Bios help needed

Hi, first post here so excuse me if i've posted in the wrong place.

Am trying to find a newer version of a bios, I can't save any settings in this bios at the minute, it sticks and forces me to reboot. Am trying to do a fresh install and can't change settings to boot from cd rom. Have Tried jumpers and battery method and that doesn't work.

Here are the details I have for it ... Thanks in advance

BIOS Type: Phoenix-Award
BIOS Date: March 19th 2004
BIOS ID: 03/19/2004-Breeds-6A79APAMC-00-None
BIOS OEM: 03/19/2004 For Intel Breeds Hill Chipset - 6.00 PG
Chipset: Intel 2570 rev 2
SuperIO: Unknown
Manufacturer: Unknown
Motherboard: Breeds Hill

 

We need to get a motherboard make and model number.

 

Besides the mobo info, will the info in the change logs help you? I'm a person of bent , will upgrading help your issue? It usually doesn't unless you installed new hardware.

 

One thought is did you remember to remove the electric power before you removed the battery?

Also try F12 during the splash screen to see if that brings up a boot menu for one-time boot options. You may be able to select CD from there.

 

Hi, am having trouble finding the info, this is all I can find. Am trying to get more infor


Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 03/19/2004-Breeds-6A79APAMC-00
Motherboard Name Unknown

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel NetBurst
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 134 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 536 MHz
Bandwidth 4286 MB/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 167 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 335 MHz
Bandwidth 2679 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel Hub Interface
Bus Width 8-bit
Real Clock 67 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 268 MHz
Bandwidth 268 MB/s

----------------------------

Chipset Properties
Motherboard Chipset Intel Breeds Hill i848P
In-Order Queue Depth 12
CAS Latency 2.5T
RAS To CAS Delay 3T
RAS Precharge 3T
RAS Active Time 7T

AC'97 Audio Controller
Audio Controller Type Intel 82801EB(M) ICH5
Codec Name Avance Logic ALC655/ALC850
Codec ID 414C4760h

Memory Slots
DRAM Slot #1 256 MB (DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #2 256 MB (DDR SDRAM)

AGP Properties
AGP Version 3.00
AGP Status Enabled
AGP Aperture Size 128 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x
Current AGP Speed 4x
Fast-Write Supported, Enabled
Side Band Addressing Supported, Enabled

Chipset Manufacturer
Company Name Intel Corporation
Product Information http://www.intel.com/products/browse/chipsets.htm
Driver Download http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/index.htm

Problems & Suggestions
Problem Current AGP speed is lower than maximum supported. This may cause performance penalty.

 

Have tried all that, yeah removed all power. No idea what my sister has done to this computer but she's done a royal job on it :confused

 

To get the make and model of your motherboard run a tool called FreePCAudit from here:
http://www.misutilities.com/free-pc-audit/index.html

Attach the report to your next post.

 

I've done the everest scan and attached it to post. It is an Epox board, halfway to not confused now

 

Cannot load the web page, Don't think they're trading anymore fml. Thanks for all your help though

 

Yes, it looks like that company is out of business with no true website in operation. (in reality, you would have trouble upgrading BIOS with no CDROM available.)

What exactly do you mean by sticking? Does your keyboard work at all in BIOS? When you unplugged the computer and removed the battery for a few minutes, and then put back together and plugged in, was there no message about setting time and date or accepting BIOS defaults?

Try unplugging, remove battery for a few minutes. Unplug the HD, put the battery back, plug in and see if it boots to CD. If it boots to CD then turn off, unplug and reconnect the HD and plug back in and see if you can set to boot from Cd in BIOS. (Maybe forcing the BIOS to see changes in hardware will make it more responsive.)

 

Hello,
Here is an archive of the Epox motherboard BIOS files. I would not presume to know which one it is. Maybe somebody on the board can help.


BIOS:
http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/Archive/Epox/bios/index.html

 

Thanks for all the help, I found a later version of the bios needed by visiting ftp://72.245.251.214/ and entering epoxsupport as both username and password. It has all epox drivers there. Problem solved now.

Thanks for all the replies!

 

Cool man! Usually one only needs a hint of what to do and then they go off and find the solution themselves, at least the resourceful ones do! I'm glad you got it solved despite the posts.:-D