BIOS Updates forum

I have the computer formatting the hd right now so from notes are what I remember is written on the chips .
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_F 814405D-60
.... the F is between the 2 _'s and the D could be a 0 .
I'll check on the rest of the numbers tomorrow .

MEC have no updates for Bios for the MEC PH50705C board on their website .
I'm hoping an Abit pH5 bios update will suit .
the : pgh5_d6.bin
or pgh5_d7.bin
or the pgh5s_d8.bin

thankyou e e , the 1.3 version applies better to the v1.4 board .

can I upgrade the Award 4.50 PG Bios ?
I see there are 4.5... versions up to 4.6 .
Is that possible for this system to upgrade to any of those , would you like a link to see them ? or will I need a manufacturers bios update because MEC don't have an updates .

I'm hoping I can use a 10gig hd at 7560mb's . I've read up and set the hd in the Bios to 7560MB's . I installed NT on a partion 4000MB's but I've been trying to reinstall because of the error message . Model Number is PH5 v1.4 and I haven't seen a version 1.4 just a version 1.3 . I'm now looking at ...

the Bios information on this board in the Bios is : Award Modular Bios v4.50PG , An Energy Star Ally Copyright(C) 1984-95 , Award Software , INC . GREEN PENTIUM PCI SYSTEM BIOS PENTIUM_S CPU at 100MHz Memory Test 16384K OK Award Plug and Play Bios Extension v1.0A Copyright(C) 1995 , Award Software ,...

The CDrom Drive is not recognised during bootup in the system in my sig..... The drive is a Diamond Data 40x Drive . gee it's cold in Auckland today . thanks for reading . Edited: even though the CDrom drive was not shown in the Bios I was able to use it when I installed the OS . So I can probably i...

This ram came in the computer but I would like to install the maximum ram possible probably 128mb's . Can someone tell me where to find information about this memory . NJS A180 NJS290797 72pin there are 2 of these making up 16mb's here are the 2 different lots of numbers on the sticks , they are bot...

thanks guys , I'm a bit slow but I found what I needed with a bit of research .

I want to install a Maxtor 91021U2 harddrive into an MEC PH50705C motherboard computer . I suppose that is possible , but the IDE connectors on the motherboard have 40 pins and not 39 pins and the IDE cables I have have 39 holes for pins............ ........er , yes , I've been shopping and found wh...

I have found the Manual for the MEC PH5 v1.3 Motherboard . Can someone tell me where I could find the Manual for the MEC AB(Abit , I would think) PH5 v1.4 if there is a manual for the v1.4 motherboard . The boards are very similar in layout so it may be the v1.3 has the same pinnout as the v1.4 . Th...

edited: thanks for reading this post too , I've sorted the power cables and monitor .

The board is a MicroEquipmentCorporation ABIT PH50705C v1.4 with SU110/SSS CPU and SIS 5511/12/13 and VIA VT82C42N chips and two sticks of double sided NJS memory . Baby Form approx. 276mm x 226mm So far I've got the power light to come on and the keyboard LED's to light up . I've found the Manual B...