Aristo

[Ritchie]

I am looking for Aristo's website. The links I can find under the manufacturer's website pages do not seem to get me there.

Does anyone know of the current address?

Thanks

[jiteo]

http://webhq.netfirms.com/motherboard/mboards.html

--> "Aristo Motherboard page Seems to be gone as of 01/17/1999"

Only thing that all-knowing Google turned up.

[ajzchips]

What kind of support are you looking for? Most of Aristo's boards were basically PCPARTNER and PCCHIPS boards.

[edwin]

last spotted here:
http://www.ventura.at/

but that one is dead too.

Aristo had no models of their own, all PcPartner and PC Chips relabeled boards.

[Ritchie]

One board that I have is either a PC Partner MB520NH or an Aristo model. Some time ago I flashed PC Partner's BIOS but it looks like it does not quite match the board as the system seems slower now and the BIOS does not correctly detect the CD-ROM. So I was hoping to take a look at the documentation on the Aristo version and see if this is a closer match.

Maybe Aristo boards are basically re-badged PC Partner boards, but possibly they may still have produced better BIOSs.

[edwin]

If you're not sure if it was the right bios, please post the 35-8***-** marking from the board. Did you clear CMOS before and after the flash to clear out any PnP leftovers?

[Ritchie]

I do not have access to the machine at present. I am only doing research so that the next time I do work on it, I can reflash with the correct flash if necessary.

However, when I do get access to the board, I will post the marking.

Thanks

[Ritchie]

Thanks to lucske74, who responded to mibla's topic, bios?? --> Aristo AM-639BX-S /A-Trend ATA-N400-CX0, under My motherboard is dead, and left the link http://mobokive.dyndns.org/Archive/Aris ... m639bx.htm!

I came across this topic while browsing tonight and followed the link which I scaled back to http://mobokive.dyndns.org and stored in my favourites, after noticing Aristo in the topic posted.

I managed to find the model in question under Aristo but was unable to find enough information under that site and the PC Partner site to determine differences between the boards that may enable me to determine whether the board is in fact PC Partner or Aristo. And unfortnately there is no link to the Aristo website or an address given to it.

But I am happy because now I know of this site which provides BIOS and information for many Aristo models and other manufacturers, and the site appears to be one I can trust.

The best I like to compare boards with after I have identified a couple of close matches for models like now is to look at a photo that I can zoom in on with detail, and also a list of features.

This investigation basically ended when I downloaded the BIOS from both this site and the PC Partner site, did a DOS FC (File Compare) of the BIN files and found they were using the same file to provide upgrades for, so the boards must be pretty close.

I am hoping to still stumble across an actual Aristo website so I can see if they have a different BIOS file for the board to PC Partner, or at least to get a closer comparison of the model against the physical board.

Anyone with info please keep me posted.

Thanks

[edwin]

The only info I can give is here:
http://www.elhvb.com/mboards/vtech/Index.html

notice the Aristo link on that page.

You really need the 35-xxxx-xx marking from the top surface, layout and chipset specs and the complete bios string to get a 100% ID on these beasts.