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| Thread ID: 56222 | 2005-03-30 19:14:00 | I need to know which kind of motherboard I have and do a bios flash but.. | w4rrior (7749) | Press F1 |
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| 339723 | 2005-03-30 19:14:00 | how do I know I am flashing the right bios and how do I know which kind of bios I need? Details Product: Windows Operating System ID: 5 Source: ACPI Version: 5.2 Symbolic Name: ACPI_ERR_AMLI_ILLEGAL_IO_WRITE_FATAL Message: %2: ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to an illegal IO port address (%3), which lies in the %4 protected address range. This could lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. Explanation The system BIOS attempted to incorrectly access hardware resources concurrently with the operating system. This type of access cannot be synchronized and can cause system instability. User Action Contact the system vendor for an updated BIOS and follow the vendor's instructions for installation. Okay now the people I bought this computer off of are no longer in business its an old one already 1.2ghz and not much RAM or a big HD but this problem has only started now..? How can I find out all my system specs and get a BIOS flash? |
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| 339724 | 2005-03-30 19:33:00 | Please anyone help me it happens about ever hour when Im not even running anything except maybe Winamp and Firefox. | w4rrior (7749) | ||
| 339725 | 2005-03-30 19:34:00 | Welcome to Press F1 Download Everest from here (www.lavalys.com). It will give you all the details of your system. |
4bes (2848) | ||
| 339726 | 2005-03-30 20:58:00 | Apparently this error commonly arises with older BIOS's after installing Windows XP. So if that is your situation the easy way out would be to 'downgrade' to Win 98SE. If you do find a BIOS upgrade that is specifically for running XP, then do take care to read the instal details very carefully, and to make doubly sure you do have the right binary file for your motherboard. Google gives lots of hits typing in your basic error message, this is what MS say: (which is not all that helpful:) ) support.microsoft.com Edit: You really need a dos util to find your motherboard details since you may not be able to install and run a windows one with that error message problem. You could try Aida16 which runs from a boot disk, downloadable from here: shinobiresources.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 339727 | 2005-03-30 22:28:00 | You can find out your BIOS ID string during bootup. As soon as POST has finished, normally down the bottom left of the screen will briefly display a string of characters normally starting with a date following by groups of alpha/numeric characters separate by hyphens. When you see this string display, hit the Pause/Break key on the keyboard to halt the display. Then copy down the complete string. This key should be able to identify the manufacturer of your motherboard and the BIOS version. | Jen (38) | ||
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