Support Note: 237
Product: GrafixStar 600, Apocalypse 5D, Apocalypse 5D Sonic
Subject: Apricot MS540 system BIOS upgradeMarch, 1997
If you are running a GrafixStar 600 or other advanced graphics card with an Apricot MS540 system with the following system BIOSes, you get no video output, and the system does not boot:
- IBM SurePath BIOS v1.3
- Apricot 5436 BIOS 5.06
This is fixed using Patch 237, available on the Apocalypse CD-ROM in the folder \Apoc5D\Updates\Sn0237\Patch 237\, which has been provided by Apricot Computers Limited / Mitsubishi Electric. This patch contains Flash code to upgrade the system BIOS to v5.07 for both the 5434 and the 5436.
Contents:
JFLASH.EXE
D6_5434.BIN - 5.06 for 5434
D6_5436.BIN - 5.06 for 5436
D7_5434.BIN - 5.07 for 5434
D6_5436.BIN - 5.07 for 5436
Please read the instructions supplied with your system for system BIOS upgrades, or contact Apricot.
Mitsubishi Electric PC Division
Apricot Computers Limited
3500 Parkside
Birmingham Business Park
Birmingham B37 7YS
Tel: 0121 717 7171
Fax: 0121 717 0123