I am thinking about buying a bios update from eSupport for $29.95 and I would like to know if it is worth it or not. Do the updates work? Am I really going to be able to use bigger harddrives than the 8 Gig drives the machine supports now?
If you have any experiences, good or bad, please reply.
Any experiences with eSupport?
Maybe there are a free BIOS update for you...
Run BIOS Agent and post back your results please.
http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/
Run BIOS Agent and post back your results please.
http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/
More than 100,000 BIOS strings in my database just now!
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Bios Agent crashed the computer so here's the output from the DOS version. The machine is Olivetti Envision P75, bios version 2.06:
Program: eSupport.com BIOS Detect v1.2 July 21, 2003
BIOS Date: 08/25/94
BIOS Type: American Megatrends
BIOS ID: 51-0200-000000-11111111-082594-VLSI
Chipset: VLSI VL82C594 rev 1
Superio: Unknown
BIOS ROM In Socket: Unknown
BIOS ROM Size: Unknown
CPU Type: Unknown
CPU Speed: Unknown
CPU Max: Unknown
Memory Installed: Unknown
Memory Maximum: Unknown
eSupport.com, Inc.
1-800-800-BIOS (2467)
www.esupport.com
Program: eSupport.com BIOS Detect v1.2 July 21, 2003
BIOS Date: 08/25/94
BIOS Type: American Megatrends
BIOS ID: 51-0200-000000-11111111-082594-VLSI
Chipset: VLSI VL82C594 rev 1
Superio: Unknown
BIOS ROM In Socket: Unknown
BIOS ROM Size: Unknown
CPU Type: Unknown
CPU Speed: Unknown
CPU Max: Unknown
Memory Installed: Unknown
Memory Maximum: Unknown
eSupport.com, Inc.
1-800-800-BIOS (2467)
www.esupport.com
BIOS Agent crashed because it's a very old machine.sfeet wrote:Bios Agent crashed the computer so here's the output from the DOS version. The machine is Olivetti Envision P75, bios version 2.06
Olivetti... OEM board for sure, too difficult to find an update.BIOS Date: 08/25/94
BIOS Type: American Megatrends
BIOS ID: 51-0200-000000-11111111-082594-VLSI
Chipset: VLSI VL82C594 rev 1
Why do you want to update your BIOS?
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http:/ /www.supportbios.info
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http:/ /www.kuriaki.has.it/
http:/ /www.supportbios.info
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KURIAKI
Well, the problem here is that I'm building an MP3 player from an old multimedia PC and using a modern mainboard would mean I have to find a really small PSU and also make a lot of structural changes to the chassis. Also it would mean buying a new display adapter with tv-out as this one has it built-in and most likely new memory sticks and a CPU. The idea I have is to keep costs as low as possible and then try to sell it using a local eBay variant where people seem to buy this kind of stuff with ridiculous prices.Denniss wrote:It's not worth spending 30$ for a Bios on such an old board. Better try to buy a cheap used board with CPU young anough to support bigger HDD.
Here's a link to a website (in Dutch) that might give you an idea what I'm talking about: http://home.hetnet.nl/~wimwubs/