BIOS Updates forum

Good day all. I am looking for help and advice regarding making a new custom bios for my Tyan Thunder K8SD Pro (S2882-D) motherboard. The above motherboard has a build in Silicon Image SteelVine Sil3114CTU SATA Raid Controller. From what I have read is that the ROM used for the Sil3114 is part of th...

Good day all. As per the title I own a fujitsu siemens stylistic ST5032 tablet pc. I don't have any real problems with this unit, but I am trying to find out if there is someway of monitoring the CPU temp, and Cooling Fan. I have tried a number of programs with no luck. I would like to monitor the c...

Good Day All. I own a Fujitsu Amilo M7400 Laptop, I have no problems with the laptop wile running Windows XP. I have since wiped the Hard Drive and installed Windows Vista, vista run's ok, and installs all the hardware fine, but the WiFi will not work as the Fujitsu Amilo M7400 has a WiFi button tha...

I have had my intel cpu tested today, and came back fine.

So it's got to be the mainboard / bios / kbc chip.

Has anyone got any advise where to go from now?

I am still having no luck with this laptop I have tested the memory in a friends laptop using a program called goldmemory as that comes back fine. I have taken out the dvd-rw and connected it to my pc using a adaptor, that reads & writes cd's / dvd's fine. PSU is pushing out a good 19.5 - 20.0v dc, ...

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I had a new bios chip programed by www.bios-repair.co.uk.

The new bios chip has been fitted and the laptop still will not boot, So it's got to be CPU and or Mainboard.

I still get the same as I did before, no change at all.

Have you tried "Phoenix BIOS Editor v2.2.0.1"?

This is all still regarding my post Possible dead Sony Vaio PCG-K415B Bios A new bios chip has been ordered, programed & fitted and is still giving me the same problem. So I am think ok it now has to be one of two things (1) CPU, or (2) Mainboard. At this time I don't have a spare Socket 478 Motherb...

Hi All.

1st off if I have posted this in the worng bit, can you please move this post to the right place.

Is there anyway to edit and or view a bios file to see what CPU's it supports?

Thanks For Your Time.

Best Regards.

Today I got my 50pin laptop CD/DVD to 40pin IDE adaptor to test the laptops drive. It still did not work on the pc, so a quick strip down, and rebuild of the dvd drive and it now reads, wrties, and opens. Is there anyway to do a Crisis Bios Recovery on my laptop, to save me getting the old bios chip...

Well this is strange. My Mini-PCI Diag card turned up today. So I slaped in the laptop, and get the following codes, FFFF, 7F00, & FF00. From the lastest version of the bios I have downloaded from sonys web site is seems that the bios is ment to be a Phoenix 4.0 Release 6.0 type. But looking at Bios...

Hi All. I have been given a Sony Vaio Laptop (PGC-K415B) . I was told that windows would crash and blue screen alot, so the laptop was given to a my mates friend to try and fix the problem, When he got it back there laptop no longer boots. You get the power led's light up, hdd spins up, and the wifi...

Just to add my 256MB Stick has 16 Chips, and my 512MB Stick also has 16 Chips.

Hi All.

I have a little "Compaq Deskpro 4000 Desktop PC 5200MMX"

I am trying to grade the ram, but my 256MB is showing as 128MB, and my 512MB is showing as 256MB.

Is there anything that can be done to get the full amount of ram?

Thanks for your time.

Nothing seems to disable the HP boot logo.