Need help to identify!

[Elbocadillo]

Hi,

I just need some help to identify the manufacturer of my Bios.
I´ve got an IBM Aptiva and the Bios ID is: IBM7000-M15-980818-R03-X
Where do I get an updated Bios-File for this one?

Please help me.

[ajzchips]

Check the sticker on your BIOS for something like V66xx (or similar). If that were the case, your board is an ACER board.

[Elbocadillo]

on the HP of Acer there´s no longer any kind of support for IBM Aptiva PC´s and I really need to know where I can get this update.
But I also don´t know which Aptiva model I´ve got. In the bios there is the information that it could be a 2151-87N but this model doesn´t exist.
So what can i do to find this out?

[ajzchips]

ACER will never mention support for IBM PCs.
Have you checked the BIOS chip for a sticker?

[Elbocadillo]

Yes there is a sticker and it is made by Acer
There are also these information

V70MA
Bios
U44
V.3.2.R03-SO
Acer Inc.

Where can i get an update?

[edwin]

oh lord. Aptiva xxxx-xx ID number should be read from the back of the case. No wonder...

[Hardware Junkie]

ftp://ftp.acer.de/pc/v70ma/

Acer v70MA

The link above keeps bouncing back (firewall denying access) but it should work externally...

[ajzchips]

Make sure you make a backup of your BIOS before flashing. I've heard of some IBM boards (made by ACER) which would hang when flashed with the ACER BIOS. Dunno why...

[Elbocadillo]

Thanks to all, i will try to update with these information.

P.S. There is no sticker with a model type on my Aptiva because its second hand and the owner before took the sticker away.

[edwin]

HWJ, update your links, they have relocated the stuff, no firewall problem this time:

ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/desktop ... ard/V70MA/

[Hardware Junkie]

I got the link through Google and I could not verify if it works or not. FTP directory retrival throughs IE into and endless accessing loop. Kind of bizarre. The one you posted above does the same thing.

[edwin]

time for a decent FTP client then? Or find out where the FTP proxy is at?

[Hardware Junkie]

Depending on what station I am at I can use DOS FTP, but not all of them have it. I think Compaq has specifically setup the proxy to deny FTP requests through IE. But they did a crappy job of it or something.

Ah well its compaq, what are you going to do...

[Elbocadillo]

Thank you very much, the update was successful but it didn´t solve my problem, because this update is also too old. Is there a possibility to get one from this century. I want to upgrade my PC with an PCI Graphic-Card but i can´t disable the onboard.

[Rainbow]

Keep the onboard card there - either it will be disabled automatically or it will work together with the new card.