how to find right update for my BIOS?

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Chris

I'm about to move from Win98 to XP, and put in a new (bigger) hard
drive, so it seems a good time to upgrade my AMI BIOS.

I have a Gigabyte motherboard, a GA-6VXE7+

However when I go to the giga-byte web site, the upgrade that they
offer says: supports Intel Pentium III Coppermine D CPU (only PCB3.0)

However my processor is an Athlon 1GHz - so will it still work? AMI
say that they can supply the latest upgrade, but they charge nearly
$30.


I would be grateful for any advice on this. If it's any help, the
full BIOS ID is:

BIOS date: 08/21/00

BIOS id: 62-1005-001199-00101111-071595-IRONGATE-GA7IX002

OEM sign on: 7IXE4 F7

Chipset: AMD 751 rev 37


Many thanks!
 
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Plato

Chris said:
I'm about to move from Win98 to XP, and put in a new (bigger) hard
drive, so it seems a good time to upgrade my AMI BIOS.
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What specific feature of the bios upgrade do you need?
 
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kony

I'm about to move from Win98 to XP, and put in a new (bigger) hard
drive, so it seems a good time to upgrade my AMI BIOS.

I have a Gigabyte motherboard, a GA-6VXE7+
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Either it's not a 6VXE7+, or you don't have an Athlon in it.
That is a socket 370 board, won't run an Athlon.
However when I go to the giga-byte web site, the upgrade that they
offer says: supports Intel Pentium III Coppermine D CPU (only PCB3.0)

However my processor is an Athlon 1GHz - so will it still work? AMI
say that they can supply the latest upgrade, but they charge nearly
$30.


I would be grateful for any advice on this. If it's any help, the
full BIOS ID is:

BIOS date: 08/21/00

BIOS id: 62-1005-001199-00101111-071595-IRONGATE-GA7IX002

OEM sign on: 7IXE4 F7

Chipset: AMD 751 rev 37


Many thanks!
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You appear to have a GA-7IXE4, currently running bios rev.
F7. Confirm that this is correct (it should be printed on
the board itself), and here's the webpage for 7IXE4,
http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Products/Products_GA-7IXE4.htm
which has a link to the bios updates for THAT board... all
you have to do is confirm it's the same as yours.
 
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