Bios upgrade help

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 11, 2004, 04:05 AM

My parents a few years ago bought one on these and are haveing some problems so i figured I'd do some updating before I get into to much testing. Purn out pro tevia went belly up and system bought the company and thew thier support to the winds I would gess since thier look up page yelded nothing about this old pc... http://www.systemaxpc.com/

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/computers/proteva.htm

It has the bios string at the top... FR520 ver V.00.01.15

A search on FR520 yields ... Packard bell FR520 Miami

(pakard bell was bought by nec and they stils bussiness in europe)
http://support.packardbell-europe.co...80200.asp?c=ap

The bios string in wich I would normally look since thie board bear no model number (like most packard bell bords do, just 2 serial numbers and a batch number)

here is the bios sting it seem like it been altered like they took the branding off a packerd bell custom ade bard.... becouse this sting isn't normal becouse I can't make out the info I need other wise I could use the correct maker etc by going here to look up all i needed to http://www.wimsbios.com/numbers.shtml

52-0724-001259-001595-SIS530-001-01-SIS530-H

Ut's useing a sis 530 northbrige with a sis 5595 south bridge

I'm a little stumped some help / advice would be hot

EDIT:

I'm sure it's the packard bell miami bard now that I fond a pic this is the eact board I have..
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/pb/mb/miami.htm

So I should be safe useing the much updated packard bell bios?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 11, 2004, 04:37 AM

Flashing ......

crosses fingers

IT worked Yep the display a boot sting are still the same excpt for the updated version info !!!

Ok it worked after a cmos clear and boot to desktop...

but now no boot WTF?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 12, 2004, 04:38 AM

thankx for the help

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Jul 12, 2004, 04:41 AM

well the PC booted fine so i dont think the bios flash went wrong...is it running 98? Check the cpu settings if there are any...and try resetting the cmos.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 12, 2004, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sourcer_2002
well the PC booted fine so i dont think the bios flash went wrong...is it running 98? Check the cpu settings if there are any...and try resetting the cmos.

I did it doesn't make since... I get no video and the fans and hdd kicks up....

ever with nothing but mobo (built in video),ram,cpu i get no video.....

Malus · Jul 12, 2004, 05:00 AM

Maybe the BIOS is the wrong one, one that doesn't support onboard video.

Or, there is some setting that looks for an add-in video card and it can't find one.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 12, 2004, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Malus
Maybe the BIOS is the wrong one, one that doesn't support onboard video.

Or, there is some setting that looks for an add-in video card and it can't find one.

Nope .. freaking wierd i took to apart i mean all the way out and the pc in pices then .. let it set over night ... no cmos battery... no power nothing

put it back in...

re assembled fired right up...

but for how long I wonder

It's the write bios its just acting verry oddd

pr0digal jenius · Jul 12, 2004, 05:26 PM

is it a Beta BIOS?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 13, 2004, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by pr0digal jenius
is it a Beta BIOS?

nope I fouind yet another updated bios 1.29 and it seems to working better now

pr0digal jenius · Jul 14, 2004, 04:21 PM

glad to hear it...and the rule with BIOSes is: if it aint broke, dont fix it.....which is why my old rig still have a November 2001 BIOS

Vampyromaniac · Jul 15, 2004, 08:03 AM

me too, I have a Feb 2001

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 15, 2004, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pr0digal jenius
glad to hear it...and the rule with BIOSes is: if it aint broke, dont fix it.....which is why my old rig still have a November 2001 BIOS

rules does not apply with, software/drivers/firmware/bios

and it wouldn't bee updated unless thier was somthing woring with it.

(so accoirding to the rule everone would be running 386's with dos 3.0 lol)

Vampyromaniac · Jul 15, 2004, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by The_Neon_Cowboy
rules does not apply with ... bios

and it wouldn't bee updated unless thier was somthing woring with it.

Yes, it does.

And yes, it can.
Example: new BIOS came out to recognize name of the new CPU that came out. nothing wrong with "old" BIOS, zero need to update.

but, of course in your case, something was wrong, and updating the BIOS made sense.

