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Can't find motherboard model or the bios

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Name: plasmalady
Date: May 20, 2002 at 11:39:11 Pacific
Comment:

Bios date:06/21/96 Bios type:Award Modular Bios v4.51PG Bios ID:06/21/96-i430VX-2A59Ht5BC-00 Bios Eval:Release 07/02/1996s Chipset:Intel Triton 430VX rev 1 Superio:UMC 8663b rev 0 found at port 108h Pentium-s 166mhz Win98se What is my mother board?Pcchips 525 is close but not it.Help need to get a bio's upgrade.Can't unless I find manufacturer & model# have been looking for days!



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Response Number 1
Name: Dan Penny
Date: May 20, 2002 at 11:45:12 Pacific
Reply:

Find the FCC number on the mobo and go here;

http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/

There's a good possibility that this will ID your mobo.


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Response Number 2
Name: evonok
Date: May 20, 2002 at 11:45:33 Pacific
Reply:

Plasmalady,


go to www.crucial.com ... and down lod thier prog that will interrogate your m/board and supply all the details you need,
'evonok'


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Response Number 3
Name: pat
Date: May 20, 2002 at 11:59:45 Pacific
Reply:

Try Belarc advisor:
http://www.belarc.com/


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Response Number 4
Name: trvlr
Date: May 20, 2002 at 13:15:25 Pacific
Reply:

Follow Pat's advice - Belarc.exe will generate a complete report of what's what in your system; including software licenses etc...


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Response Number 5
Name: CC Ryder
Date: May 20, 2002 at 13:42:45 Pacific
Reply:

What WimBios page says:

Note: The Award BIOS id for Tyan is T5. There is one exception: if your BIOS Number starts with 2A59H and then t5 or
T5, then your motherboard was not manufactured by Tyan. 2A59H indicates an illegal chipset id which might mean
that the manufacturer (not Tyan!!) did not pay Award for the BIOS core.


2A59Ht5BC-00: PCCHIPS Manufacturing Limited (Fugutech) M520 or M525 or Elpina - Amptron PM7900 orMG Microgram
(model:??) or PM-8815A VX-PCI Board or ALTON Aries + or Elpina Topsearch TS-M-8VOC or ASEAGATE VXor Amptron
PM-8800 or Concord COA-520 or Pine PT-7502 or EL-J19 or Eurone EM-5100V or Amptron PM8900
You don't know which one to choose ? Then take this advice: Go to all the companies websites and compare specs,
pictures, manuals with your board. It is possible that some of the above models are the SAME board but I can't
garantuee you that a BIOS from another brand will work on your board.
These boards are real cheap so you'll have to live with less support then a brand like e.g. Abit, Shuttle, Asus,..

Is that more than you wanted to know?

CC Ryder


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Response Number 6
Name: Tom
Date: July 5, 2002 at 23:28:51 Pacific
Reply:

CC Ryder's got it...it's a PCChips board from hell!!!! Go To http://microelec.uab.es/~marin/lottery.html


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