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I have a box to upgrade that will not Boot from CD Rom (XP)
It must have been a Tiny (uk) machine with a MSI6340 Mobo
However the BIOS is AMI 6410 Based.NOT AWARD!
No bios updates seem to be available on the MSI Site.
It has everything onboard incl S3 Savage4 Graphics
CPU is a Duron 750
Modem on a CNR
Any Idea where I can get a bios update?
I may be incorrectly assuming it needs a BIOS update:confused:
A machine of that age should boot from cdrom - try another bootable cd? Try another cd drive?
Thanks NoNo
Tried both No Joy.
Actually have replaced the HDD (FUJITSU 3XXXAH)with a Maxtor 60Gb and tied in a new Sony CD . Still no joy.
Still come back to thinking its a BIOS issue????
guess so - exactly which tiny is it?
Damn that board got around - 4 revisions of it at MSI - then I fell over this snippet!
AAAH
Thats the nitty gritty NooNoo Idea.
Sandra tells me the Mobo is a MSI6340 with a AMi Bios.
Seems like a beta board?
BIOS ID 62-1211-000000-00101111-071595-KZ133
Will keep digging
:) :)
Thanks Noo Noo .
You are too quick with the replies
Halley is the board & chipset ties in & the Savage 4
Think you hit it on the button again.
Now understand your graphic!
Sorry am just a simple (Brunel) type Engineer
Nope made specially for Tiny and PB - gawd help us....
Can't anything more useful than the mobo manual on the Time site... PB - heh haven't had the courage to go digging in there tonight...
Edit: strike that, I just downloaded that manual which states AWARD..... :(
From Mobocop.org
Yer sol unless you wanna try to fry it with PB bios....Quote:
62-1211-000000-00101111-071595-KZ133 ami bios mobo model m-6340 ver 1 made by msi however purchased in bulk by a british manufacturer who applied their own bios....now gone bust apparently its also gfot onboard s3 agp but i use geforce2 1 ghz athlon 256 ram
3 available about half way down - under Halley
Edit: hmmm I wonder.... check the past post in this thread
Noo Noo not worth it
They will not pay!
High Risk
Anyway need to shift the other new builds (12no) off the bench. Savage4 Drivers? - Dont send me to back to the
It must be hell site
You sure can wade quick! You either have four servers or a big pair of wellies.
Thanks
Well, what I've learned from Ruslan in the past is that if a motherboard has to revisions of BIOS ie Award or AMI, you can flash it to either, and flash it back too ;)
Provided you are sure about the board revision, I'd say flash it to the award BIOS, But before you do, read Ruslan's BIOS recovery tips. :D