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by Hardware Junkie
Tue May 14, 2002 11:26 pm
Forum: What is my motherboard?
Topic: need help in id'ing motherboard--beginner at it
Replies: 25
Views: 13942

990305s.rom is a BIOS upgrade for the M571 Motherboard. You run the flash program and tell it to use that file to update your BIOS.
by Hardware Junkie
Tue May 14, 2002 9:11 pm
Forum: Other BIOS update issues.
Topic: NEED original BIOS to PCchips M715 v1.2
Replies: 4
Views: 4222

Two BIOS'

Did you update to the 715v3 or 715v1.2 BIOS?

http://www.wimsbios.com/~ajzchips/
by Hardware Junkie
Tue May 14, 2002 9:07 pm
Forum: What is my motherboard?
Topic: Compaq Presario 5686
Replies: 6
Views: 5745

Sens Fan

Dude I am a Sens fan all the way. :D

Though I am pretty sure Carolina is gonna win this year....especially after the 8-2 pasting they gave Montreal.,..
by Hardware Junkie
Tue May 14, 2002 9:15 am
Forum: Other BIOS update issues.
Topic: Command Specific Guidance....
Replies: 3
Views: 3357

Extractable

The file you downloaded from Abit contain file(s) zipped into it. Run the File and Extract them to the floppy along with the flash program.
by Hardware Junkie
Tue May 14, 2002 9:12 am
Forum: What is my motherboard?
Topic: Compaq Presario 5686
Replies: 6
Views: 5745

Yep I know your other sig from the other posts online.
Thx for the welcome.

Hopefully I can be as useful here.
by Hardware Junkie
Tue May 14, 2002 12:31 am
Forum: What is my motherboard?
Topic: Compaq Presario 5686
Replies: 6
Views: 5745

Propriatary design

The design of motherboard is completely propriatary, not standard ATX.

I have some information with reguards to jumper settings, email me (ndaines@techie.com) and I will send you the info I have.
by Hardware Junkie
Tue May 14, 2002 12:28 am
Forum: Other BIOS update issues.
Topic: Looking for Full BIOS for OEM FIC AZ31 (Compaq UWave Board)
Replies: 4
Views: 5128

no telling

There is no way of knowing whether or not this will work. What I can tell you is that the chip and board were not altered in anyway. The BIOS was just flashed with the Compaq version.
by Hardware Junkie
Tue May 14, 2002 12:24 am
Forum: My CPU isn't recognized
Topic: Abit KT7a-Raid motherboard and AMD XP 1800 CPU
Replies: 1
Views: 4308

Basics

Try loading the BIOS defaults and clearing the CMOS jumper.

Hopefully its not much more complicated then that...
by Hardware Junkie
Tue May 14, 2002 12:19 am
Forum: General BIOS Questions
Topic: Motherboard Failure
Replies: 2
Views: 3786

Reseat

You could also try reseating the RAM just in case. Also try building the system outside the case to illiminate the possibility of a short.
by Hardware Junkie
Tue May 14, 2002 12:13 am
Forum: Where can I find a motherboard manual?
Topic: Gemlight P57SAX manual?
Replies: 2
Views: 4005

DTK = Gemlight

The DTK PAM-0050SE is an OEM version of the Gemlight board you mentioned.

Manual download:
http://www.dtk.com.tw/download/manual.html
by Hardware Junkie
Tue May 14, 2002 12:08 am
Forum: Video (VGA) and other BIOS/Firmware
Topic: screen turn off...
Replies: 1
Views: 3850

Out of sync

The distro seems to be trying to run console or X (depending on where it is in the boot process) at a higher frequency then your monitor is capable of using. I encountered this problem when I set the console to use 1024X768 and then switched to an older monitor that was only capable of using 640X480...
by Hardware Junkie
Mon May 13, 2002 11:57 pm
Forum: Video (VGA) and other BIOS/Firmware
Topic: Can't Enter BIOS
Replies: 2
Views: 4914

Screwed

The program you mentioned won't work. The EU has prevented himself from seeing anything on the screen. What you've done is disabled the current video card you are using. If its an onboard video card, you need to put a video card into a free ISA/PCI/AGP slot and boot the system that way. If you alrea...
by Hardware Junkie
Mon May 13, 2002 11:37 pm
Forum: What is my motherboard?
Topic: need help in id'ing motherboard--beginner at it
Replies: 25
Views: 13942

Info

JP3 or J3 is located near the BIOS chip. As per Part2-21C-Page 8 of the manual. C:\MTMMOUSE\MOUSE /B /N /L=GB /M=8,16 /A1 /F /R=0 Bad command or file When I did a run: msconfig, this file is showing up in autoexec.bat. I tried to delete it and when I re-booted, the error was still there and so was t...