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sux2beme Aug 21, 2002

what kind of system do you have? why do u want to update the BIOS? you can usually hold the [DEL] key down at startup to get into the BIOS. updating the BIOS is very technical and you MUST kno...

delliott101 Aug 21, 2002

It's a generic system I built.. last upgrade was 2 years ago or so... I have a AMD P450 CPU and I bought a 40GB IDE HDD that the BIOS doesn't recognize... I went to a computer shop today and the ow...

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002

it don't reckanize???

to do a BIOS upgrade, you need to know your mobo brand and the BIOS chip brand. Ex: Award, AmiBIOS, etc. Then do a search on the internet for your mobo's web site and/or the BIOS manufacturer's web site. Each BIOS has different ways to upgrade...

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002

When it boots, push F2 or F1 ...it will bring you into your BIOS settings (for instance, adding a password) so you can check out what type you have got there.

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002

sorry, dave...in my first post on this thread, i put "DEL" in HTML code brackets. after reading skaorsk8's note, i noticed my post looks like bad english. i shall edit it now...

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