Jul 11, 2004, 04:05 AM	#1
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Bios upgrade help My parents a few years ago bought one on these and are haveing some problems so i figured I'd do some updating before I get into to much testing. Purn out pro tevia went belly up and system bought the company and thew thier support to the winds I would gess since thier look up page yelded nothing about this old pc... http://www.systemaxpc.com/ http://www.consumeraffairs.com/computers/proteva.htm It has the bios string at the top... FR520 ver V.00.01.15 A search on FR520 yields ... Packard bell FR520 Miami (pakard bell was bought by nec and they stils bussiness in europe) http://support.packardbell-europe.co...80200.asp?c=ap The bios string in wich I would normally look since thie board bear no model number (like most packard bell bords do, just 2 serial numbers and a batch number) here is the bios sting it seem like it been altered like they took the branding off a packerd bell custom ade bard.... becouse this sting isn't normal becouse I can't make out the info I need other wise I could use the correct maker etc by going here to look up all i needed to http://www.wimsbios.com/numbers.shtml 52-0724-001259-001595-SIS530-001-01-SIS530-H Ut's useing a sis 530 northbrige with a sis 5595 south bridge I'm a little stumped some help / advice would be hot EDIT: I'm sure it's the packard bell miami bard now that I fond a pic this is the eact board I have.. http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/pb/mb/miami.htm So I should be safe useing the much updated packard bell bios? __________________ Last edited by The_Neon_Cowboy; Jul 11, 2004 at 04:10 AM.

Jul 11, 2004, 04:37 AM	Thread Starter #2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Flashing ...... crosses fingers IT worked Yep the display a boot sting are still the same excpt for the updated version info !!! Ok it worked after a cmos clear and boot to desktop... but now no boot WTF? __________________ Last edited by The_Neon_Cowboy; Jul 11, 2004 at 05:17 AM.

Jul 12, 2004, 04:38 AM	Thread Starter #3
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	thankx for the help __________________

Jul 12, 2004, 05:00 AM	#6
Malus BSD SMASH! Join Date: May 2002 Location: A rabbit hole. . . Posts: 1,170 Rep Power: 0	Maybe the BIOS is the wrong one, one that doesn't support onboard video. Or, there is some setting that looks for an add-in video card and it can't find one. __________________ quad (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel Q6600 - Asus P5E-VM HDMI - 2x2 GB Kingston PC6400 DDR2 Ram - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - 2xSeagate 1TB 7200RPM HD in RAID 1 via ZFS - Lite-On 20x DVD Multi Recorder - Coolermaster Centurion 5 router (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel E4500 - Intel D945GCNL - 2 GB PC6400 Mushkin Ram - Lite-On 48x24x48x16 - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - Silverstone SST-SG02-F wanderer (FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT): Lenovo Thinkpad T61p mini (OS X 10.5): Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8Ghz, 4 GB Mushkin PC5400 Ram - Headroom MicroDAC Portable sound: Rockboxed iPod Video -> Westone UM2's Not-So-Portable Sound: Headroon MicroDAC -> Singlepower PPX3-SLAM -> Grado RS-1's or Beyerdynamic DT-880's Very-Not-Portable-Sound: Squeezebox v3 -> Denon AVR-1507 -> B&W 683's & Sunfire HRS-10

Jul 15, 2004, 08:03 AM	#11
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	me too, I have a Feb 2001 __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Jul 12, 2004, 04:41 AM	#4
~~Sourcer_2002~~ BANNED Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indiana , USA Posts: 2,677 Rep Power: 0	well the PC booted fine so i dont think the bios flash went wrong...is it running 98? Check the cpu settings if there are any...and try resetting the cmos.

Jul 12, 2004, 05:26 PM	#8
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	is it a Beta BIOS?

Jul 14, 2004, 04:21 PM	#10
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	glad to hear it...and the rule with BIOSes is: if it aint broke, dont fix it.....which is why my old rig still have a November 2001 BIOS