luth-astro{at}earthlink.net wrote:

>Ever since I got my last mobo (Epox8K3A+) new, I've had a screwy thing
happening to/in/of/for/with/about (whatever) the BIOS.  Every week or two I
get a warning that something has gone wrong in the BIOS and I have to
correct it.
>
>Sorry I don't have the exact words.  Something about a voltage change.
>
>Just before this happens, at boot the post screen never comes up -
>remains black.  The reset button usually doesn't help.  I have to power
down before I can get a live screen.
>
>It usually seems to be OK if I just open the BIOS settings, close them
>and go on.  But sometimes some settings will be changed.  More than
once it went back to default settings in this case.
>
>I have never found an update for the BIOS.  At least one that doesn't
>say it requires windows (nonsense?).  Does this sound like a firmware
>problem or a hardware problem?  Or take my pick?
>  
>

Hi Jim,
Sounds to me like the symptoms one gets when the FSB/RAM speed settings 
are out of whack [mismatched]! It's a safety feature to stop the system 
blowing up!

Just get the BIOS update, they're virtually all DOS-based anyhow, you 
just "need" Windows to extract the ROM file and the Flash utility 
itself, which you can then add to any bootable DOS diskette.  You can 
probably extract all the files using ZIP.EXE [OS/2 version]! :-)

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Regards,
Mike

Failed the exam for
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MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert
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[ISP blocks *.exe, *.cmd, *.bat, *.reg attachments]
[Please use zipped versions of above]




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