New Z64 BIOS?

[RedboX]

Just to let you know, our pal Acey has recived what is claimed to be a new BIOS for the Z64, hes got it on his webpage for those of you wanting to try it.

I've also been sent a copy, but as I have no way of testing it I'm not going to post it here just yet, if someone who knows what they are doing wants to try it out and let me know if it's valid, I'll post it....

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Date sent: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 19:04:43 +0100 (CET)
From: MrBackup&lt;MrBackup@z64.com&gt;
To: redbox@dextrose.com
Subject: Z64 BIOS V2.30 / 64MB EDO support

Z64 BIOS V2.30 (BASED ON V2.18) added functions list:
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- 64MB EDO 60ns 2/PIN SUPPORT
- BETTER 6105 BOOT CHIP SUPPORT
- 100 % CIC-NUS-6105 EMULATION
- AUTO DETECT PAL/NTSC GAMES
- AUTO DETECT EXPANSION PAK
- FLASHROM SUPPORT
-USE ORIG. COMMAND&CONQUER AS BOOTCART AND Z64 SAVE FIRST 64 KBYTE FROM FLASHROM
-ONLY TESTED ON HW3
- NEW ZIP DRIVERS
- NO ORB DRIVERS
- NO HD DRIVERS
- SOME BUG FIXES


- 16 Kbit EEPROM (HAVE NO SOURCE CODE FROM Z64.EXE V2.17)
- 512 Mbit GAMES PLAY / WORKS WITH 64MB EDORAM
(WILL NEVER RELEASE Z64BIOS V3.00 HW4)


IMPORTANT:
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COUNTRY FIX AND GAME SLOW DOWN ARE ONLY FOR 6103, 6106 AND DEFAULT MODES!
=========== ============== ==== ==== ==== =======

EXAMPLE:
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PERFECT DARK PAL/NTSC
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GAMESETUP:
- SAVE NO MEMPAK ON FILE YOU WILL GET A BLACK SCREEN!
- BOOT CHIP: 6105
- COUNTRY FIX: OFF (IN 6105 MODE ALWAYS OFF)
- GAME SLOW DOWN: OFF (IN 6105 MODE ALWAYS OFF)


TESTED ON HW3 AND IT WORK 100%
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I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THIS PROGRAM MAY CAUSE OR
YOU MAY CAUSE WITH THIS PROGRAM. TRY IT AT YOUR OWN RISK !
YOU CAN SPREAD THIS PACKAGE BUT YOU CAN'T SPREAD A VERSION
MODIFIED IN ANY WAY BY YOU !
YOU CAN USE THIS PROGRAM FREELY IN YOUR BBS, WEB SITE, CDROM.
YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE FREELY AS LONG AS YOU DONT MODIFY IT.


How to update:
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First N64 POWER OFF and Z64 POWER ON make update on LCD Display!
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1. Unpack the Z64_218.Zip file.
2. Copy Z64bios.img to Zip disk.
3. Put the disk into Z64.
4. Use up/down key to move, you will see BIOS UPDATE
5. Please push enter to select it.
6. You will see 3 selection (UPDATE COPY CANCEL).
7. Select UPDATE to update BIOS.
8. Select COPY to copy BIOS file to another disk.
9. Select CANCEL to back to main menu.
10. Reboot after update completed.

Note:
=====
Please don't turn off power during update process, or your BIOS
data will be lost.


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[This message has been edited by RedboX (edited 02 February 2001).]

[RedboX]

If you want my advice, I'd wait and see if someone else can get it to work...

Profit from others missfortunes.

[racerx]

...in a perfect world maybe. The z64station has it, and I may try it out.

BTW in case it does fry, does anyone know a good eeprom flashing util? I have an old VX based mobo and wanna flash my dvd player and z64 (if it gets fried). I also have another z64 eeprom off my old board. Is there a way to reflash this one if 2.30 is a bomb?

[RedboX]

well, without even trying it...

It's a fake

well, it's IDENTICAL to the fake v2.18 release

only someone has hex edited the vesion number from the fake 2.18 that was going around last year, and hexedited the version number.

take a look at

http://www.dextrose.com/z64230-fake.gif

[Peach]

I this works I will be more than happy http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif
First LaC who announces a BT crack is on its way and now this http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif
Life can be sweet sometimes http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Peach]

or not http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/frown.gif

[Peach]

or not http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/frown.gif

[arrid]

erm why just fucked your Z?

