need bios upgrade been looking forever

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gdulsky
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hello everyone hope you can help me. i built a computer from several used parts including the mother board. I know its a HP motherboard and is currently running a 700mhz celoren socket 370 id like more power and celoron suxs. board has 3 pci slots onboard sound. has phoenixbios 4.0 release 6.0.4 copyright 2000 rev 2.04 by hewlett packard inc. is there a availble bios upgrade? and where? can i overclock the processor there is no jumpers. cannot overclock in bios. whats the bigest processor i can put in this? thanks all
jerry :cry:Generated by: BIOS Wizard 2.10
Date: October 28, 2002
Time: 16:51

PnP Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.0
PCI Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 2.1
PCI IRQ Routing Table : BIOS currently supports this feature
Enhanced Disk Drive
Specification : BIOS currently supports this feature
DMI Version : Current version is 2.0. The minimum DMI version is
2.1
ACPI Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.0
APM Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.2
Booting From CD-ROM : BIOS currently supports this feature
Supports ESCD : BIOS currently supports this feature
Can be Updated (flashed) : BIOS currently supports this feature
Can be Shadowed : BIOS currently supports this feature
BIOS Chip in Socket : BIOS doesn't support this feature
Supports Selective Booting : BIOS currently supports this feature
Supports LS-120 Booting : The testing of this feature is not supported by
the current DMI version
Supports ZIP Booting : The testing of this feature is not supported by
the current DMI version
Supports Network Booting : The testing of this feature is not supported by
the current DMI version
BIOS Manufacturer : PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0.4
BIOS ID : Unknown
BIOS Date : 08/15/00
BIOS OEM Signon :
BIOS ROM Size : 256K
Chipset : Intel Whitney 82810 rev 3
Super I/O Chip : SMC LPC47M10x rev 1 found at port 2Eh
Rainbow
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It's HP machine so search for support at HP.
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
UniFlash - Flash anything anywhere
gdulsky
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i have no case to identify the machine the board come out of there for hp tells me they cant help me. your reply seemed pretty lame to me because i would have tried hp web site before trying a msg board dont you think? i gave all the info on the board i could get in hops someone besides a lamer could help me. i really dont need any sarcastic remarks ( of course i already checked with hp online as well as the phone.) :cry:
Rainbow
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Look what's printed on the board - in case of Phoenix BIOS there's no chance of identifying the board by software.
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
UniFlash - Flash anything anywhere
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