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thats the info i got but when i was checking out the site i didnt see any Bios ID's w/ the same format as mine and im confused. Asus has been formatting thiers like this for awhile now. Atleast since the early Socket 7 days. My old VX97 was in the same style of format. Just for curiousity sake chec...

Actually now that I think about it, most likely that system would need a new hard drive controller card in order to read new drives. The one supplied (if any) is most likely a MFM or something like that; Predating standard IDE... From that email, it sounds like a standard year 2000 BIOS upgrade that...

Yeah well that's just insane. Lets be reasonable. Its a 386.

Also, recently I managed to use a make shift battery pack using AAs with parts from Radioshack.
Just gotta improvise sometimes.

Look for a pair of pins near the battery marked EXT BAT or something to that effect. Usually a pair of 4 pins in a row. That might be an external battery connector. If not, then rip off the old battery using some cutters and get one of these: http://www.techadvice.com/tech/images/battery/Rayovac840a...

On my Sat Pro you have to hit ESC before the TOSHIBA boot screen comes up and then hit F1..

Should be similar for yours.

Probably because the new BIOS has a different string. BIOS Version : Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG Information : 07/19/2001-8363-686-K7VZAC-00 BIOS Message : MS8127C 07/19/2001 BIOS ID : K7VZA There is no place for D4 like in your current BIOS string. It wouldn't surprise me if Matsonic used a DFI stri...

Protac MX320/322

Patched BIOS to 128GB here:
http://wims.rainbow-software.org

Does not mean its impossible to get any information...

http://web.archive.org/web/200109090725 ... roduct.htm

But that page above does niot list 486s...

There are only 1 or 2 other refferences online listing the xx8005 manufacturer code and they are unidentified aswell...we'll need markings for this one.

Well this is most likely the Matsonic MS-7112C

http://www.matsonic.com/ms7112c.htm

Manuals and drivers:
http://www.matsonic.com/download_via.htm

Manual: http://www.mycomp.com.tw/manual/ti5vgp1f.pdf The Ti5vg+ supports bus speeds of 60, 66, 75, 83 and 100 MHz. It supports Intel Pentium/MMX, AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6 III, Cyrix 6x86/6x86MX/MII...so the highest you can do is a 550Mhz K6-2 assuming the multiplier goes to 5.5 (I did not bother to look at...

Geez man I did this on the other board...
Accept you missed the 2 at the beginning and the Z is supposed to be a 2 aswell...

ITE867-2A69KH2EC-00

Creative M003 Motherboard


http://asia.creative.com/support/manuals/

Scroll down to the bottom until you see "BLASTER PC"

All DIMMs plugged in must be compliant with Serial Presence Detect Revision 1

Very important when purchasing DIMMS

http://cybrary.inet.cpqcorp.net/ARCHIVE ... 66-002.pdf

I think he means the Smart Cover Lock...