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"Iapetus" <> wrote in message news:go90om$7gl$...
> Brian Smith wrote:
>> "Iapetus" <> wrote in message
>> news:go8ud8$5g5$...
>>> Brian Smith wrote:
>>>> "Iapetus" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:go8tks$4um$...
>>>>> Brian Smith wrote:
>>>>>> Silly question...
>>>>> It is.
>>>> Cheers
>>>>>> where to find the current BIOS info from my pc?...
>>>>> What PC? Are we supposed to be able to see it from here?
>>>> XP
>>>>
>>> That's the Operating System, not the make of your PC/motherboard..!
>> ============
>> pc is a mongrel....Gigabyte motherboard
>
> Read this page before you think about doing anything, it's complicated for
> the uninitiated.
>
> http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/bios...h-guide-27576/
>
>
> But I would STRONGLY recommend you hold off the update until you try
> other things to sort your problem out, BIOS updates are usually a last
> resort.
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TVM...useful info. Read and digested...
..... successfully flashed the bios...all now working ok...had tried all
manner of things previously. Think it was the cpu the board didn't like and
hence sometimes but not always refused to boot.
Thanks.

"Brian Smith" <> wrote in message
news:go94j6$lgq$...
>
> "Iapetus" <> wrote in message
> news:go90om$7gl$...
>> Brian Smith wrote:
>>> "Iapetus" <> wrote in message
>>> news:go8ud8$5g5$...
>>>> Brian Smith wrote:
>>>>> "Iapetus" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:go8tks$4um$...
>>>>>> Brian Smith wrote:
>>>>>>> Silly question...
>>>>>> It is.
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>> where to find the current BIOS info from my pc?...
>>>>>> What PC? Are we supposed to be able to see it from here?
>>>>> XP
>>>>>
>>>> That's the Operating System, not the make of your PC/motherboard..!
>>> ============
>>> pc is a mongrel....Gigabyte motherboard
>>
>> Read this page before you think about doing anything, it's complicated
>> for the uninitiated.
>>
>> http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/bios...h-guide-27576/
>>
>>
>> But I would STRONGLY recommend you hold off the update until you try
>> other things to sort your problem out, BIOS updates are usually a last
>> resort.
> ==================================
> TVM...useful info. Read and digested...
> .... successfully flashed the bios...all now working ok...had tried all
> manner of things previously. Think it was the cpu the board didn't like
> and hence sometimes but not always refused to boot.
> Thanks.
================

It is tricky..was going to give some info...but u did it... well done Brian

Aardvark wrote:

> Brian Smith wrote:
>
>> Iapetus wrote ...
>>
>>> Brian Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Iapetus wrote ...
>>>>>
>>>>> What PC? Are we supposed to be able to see it from here?
>>>>
>>>> XP
>>>
>>> That's the Operating System, not the make of your PC/motherboard..!
>>
>> pc is a mongrel....Gigabyte motherboard
>
> Got a real aversion to giving relevant details, don't you?

Looks like a newbie troll-in-training. From his 2nd response, he
pretended he was befuddled. From his 3rd response, he deliberately
omitted the model as if "Gigabyte" would be helpful to anyone.

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:28:04 -0500, richard <>
wrote:

>During a hard bootup you are generally given instructions as to what
>key to press for entering setup or bios. Perhaps like F8, F12, or esc.
>Then you will be in a dos screen which should give you the info you
>seek.

Uhh no. You will be in a BIOS screen. Not a DOS screen.
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Iapetus wrote:
> Brian Smith wrote:
>> Silly question...
>
> It is.
>
>> where to find the current BIOS info from my pc?...
>
> What PC? Are we supposed to be able to see it from here?
>
>> I'd like
>> to find the name, reference or whatever, and date...and then be able
>> to compare with the latest available on the motherboard suppliers
>> web.
>
> If it is different why would you need to update it? If it's not done
> properly, and by the sound of it you're not that computer literate,
> you'll end up with a very big paperweight.