Fastfame motherboard - need a BIOS update

by **momo1892** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:08 pm

Hi there, I just replaced the board on my PC (it's very old) and ran CPU-Z to find out about the motherboard:

model: 693-686A
version: 3VAAV
chipset: VIA Apollo Pro, Rev. 44
southbridge: VT82C686

BIOS:
brand: Award Software International, Inc.
version: 6.00PG
date: 10/18/2000

I've tried searching the net but without success, apparently the company has gone out of business.

Can anyone help me find a BIOS update for this board? Thanks in advance...

by cp » Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:13 pm

please read this and report back with the full bios id string.

http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/topic1255.html

by **momo1892** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:55 am

Sorry about that. I ran the BIOS agent and this is what I got

BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 10/18/2000-693-686A-2A6LGFG9C-00
OEM sign on: Release date:2000/10/18 Ver:1.30
Super I/O: VIA 686 rev 34 found at port 7h
Chipset: VIA 82C691 rev 68

by cp » Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:38 pm

FastFame 3VAAV / 9VAAV BIOS version 2.00

UniFlash

by **rosu_inginer** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:57 pm

Hello, I'm posting here because here I've found the closest answer to what I'm looking for.

I have Fastfame 8VT motherbord with bios id: 16/11/01-8363-686B-6A6LMFGAC-00

I've found this with one of the utilities from this website. Please can anyone help me with a bios update?
I have a Athlon XP 1800 processor on this motherboard but it detected as "unknwon processor type".

www.fastfame.com.tw does'n exist anylonger, I've tryed the chinese site's and driverguide.com, but I can't find anything for Fastfame 8VT.
Thank you.

by cp » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:53 pm

bios here:
http://members.driverguide.com/driver/d ... rid=143173

by **rosu_inginer** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:23 pm

Thank you, but it's for 8VTAA, and I have 8VT.

by cp » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:25 pm

it seems there is no FastFame 8VT mainboard..there are several mainboards from fastfame that start with 8VT like 8VTAV2, 8VTAE, 8VTMA, 8VTME, 8VTAA, 8VTAA+, 8VTAE2, 8VTMA2, 8VTME2..
Please take a look at your mainboard's markings which board exactly you own. Anyway, they might even all use the same bios..but that's still pure guess work.

by **Denniss** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:37 pm

The 8VT should have a VIA 686A southbridge but your Bios-ID shows 686B.

There may still be some bios versions avalibale for download via Internet Archive, try this:
http://web.archive.org/web/200412112108 ... WNLOAD.htm

Edit: is your board fullsize ATX or micro ATX ?

by cp » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:07 pm

i'm still not seeing any 8VT board..there are some 8VTxx boards but no 8VT. am i missing something there?

ah, and btw. the bioses for 8VTAA and 8VTAA+ are byte identical (even bit identical :))

by **rosu_inginer** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:57 am

Hello. Thank you all for your answers. There is nothing written on my moterboard concerning the name or the manufacturer.
I've run a CTBios utility taken from this site and I've got the manufacturer and name of the motherboard from this utility results.
The motherboard it's a fullsize ATX.

Maybe the utility is wrong or it doesn't show everything.

Thank you.

by **rosu_inginer** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:14 am

Hello. I've tried both the updates for 8VTAA and 8VTAE, but i get the message that there are the wrong versions.

Pls. HELP.

by cp » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:14 pm

please make a backup of your old bios and send it to me. thx.

by **rosu_inginer** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:04 pm

Thank you verry much. I wil send to you after I'll get home.

by **Vgolfmaster** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:40 pm

Has anyone found a BIOS update for this board? I am trying to correct a memory issue on an older system running this same 8VT board, and the bios is from 05/04/2001. This old version apparently does not support WinXP, and that is what is running on here right now. Any suggestions?