BIOS Updates forum

Computer name: HOMECPU Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service pack: 3.0 Manufacturer: IBM Model: 228448U Serial Number: AM83V1W BIOS type: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG BIOS ID: 01/17/2001-8363-686A-6A6LMAW9C-00 BIOS sign on: None BIOS date: 2001.01.17 Chipset: VIA 82C305 rev 2 Sup...

2 things:

identification sticker is not present.

should i try to clear the CMOS settings before replacing the battery?

ya i found the exact computer http://www.ccworld.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=67_160&products_id=475 they called it this: Compaq Deskpro 2000 P233mmx but which 2000 series is it?? and all around my motherboard there is stickers saying: 47105. oh and i got rid of the password by movin...

how do i find my product number on a compaq desktop do they offer support for that?

or do they offer it only for Compaq Presario?

or is mine a Presario?

I want to upgrade my BIOS on my Compaq Deskpro but bios agent plus says this: Manufacturer: COMPAQ Computer Corporation 1982,98****é BIOS type: COMPAQ Computer Corporation 1982,98****é BIOS ID: unknown BIOS date: 1998.12.10 Chipset: AMD 640 rev 3 What does that mean!!! :? Also for some reason my com...

kk thanks for the help my CPU is now working!

kk thank you i can reinstall XP on it tomorrow and you said there is no more BIOS updates but BIOS agent plus says there is do they make BIOS upgrade? or do they just lie? Oh i looked around on www.ecs.com and found some ther updates 4 my BIOS they are all version 1.4 and one says it supports a hard...

i'll have 2 format it then reinstall XP on it right?

Also is there a higher BIOS that will work on my cpu?

thank you!

good news and bad news: good news is i upgraded the BIOS bad news is when i put the new hard drive in it doesnt detect it at all then it goes to this screen saying: DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER any help with that? oh and if i need another BIOS upgrade my BIOS ID is: 10/23/20...

im having hard time trying to flash bios you have to boot up floppy disk so you type A:\>dir then you type A:\>Awd860b setls12g.bin /cc/cd/cp explanation: A:\>(Bios utility program) (Bios file) (dont know, it was in the tut.) anyway could someone download it and tell me what im typeing wrong thankyou!

there is two download links on the site which 1 do i use?

Also when i download it do i just run it and it updates my BIOS automatically

A few thing 2 say 1. when I changed the pinclip thing around so that it was a lower GB, my CPU actually detected it as a primary slave IDE 2. when i enter the BIOS it doesn't say the id at the bottom, i don't know why 3. I haven't actually ran Xp on my CPU yet... only 95 and 98 4. I will be able to ...

well... the hard drive I had on my CPU was windows 98 that's why i was thinking to get a BIOS upgrade also how do you boot a secondary IDE hard drive? oh any what do you mean the primary IDE port my CPU has only 1 IDE port.

here is my story, I have an 1998 CPU and I wanted a bigger hardrive on it with XP so i got a 40 GB one with XP on it and plugged it in and it was going good saying detecting primary IDE... so i let it "detect it" over night and it wasn't done! so i went to the seagate site and talked to the online s...