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Do you think I should Flash

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 7:39 am
by gordisius
I have just installed a new video card and new latest drivers for it. I seem to have some refresh rate problems crashes and the like. I would like to know.
1 should I flash the bios
2 How do I get into Dos Real mode to run the flash program that I have.
3 Should I take my sons baseball bat, destroy my computer and go and do something outside. :roll:
Thanks for any help


Processor(s)
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) III
Speed : 602MHz
Performance Rating : PR722 (estimated)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 256kB ECC synchronous ATC

System Mainboard
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI USB SMBus/i2c
MP Support : No
System BIOS : American Megatrends, Inc. V3.1BIOS ID : 61-0730-001169-00101111-071595-440BX/ZX
System Mainboard : MS6168
System Chipset : Unknown (8086) Unknown (7190)
Front Side Bus Speed : 1x 100MHz (100MHz data rate)
Installed Memory : 256MB SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 1x 100MHz (100MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Packard Bell PnP A720
Monitor/Panel : Default Monitor
Adapter : RADEON 7000 SERIES
Adapter : Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)

Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 98 Ver 4.10.2222 A
DOS Sub-System : Microsoft MS-DOS Ver 7.10 A


Computer System

Manufacturer : Packard Bell NEC
Version : PM070484H1

System Mainboard
MP Support : No
Model : MS6168


Memory Controller
Error Detection Method : None
Error Correction Capability : None
Supported/Current Memory Interleave : 1-way / 1-way
Number of Memory Slots : 2
Maximum Installable Memory : 256MB
Maximum Module Size : 128MB
Supported Memory Types : DIMM, SDRAM
Supported Memory Voltages : 3.3V

Physical/BIOS Memory Banks
DIMM 1 (RASL-0 RASL-1) : 128MB DIMM SDRAM double-bank
DIMM 2 (RASL-2 RASL-3) : 128MB DIMM SDRAM double-bank

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:49 pm
by NickS
Here's a depressing tale:
http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopi ... adeon+7000
Leaving multimonitor support issues/machines with on-board video aside, are you sure that the PSU is powerful enough ?

To get into DOS real mode, as you're running W98 you can create a bootable diskette using format/copy system files.

Radon hell

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:36 pm
by gordisius
Tanx for that link. It was an interesting tale of woe.
I thinks that I will try a differant card and see what happens.
Thanks for the dos tip.