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help me find a BIOS update plz
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:26 am
by AtM
ive been looking for an update but i havent been able to find plz help
BIOS Type: Phoenix-Award BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Date: 09/03/02
BIOS ID: 09/03/2002-KM266-8235-6A6LVE1BC-00
OEM Sign-On: L7VMM2 V1.04(E) 09/03/2002
Super I/O: ITE 8705/SiS 950 rev 2 found at port 2Eh
Chipset: VIA 82C3116 rev 0
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
CPU type: AMD Athlon(tm) XP
is that all u need to know?
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:54 am
by KURIAKI
Looks like an OEM version of ECS Elitegroup L7VMM2... eMachines?
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:24 am
by AtM
ya i have an emachines
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:21 am
by KURIAKI
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:08 am
by AtM
as ive been trying to play this game called starcraft, it recieves and error and shuts down, every once in a while a blue screen comes up which says if this occurs again please try to update ur bios and some other stuff.
It also says: Disable BIOS options such as caching or shadowing.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
how do u do that?
(i updated my bios thx)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:19 am
by Denniss
Either it does not like your VGA card or a memory instability problem. May also be a copyright protections mechanism problem - maybe this protection interferes wit other protection system. Is your game patched to the latest available version ?
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:16 am
by AtM
yes my game is updated to the latest version patch,... a while ago it used to not drop
it just started all of a sudden
im going to clean the dust out and off the fan maybe its overheating?
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:32 am
by jussjames
I'm having problems finding updates for my BIOS as well.
The specifications in the manual states this MB supports 3 GB of RAM. It's maxing out at 768 (I have 1 GB chip in here...)
Was thinking it might be a bios need of updating. Here is the information I was able to gather.
Program: eSupport.com BIOS Agent Version 3.45
BIOS Date: 08/21/02
BIOS Type: Phoenix-Award BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 08/21/2002-SiS-646-6A6IXF0DC
OEM Sign-On: Version SAI42
Chipset: SiS 646 rev 0
Superio: ITE 8705/SiS 950 rev 2 found at port 2Eh
OS: Win2000 SP4
CPU: Intel Pentium(R) 4 1800 Mhz MAX: 2400 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 1024 MB
Memory Maximum: 768 MB
Memory Slot 01: 1024 MB
Memory Slot 02: 0 MB
Memory Slot 03: 0 MB
(YES to Onboard LAN)
The only thing I get on any searches is FIC. If I update this, I want to make sure it's still going to work. Any thoughts?
James K.
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:46 pm
by KURIAKI
Q12: How can I found out my FIC Mainboard's model name? 2001/1/1
A: FIC Mainboard model name is located on PCI slots side in white bold font.
I need to know if your motherboard is VI13 or VI13L.
There are different BIOS versions for motherboards with or without integrated LAN too.
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:36 pm
by Denniss
SAI42 Bios = VI13L motherboard
http://www.fic.com.tw/support/motherboa ... del_id=109
SAI42 is the lates official Bios for this version - all others use different combinations of letters and should be not for this special revision of your motherboard.
(What a terrible confusion of bios revisions for different revisions of this motherboard. I've seen a lot at FIC but this is really heavy).
Short: There's no new Bios available. What's eactly the problem with your board?
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:27 am
by KURIAKI
Denniss wrote:(What a terrible confusion of bios revisions for different revisions of this motherboard. I've seen a lot at FIC but this is really heavy).
Yes it's too difficult to understand FIC nomenclatures.
There are a BIOS update intented for PCB version 1.3 ONLY:
VI13L (PCB 1.3/with onboard LAN) BIOS Version SAN41 - san41_vi13l_w_lan_pcb1.3.zip
VI13L (PCB 1.3/without onboard LAN) BIOS Version SAO41 - sao41_vi13l_wo_lan_pcb1.3.zip
ftp://ftp.fic.com.tw/motherboard/bios/socket478/vi13l/
PCB revision can be found here:
http://www.fic.com.tw/support/motherboa ... ral#qid375