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Doug
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Can you tell me where I can get a bios upgrade ? The manufacturer, Chicony doesn't provide support anymore.
The specs are as follows.

Bios Type - Award Modular Bios V6.00PG
Bios ID - 05/71/2000-693-596-8693-JM6LGC2CC-OO
cpu type - Pentium III
cpu speed - 600 Mhz
mainboard - chicony
model - 693-596-8693
chipset - VIA Technologies Inc. VT82C597/597/AT/598MVP Apollo VP3/MVP3 system Controller
ajzchips
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The BIOS is recent enough to support large HDDs. What kind of newer support are you looking for?
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I would suggest just posting replies to your original to keep things together and avoid confusion - click "Post Reply" instead of "New Topic":
Doug wrote:Can you tell me where I can get a bios upgrade ? The manufacturer, Chicony doesn't provide support anymore.
The specs are as follows.

Bios Type - Award Modular Bios V6.00PG
Bios ID - 05/71/2000-693-596-8693-JM6LGC2CC-OO
cpu type - Pentium III
cpu speed - 600 Mhz
mainboard - chicony
model - 693-596-8693
chipset - VIA Technologies Inc. VT82C597/597/AT/598MVP Apollo VP3/MVP3 system Controller
This appears to share the same BIOS string as the Chaintech CT-6AJM2. Compare your board with this image - are they the same?

Image

Latest BIOS is here:

http://www.chaintech.com.tw:8008/DL/6xMB/6AJM2.HTM

Again, this may be a mismatch of USB standards, as I replied in your other post - USB 2.0 vs. 1.1.

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Doug wrote:The computer doesn't recoginize ditial cameras, fast cd readers/burner
I ran sisoft sandra and other programs and they said to update the bios
Do not believe in anything Sandra wants to tell you - it's often misleading. IT seems you should check your connections as USB should be working well on your rig as well as the IDE ports. Maybe some cable problems ?
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