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| Thread ID: 27010 | 2002-11-11 02:51:00 | updating the bios on a p166 mobo | kirstrol (1632) | Press F1 |
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| 97705 | 2002-11-11 02:51:00 | can anyone help to update the bios on my 166 I wish to fit a mmx 200 chip which runs at a lower voltage than the 166 thanks in anticipation |
kirstrol (1632) | ||
| 97706 | 2002-11-11 02:53:00 | I'd say that its not the BIOS that needs updating, but there's probably a DIP switch on the Motherboard. A manual for your M/Board would help you out there for setting it up correctly. Are there large White Letters written on the motherboard anywhere, that might be used as some sort of identifier? Cheers Chilling_Silence |
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| 97707 | 2002-11-11 03:10:00 | First off all you will need to check out the manufacturers website to see if your particular model can handle a mmx processor (I'm not sure if you have done this yet). A bios upgrade won't help you if the board just plain can't do the lower voltages (I think that quite a few classic pentiums motherboards couldn't handle the mmx voltages). The actual bios upgrade depends on what software the manufacturer released for the that particular bios version and motherboard monitor. I'd have to say though that it would involve using a dos boot disk and running the actual bios upgrade program from a dos prompt. The instructions themselves accompany the bios upgrade program and new bios binary file (usually). More info required. |
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