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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...