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  1. December 14th, 2007, 02:33 PM #1
    theguyfromplt
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    Question HP 8380 woes!!!

    I have a Pavilion 8380 with the Asus p2B98-xv motherboard in it. I want to put the Asus BIOS on it, but has anyone done this successfully? The phoenix BIOS sucks balls.
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    Welcome to Windrivers theguyfrompit
    Why would you want to? These boards are made specifically for HP and it is very unlikely that Asus even have a bios that might be compatible.
    Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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    What kind of problems are you having?

    HP has a BIOS upgrade here for your Pavilion 8380:
    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...&os=20&lang=en
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  4. December 14th, 2007, 02:55 PM #4
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    Why?

    The BIOS software that HP put in the 8380 is terribly limited- no options or adjustments. OH YEAH-- CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY MY BIOS SHOWS THE RIGHT TIME AND XP PRO SHOWS THE RIGHT TIME, BUT FRESHDEVICES SAYS MY SYSTEM TIME AND ACTUAL TIME ARE DIFFERENT. The CMOS battery had been dead a while, and I just replaced it but the PC's been plugged in the whole time and running.
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  5. December 14th, 2007, 03:05 PM #5
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    HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - The Computer Clock Loses Time (Windows 98, ME, XP)

    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...dlc=en&lang=en
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  6. December 14th, 2007, 03:10 PM #6
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    Fresh devices? People still use that stuff?
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  7. December 14th, 2007, 04:10 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by NooNoo
    Fresh devices? People still use that stuff?
    ...Yeah, everybody laugh it up, it's an old computer, but it probably runs better than most PC's its age. What's a good (by good I mean FREE) Monitor program for my Mobo? I googled around and saw that someone was using MBM5, but I can't get anything but my processor speed out of it. Is there a MoBo monitoring program for a Asus p2b98-xv?
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    No I mean fresh devices fill your spam box....

    MBM5 is a great program, but any monitor program is only as good as the sensors built into the motherboard. Phoenix bios I agree isn't much good, but at the end of the day, mass produced PC's like your HP are designed for the consumer who only wants to know where the on switch is.

    Sit down for a minute and think what you actually want to achieve with this PC, write these down. In the column next to it, write down why you want to do this. When you have justified it to yourself, post what you want to do and why and then we can be very specific.
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  9. December 15th, 2007, 06:43 AM #9
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    Speedfan's a nice free program for giving temps of hdd, cpu, system etc
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