BIOS upgrade

[letulechuga]

i was actually willing to shell out for a 300 gb harddrive, but before i decided to buy, i did some research. it came out to be that i needed to upgrade my bios in order to be able to use such a large storage device. well i googled my BIOS and got some responses. found this service and when the guy was ready to send me the update he said it was going to cost............69.95!
I personally thought the whole thing was going to be free, since i am already paying for a hdd and i paid for my motherboard.....well the point is that those fellers will use every opportunity to get some nice $$$ out of you.
perhaps someone can help and send me a little link to upgrade the Phoenix-award BIOS from 2003
B.

 

[Peter]

Practically every post-1996 mainboard has a FlashROM chip for the BIOS, and can be updated purely by software.
Visit your board maker's web site, download everything that's needed for the update procedure, read the instructions - and then do it.

 

[letulechuga]

will do.
thanks a bunch

 

[Peter]

You're welcome. Do come back here if you are the least bit unsure about what to do - doing it wrong might end you up actually paying those $70 for a correctly programmed new chip

 

[DJMiX]

What board is this for ?

You can flash the bios yourself, but it's not 100% error proof.


you shouldn't have to pay more than $30 (range $30 -> $15) for a new bios chip if the board is NOT OEM.

 

[letulechuga]

got it all done folks.
flashed the BIOS with a new update from the manufacturer. from version 1.02 to version 1.04
thanks alot.
new question: will a 220W power supply run a Leadtek Geforce 6800GT, a p4 @ 2.8 with 533 FSB an ide hard drive a CDRW a floppy and 2 Gb of Patriot 333mhz ram?

 

[Promethply]

Your power supply may not be enough for your system. Instead, get at least a 430W ones, such as the Antec TruepowerII 430W.

 

[letulechuga]

Und wo kann ich es finden?

 

[Promethply]

Originally posted by: letulechuga
Und wo kann ich es finden?

Huh

Newegg carries many PSUs, including Antec, or if you want to save a bit, go for the 450W XClio:

XClio PSUs

or

Antec PSUs

 

[letulechuga]

das ist wunderbar, aber ich brauhe einen micro atx. ich habe ein ICVG61 computer.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: letulechuga
das ist wunderbar, aber ich brauhe einen micro atx. ich habe ein ICVG61 computer.

Who r u? What did you do to the first guy?

 

[Promethply]

Originally posted by: letulechuga
das ist wunderbar, aber ich brauhe einen micro atx. ich habe ein ICVG61 computer.

Just select Micro ATX in the menu box under "Type"

 

[letulechuga]

oh ok.
i am the same guy lol.
i just know German.
and apparently promethply knows it too, but doesn't utilize it. strange...lol

 

[Peter]

If Promethply knew any German, he'd know that "... is our only home" translates to "... ist unser einziges Heim"

220W is way too weak, the GF6800 alone eats half that.

 

[letulechuga]

yea i noticed something weird about that.

 

[Promethply]

Originally posted by: Peter
If Promethply knew any German, he'd know that "... is our only home" translates to "... ist unser einziges Heim"

220W is way too weak, the GF6800 alone eats half that.

Hey, thanx Peter, I'll update my sig now -- cheers

 

[letulechuga]

Maybe you should put a "Die" in front of Geliebte.

 

[Promethply]

Originally posted by: letulechuga
Maybe you should put a "Die" in front of Geliebte.

Thanx, but I'll just leave it that way

 

[letulechuga]

Hey it's your phrase

 

[Promethply]

Originally posted by: letulechuga
Hey it's your phrase

Did you end up getting a more powerful micro ATX PSU?

 

[letulechuga]

i'm actually getting an alomst full system but without a video vard (what were the chances of that? since video is one thing i dont need) with a powerful enermax in it. the seller is karrillion. and the deal is really great. he should be shiping today.