Bios upgRADE FOR M/B m930LR

[rjp21]

Looking for a BIOS upgrade for the following:

Motherboard-M930LR (according to EZBPC.com)
BIOS string- 62-0729-001131-00101111-040201-sis64x-m930lr
Bootup says it's an AMIBIOS date 07/29/2002

Thought the motherboard was manufactured by ECS, but may be a PCChips.

Running Win2k

384M Ram

Tech Support from EZBPC.com lists the BIOS as M930-11.exe

Cannot obtain it.

System IS running fine, but SiSoft Sandra says that I should update the BIOS as there are host controllers disabled and that SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate

[CERuppel]

Sounds like a PC-Chips board to me.

And before you go and try a "new" BIOS, try this:

Look at the SiSoft listing of items that are disabled and compare that list to your mobo features. My guess is that you will notice some kind of pattern. Next look at your mobo (physically). There should be some jumpers on the board that are not on any of the diagrams in the manual. I have found that these (on PC-Chips boards) are on/off switches for the various onboard features.

PS: The 'LR' at the end of the mobo number for a PC-Chips board would normally mean Lan and Sound. I think...

[Kuasimodem]

The 3rd group of numbers in your bios string identify your motherboard manufacturer, which is Elitegroup Computers (ECS).

ECS, Amptron and PCchips are all the same company, hardware-wise. Although ECS tends to use a different series of model numbers for the same motherboards.

The latest bios that Amptron lists is April2002, which predates the one you have. PCchips does not list that board at all.

A search of ECS's website for m930lr came up nil. Could you check the bottom PCI slot for a sticker on the side that faces the bottom of the case and look for a model number? I have a small mirror that I lay on the bottom of the case to do this, works like a charm

EDIT - Also need the revision number (ver 1.0, ver 5.1a, etc).

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

You have the most recent bios for the PCChips M930L (there is no R according to thier site tho most resellers list it. I'll keep looking into it.)

Quote:

The most current mainboard code system is as the followings:

1. CPU—M7: socket 370, M8: AMD CPU, M9: Pentium 4
2. Chipset (second digit)— 0: Intel, 1: ALi, 2 & 5: VIA, 3 & 6: SiS (only P4 models follow the rule);
3. Form Factor (third digit)—Even: ATX, Odd: microATX (only new models follow the rule)
4. Onboard CPU—C: CPU onboard
5. Extension model—A: advance, B: to be define, E: economic
6. Functions (in alphabetical order)—F: Firewire (1394a), L: LAN, R: RAID, U: USB2.0

For more detail, please refer to the following mapping table:
For more detail, please refer to the following mapping table:

For more detail, please refer to the following mapping table:
Socket 423 \ 478 	Socket A
Before 	   Now 	         Before 	Now
M902LR 	 M902L 	     M805LR       M805L
M903ULR M903LR 	   M810LR 	M810L
M906ULR M906LU     M812LR       M812L
M920LR 	 M920L 	     M817LR 	  M817L
M921LR 	 M921L       M821LR       M821
M922LR 	 M922L 	     M825LR 	  M825L
M925LR 	 M925L 	     M830LR       M830L
M927LR 	 M927L 	     M831LR 	  M831
                                M841LR       M841L
M930DLR	M930L 	M841AULR   M841ALU
M935DLR M935L 	M846FLR     M846FL
M935DAULR 	M935ALU 		
M935DELR 	M935EL 		
M938FULR 	M938FLU 		
M950FULR 	M950FLU

So yours if it has built in LAN but no raid would be

M9 3 0 L

And you have the most rescent bios for this, The old model # was M930DLR

Do you have raid?

[CERuppel]

Hey thanks for the idea (mirror) Kuasi!

Sorry for jumping the gun on the PC-Chips thing. I have had one to many problems with them. Not that they don't work, but that so much is not documented, or available (drivers anyone???).

BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.pcchips.com.tw/product/M930ALUv5x.html

Take a look here and let us know.

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

http://www.pcchips.com.tw/product/M930L.html

[Kuasimodem]

Is this your board?

[fyxxer32]

According to this page that is the latest bios, scroll to socket 478. Hey there is a D in there!M930LR