Help upgrading the BIOS on my PC Chips M571 bios
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 4:59 pm
Hi
I am trying to update the BIOS on my old and creaky PC Chips TX II pro motherboard - in order to add a large hard drive
Here is the following info I have been able to glean by using varios recommended utils
AMIBIOS Motherboard Manufacturer Identification
Version 1.2 (02/07/2001) Copyright 2000 American Megatrends, Inc.
This file has recorded information useful in identifying the manufacturer
of this motherboard. The information is listed below:
An AMIBIOS ID String Was Detected:
51-0831-001437-00101111-071595-M571
-- ---- ------ ------
| | | |
| | | Chipset/BIOS Info
| | Manufacturer ID
| Version Information
Processor & BIOS ROM Information
Manufacturer Code Detected: 1437 - PC CHIPS
BIOS-Info, c't/Andreas Stiller, V. 1.5 10/00
Computer ID : FC, SubTyp: 01, BIOS-Level: 0
Rechnertyp : AT-3, Konfigurationsbyte $74
Maustreiber : Microsoft kompatibel, Version: 08.30
Maustyp : Bus-Maus auf IRQ12
Bus : ISA/PCI
Hauptspeicher : 640 KB, davon verfügbar : 640 KB
Extended Memory : 65535 KB
BIOS Datum : 07/15/95
PCI-BIOS gefunden : Version 02.10, 32-Bit-PCI-BIOS Revision:0
PCI-Busse : 1, Konfig-Mech.: 1, Special-Cycle-Mech.: 0
AMI-BIOS gefunden : Version 08.31, Datum 15.07.95
Processor : 586: Pentium, MMX, K6, K6/2 etc.
BIOS : 128 KB, Reference Number: 00
OEM ID : 1437 = Hsing Tech Enterprise
URL : http://www.pcchips.com
Chipset : M571
Maus via KeybCtrl : nein
Takt-Umschaltung : nein
Cache-Umschaltung : nein
BIOS Modified Flag : 0
INT-13h BIOS Extension: ja, Version:1.x, Fknt 41..48 unterstützt
PnP (ACFG,ESCD,DMI) : PnP V1.0/ESCD, APM V1.2
eiter mit D)MI-Info,E)SCD-Info, sonst Exit:
i have now managed to successfully get to the PC chips web site and looked at the latest versions of BIOS - however under the M571 chipsets thee appears to be a number of different versions and i'm not sure which version i need to flash with
any help would be gratefuly recieved
KB
I am trying to update the BIOS on my old and creaky PC Chips TX II pro motherboard - in order to add a large hard drive
Here is the following info I have been able to glean by using varios recommended utils
AMIBIOS Motherboard Manufacturer Identification
Version 1.2 (02/07/2001) Copyright 2000 American Megatrends, Inc.
This file has recorded information useful in identifying the manufacturer
of this motherboard. The information is listed below:
An AMIBIOS ID String Was Detected:
51-0831-001437-00101111-071595-M571
-- ---- ------ ------
| | | |
| | | Chipset/BIOS Info
| | Manufacturer ID
| Version Information
Processor & BIOS ROM Information
Manufacturer Code Detected: 1437 - PC CHIPS
BIOS-Info, c't/Andreas Stiller, V. 1.5 10/00
Computer ID : FC, SubTyp: 01, BIOS-Level: 0
Rechnertyp : AT-3, Konfigurationsbyte $74
Maustreiber : Microsoft kompatibel, Version: 08.30
Maustyp : Bus-Maus auf IRQ12
Bus : ISA/PCI
Hauptspeicher : 640 KB, davon verfügbar : 640 KB
Extended Memory : 65535 KB
BIOS Datum : 07/15/95
PCI-BIOS gefunden : Version 02.10, 32-Bit-PCI-BIOS Revision:0
PCI-Busse : 1, Konfig-Mech.: 1, Special-Cycle-Mech.: 0
AMI-BIOS gefunden : Version 08.31, Datum 15.07.95
Processor : 586: Pentium, MMX, K6, K6/2 etc.
BIOS : 128 KB, Reference Number: 00
OEM ID : 1437 = Hsing Tech Enterprise
URL : http://www.pcchips.com
Chipset : M571
Maus via KeybCtrl : nein
Takt-Umschaltung : nein
Cache-Umschaltung : nein
BIOS Modified Flag : 0
INT-13h BIOS Extension: ja, Version:1.x, Fknt 41..48 unterstützt
PnP (ACFG,ESCD,DMI) : PnP V1.0/ESCD, APM V1.2
eiter mit D)MI-Info,E)SCD-Info, sonst Exit:
i have now managed to successfully get to the PC chips web site and looked at the latest versions of BIOS - however under the M571 chipsets thee appears to be a number of different versions and i'm not sure which version i need to flash with
any help would be gratefuly recieved
KB
