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by bwi
Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Caps suppliers (pref UK)
Replies: 3
Views: 7505

Caps suppliers (pref UK)

Ok tried maplins they dont sell 1500uf caps anymore www.motherboardrepair.com hasnt answered three emails concerning kits shipped to the (ignorants prats) www.bad-caps.net wont ship to the uk because if customs :? Dont want to use RS (uk) as they are stupidly exspensive unless you have a trade accou...
by bwi
Sat Feb 28, 2004 7:54 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Intel or AMD?
Replies: 16
Views: 29505

I love my Amd chips espcially my xp1700 which runs at 38c at 2.2 ghz
by bwi
Sat Feb 28, 2004 4:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: vp6 and the bulging cap problem
Replies: 9
Views: 11242

vp6 and the bulging cap problem

I have just recieved a vp6 to replace my departed bp6 but it looks like some of the caps are bulging. I've had a search through the forums for topics and found a few that mention how people replaced the caps. But, i never really found any info about values of the caps (although a couple were mention...
by bwi
Fri Dec 12, 2003 3:04 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: FS: BP6, Celerons + Ram + GFX card etc
Replies: 2
Views: 3074

email sent

Bri
by bwi
Fri Dec 05, 2003 6:38 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTD: BP6 bios chip
Replies: 2
Views: 5532

I havent got an ISA gfx card around tbh.

I'll have a trawl around my mates to see if he has one and try to reflash.

thanks

Bri
by bwi
Wed Dec 03, 2003 4:19 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTD: BP6 bios chip
Replies: 2
Views: 5532

WTD: BP6 bios chip

If anyone has got a dead bp6 would you be willing to sell me the award bios chip as mine has become corrupt :o/


thanks

Bri
by bwi
Mon Dec 01, 2003 11:25 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Bios corrupt?
Replies: 8
Views: 10773

ok just dropped the board into a new case and its came up with


bios rom checksum error

please insert system disk


any ideas mate?

Bri
by bwi
Mon Dec 01, 2003 5:43 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Bios corrupt?
Replies: 8
Views: 10773

Video card is a Geforce 2 gts pro, but that worked fine when it was my system. Im wondering if its the psu actually as i just tried the ZM6 in the case and while it got further than the bp6 it failed as i tried to put windows onto the HD. I managed to fdisk the hd but as soon as windows does the sys...
by bwi
Sun Nov 30, 2003 1:35 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Bios corrupt?
Replies: 8
Views: 10773

ok tried it with different memory , took out a cpu and tried each in cpu skt 1. sometimes the comouter will lock while in the bios, sometimes when it comes up with some dma update sucess and then stalls. Other times a flashing cursor after showing all the drives etc , sometimes after messing with th...
by bwi
Sun Nov 30, 2003 10:12 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Bios corrupt?
Replies: 8
Views: 10773

Bios corrupt?

I transefered my bp6 to my daughters computer and for some reason now it just locks up at random times. Ive stripped the computer to bare minimum (m/b , mem, gfx card, cpu ) and it will lock up either after it says celeron 366 2 processors or within the bios. Now i have an old abit zm6 board with sa...
by bwi
Thu Apr 17, 2003 9:40 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Two 60gb drives possible?
Replies: 2
Views: 4917

Don't worry some clown forgot to partition the drive :oops:


Bri
by bwi
Thu Apr 17, 2003 8:46 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Two 60gb drives possible?
Replies: 2
Views: 4917

Two 60gb drives possible?

Ive just bought a 2nd HD to fit in my system. thing is Bios recognizes it no problem but win2k doesnt give it a drive letter but it is shown in device manager.


Anyone have any ideas?

bri
by bwi
Sun Mar 23, 2003 12:28 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Bios flashing newbie
Replies: 4
Views: 6779

Just to say that what hyperspace mentioned is spot on and worked a charm.


thanks

Bri
by bwi
Sun Mar 16, 2003 7:30 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Bios flashing newbie
Replies: 4
Views: 6779

Ok replying to my own post as ive found this page

http://fae.abit.com.tw/eng/download/bioshelp.htm

but it says i can make a bootable floppy without DrDos , well i aint got it and i aint paying for it so is there another way of getting the files onto a self booting floppy?


Bri

Im on win2k btw
by bwi
Sun Mar 16, 2003 3:38 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Bios flashing newbie
Replies: 4
Views: 6779

Bios flashing newbie

Hi all I've had some friends telling me its dead easy etc to flash my bios. Ive got a floppy with the latest bios RUHPT128 by roby and the files awdflash, abit fae and the bin file. My mate says it needs to be run from a dos prompt and files ive read say no command.com or autoexec.bak must be loaded...