Where to find a BIOS update for Award Modular bios V6.00 PG
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Where to find a BIOS update for Award Modular bios V6.00 PG
I installed a new faster CPU and sometimes when I boot up my comp it will do a blue screen crash and then when it runs the crash anaylist thing (I have windows XP Home edition) it says that it recommends a bios update. I did the hardware scan on this website this is what the results are:
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OS Information:
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OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
Processor:
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Current Clock Speed 2395
Description x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz
Memory (RAM):
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Bank Label Bank2/3
Capacity 536870912
Bank Label Bank4/5
Capacity 536870912
Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~1024 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 511MB
Disk Drives:
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Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model WDC WD2500JB-75GVA0
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 249999160320 (~233 GB)
Number of Partitions 1
Installed Printers:
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Motherboard:
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Manufacturer
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product
Serial Number
Version
BIOS:
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Manufacturer Award Software International, Inc.
Name Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Release Date 20011109000000.000000+000
Version VIAP4X - 42302e31
Monitor:
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Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 768
Screen Width 1024
Keyboard:
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Description USB Human Interface Device
Pointing Device:
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Manufacturer Microsoft
Name HID-compliant mouse
Manufacturer Microsoft
Name PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Sound Card:
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Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
Description Vinyl AC'97 Codec Combo Driver (WDM)
Device ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_45111106&REV_30\3&61A AA01&0&8D
Video Card:
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Adapter Compatibility NVIDIA
Adapter RAM 67108864
Description NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation)
Installed Display Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.5673
Driver Date 8/3/2004 10:29:56 PM
Video Mode Description 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors
DirectX Installation:
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Version 6.03.01.0146
Modem:
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Model SupraMAX 56i
Name SupraMAX 56i
Network Adapters:
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Description Wireless-B PCI Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Odyssey Network Services Miniport
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Microsoft TV/Video Connection
External Ports:
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External Reference Designator
Expansion Slots:
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Slot Designation PCI
Slot Designation PCI
Slot Designation PCI
Slot Designation PCI
Slot Designation AGP
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If any information is needed let me know I am new at this stuff and here LOL
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Re: Where to find a BIOS update for Award Modular bios V6.00 PG
Do you know who made your Motherboard?
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Re: Where to find a BIOS update for Award Modular bios V6.00 PG
Try this scan:
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
What is listed under:
Main Circuit Board
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Re: Where to find a BIOS update for Award Modular bios V6.00 PG
THanks..this is what it says:
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 11/09/2001
This is what is under System Model in case if it helps too
VIA Technologies, Inc. P4X266-8233
Last edited by IdahoFella21; 27-05-2005 at 12:42 AM.
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Re: Where to find a BIOS update for Award Modular bios V6.00 PG
Is that all the info under Main Circuit Board?
Does it not list the Board? the Serial # etc. ?
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Re: Where to find a BIOS update for Award Modular bios V6.00 PG
This is all the info it has for the top section before it says user accounts and all
Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) VIA Technologies, Inc. P4X266-8233
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.40 gigahertz Intel Celeron
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 11/09/2001
Drives Memory Modules c,d
249.99 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
227.98 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4481B [CD-ROM drive]
WDC WD2500JB-75GVA0 [Hard drive] (250.00 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMAL72393716, rev 08.02D08, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 249.99 GB 227.98 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
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Re: Where to find a BIOS update for Award Modular bios V6.00 PG
Hmmmm... Is this a custom built computer?
Award has this utility to for BIOS upgrades:
http://www.unicore.com/biosagent/index.cfm
If you want to continue to try to ID your board try this:
http://www.lavalys.com/products/over...ng=en&pageid=1
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Re: Where to find a BIOS update for Award Modular bios V6.00 PG
Yes it was.....my mom got the computer from COmputer Warehouse a local comp company..wasnt a brand name like DEll HP or anything like that...I got a DEll computer but my moms had AGP vid card and all so I put my INtel Celeron 2.4 GHz and she has a 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 and I put my 250 gig hard drive in it and thats basically all that I put in from my comp and my wireless modem...
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Re: Where to find a BIOS update for Award Modular bios V6.00 PG
Searching your chip set #'s just brings up people trying to ID boards.
There is some consensus that the board manufacturer would be defunct anyway.
The suggestion is to open the case & search the board for a label.
Maybe the above site (biosagent) will find something for you.
I am not sure if they charge or not.
Perhaps we can search from the exact string as seen here:
http://www.unicore.com/forms/leads/b...gradeform3.cfm
4. You will see a string that looks similar to:
51-0607-0111111-071595-82430VX(For AMI BIOS)
04/25/2000-i430TX-67x-2A59IB0BC-00(For Award BIOS)
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Re: Where to find a BIOS update for Award Modular bios V6.00 PG
YEah they charge 75 dollars for a bios update that they will email to you..frrankly..I dont got that much money LOL I was seeing if there isa ny way I can get a free bios update I dont see why to pay for 75 dollars LOL
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