent BIOS are all .bin files, whereas they tell you they are .exe files.
A little more quality control and beta testing is in order for Chaintech.
-Bob