[ale] Motherboard

[Keith R. Watson]

At 11:04 AM 2/5/2002 -0500, Zyman, Andy wrote:
>Folks,
>I'm sorry for the following question : it's absolutely not *nix related, but
>google and all other search engines returns 0.
>I got this old 486dx66 crap. And immediately my friends "download" me all
>their old pieces of hardware :). So I'm trying to put all this together.
>I have this problem :
>  I'm trying to upgrade Bios ( AMI ) it (bios) says that i need to contact my
>motherboard manuf. from what i can it is tekram.com. But they don't have
>this board..
>board is g486hvl ver4.0.
>Any ideas?
>
>Thank You
>  Andy


Andy,

Here are some sites for finding a motherboard manufacturer via its BIOS string

Wim's BIOS
http://www.wimsbios.com/

Identifying your Motherboard with the BIOS
http://www.prosystech.com/hohweb/bios.htm


Another way of tracking down a manufacturer is by using their FCC ID 
number. You can search the FCC ID data base at:

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


These sites have info on motherboard manufacturers and associated 
technology such as BIOS and BIOS upgrades:

http://www.motherboards.org

Motherboard Manuals
http://www.prosystech.com/hohweb/manuals.htm

Motherboard Manufacturers WWW Addresses
http://www.prosystech.com/hohweb/mboard.htm

Dick Perron's motherboard WEB list
http://webpages.charter.net/dperr/mb_mfgs.htm


You can get third party BIOS upgrades from these sites:

Microid Research (MR. BIOS)
http://www.mrbios.com/

Micro Firmware
http://www.firmware.com/


If you want to know what all those BIOS settings do see:

The BIOS Survival Guide
http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/pcinfo/hardware/bios_sg/bios_sg.htm


Also Tom's Hardware Guide has a good write up on BIOS settings at:

The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)
http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/97q1/970101/index.html

keith
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Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/AIST
Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Tech Research Institute
keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
404-894-0836

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