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rogram: eSupport.com BIOS Agent Version 3.52
BIOS Date: 01/21/06
BIOS Type: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 01/21/2006-C51MCP51-6A61HFKAC
OEM Sign-On: nVIDIA GeForce 6 Series 566G1P11 012106
Chipset: AMD 1100 rev 0
Superio: ITE 8712F rev 8 found at port 2Eh
OS: WinXP SP2
CPU: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3100+ 1810 Mhz MAX: 3000 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 512K
Memory Installed: 256 MB
Memory Maximum: 8192 MB
Memory Slot 01: 256 MB
Memory Slot 02: 0 MB

Yes its an emachines PC and no they are not interested in helpin me at all!! i told them i dont want their messed about bios with their branded start up screen coming on as soon as u switch on pc!! and they have locked out everything in the bios so i cant even attempt to overclock my sempron 3100+. Ran the CPU-Z utility and it says my board is gateway but i've opened her up and its a foxconn 6100k8mb*had piccy on screen while opened up* exactly the same??!! so now im stumped ANY HELP IS MUCH APPRECIATED THNX

PS my pc does not have a floppy a:\ drive installed so i will need to flash bios from CD rom can this be done?? i have flashed before successsfully on an old pc using the floppy method with no probs. unsure how i can get round this. i have managed i think to get the correct bin file from FOXCONN for my board and the flash utility which i've put on cd rom but i now need to boot up to dos prompt only how can this be done. in past i made a bootable floppy through windows but how can u do same with cd rom???

Your eMachines BIOS is newest than original Foxconn 6100K8MB-RS motherboard BIOS:
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/productsD ... 100K8MB-RS

thnx for reply kuriaki, yes i know its newer but i'd rather roll back maybe to an older version hoping i will then be able to change a few settings in the bios so i can get a bit more out of my processor speed wise its running stock and i know for a fact the sempron's can be clocked to 2.5ghz no prob so this is where i trying to go with this. Would u not recommend me doing so then kuriaki?? Many thnx in advance

Most of Foxconn motherboards are for the OEM market. Every vendor has his own BIOS. I'm not sure if both (retail and OEM) BIOS versions are compatibles.

We'll have to wait for someone to be brave enough to flash the retail bios on his/her board.