I've been trying to figure out how to get my BIOS updated on my backup computer, and it has been a pain, probably cuz I don't know what I am doing.

It's a home brew computer so I ran a utility called ADIA32 to see what it had inside it. It reads the motherboard info and BIOS as listed below.

I have gone to Phoenix's website which was usless. I did google, but I could not find my motherboard or old or new bios listed....Am I hosed? Since about everyone on this board is more techie than I am, I am really hoping someone happens to know how/where to get this from. I really don't want to turn the motherboard into a brick...

Many Thanks!

**********MOTHERBOARD****************
Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 01/07/2005-KT600-8237-6A6LYA1HC-14
Motherboard Name Unknown

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type DEC Alpha EV6
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 200 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 400 MHz
Bandwidth 3200 MB/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 280 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 560 MHz
Bandwidth 4480 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties
Bus Type VIA V-Link
Bus Width 8-bit
Real Clock 80 MHz (ODR)
Effective Clock 640 MHz
Bandwidth 640 MB/s

********BIOS******************************
BIOS Properties
BIOS Type Award
Award BIOS Type Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Award BIOS Message
System BIOS Date 01/07/05
Video BIOS Date 04/07/05

BIOS Manufacturer
Company Name Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
Product Information http://www.phoenix.com/en/products/default.htm

Problems & Suggestions
Suggestion System BIOS is more than 2 years old. Update it if necessary.
Suggestion Video BIOS is more than 2 years old. Update it if necessary.

Best bet is to look inside the box at the top of the motherboard. Somewhere, it probably has the model number silk-screened (painted) onto the surface. Google that model number along with "BIOS".

Cheers

Nope, not that I can find...all I can find is a sticker that says KV7V-C51000924

Yes! It is an ABIT board...thanks...now I just need to figure out which bios to use...

Motherboard page here, bios download here.

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That's what the bios string seems to indicate as well. Abit KV7V

Thanks for all the help! I followed the directions (a first for me!) and it worked great!

Thanks again for all the help and proving that you are still willing to help an idiot who doesn't even have a working empeg!

Download and run CPU-Z. Then click on the Mainboard tap, this will show you your motherboard make, model and current bios version.

Any particular reason why you want to update the BIOS?

The best app I know for getting board/BIOS info is for linux. It's called "dmidecode" and should be included with most linux rescue USB/CD images.