Out Dated BIOS

My Bios are really old and I am not sure how to go about bringing them up to date can some one give some advise as to how to go about this?

~FIREDANCER~

 

Hi FireDancer...

Has something changed since your last "BIOS" post?? => http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=32572&highlight=BIOS

 

dobhar,

Well kinda I am feeling my machine is getting a bit out dated but is still new enough to keep updated. I am in the shopping phase of building a new machine as you can see here http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=32410 but still have some issues with a few things (understanding what kind of memory the new mobo will be able to use). I want to keep this machine and get it up to date as best I can. I ran some software called SiSoftware Sandra on it and I was told by the software that my machine needed to have the BIOS updated cus it was really old. If in fact you think that I should not attemp this then I wont. I am still trying to learn the internal working of my machine to become better knowledgable on keeping my hardware updated.

Regards,

~FIREDANCER~

 

Hello,

here is my current BIOS as posted by using Belarc Advisor

Bus Clock: 66 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 062710 07/15/97

I dont know but that date looks way old to me. 66 mgz UGHHHH!!!

~FIREDANCER~

 

If there are no problems I would say IGNORE that.

I agree.

BillyBob

 

Chister and BB,

I guess the verdict is in then..... my BIOS will stay as they are.
Thanks for the input

~FIREDANCER~

 

Christer

here ya go I got this from Belarc Adviser hope it helps hope you can tell me if I have a good mobo or not by looking at these specs thanks in advance.

Field Value
Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 62-0914-001437-00101111-071595-SiS730S$M810LRRelease 09/14/2001 S
Motherboard Name PCChips M810LR

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type DEC Alpha EV6
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 100 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 200 MHz
Bandwidth 1600 MB/s

Motherboard Physical Info
CPU Sockets/Slots 1
Expansion Slots 2 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 AMR
RAM Slots 2 DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, Video, LAN
Form Factor Micro ATX
Motherboard Chipset SiS730S

Motherboard Manufacturer
Company Name PC Chips Group of Companies
Product Information http://www.pcchips.com.tw/product.html
BIOS Download http://www.pcchips.com.tw/BIOS.html

~FIREDANCER~

 

Hi,

I went to PCchips.com and could not find my mobo which if I am correct is a M810LR, I do find a M810 9.0 but not the latter hmmm not sure if my mobo is outdated or not thanks anyways

~FIREDANCER~

 

If you can not find the correct MB, I would FORGET IT.

If your present MB and BIOS are doing all the you request/require of them I would not call them outdated. Other than what MS or Sandra or some software says.

I have MBs that go WAY BACK before Win95 and I have not found anything they will not run yet. UNLESS MAYBE, if I tried to go with XP I might run into problems.

BillyBob

 

Hello,

I did a little research at PcChips.com and found there archives on mobos and did not find my mobo on the amd socket A list but did find several links referring to it first link here shows my board.

http://www.pcchipsusa.com/prod-m810lr-v80.asp

And I found this post on there support site allthough not sure it is the same mobo there speaking of but I found the answer given to the question interesting.

http://www.pcchips.com.tw/PCCWeb/Support/FAQ_Answer.aspx?&FAQID=21029005&MenuID=46&LanID=0

Regards,

~FIREDANCER~

 

OK.

If you were to have that problem then I would maybe suggest an upgrade to the BIOS.

But unless you do have SPECIFIC problems related to the present BIOS I would suggest to LEAVE AS IS. And Update may fix one thing but may create another.

Been there and done that.

BillyBob

 

Suggest you replace the mobo with this one for $26.

Of course, check dimensions of your case.

 

As Christer and BB have said...if it ain't broke leave it. You've stated that your building a new box so I wouldn't worry about it.

At work, back before Y2k, I had to flash over 500 (Digital mfg.) puters to make them Y2K compliant. Let me tell you that was kinda hairy for the first few that I did. Luckily I only had only one pooch on me and even luckier there was a fix to unpooch and it worked.

Since then I've only flashed around 30 or so and that was also for a specific reason...not because the BIOS was an older version.

 

Hello

I am gonna leave the BIOS alone per all your suggestions and maybe take sparrows advice and upgrade the mobo and possibly the Proc thanks for all your replys it is appreciated.

~FIREDANCER~