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Please help me?

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:12 pm
by thotved
I'm looking for a bios update.. Here's my id-string:
02/09/2001-8363-686B-6A6LMAB9C-00

I think this is my chipset:
6A6LM VIA VT8363 (KT-133) chipset with Award BIOS v6.00

And I also think that it is an Aopen motherboard and an Award bios ver. 6.00 PG. But what model is my motherboard? Can someone help me? =)

-Thomas

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:55 pm
by NickS
Is there a message just under the Award logo on the memory count screen ?
This is the sort of string we get for the ak73av

256K ACPI AK73(A)-V R1.01 Dec.17.2001 AOpen Inc.

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:33 pm
by thotved
Thanks for the tip. This is my model: AOpen AK73 Series R1.07
Found the right bios and created a boot-disk. But now I have another problem.... BIOS is not set to boot from floppy, and I don't know the password... I guess I could open the case and remove the pw-jumper (if any?), but is there another way? Is it possible to crack the passord?

Success

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:20 pm
by thotved
Well, I got permission to open the case andclear CMOS, set it up to boot from floppy, and updated bios with success! :D

Hopefully this will stop my machine from hanging as a result of an ACPI-error...

Thanks again Nick for your help! When you don't find something it's often right in front of you... :oops: