Позволю себе не согласиться с ув.

Цитата:
Итого, ответ на последний вопрос - к сожалению, да.

Позволю себе не согласиться с ув. apple_rom.

Для образца взял мать Gigabyte GA-6BXC. Последний официальнвй биос оной - F3, бета - F4b. И в дебрях Кad/eMule был "откопан" BIOS 6Z69KG0B.BIN от eSupport.com 2003 г.вып. (SuperIO и там и там ITE8671, но я не уверен на 100% что от этой же мамки, в данном случае это и не важно) Было сделано небольшое исследование:

a) cbrom/d
b) патч с использованием BIOS Patcher 4.23

Результаты:

1. BIOS GA-GBXC v. F4b

AwardBIOS v4.51GPM
Intel 440BX/ZX AGPSet BIOS for 6BXC V.F4b
08/11/2000-i440BX-8671-GA6BXC00C-00

CBROM V2.08 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.

              ********     6bxc.f4b BIOS component ********

 No. Item-Name         Original-Size   Compressed-Size Original-File-Name 
================================================================================
  0. System BIOS       1F7CCh(125.95K)14EBAh(83.68K)AWDBIOS1.ROM
  1. Other(6F7C:000C)  00834h(2.05K)005C6h(1.44K)AWDBIOS2.ROM
  2. CPU micro code    0A000h(40.00K)05D03h(23.25K)CPUCODE.BIN
  3. ACPI table        021C4h(8.44K)00DAAh(3.42K)ACPITBL.BIN
  4. EPA LOGO          0168Ch(5.64K)0030Dh(0.76K)AwardBmp.bmp
  5. XGROUP CODE       0542Bh(21.04K)039C6h(14.44K)awardext.rom
  6. PCI ROM[A]     04000h(16.00K)02594h(9.39K)ncr307.16k
  7. VGA ROM[1]        08000h(32.00K)045D1h(17.45K)v30920.rom
  8. VGA ROM[2]        08000h(32.00K)04CD7h(19.21K)g400-15.bin

  Total compress code space  = 34EBAh(211.68K)
  Total compressed code size = 2B43Ch(173.06K)
  Remain compress code space = 09A7Eh(38.62K)

                          ** Micro Code Information **
Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID
------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------
PPGA   11   0681|  PPGA   10   0683|  PPGA   08   0686|  PPGA   03   0665
SLOT1  13   0630|  SLOT1  20   0632|  SLOT1  34   0633|  SLOT1  35   0634
SLOT1  40   0651|  SLOT1  2A   0652|  SLOT1  10   0653|  SLOT1  0A   0660
SLOT1  03   0671|  SLOT1  10   0672|  SLOT1  0E   0673|  SLOT1  14   0680
SLOT1  0D   0681|  SLOT1  0C   0683|  SLOT1  07   0686|  

* * *

BIOS Patcher ver. 4.23.
Attention! Advanced qualification is required!

Found 1Mbit BIOS!
Attention! - found Gigabyte-BIOS! 

1. New CPU Support           : -> fixed.
2. P3-detect error           : not found.
3. New Koeffs Support        : -> fixed.
4. 32Gb-problem              : not found.
5. Some HDD detect-problem   : not found.
6. "MB"/"GB" string search   : not found.
9. Error display Freq>999MHz : not found.
10.Error display Koefs>9.5x  : not found.
11.New Stepping Support      : -> fixed.
12.Tualatin L2-init error    : -> fixed.
13.New Freq in Setup open    : not found.

14.Set "Y" as default on exit: -> fixed.

UDMA for "big"-HDD on UDMA33_only_MB fix: not found.

CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
Not free space in BIOS!
error!

if you can`t see all messages - choose 80x50 mode or run with ">report.txt".
(c)2002-2003 apple_rom, www.ROM.by

2. 6Z69KG0B.BIN BIOS
Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
(Release 4.3) AwardBIOS Upgrade Provided by eSupport.com
06/24/2003-i440BX-8671-6Z69KG0BC-00

CBROM V2.08 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.

              ******** 6Z69KG0B.BIN BIOS component ********

 No. Item-Name         Original-Size   Compressed-Size Original-File-Name 
================================================================================
  0. System BIOS       20000h(128.00K)13558h(77.34K)6Z69KG0B.bin
  1. XGROUP CODE       0A9E0h(42.47K)07605h(29.50K)awardext.rom
  2. CPU micro code    0C000h(48.00K)0683Dh(26.06K)CPUCODE.BIN
  3. ACPI table        01EA2h(7.66K)00CC0h(3.19K)ACPITBL.BIN
  4. GROUP ROM[ 0]     02B30h(10.80K)01469h(5.10K)_EN_CODE.BIN
  5. EPA LOGO          02BFCh(11.00K)00C44h(3.07K)esupport.bmp

  Total compress code space  = 35000h(212.00K)
  Total compressed code size = 24107h(144.26K)
  Remain compress code space = 10EF9h(67.74K)

                          ** Micro Code Information **
Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID  |  Update ID  CPUID
------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------
SLOT1  13   0630|  PPGA   11   0681|  PPGA   14   0683|  PPGA   08   0686
PPGA   01   068A|  PPGA   04   06B0|  PPGA   1C   06B1|  PPGA   01   06B4
PPGA   03   0665|  SLOT1  20   0632|  SLOT1  34   0633|  SLOT1  35   0634
SLOT1  40   0650|  SLOT1  40   0651|  SLOT1  2A   0652|  SLOT1  10   0653
SLOT1  0A   0660|  SLOT1  06   0670|  SLOT1  03   0671|  SLOT1  10   0672
SLOT1  0E   0673|  SLOT1  14   0680|  SLOT1  0D   0681|  SLOT1  13   0683
SLOT1  07   0686|  

* * *

BIOS Patcher ver. 4.23.
Attention! Advanced qualification is required!

Found 2Mbit BIOS (6.x)!
Attention! - found Gigabyte-BIOS! 

1. New CPU Support           : -> fixed.
2. P3-detect error           : is not needed to be fixed.
3. New Koeffs Support        : is not needed to be fixed.
4. 32Gb-problem              : not found.
5. Some HDD detect-problem   : not found.
6. "MB"/"GB" string search   : is not needed to be fixed.
9. Error display Freq>999MHz : not found.
10.Error display Koefs>9.5x  : not found.
11.New Stepping Support      : is not needed to be fixed.
12.Tualatin L2-init error    : not found.
13.New Freq in Setup open    : not found.

14.Set "Y" as default on exit: not found.

UDMA for "big"-HDD on UDMA33_only_MB fix: not found.

CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
[CPUCODE] ROM is releaseCBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
Adding modul.tmp  24.1%
CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
Adding start.tmp  87.5%
CBROM V2.07 (C)Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved.
Adding cpucode.bin  55.9%

if you can`t see all messages - choose 80x50 mode or run with ">report.txt".
(c)2002-2003 apple_rom, www.ROM.by

В итоге мы видим, что "новый" BIOS имеет новую структуру и новую версию - 6.00, не имеет ошибок с реализацией LBA и никаких "подозрительных модулей".

Для интересующихся кладу архивчик с подопытными биосами - rapidshare.de/files/39778372/ga6bxc_kit.rar.html .