Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 20 Oct 1996 14:06:52 -0700 (PDT) | From | Rob Glover <> | Subject | Re: Am486/100 writeback processor reboot woes |
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On Sun, 20 Oct 1996, Toni Nikkanen wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Oct 1996, Ted Garrett wrote: > > > Richard Adams wrote: > > The problem is the motherboard's BIOS. Some motherboards support > > soft-reboot and some > > don't. I had this problem running an AMD486/100 with an early AWARD > > bios. Got a new motherboard running a later revision of AWARD bios, and > > it went away. Later changed to yet another motherboard running AMI > > bios, and the problem didn't come back. Now I test > > every motherboard I get, and if it doesn't reboot correctly, I send it > > back. > > Ahha! I have Award bios too (feb 95 release I think). Do you think there > could be any way around this problem, I'd like to try because I can't > send my motherboard back any more and I don't plan to buy a new one > either, because it's otherwise just fine. > > See if your BIOS is SOFTWARE upgradeable <i.e. if it is a FLASH bios :>, otherwise, you MIGHT see if you can get a new bios chip, but, that might be more trouble than its worth....
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