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by soupy
Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:22 pm
Forum: Other BIOS update issues.
Topic: Photosmart printer crashes computer
Replies: 16
Views: 8645

Oh, and just for future reference, your cable modem should be plugged into a NIC, not your USB port.
by soupy
Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:21 pm
Forum: Other BIOS update issues.
Topic: Photosmart printer crashes computer
Replies: 16
Views: 8645

Nope, in XP: Right Click My Computer (System Properties) Advanced Startup and Recovery (Settings) System Failure (uncheck automatically restart) Funny now that I've thought about it, my BJC-6100 would BSOD on boot if I plugged into a *different* onboard USB port. Have you tried all the ports you have?
by soupy
Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:08 pm
Forum: Other BIOS update issues.
Topic: Photosmart printer crashes computer
Replies: 16
Views: 8645

Do all your other USB devices work properly? Does the printer work in the onboard USB port without the PCI card installed?

Try turning off the auto-reboot option so you can see what the BSOD says.
by soupy
Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:37 pm
Forum: Other BIOS update issues.
Topic: Photosmart printer crashes computer
Replies: 16
Views: 8645

Oh, do you have the printer plugged into a PCI USB card?

I thought you had it plugged into the onboard USB ports.
by soupy
Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:16 pm
Forum: Other BIOS update issues.
Topic: Photosmart printer crashes computer
Replies: 16
Views: 8645

Try getting a cheap, powered USB hub and plugging the printer into that.

Motherboard looks like an OEM Jetway 663AS Ultra rev 3.2
by soupy
Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:01 pm
Forum: My hard drive isn't recognized
Topic: 6VABX2 Does Auto detect 120GB HD
Replies: 5
Views: 4340

Odd. A BIOS that old should not recognize the full capacity of a 160GB drive under any circumstances.
by soupy
Thu May 20, 2004 4:05 pm
Forum: BIOS Services
Topic: Plug your service in this forum ONLY
Replies: 0
Views: 8389

Plug your service in this forum ONLY

Here's the deal: We've had a few ambulance chasers try to advertise their services in people's threads. DON'T DO IT. IT WILL GET YOU BANNED. If you are an independent tech offering a BIOS-related service, you may create ONE new thread in this sub-forum to advertise your service. In this sub-forum, y...
by soupy
Thu May 20, 2004 3:55 pm
Forum: General BIOS Questions
Topic: *POLL* - Serial Port Mouse vs. USB Mouse
Replies: 9
Views: 6188

USB. The refresh rate on serial sucks. Plus, you can kill your serial and parallel ports to free up more IRQs.
by soupy
Tue May 18, 2004 6:05 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Presario 924 Lost BIOS
Replies: 1
Views: 2292

IIRC, you will need 2-3 floppies for the procedure; one for the PC Diagnostics program, and one or two for the F10 setup program. Boot with the Diagnostics disk, and it should give you the option to rebuild the Non-DOS partition on the HDD containing the above programs. You MUST have the appropriate...
by soupy
Mon May 10, 2004 8:07 pm
Forum: My CPU isn't recognized
Topic: Aopen Mx3s-Tualatin
Replies: 1
Views: 5894

by soupy
Mon May 10, 2004 5:54 pm
Forum: Video (VGA) and other BIOS/Firmware
Topic: OT? Not sure where to go, Need Panasonic WV-5310 VTR pinout
Replies: 1
Views: 3988

This may help.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/clouzeau/s760/monitor.htm

Looks like you want an RGB-25N cable.

A google search lists a couple sites selling manuals for $30 USD.
by soupy
Mon May 03, 2004 2:44 pm
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: Request for Guru Assistance perhaps?
Replies: 4
Views: 4108

Done. Thanks for the link.
by soupy
Mon May 03, 2004 2:39 pm
Forum: Other BIOS update issues.
Topic: Bios for VIA P4M266
Replies: 3
Views: 5016

Looks like model # P4M266MS4-254M
http://download.sapphiretech.com/DRIVER ... a/p254.pdf

There's one listed here with date code 2K021014:

http://download.sapphiretech.com/DRIVER ... IAbios.htm
by soupy
Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:48 pm
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: Request for Guru Assistance perhaps?
Replies: 4
Views: 4108

If the option to enable USB keyboard is available in the BIOS setup, you can use MODBIN to enable that option, then flash the modified BIOS.
by soupy
Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:56 pm
Forum: Site suggestions
Topic: Something wrong with the login?
Replies: 2
Views: 8087

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