Intel® 815EM Video BIOS
6.6 Production Version
Release Notes

January 29, 2002

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Revision History

January 29, 2002 | VBIOS 6.6 Production Version 2551 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.6 Production Candidate 2.0
January 16, 2002 | VBIOS 6.6 Production Candidate 2.0 2551 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.6 Production Candidate 1.0
January 10, 2002 | VBIOS 6.6 Production Candidate 1.0 2551 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.6 Beta Candidate 7.0
January 3, 2002 | VBIOS 6.6 Beta Candidate 7.0 2543 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.6 Beta Candidate 6.0
December 27, 2001 | VBIOS 6.6 Beta Candidate 6.0 2543 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.6 Beta Candidate 5.0
December 19, 2001 | VBIOS 6.6 Beta Candidate 5.0 2539 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.6 Beta Candidate 4.1
December 12, 2001 | VBIOS 6.6 Beta Candidate 4.1 2523 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.6 Beta Candidate 4.0
December 12, 2001 | VBIOS 6.6 Beta Candidate 4.0 2523 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.6 Beta Candidate 3.0
December 5, 2001 | VBIOS 6.6 Beta Candidate 3.0 2523 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.6 Beta Candidate 2.1
November 29, 2001 | VBIOS 6.6 Beta Candidate 2.1 2523 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.6 Beta Candidate 2.0
November 29, 2001 | VBIOS 6.6 Beta Candidate 2.0 2516 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.6 Beta Candidate 1.0
November 21, 2001 | VBIOS 6.6 Beta Candidate 1.0 2516 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5.4 Production Candidate 1.0
November 15, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5.4 Production Candidate 1.0 2463 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5.2 Production Version
November 5, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5.2 Production Version 2463 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5.2 Production Candidate 1.0
October 30, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5.2 Production Candidate 1.0 2463 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5.1 Production Version
October 26, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5.1 Production Version 2463 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5.1 Beta Candidate 1.0
October 15, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5.1 Beta Candidate 1.0 2463 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5 Production Candidate 2.0
October 11, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5 Production Version 2463 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5 Production Candidate 2.0
October 3, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5 Production Candidate 2.0 2463 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5 Production Candidate 1.0
September 28, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5 Production Candidate 1.0 2463 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5 Beta Candidate 5.0
September 13, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5 Beta Candidate 5.0 2463 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5 Beta Candidate 4.0
September 5, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5 Beta Candidate 4.0 2451 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5 Beta Candidate 3.0
August 29, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5 Beta Candidate 3.0 2435 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5 Beta Candidate 2.0
August 22, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5 Beta Candidate 2.0 2435 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.5 Beta Candidate 1.0
August 15, 2001 | VBIOS 6.5 Beta Candidate 1.0 2435 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.4.1 Production Version
August 6, 2001 | VBIOS 6.4.1 Production Version 2435 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.4.1 Beta Candidate 2.0
July 25, 2001 | VBIOS 6.4.1 Beta Candidate 2.0 2422 | Intel® 815EM Chipset VBIOS | Resolved issues since 6.4 Beta Candidate 13.0

Intel® Chipset Video BIOS Support

The Intel® Video BIOS driver contains support for the following Intel Chipsets:

- Intel® 815EM Chipset

New Features

Features Added
Reference No: | Description
None | Added the ability to disable Windows modes through the BMP utility in the BIOS.
None | Use VCH with 66MHz Clock as Default
None | Support Panel Fitting Feature
None | Change Function 5F61h (Sub function 00h) Interface
None | Add DVO Tables to BMP
None | Add Panel Fitting Parameter Tables to BMP
None | Add one more Reserved VCH Register for each Panel Type

Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Production Version- Build 2551

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 999226 | Changing display from CRT to LCD by Fn+F7 makes computer hang

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Production Candidate 2.0- Build 2551

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 999226 | Changing display from CRT to LCD by Fn+F7 makes computer hang

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Production Candidate 1.0- Build 2551

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 999226 | Changing display from CRT to LCD by Fn+F7 makes computer hang

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 7.0- Build 2543

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 999226 | Changing display from CRT to LCD by Fn+F7 makes computer hang

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 6.0- Build 2543

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 999226 | Changing display from CRT to LCD by Fn+F7 makes computer hang

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 5.0- Build 2539

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 979927 | HCT10 ACPI Stress-Device I/O (extended) causes blue screen

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 4.1- Build 2523

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 976716 | Chrontel TV encoder initial failure.

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 4.0- Build 2523

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 976716 | Chrontel TV encoder initial failure.

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 3.0- Build 2523

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 976716 | Chrontel TV encoder initial failure.

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 2.1 - Build 2523

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 976716 | Chrontel TV encoder initial failure.

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 2.0 - Build 2516

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 976716 | Chrontel TV encoder initial failure.

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 1.0 - Build 2516

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 976716 | Chrontel TV encoder initial failure.

Issues Resolved in 6.5.4 Production Candidate 1.0 - Build 2463

Reference No: | Description |

ID: | None

Issues Resolved in 6.5.2 Production Version - Build 2463

Reference No: | Description |

ID: | None

Issues Resolved in 6.5.2 Production Candidate 1.0 - Build 2463

Reference No: | Description |

ID: | None

Issues Resolved in 6.5.1 Production Version - Build 2463

Reference No: | Description |

ID: | None

Issues Resolved in 6.5.1 Beta Candidate 1.0 - Build 2463

Reference No: | Description |

ID: | None

Issues Resolved in 6.5 Production Version - Build 2463

Reference No: | Description |

ID: | None

Issues Resolved in 6.5 Production Candidate 1.0 - Build 2463

Reference No: | Description |

ID: | None

Issues Resolved in 6.5 Beta Candidate 5.0 - Build 2463

Reference No: | Description |

ID: | None

Issues Resolved in 6.5 Beta Candidate 4.0 - Build 2451

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 977768 | Command.com get frozen when some command are executed with MSDOS command prompt on Windows Millennium
ID: 913470 | I2C DVI/DFP General purpose I/O fail status query

Issues Resolved in 6.5 Beta Candidate 3.0 - Build 2435

Reference No: | Description |

ID: | None

Issues Resolved in 6.5 Beta Candidate 2.0 - Build 2435

Reference No: | Description |

ID: | None

Issues Resolved in 6.5 Beta Candidate 1.0 - Build 2435

Reference No: | Description |

ID: | None

Issues Resolved in 6.4.1 Production Version - Build 2435

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 972892 | Progress bar not seen when using Phlash6 utility

Issues Resolved in 6.4.1 Beta Candidate 2.0 - Build 2422

Reference No: | Description |

ID: 961478 | NT4 Suspend resume problem