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Posted in bios updates on Sep 23rd, 2008
TechRepublic has posted an interesting article on their blog about flashing your BIOS.
10 common mistakes are identified which you should avoid when flashing your BIOS. One of the most important ones is the first: Misidentification of your motherboard manufacturer/model/revision number.
A must-read before flashing your BIOS!
Posted in bios updates on Dec 4th, 2007
After the Intel X38 chipset we’ve now added the first motherboard identification strings for the AMD 790FX chipset. (which supports AMD Phenom AM2 processors)
The chipset can be identified by the 6A66A Award chipset code as shown below:
11/29/2007-RD790-SB600-6A66AG01C-00
This code is used for the Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 (PCB: 1.0) motherboard.
Check our AMD 790FX chipset page for more BIOS [...]
Posted in bios updates on Nov 28th, 2007
We’ve added the first BIOS IDs for the newest Intel X38 chipset on our Award BIOS ID’s page
The chipset can be identified by the 6A79O Award chipset code as shown below:
10/30/2007-X38-ICH9-6A79OG0QC-00
This code is used for the Gigabyte X38-DQ6 motherboard.
Check our Intel X38 chipset page for more BIOS IDs.
Posted in bios updates on Aug 2nd, 2007
We’ve added a new page about Asrock BIOS upgrades on Wim’s BIOS. You can find a list of AMI motherboard identification strings to identify your Asrock motherboard as well as links to the official site.
Check out our Asrock BIOS upgrades page!
PS: More motherboard identification strings will be added in the near future!
Posted in bios updates on Jul 22nd, 2007
People using the Compaq/HP A8AE-LE motherboard may have noticed very slow performance with BIOS v3.13 (the latest version available on the HP site) due to the system taking 60% to 100% of CPU cycles even at idle time.
BIOS v3.14 fixes this problem, but is unfortunately not yet available. Edwin, one of the moderators at Wim’s [...]