Procomp BVK1A MB that reports as a Biostar M7MKE

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blbjr
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Want to update the BIOS on my Procomp BVK1A MB, however the Award BIOS code is 6A6LKBO9C-00, which is the Biostar M7MKE board. Board shows up in SiSoftSandra as Biostar M7MKE, WCPUID 3.0 as Biostar M7MKE. If it walks like a...and quacks like a...its a Biostar or Procomp? The BIOS updates are of different sizes and dates on each manufacturers website with the Biostar update being the more recent of the two. Afraid I will make a "fatal" mistake in flashing the BIOS. Any help would be appreciated. By the way, the reason for this escapade: I have a box that I cannot get to operate in 4x AGP transfer mode despite being capable and all diagnostics that I run suggest that I adjust the transfer rate as it is presently at 2x on a 4x capable board with a 4x capable card. Also Sandra reports that my SMBIOS/DMI information is inaccurate and possibly corrupt. Box config follows:
BVK1A or M7MKE
Athlon 700 slot A "classic" CPU
768 MB 133 SDRAM
10 GB Quantum HD
SiS 315, AG 315 T Vid card, 64 MB, AGP 2.0, AGP 4x
Win2k Pro

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
edwin
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bios says biostar, what on earth says it's a procomp board? markings on the board itself? the booklet with the board? the invoice? Only valid one would be the board markings.
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blbjr
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Mb is marked Procomp BVK1A rev 1.0 in 2 places. Manual is from Procomp. Person I got it from told me he bought it from Procomp, which of course in and of itself is irrelevant, fact is I acquired this board in a processor/case swap as an extra...just so happened that until I am ready to move to another board [Financially] I am stuck with this thing. It is marked on two places/actually stamped, "BVK1A ver 1.0"
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It actually is Biostar board but sold by Procomp. On this page http://www.biostar-usa.com/Archives/arc ... e_bios.htm, there's a BIOS without Biostar logo. This BIOS is the same as the latest one from Procomp.
This BIOS appears to be the most recent "06/29/2001-8371-686A-6A6LKB09C-00" http://www.biostar-europe.de/bios/Mke0629f.bin
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blbjr
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MANY, MANY, MANY THNAKS! GOING TO TRY IT TODAY. MAYBE IT WILL HELP SOLVE MY AGP 4X PROBLEM.

BYRON
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