BIO's update...

[thepizzaman]

ok so in my acer i want to update my bios.... the only problem is according to acer and to AMI (the said bios maker on my computer) my mother board doesn't exist..... well i can't find anythign about it anyway....... so could some of you guys help me out a lil? i'll try to find whatever you need to know...

 

[SCSIraidGURU]

On your motherboard, you should find the name and model it. It is usually in the middle of the board.

 

[thepizzaman]

that the thing with my acer mobo...... it has nothing anywhere i have looked........

 

[SCSIraidGURU]

I would call them. Putting on the wrong BIOS can cause problems. I don't see a BIOS page on their site. Sometimes, you need to contact support for a BIOS rev. What is your issue?

 

[thepizzaman]

well.... i want to see if a bios update will unlock the overclocking page...... right now i don't have one......
hm.... i really need some money to get a new cpu/mobo.....

 

[SCSIraidGURU]

I would never overclock.

I am looking for a new server board that can handle a pair of Intel Nehalem X5550 and a pair of 4870x2 video cards along with my 8708EM2 SAS RAID controllers. I want to upgrade to DDR3 1333 FSB RAM in triple channel mode. I talked with Supermicro about a new board. PC Power and Cooling has a 1200W power supply. I will get a HAF chassis and have the power supply customed wired for it. I also want to switch from Savvio SAS drives to standard 3.5" SAS 10K drives to reduce fan noise from the enclosures.

 

[archie123]

well.... i want to see if a bios update will unlock the overclocking page...... right now i don't have one......
hm.... i really need some money to get a new cpu/mobo.....

you dont have one mate because Acer have removed it , thats what you get when you buy a a manufactured PC from the likes of Acer/Dell etc , custom bios , thats also why your mobo doesnt seem to exist , because they renamed that too , then you have to goto Acer for a new one , nice aint they :P

incidently that model number you gave us is for the complete bundle , is there a specific model number for the tower , maybe we can look up the specs for you

 

[AstaLaVista]

I have found this link:

Acer Europe - Service & Support, Drivers & Utilities, Downloads, Desktop, Acer Aspire M1200 / M1201

According to that page, the Bios is R03-B2 but, it doesn't tell me anything... it may tell you something.

Trying to open the Pan American site was a pain in the A, well... you know! So I decided to use the European site.

 

[archie123]

it seems that pc uses pheonix award bios then

 

[thepizzaman]

@ archie hm... ok as far as i know.... that is also the computer model... and yes i know thats whati get for not doing a custom build...
@asta yes i have looked at that but couldn't find anything....
@ archie it might be..... cpu-z shows my mobo as a acer RS740DVF thats about all i can get out of it

 

[SCSIraidGURU]

Next time build your own.

 

[thepizzaman]

yea... learned that a little to late....

 

[SCSIraidGURU]

You could get a new board and chassis and move your stuff to it.

 

[archie123]

looking here UKT Support - Acer Motherboards

this is the list and settings for the Acer mobos (which do seem custom after all) the aspire ones are listed further down but as to which is yours i dont know , it also gives specific bios setting instructions but again nothing helpfull , i think its just too much of a custom board , no way of modding it

 

[SCSIraidGURU]

I would not do it unless you are absolutely sure. A new BIOS is $40-$50.

 

[thepizzaman]

oh well...... i guess i will get a new board...... once i get some money......

 

[SCSIraidGURU]

Supermicro sent me a beta BIOS a few months ago to test. It crashed the board. Took them 6 days to get me a replacement on their dime.

 

[thepizzaman]

wow......
i think i'll get a asus board sometime soon

 

[AstaLaVista]

@asta yes i have looked at that but couldn't find anything....

You mean you DID NOT see the file "BIOS_R03-B2_Windows" or the Bios Version you have is already newer than this?

I am confused!

 

[thepizzaman]

i did see the file but from what i read that is for the nvidia board not the ati one