Award Software Bios Upgrade

[David Zeidman]

Hi,

I would like to upgrade my bios so that it can read the SSE
instruction set as required by Adobe Premiere Pro. I contacted
esupport who seem to be the main support for Award Software
manufacturers of the motherboard and they said they could get me a new
bios but that it would cost $80. Is this normal to charge for such
upgrades to a bios?

I was told that the new bios would work much better with WinXP as it
would work better with plug and play and it would "set the interuppts
itself"(?)

Can anyone advise if it is worth it and if I can get it anywhere else
cheaper.

Here are my specs:

BIOS CAPABILITIES TEST REPORT
===============================

Generated by: BIOS Wizard 2.10
Date: April 20, 2004
Time: 18:16

PnP Version : BIOS currently supports latest version
1.0
PCI Version : BIOS currently supports latest version
2.1
PCI IRQ Routing Table : BIOS currently supports this feature
Enhanced Disk Drive
Specification : BIOS doesn't support this feature
DMI Version : BIOS supports minimum version 2.2. Latest
is
version 2.3
ACPI Version : BIOS currently supports latest version
1.0
APM Version : BIOS currently supports latest version
1.2
Booting From CD-ROM : BIOS currently supports this feature
Supports ESCD : BIOS currently supports this feature
Can be Updated (flashed) : BIOS currently supports this feature
Can be Shadowed : BIOS currently supports this feature
BIOS Chip in Socket : BIOS currently supports this feature
Supports Selective Booting : BIOS currently supports this feature
Supports LS-120 Booting : BIOS doesn't support this feature
Supports ZIP Booting : BIOS doesn't support this feature
Supports Network Booting : The testing of this feature is not
supported by
the current DMI version
BIOS Manufacturer : Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID : 07/31/2001-VT8366-8233-6A6LVP8CC-00
BIOS Date : 07/31/01
BIOS OEM Signon : 07/31/2001 366X-AS FOR 366X-AS (Y2K
READY)
BIOS ROM Size : 256K
Chipset : VIA 82C3099 rev 0
Super I/O Chip : Winbond 83697HF found at port 2Eh


Thanks

David

[Pen]

http://www.wimsbios.com/index.htm?/numbers.shtml
This site will help you find the manufacturer of your mobo.
It definitely wasn't Award/AMI or Phoenix.
The maker should supply it for free.

"David Zeidman" <zeidman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9aa7ffeb.0404201717.20d09fe@posting.google.com... Hi, I would like to upgrade my bios so that it can read the SSE instruction set as required by Adobe Premiere Pro. I contacted esupport who seem to be the main support for Award Software manufacturers of the motherboard and they said they could get me a new bios but that it would cost $80. Is this normal to charge for such upgrades to a bios? I was told that the new bios would work much better with WinXP as it would work better with plug and play and it would "set the interuppts itself"(?) Can anyone advise if it is worth it and if I can get it anywhere else cheaper. Here are my specs: BIOS CAPABILITIES TEST REPORT =============================== Generated by: BIOS Wizard 2.10 Date: April 20, 2004 Time: 18:16 PnP Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.0 PCI Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 2.1 PCI IRQ Routing Table : BIOS currently supports this feature Enhanced Disk Drive Specification : BIOS doesn't support this feature DMI Version : BIOS supports minimum version 2.2. Latest is version 2.3 ACPI Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.0 APM Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.2 Booting From CD-ROM : BIOS currently supports this feature Supports ESCD : BIOS currently supports this feature Can be Updated (flashed) : BIOS currently supports this feature Can be Shadowed : BIOS currently supports this feature BIOS Chip in Socket : BIOS currently supports this feature Supports Selective Booting : BIOS currently supports this feature Supports LS-120 Booting : BIOS doesn't support this feature Supports ZIP Booting : BIOS doesn't support this feature Supports Network Booting : The testing of this feature is not supported by the current DMI version BIOS Manufacturer : Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG BIOS ID : 07/31/2001-VT8366-8233-6A6LVP8CC-00 BIOS Date : 07/31/01 BIOS OEM Signon : 07/31/2001 366X-AS FOR 366X-AS (Y2K READY) BIOS ROM Size : 256K Chipset : VIA 82C3099 rev 0 Super I/O Chip : Winbond 83697HF found at port 2Eh Thanks David

[soupy]

Thanks for the plug. :) This one, however, comes courtesy of the fine
folks at Plasma Online.

http://www.plasma-online.de/index.html?content=http%3A//www.plasma-online.de/english/identify/serial/mainboard/mb_azza.html

It's an Azza 366X-AS.




On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:31:56 -0400, "Pen" <pennospam34us@hotmail.com>
wrote:
http://www.wimsbios.com/index.htm?/numbers.shtmlThis site will help you find the manufacturer of your mobo.It definitely wasn't Award/AMI or Phoenix.The maker should supply it for free."David Zeidman" <zeidman@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:9aa7ffeb.0404201717.20d09fe@posting.google.com... Hi, I would like to upgrade my bios so that it can read the SSE instruction set as required by Adobe Premiere Pro. I contacted esupport who seem to be the main support for Award Software manufacturers of the motherboard and they said they could get me a new bios but that it would cost $80. Is this normal to charge for such upgrades to a bios? I was told that the new bios would work much better with WinXP as it would work better with plug and play and it would "set the interuppts itself"(?) Can anyone advise if it is worth it and if I can get it anywhere else cheaper. Here are my specs: BIOS CAPABILITIES TEST REPORT =============================== Generated by: BIOS Wizard 2.10 Date: April 20, 2004 Time: 18:16 PnP Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.0 PCI Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 2.1 PCI IRQ Routing Table : BIOS currently supports this feature Enhanced Disk Drive Specification : BIOS doesn't support this feature DMI Version : BIOS supports minimum version 2.2. Latest is version 2.3 ACPI Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.0 APM Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.2 Booting From CD-ROM : BIOS currently supports this feature Supports ESCD : BIOS currently supports this feature Can be Updated (flashed) : BIOS currently supports this feature Can be Shadowed : BIOS currently supports this feature BIOS Chip in Socket : BIOS currently supports this feature Supports Selective Booting : BIOS currently supports this feature Supports LS-120 Booting : BIOS doesn't support this feature Supports ZIP Booting : BIOS doesn't support this feature Supports Network Booting : The testing of this feature is not supported by the current DMI version BIOS Manufacturer : Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG BIOS ID : 07/31/2001-VT8366-8233-6A6LVP8CC-00 BIOS Date : 07/31/01 BIOS OEM Signon : 07/31/2001 366X-AS FOR 366X-AS (Y2K READY) BIOS ROM Size : 256K Chipset : VIA 82C3099 rev 0 Super I/O Chip : Winbond 83697HF found at port 2Eh Thanks David