Random reboots will be the end of me

[angrymiguel]

does anyone have BIOS ugrades for 6VIA96A (acorp). This model is not on their website, and I searched google and got very little.

BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PGN
BIOS Date: 04/06/00
BIOS ID: 04/06/2000-694X-686A-6A6LJF99C-00
OEM Sign-On: 6VIA96A FOR AGP/PCI/ISA/AMR MODE VER:1.1
Super I/0: VIA 686 rev 27 Found at port 7h
Chipset: VIA 82C691 rev 196
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1

I have been having problems with seemingly random reboots....
In my event viewer I find ACPI errors.
" AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal I0 port address(0xcfc), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff proteccted address range. this could lead to system instability. Please contact Vendor for technical assistance."

I did the automated report and XP told me to get a BIOS upgrade.

on a side not I found a flasher tagged for this board, but no bin file.

[ajzchips]

All I can add is that it's the same board as the REDFOX 6XV94A (S1&S370) or 6XV94B (S370)
But latest BIOS is of the same date as yours:

BIOS Version : Award Modular BIOS v6.00PGN
BIOS ID : 04/06/2000-694X-686A-6A6LJF99C-00
BIOS Message : REDFOX 6XV94B FOR AGP/PCI/ISA/AMR MODE VER:1.1

BIOS Version : Award Modular BIOS v6.00PGN
BIOS Info : 04/06/2000-694X-686A-6A6LJF99C-00
BIOS Message : REDFOX 6XV94A AGP/PCI/ISA/AMR MODE VER:1.1

[Ritchie]

I find random reboots seem to be often due to a problem (probable fault) with the main board or memory. Or perhaps the video card also. Check that your cards, memory and CPU are seated correctly and are making a clean connection. Also, are your BIOS settings near the defaults (not sure if any weird or unusual setting values could cause problems.

As you know, software can also cause a lot of problems but I don't find reboots due to software very common (athough I did have a problem with one package for a while and if I remember correctly that one may have been causing some occassional reboots until I uninstalled it, but still this is the only case I can recall - still not very common).

[KachiWachi]

See if you can use the Device Manager to see what is using this I/O address range. Maybe that will help point you in the right direction... 0xcf8 - 0xcff.

On my machine, the DM says that I/O range is being used by the PCI Bus...

[Rainbow]

That range is always used by PCI bus. The main problem here is Microsoft and their crappy ACPI implementation in Windows XP.