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  • February 16, 2000 at 3:13 am #2082792

    Patches & Bios Upgrades

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    by ffbb · about 24 years, 2 months ago

    Need patches & bios upgrades for the following:
    1.) 486-100
    2.) 386 DX25
    3.) 486-66
    Can someone direct me to where I might be able go and get a download? Plus any help me material on the three.

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    • February 16, 2000 at 3:40 am #3897863

      Patches & Bios Upgrades

      by jptech · about 24 years, 2 months ago

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      Well first we need to know the model of the PC (eg. IBM Personal Computer, Compaq presario)or the name of the mother board maker and the model type of that (eg. Asus PVI-486AP4). Then you could either go to the website of the PC maker or you could go to drivershq.com and goto BIOS, it will point you in the right direction for bios updates.
      You can usual search for updates for a specific model.

    • February 16, 2000 at 5:03 am #3897861

      Patches & Bios Upgrades

      by avachon · about 24 years, 2 months ago

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      Hi, when your machines first boot up and run through memory check, etc. you’ll see the bios name and number at the bottom of the screen (e.g., phoenix xxxxxxx…). For the bios you can either go to the bios’ site such as phoenix or award (with thatversion number) or to the manufacturer of your pcs. If you have no documentation concerning your machines, download a freeware utility named “sandra” from http://www.zdnet.com. Conduct the search for the utility under (of course) utiltities. This will give you a lot of information and some more advanced info. is available if you are willing to purchase and register the software (around @20.00-$30.00). For older machines, this may well be a quick way to find out specs.

    • February 16, 2000 at 9:36 am #3897846

      Patches & Bios Upgrades

      by csheltcomp · about 24 years, 2 months ago

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      http://www.windrivers.com go to advanced search and then click on the hyperlink for bios

    • February 16, 2000 at 11:57 am #3897834

      Patches & Bios Upgrades

      by rindi1 · about 24 years, 2 months ago

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      First you will have to find out what BIOS make you are using (AMI, AWARD, etc.). Then go to the website of that manufacturer. Now you should ba able to find your mainboard manufacturer with the help of the BIOS serial number during startup (at leastwith an AMI BIOS, this should work). Once you have found your hardware, you should be guided to the correct files you need to download.

    • February 16, 2000 at 1:57 pm #3897830

      Patches & Bios Upgrades

      by dmiles · about 24 years, 2 months ago

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      Here are a couple of sights that might be of interest that you can get downloads to fit your needs-PC Drivers.com and Updates.com
      Check with your local computer stores they will be your best option for materials that you may get for little or nothing.

    • February 16, 2000 at 5:05 pm #3897819

      Patches & Bios Upgrades

      by vlads · about 24 years, 2 months ago

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      You can’t find patches & Bios upgrades for these machine.

    • February 23, 2000 at 1:32 am #3897613

      Patches & Bios Upgrades

      by jeremy · about 24 years, 2 months ago

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      Most pre-Pentium motherboards had their bios stored on a removable chip, and to upgrade the bios, you had to change the chip. This was due to not being able to flash upgrade the bios.
      These chips are usually clearly labelled, so check your motherboard. If it shows the manufacturer, then I would recommend getting in touch with them regarding obtaining a new chip.

    • February 28, 2000 at 8:18 pm #3900550

      Patches & Bios Upgrades

      by dmitry · about 24 years, 1 month ago

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      Go to http://www.ping.be/bios there is A gigantic list of manufacturers web sites. Get your new BIOS upgrade there. There you can find all info you need about bios upgrades etc.

    • March 25, 2000 at 2:42 am #3901557

      Patches & Bios Upgrades

      by mdaft · about 24 years, 1 month ago

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      It’s more than likely that the bios for these motherboard are not upgradeable. I wouldn’t bother personaly, I would just upgrade the boards.

    • September 11, 2000 at 5:38 pm #3743031

      Patches & Bios Upgrades

      by ffbb · about 23 years, 7 months ago

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