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bios update?
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I want to install some ram in a friend's machine I ran belarc advisor which produces the following compaq pc g00bdbdc board: compaq 0708h bios: compaq 786k3 I am wanting to find a bios update. the machine is not a bios but the guy who built it can't remember what board he put into it, hence the use of belarc to do the id-ing. Can anyone help me find a bios update? Ive tried various google combinations but nothing coming up. Thankyou for any contributions |
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bios update?
Compaq/HP rarely issue BIOS updates unless to correct a really serious error.
The info from Belarc is meaningless to me. But why a BIOS update to install some RAM? It is normally not needed, provided the RAM meets the technical specifications of the motherboard... Ben Myers On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 14:07:28 -0800 (PST), etheesdad wrote: Hi I want to install some ram in a friend's machine I ran belarc advisor which produces the following compaq pc g00bdbdc board: compaq 0708h bios: compaq 786k3 I am wanting to find a bios update. the machine is not a bios but the guy who built it can't remember what board he put into it, hence the use of belarc to do the id-ing. Can anyone help me find a bios update? Ive tried various google combinations but nothing coming up. Thankyou for any contributions |
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On Jan 5, 8:07 am, etheesdad wrote:
Hi I want to install some ram in a friend's machine I ran belarc advisor which produces the following compaq pc g00bdbdc board: compaq 0708h bios: compaq 786k3 I am wanting to find a bios update. the machine is not a bios but the guy who built it can't remember what board he put into it, hence the use of belarc to do the id-ing. Can anyone help me find a bios update? Ive tried various google combinations but nothing coming up. Thankyou for any contributions thanks Ben, very much for your reply. I was advised that this may be necessary because the ram is 'new'. I managed to install it today without the bios update with no problem. Happy ending after all. |
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Makes sense. Adding memory or making other hardware changes (new video card,
new hard drive, etc) very seldom requires a BIOS update, unless the BIOS update corrects a limitation preventing the new hardware install. Glad it worked OK for you... Ben Myers On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 04:55:55 -0800 (PST), etheesdad wrote: On Jan 5, 8:07 am, etheesdad wrote: Hi I want to install some ram in a friend's machine I ran belarc advisor which produces the following compaq pc g00bdbdc board: compaq 0708h bios: compaq 786k3 I am wanting to find a bios update. the machine is not a bios but the guy who built it can't remember what board he put into it, hence the use of belarc to do the id-ing. Can anyone help me find a bios update? Ive tried various google combinations but nothing coming up. Thankyou for any contributions thanks Ben, very much for your reply. I was advised that this may be necessary because the ram is 'new'. I managed to install it today without the bios update with no problem. Happy ending after all. |
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