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But can anyone fix daddy?

[CrowTRobo]

If that was really sent by Mr. Backup and not by someone posing as them, that's really pathetic.

CrowTRobo

[RedboX]

If I was'nt so chartitable I'd wonder if it was such a coincidence that it came out soo soon after Conker, it almost makes it look like someone was trying to sell some Z64's on the pretense it could play Conker......

[Weirdzo]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by RedboX:
If I was'nt so chartitable </font>

look! RedboX being charitable! someone take a picture! http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif

Weirdzo

PS. this is a joke http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif

[ThanatosM]

RedBoX I think you have been a little too hasty in your dismissal of this new BIOS. I mean it could have been advantagous too see some try and run it first, before you go and get clever and compare it with the fake 2.18 release.

Although it has obviously been a fake it may have been fun too see someone test it out. I do not believe that it is totally impossible to upgrade a Z64 to recognise anothe 32MB of RAM. Surely it is possible with a little work by someone knowledgable of what they are doing.

Anyways good news that I remembered my password eh!?

[RedboX]

I'm not an expert on the Z64, but I thought I once read that the .IMG has a CRC in it, and the z64 dont boot if it's not correct.

Assuming that 2.18 worked (and people said it did) hex editing the version number whould invalidate that CRC.

So what we have here, if I'm correct, is something that whould ruin your Z64.

One of the many Z64 experts on this forum like to comment?

[CarlosRE3]

i tryed to try the bios but me z64 wont even reconize it!?!?!?!

[Gyro]

What the fuck?

Am I one of the "few" people who have loaded bios 2.18?

I did it a while ago, and don't think there is anything new in it. Why the fuck do I have it loaded. shit.

[Skillionaire]

I've got the 2.18 bios, works fine, only advantage is you can play PD and backup the mem pak save. Didn't fuck up anything http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Neouni]

i think mempack save came around 2.01 or somewhere near that

so thats a old function

[Zaphod]

Mempak saves arn't new, just the ability to save a mempak to a file while playing a 6105 game that normally would require a bootemu is.

[worthless_utopia]

I've got 2.17... I d/led it when I got my
z64...2.18 scared me...so I didn't 'upgrade'...

I would be nice if the z would support &gt;256Mbit but there aren't that many games so I don't mind buying those...

just bought resident evil 2 and it's rad... £32... cheaper than buying a jr :)

[ss_forces]

if memory serves there is a program here on dextrose that will recalculate the crc of a z64bios image.

[Gyro]

I would be nice if the z would support &gt;256Mbit but there aren't that many games so "I don't mind buying those..."

One of the reasons I bought my backup was so I could play games when they were DUMPED. I have to wait a fucking month to buy the damn thing now.

[worthless_utopia]

I guess you got out of bed on the wrong side... :)

there are 5 games that are &gt;256:

Conker's BFD 512 Mbit
Pokemon Stadium 2 512 Mbit
Orge Battle 64:APoLC 320 Mbit
Paper Mario Story 320 Mbit
Bio Hazard/Resident Evil 2 512 Mbit

if that's the _only_ ones I can't copy and the rest I can (with/without prot) then I think that's not bad...

I think how many games I haven't paid for... yes it's a big inconvenient but unlucky...

Yes we do get carts normally before they are released either JAP or pre-retail in US but not this time...

I want CBFD... but I'll just have to wait...

.deal with it.

worthless/utp

[Da Ranxta]

Look at those 5 games.
Now look how many will make it to the UK by August.
Now look how many might not even make it here at all.
That's why it's fucking annoying. I had to buy 4 adapters to play NTSC games on my SNES that were exceptionally good at crashing, then deleting my saves for Top Gear 2 and Final Fantasy 3, and I don't want to have to go through all the money for that on top of CEX's ridiculously high import prices. Like most (yeah right) people here I do buy games that are worth it, if they come out here while I still care about them, but the &gt;256 games all seem to be ones that don't make it across the Atlantic.

[worthless_utopia]

yes I agree that ogre battle may not make it to EUR, since it's a small target audience. But re2 did. Paper Mario will! and I doubt that rare would release a game that all the team COULDN'T play on their own consoles.

and anyway there's nothing stopping you d/ling the rom and drooling :)

[Da Ranxta]

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