What bios update??

How-to identify your motherboard ?
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Erik
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bios ID: 10/08/1999-693-596-83977-2A6LGH2DC-00 it is a apollo pro card with fc-pga sockell pIII

on the award chipset it stands 9216
693AS01B

VT82C693A
VT82C596B
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Shuttle AV61 v1.4 or below
ftp://ftp.shuttle.com/BIOS/av61/AV61S02S.ZIP
03/15/2000-693-596-83977-2A6LGH2DC-00
(AV61S02S) VIA APOLLO PRO
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Erik
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thanks!! =) yoyu don´t know how to putt in the backup in to the bios!! the computer won´t ewen boot up??
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Is the BIOS ID from before or after the bad flash ?
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Erik
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before!! now i cant even boot up the computer!! its just long beeps in a loop!! do i have to take loos the chip and programe it somhove or can i fix it some way on the computer... i might have the wrong bios for the motherboard in the chip now so howe do i get the backup or the new bios in to the chip??
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you did unpack the zip file to a .bin file before flashing?
edwin/evasive

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System error, strike any user to continue...
Erik
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yes ofcorse.. otherwise i wouldn´t be able to flash it in to the bios with the flasher
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Erik wrote:before!! now i cant even boot up the computer!! its just long beeps in a loop!! do i have to take loos the chip and programe it somhove or can i fix it some way on the computer... i might have the wrong bios for the motherboard in the chip now so howe do i get the backup or the new bios in to the chip??
Have you checked out the FAQ #9 and #27 at the main www.wimsbios.com site ? That covers built-in recovery techniques and hot-swap flashing.
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