Posting guidelines for this forum

soupy · Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 1:41 pm Post subject: Posting guidelines for this forum

Please follow these guidelines for the Subject header of your post.

1. If your board boots, post your BIOS id string. (Have you tried to figure it out yourself, first?)

2. If your board doesn't boot, post your chipset or any model numbers listed on the board.

Denniss · Posted: Sun May 04, 2003 11:02 am Post subject:

Please always post your complete Bios-ID and the Bios Eval / OEM-Signon !!
This gives us the maximum information needed to find a correct Bios for you !

If you already have a Bios-ID the please visit the AMI/Award Bios-ID pages from our main page www.wimsbios.com - should be easy for you to find at least your mainboard manufacturer !

Easy way to get the Bios-ID and the Bios OEM Signon/Eval is by using the Unicore Bios Agent from our main page using the link in the top left corner (left of wimsbios Logo)
Please post only the part of the Bios Agent report as the examples show !

Bios Agent report looks like this :

BIOS Date: 02/04/99
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 02/04/1999-i440LX-W977EF-7160M-00
BIOS Eval: 7160M VER:1.0 02 WB
Chipset: Intel 440EX/LX rev 3
Superio: Winbond 977EF rev 1 found at port 3F0h

Another example :

BIOS Date: 04/17/98
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 04/17/1998-i440LX-W977TF-2A69JTJBC-00
BIOS Eval: TM-P2LX Ver:1.3
Chipset: Intel 440EX/LX rev 3
Superio: Winbond 977TF rev 0 found at port 3F0h

Example with Award 6.00PG Bios :

BIOS Date : 12/12/00
BIOS Manufacturer : Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID : 12/12/2000-M807-6A6LME19C-00
BIOS OEM Signon : Release 12/12/2000 W
BIOS ROM Size : Unknown
Chipset : VIA 82C305 rev 2
Super I/O Chip : VIA 686 found at 0h:7h:0h

Most important Information is highlightened