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BIOS flashing for old Phoenix
Name: Chris Hodapp Date: March 28, 2001 at 20:07:32 Pacific
Comment:
I've got an old Hewlett-Packard Vectra 486\33M with a Phoenix BIOS and it reports the internal version as V.04.06. Can this BIOS be flashed - I know a number of HPs and Phoenix BIOSes have this ability? I've looked online and found Vectra but not the model I have.
Summary: Like a dunce, I flashed the wrong BIOS onto my old Micron M55hi plus motherboard that I am setting up to play old DOS games. I don't get display now, just beep codes reminding me that I f--ed up. 1. ...
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