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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!cserver!patw
- From: patw@cserver.plexus.com (Pat Wilson)
- Subject: Re: Ramifications of changing BIOS's?
- Message-ID: <patw.722283480@cserver>
- Keywords: bios motherboard system
- Sender: news@cserver.plexus.COM
- Nntp-Posting-Host: design2
- Organization: Plexus Corp. -- Neenah Wisconsin
- References: <1992Nov19.002930.2961@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:18:00 GMT
- Lines: 14
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- ewadams@netcom.com (Ernest Adams) writes:
-
- >I recently wrote to this newsgroup asking how to detect my PC's
- >bus speed. The only solid answer that was forthcoming was that certain
- >versions of the AMI BIOS have a variable you can set which divides the
- >CPU clock to obtain the bus clock.
-
- >My AMI BIOS doesn't have this feature. I have an ASUS motherboard
- >manufactured in Taiwan, using the SIS chipset. I'd like to know
- >how easy it is to upgrade your BIOS... can you simply buy the latest
- >one from AMI and plug it in, or is it customized to the board?
-
- The BIOS is customized to the board, so you can't simply buy the latest
- one. Try calling AMI at 800-8289-264.
-