identifying a motherboard

How-to identify your motherboard ?
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hillel
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my Award bios id string is 04/28/2000-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KMPCC-00
I can not find any reference to vendor code "MP" anywhere.
The User's Manual I have is titled "EUPA IBB MAINBOARD". I did a search on "EUPA" and found two websites. Unfortunately, I can not open neither one of them: www.eupacomputer.com and www.eupatech.com.tw
I called Unicore (which is owned bu Phoenix, which owns Award), and after giving them the id string they say they can sell me a bios upgrade for US$59.95. Any suggestions?
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Google search on "EUPA IBB" reveals some guy called Rainbow has a website with EUPA IBB files on at http://rainbow.host.sk/myfiles/EUPA%20IBB/
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The BIOS I have is:
10/18/2000-i440BX-W977EF-2A69KMPCC-00
EUPA IBB R2.00
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hillel
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rainbow,

Do you know anything about a company called Unicore (also known as Esupport). Apparently they are owned by Phoenix (which bought Award 2 or 3 years ago).
They claim they have an upgrade from September 2002 for the exact same Bios ID String which I have.
They want US$59.95. For that money they will send a diskette with the upgrade, and it includes free tech support in case I will "fry" my motherboard.
I know its a long question, but can you give me your opinion?

thanks,
Hillel
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What do you need a BIOS update for?
Flash your BIOS at your own risk.
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The reason I want to upgrade my bios is as follows: I installed a new ATI All in Wonder Radeon 7500 Video Card. It does not work properly: immediately after it starts to reboot, I get horizontal lines all over the screen and I have to manually shut down the computer (when I install back the old Video Card, which is also an ATI card, everything works fine). I called ATI Tech Support and they are the ones who tell me that I need Bios upgrade.

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Don't exclude the possibility of the Radeon being defective.
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I don't think that BIOS upgrade will help you...
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hillel
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Why? Do you think there is another reason the new Video Card is giving me problems?

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Basically because of:
horizontal lines all over the screen
Typical symptom of a bad VGA card, among others of course.
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O.K., here is what I am going to do: ATI Canada (the manufacturer of the Radeon Video Card) is located not far from where I live. I am going to bring the Card to them to be tested (if they will agree). But in case they are correct and I do need a Bios upgrade, can anyone give me an opinion on the question I posted on Friday, starting with the sentence "Do you know a company called Unicore...)

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As I mentioned in my last posted message, I personally took the new Radeon Video Card to ATI. They tested it and they say it is perfectly ok. They still insist that the only reason I can not reboot my computer once I install the new card is because I need to upgrade my Bios. So, it looks like I am back to where I had started from. Anyone has some feedback?

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First try the card in another board. Try also another PSU. If you want to pay for something, buy another (used) board, it's cheaper than anything from Unicore.
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I tried the Video Card in another computer (fairly new) and its working fine. What is PSU?

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PSU=Power Supply Unit
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