ibm aptiva 2199 100 bios update required

[clone007]

mobo manufactured by usi
current bios btpen5a
required bios btpen10a
ibm no longer supports this system and will not give out the bios update
ibm part no is migr-4s6upa

[KURIAKI]

http://web.archive.org/web/200307030049 ... IGR-4S6UPA
Version BTPEN10A
Release Date 2003/06/06
b7jt01a.exe
Flash BIOS update for Aptiva 2187 and 2199 systems
OEM Sign-On: Tupelo BIOS V1.9 10/21/2002
BIOS String: 10/21/2002-SiS-530-6A5IMU1AC-00

[clone007]

you must be at the right hand of the great god of bios for even IBM them selves could not produce this file

thankyou again

however when i click the link for the <exe> it sends me to a page with what looks like the contence of the file viewed on a web page
I tried save target as and it wants to save it as a <txt>
so i clicked all files and added <.exe> to the file name
will this file still work or have i just made an easy task into a lifes persuit

[ajzchips]

Try this directly: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/aptiva/b7jt01a.exe

[clone007]

thank you for your help you are all worth your weight in gold
my friend will be very happy as she will now be able to use her pc with a larger hard drive

[horze]

i got a problem with that aswell.....
i tried downloading the bios update you gave the link too.. but when i run it to extract it nothing happens..... im running win xp... i also have winrar installed and try to extract it with that but it says the archive it corrupt.. ive downloaded it multiple times and am on cable so it downloads it quite fast.

[KURIAKI]

Are you typing Y before extracting?

[horze]

nevermind it works now lol
dont ask me wat i did differently

thanx tho!