BIOS Updates forum

You mean this isn't good enough?

http://www.xs4all.nl/~elhvb/mboards/taemung/KBT5A.html

http://users.erols.com/chare/586.htm

http://users.erols.com/chare/cpuspeed.htm

and the M520/M535/M538/M549, but they all use the same bios...

PcPartner/Vtech board with VIA Apollo Pro chipset.

It should have a 35-8xxx-xx number somewhere, usually near the CPU socket.

Try here for a bios and a manual:
http://www.pcpartner.com.hk/bios/viabios.htm#pro

If they happen to send you one or a link, please let us know or send it to edwin@wimsbios.com

might turn up again some time.

achitec has gone under.

only bios I can find:
http://www2.driverguide.com/uploads/uploads7/3577.html

Use at your own risk...

What is an MA MOTHERBOARD? I've seen you post this term around the forums but you don't explain what it is.

Please enlighten us with some info (a website or something).

Err, I think we miss a bit of info here. Which board are we dealing with, what's the present status and how did it get that way?

That's why I want the original poster to reply with the current bios string.

Too early for hotflash stuff today.

Please reply with your complete current ID string:

xx/xx/xxxx-I440BX-W977xF-2A69KxxxC-00

List of bios ID -> mainboard model for Acer: http://www.xs4all.nl/~matrix/bios_id_5.html You appear to have a V58LA mainboard. Check the top surface fo the motherboard for this number to make sure. Next go here: ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/desktop/mainboard/V58LA/ both manual and bios are availa...

Has it booted ever before? If so, what did you change since then?

Make sure both of the FILES (the flasher and the bios file) are NOT marked read-only. that solves 70% of these messages.

I don't exactly know what happened, all I know you need the specific upgrade for your laptop. So it would be helpful if you reply with both make and model.

Make sure both of the files (the flasher and the bios file) are NOT marked read-only. that solves 70% of these messages.

Probably HP Pavilion 8760C system. Info on the board inside is here:

http://www.hp.com/cposupport/personal_c ... 06062.html