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["Keith Barrett" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi George,

Thanks for this and sorry for the late reply I did not notice your message 
among all the excitement.

So, how does one go about updating the bios?

I presume that there must have been problems with this board as this 
seems a large number of updates.

If I can work out how to do it, I will see if I can bribe my 9 year old to lend 
me her eyes although it is the wrong side of chrismas and I do not have 
much to bargain with.


On 2 Jan 2005 at 23:06, George Bell wrote:

> Hi Keith,
> 
> Looking at http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/bz/ and
> specifically at the BIOS, are you aware that between April
> 2003, and 1st December 2004, there have been no fewer than
> 33 BIOS upgrades!
> 
> Quite honestly, I'd be very reluctant to go any further
> until you have the very latest BIOS installed.
> 
> Indeed I would more than suspect that if you were to contact
> Intel's Technical Support people, they would ask you to do
> this before proceeding.
> 
> I know this is not an easy task to do, and that it will
> require sighted help, but you do need to start on a level
> playing field.
> 
> George.
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Barrett
> Sent: 02 January 2005 22:43
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: xp network problem
> 
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> Thanks for that.
> 
> I thought that 1930 connection may have been something to do
> with it.
> 
> I have no other network devices listed in device manager.
> 
> I have been getting the drivers from the intel web site.
> The network card is an onboard one so I got all the software
> for the mobo which is a d875pbz.
> 
> 
> Do you think it could be that this board is not xp
> compatible?
> 
> On 2 Jan 2005 at 22:12, Andrew Hodgson wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Start | run | cmd to get command prompt up.  Doing
> ipconfig won't do 
> > anything from run prompt because the command window will
> open, the 
> > program will run, display the info, then exit cleanly,
> causing the 
> > window to close only momentairly afterwards.
> > 
> > The 1394 connection (I assume your message meant this)
> would also
> show
> > up as a network device, it is a small port which sort of
> resembles a
> USB
> > port but will have a edge to it (sorry for explaining this
> poorly).  
> > It is for connecting cameras etc, and gives high data
> transfer rates.  
> > You may not have a connector, as there may not be a port
> on the case, 
> > so
> the
> > pinouts on the motherboard would be there, they just
> wouldn't go to 
> > anything.  On this machine which also has both ports, I
> have two items 
> > in the network applet, that of the LAN (Realtek Gigabit
> NIC) and a Via
> > 1394 controler.
> > 
> > As for the drivers, where exactly are you getting these
> from?
> > 
> > Also, just checking you are looking in the right place,
> are you 
> > getting to device manager by going into control panel |
> system | 
> > hardware | device manager?
> > 
> > Andrew.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Keith Barrett
> > Sent: 02 January 2005 20:22
> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: xp network problem
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Andrew,
> > 
> > Nothing in other devices.
> > 
> > How do I get to the command prompt in xp?
> > 
> > Do you mean the run dialogue box?
> > 
> > I get no response typing ipconfig in that box.
> > 
> > Do you know what this 1934 network connection might be?
> > 
> > Whenever I try to connect, I keep getting the message that
> the 1934 
> > network connection was unable to varify any ip information
> and nothing 
> > else.
> > 
> > I did try to remove this connection in order to start
> again but I 
> > think I have made things worse as now, when I go in to
> i.e. it tells 
> > me I need to connect or work offline so it seems that it
> is not even 
> > looking for a network connection.
> > 
> > When I select any option to do with that connection, I get
> an error 
> > message so I think I have really messed things up.
> > 
> > Another install of xp?
> > 
> > 
> > On 2 Jan 2005 at 16:10, Andrew Hodgson wrote:
> > 
> > > Keith,
> > > 
> > > What items do you have in the other devices category (if
> anything) 
> > > in the device manager?  What happens when you do an
> ipconfig from
> > the
> > > command line (do you get an IP address in 192.168.x.x
> range)?  
> > > 
> > > Andrew. 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Keith Barrett
> > > Sent: 02 January 2005 15:55
> > > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [access-uk] xp network problem
> > > 
> > > Hi Andrew,
> > > 
> > > I have now reinstalled xp.
> > > 
> > > In device manager, the only thing I can find is a 1934
> network
> > adapter.
> > > 
> > > No mention of anything that resembles intel.
> > > 
> > > So, do I now install the intel driver package?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Keith
> > > 
> > > - -
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> > > Keith Barrett
> > > 
> > > 
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