Ami Bios flash required

[vipulgos]

Dear all,
This is my first question on the board.
I have American Mega Trends Amibios (C) 1996
American Mega Trends inc.,
Release -07/28/1998S type of bios. I cannot find the update for it. How i can flash the bios. please help

On my Mother board, it has been written with big white fonts as under:
M.B. MATSONICMS 7016S

[cp]

bios:
http://210.3.42.18/bios/70160401.zip

flash util:
http://210.3.42.18/utility/aminf339.zip

[vipulgos]

Dear sir,

1) How to use two links you have sent.?
2) Whether two are different, and both have to run or one only?
3) I've received one file from other sources it is in zip format with name as "amibios". is that file is to be run or you sent is latest?
an of course my mother board name is M.B. MATSONICMS 7016S, is the files you sent are capable to flash my bios?

[vipulgos]

Dear all,
please reply soon with a solution
I've found the name of BIOS as under :

BIOS: American Megatrends 062702 07/15/95


(I've used www.belarc.com for the purpose)

[vipulgos]

on my trial to flash:
I've recieved error message as :
"system bios does not have flash support"

[cp]

just for your information:

BIOS: American Megatrends 062702 07/15/95

this line says nothing at all.

1. post what is written on the bios chip
manual that helps to locate the bios chip is here : http://210.3.42.18/usermanual/ms7016s.zip
2. get a newer amiflash here: http://www.ami.com/support/downloadagre ... npDrvID=90

[vipulgos]

Dear friend,
here is the data written on BIOS

BURN-IN 686
24 HR AMIBIOS
c 1995
American
MegaTrends
CU8 8532

from the link you sent, i've downloaded the amobios file, but on run at dos mode, it gives the message as :
"system bios does not have flash support"

[cp]

please remove the sticker (*sigh* should have thought of that!) and post what's written on the chip (underneath the sticker)

[vipulgos]

Dear friend,

on ur apeal i've removed the bios chip stciker. I've found as under:

----
--
ASD
--
------
AE 29F1008-15
9837

[cp]

The chip is a flash eeprom, so it can be flashed. make sure to disable 'Flash Virus Protection' in the bios. maybe you'll need some more versions of amiflash to flash the bios or just get uniflash. it has a nice dos-gui, too :)

[vipulgos]

Dear friend,
I've tried by DISABLING "Trend away chip virus guard" or like that in BIOS setup, but still the http://www.ami.com/support/downloadagre ... npDrvID=90
not worked, but uniflash have worked as under:
at the end it gave me SUCCESS message. Still at the start of computer the bios version and date are the same as it was earlier. I think, it doen't flashed. How can i find whether i've flashed BIOS?

In fact it was the backup.bin SUCCESS
UNI140.EXE gives me information like:
"ROM size is more than......"
Then it goes no where
please give me the links for additional BIOS updater...
i think with you i shall be able to flash my bIOS within Two days...

[vipulgos]

dear all,
I found my BIOS detail with use of a programme, whcih is as under:

BIOS Date: 07/15/95
BIOS Type: American Megatrends
BIOS ID: 61-0728-000715-00101111-071595-M716-1440L000
OEM Sign-On: MS-7016S
Chipset: Intel 440EX/LX rev 3
Superio: ITE 8679 or 8680 rev 0 found at port 279h
OS: WinME
CPU: Pentium® II With On-Die L2 Cache 400 MHz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Unknown
BIOS ROM Size: Unknown
Memory Installed: 127 MB
Memory Maximum: Unknown
ACPI Revision: Unknown

[cp]

http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/Archive/P ... 1S_AMI.zip

[vipulgos]

Dear friend,
I've used flashfile you have sent
it succeed. Now i can see the

realease date as 04/01/1999

in start of computer. But still the bios date is the same as:

07/15/95

Is it o.k.?
Now can i install win XP on my system. iwas thinking that due to old bios only, I was not able to install winxp..
please comment
and of course is there other latest bios available..
I think what i got is about 8 yeras old bios update

[edwin]

release date as 04/01/1999

that is the bios update with all the enhancements up to that date.

07/15/95

is the date when the original core bios was designed. It is from the Award 4.51 generation of bioses that started back then. There's no real use for this date other than identifying the bios generation.