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My computer is an old one.I don't know how to improve my BIOS
(motherboard) drivers or ?
Any free software?

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My computer is an old one.I don't know how to improve my BIOS
(motherboard) drivers or ?
Any free software?
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There are no bios drivers.
Any windows OS from 95 does not use the bios for anything other than for bootup.

Derek
 
Myitta said:
My computer is an old one.I don't know how to improve my BIOS
(motherboard) drivers or ?
Any free software?

Tag
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Find out the model number and manufacturer of your motherboard as well
as who the manufacturer of your BIOS is. Then go to your motherboard's
manufacturer's website and see if there is a BIOS flash utility and
updates for the BIOS. Should be free. There should also be instructions
for flashing your BIOS there.

NOTE: This is an *extremely* risky operation and you will need to first
go into your BIOS and write down EVERY CURRENT BIOS SETTING down on
paper. *Do not lose that paper* because sometimes flashing your BIOS
will remove those settings and before you start your OS after flashing
the BIOS, you'll need to restore those settings.

As for the motherboard, there should be (free) newer versions of the
drivers at that same website. Installing those should be fairly easy,
and again, there should be instructions there for doing this.

If I missed anything, I hope somebody else will jump in here and cover it.
 
Whoa there. Don`t try to upgrade your bios if you don`t know what you are
doing. As JC says, you can obtain an upgrade, if one exists, but your
question, along with the lack of information about your `old system` leads
me to believe that bios flashing would be dangerous for you to do. Drivers
can of course be updated if they exist for your `old one`, but again what
improvement you`d find is debatable. I`d suggest you just tidy up, ie.delete
all the rubbish off your drive empty cookies and temp files, then do a
defrag on your hard drive. Then you`ll see if the old girl goes any better.
best wishes..J
 
Whoa there. Don`t try to upgrade your bios if you don`t know what you are
doing. As JC says, you can obtain an upgrade, if one exists, but your
question, along with the lack of information about your `old system` leads
me to believe that bios flashing would be dangerous for you to do. Drivers
can of course be updated if they exist for your `old one`, but again what
improvement you`d find is debatable. I`d suggest you just tidy up, ie.delete
all the rubbish off your drive empty cookies and temp files, then do a
defrag on your hard drive. Then you`ll see if the old girl goes any better.
best wishes..J
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What if the BIOS isn't Y2K Compliant?
 
Mel said:
What if the BIOS isn't Y2K Compliant?
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Which?

The old one, the new one? What if? Did the OP give any indication that
Y2K compliancy was an issue? If you know what a non-y2k compliant
bios behaves like, I'd like to hear because I haven't come across that
problem.

regards,
-Sparky
 
Sparky said:
The old one, the new one? What if? Did the OP give any indication
that
Y2K compliancy was an issue? If you know what a non-y2k compliant
bios behaves like, I'd like to hear because I haven't come across that
problem.
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As I recall, as we all waited for the end of the world at 23:59:59,
31/12/99 (or 12/31/99 for the upstarts!), neither did anyone else.

You had to be there, it was like waiting for the nukes to fall in the 60s

mike
 
Which?
What?

The old one, the new one?
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Year 2000 (Y2K), only one AFAICT. Year 3000 (Y3K) is way too far in the
future.
What if?
What?

Did the OP give any indication that Y2K compliancy was an issue?
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Unfortunately the OP didn't offer much information, but if they had the
folks here would have helped with more specific information.
If you know what a non-y2k compliant bios behaves like, I'd like to
hear because I haven't come across that problem.
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Manufactures offered Y2K Compliant BIOS Updates to resolve issues with
the Time-Of-Date (TOD) Clock.
 
As I recall, as we all waited for the end of the world at 23:59:59,
31/12/99 (or 12/31/99 for the upstarts!), neither did anyone else.

You had to be there, it was like waiting for the nukes to fall in the 60s

mike
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I was there, laughing my tits off at the idiots who were bitching and
moaning about the end of the world. What a letdown for them. Most had
to go and hide, never to show their faces on usenet ever again. LOL.
 
John said:
Find out the model number and manufacturer of your motherboard as well
as who the manufacturer of your BIOS is. Then go to your motherboard's
manufacturer's website and see if there is a BIOS flash utility and
updates for the BIOS. Should be free. There should also be instructions
for flashing your BIOS there.

NOTE: This is an *extremely* risky operation and you will need to first
go into your BIOS and write down EVERY CURRENT BIOS SETTING down on
paper. *Do not lose that paper* because sometimes flashing your BIOS
will remove those settings and before you start your OS after flashing
the BIOS, you'll need to restore those settings.

As for the motherboard, there should be (free) newer versions of the
drivers at that same website. Installing those should be fairly easy,
and again, there should be instructions there for doing this.

If I missed anything, I hope somebody else will jump in here and cover it.
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Thanks John and others for good advices.
 
old said:
Whoa there. Don`t try to upgrade your bios if you don`t know what you are
doing. As JC says, you can obtain an upgrade, if one exists, but your
question, along with the lack of information about your `old system` leads
me to believe that bios flashing would be dangerous for you to do. Drivers
can of course be updated if they exist for your `old one`, but again what
improvement you`d find is debatable. I`d suggest you just tidy up, ie.delete
all the rubbish off your drive empty cookies and temp files, then do a
defrag on your hard drive. Then you`ll see if the old girl goes any better.
best wishes..J
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Very sound advice. Here's something that I did that really sped my
computer up. I cleaned it! Took the cover off and cleaned all the
dirt and dust out of it. The dirtiest thing was the CPU cooler.
I could have planted crops in that thing!

After cleaning it up, I couldn't believe how fast my old computer ran.
Made all the difference in the world.

This is just my experience and may have no relationship to the original
poster.

Doug
 
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