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Ami Bios upgrade question and string included
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2002 1:01 am
by Showgun
I have a dilemma my bios is dated 1995 and apparently there mobo was discontinued and there was never an upgrade done for the bios.
Is there a way around this to find one that would do it?
or am i stock with it as it?
here is the string just in case
61-1229-001998-00101111-071595-440BX
Thanks
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2002 3:43 am
by ajzchips
1995 has nothing to do with the BIOS release date. You'll see it further up-left, on the same page you see the BIOS string.
My guess is your release date is 12/29/1998 (the manufacturer modified your BIOS ID).
Is there any marking on the board itself that could lead to its identity?
Where I mentioned you'd find the release date, sometimes the manufacturers include the motherboard model. Please post what's written there.
Ami Bios upgrade question and string included
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2002 4:06 am
by Showgun
Hi here is the info i got from the string using wimsbios and on applet
The Motherboar Manufacturer "Sono"
An AMIBIOS ID String Was Detected:
61-1229-001998-00101111-071595-440BX
-- ---- ------ ------
| | | |
| | | Chipset/BIOS Info
| | Manufacturer ID
| Version Information
Processor & BIOS ROM Information
BIOS Date : 07/15/95
AMI-BIOS gefunden : Version 12.29, Date 15.07.95
Processor : 686: PPro, PentII, Pent III, Athlon, Cyrix 6x86, etc.
BIOS : 128 KB, Reference Number: 00
OEM ID : 1998 = Chang Tseng Corp
Am I reading this wrong or are you it seems that the bios date is 1995 and the 1998 identify the manufacturer?
In any case i am looking for a better bios..
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2002 12:03 pm
by ajzchips
You're very right. I totally forgot about vendor code 1998. Some vendors do change that part of the string to reflect a release date, though.
If it's a SONO board, then the only sites I know of are:
www.sono.pl
www.sono.ca
