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I have an ASUS P5A-B mb with a K6-2/450 chip which is infrequently unstable and I've tried just about everything. I am looking for an updated BIOS and it's flash utility if anyone can help! Below is all the data from what I have now BIOS ID=B Date=10/19/99 Signon=10/19/99-ALADDIN5-P5A-B-00 OEM...

Try multiplying the amps listed on each item time the voltage to get the watts used for each device, add it up to get your total. You might not be able to find some specs on the mobo for instance, but most other parts have their current ratings somewhere on them. Some parts use multiple voltages...

My A7V used to spin up when you first applied power for about 2 seconds, I think the sales guy told me it was part of the POST. It no longer does this, does anyone know what this means?

Thanks rojay, neat little exe I found a few bottlenecks.... 50 sec on the enumerated floppy controller 25 sec on TCP/IP network (other pc's here are off and I'm the server) 24 sec on initing the ultra.mpd file...whatever that is, I'll check tomorrow when I'm awake again! That should shave a...

I have had my share of problems on my new Christmas present...A7V-Tbird800. My board used to fire up and shut down in <2 seconds when you first plug in. The sales dude said it should do this as part of the POST. My board stopped doing this amongst some of my hardware/software/BIOS alterations...