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:
PropertyValue
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

Do you know who made your Motherboard?

Try this scan:

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

What is listed under:

Main Circuit Board

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

Is that all the info under Main Circuit Board?

Does it not list the Board? the Serial # etc. ?

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

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

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...

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)

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