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Elbocadillo
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 Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 10:21 am
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Hi,
I just need some help to identify the manufacturer of my Bios.
Iīve got an IBM Aptiva and the Bios ID is: IBM7000-M15-980818-R03-X
Where do I get an updated Bios-File for this one?
Please help me. 
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ajzchips
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| Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 11:10 am
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| Check the sticker on your BIOS for something like V66xx (or similar). If that were the case, your board is an ACER board.
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Elbocadillo
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| Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 1:15 pm
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on the HP of Acer thereīs no longer any kind of support for IBM Aptiva PCīs and I really need to know where I can get this update.
But I also donīt know which Aptiva model Iīve got. In the bios there is the information that it could be a 2151-87N but this model doesnīt exist.
So what can i do to find this out?
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ajzchips
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| Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 2:33 pm
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ACER will never mention support for IBM PCs.
Have you checked the BIOS chip for a sticker?
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Elbocadillo
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| Posted: Sun May 26, 2002 4:32 pm
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Yes there is a sticker and it is made by Acer
There are also these information
V70MA
Bios
U44
V.3.2.R03-SO
Acer Inc.
Where can i get an update?
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edwin
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| Posted: Sun May 26, 2002 6:00 pm
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oh lord. Aptiva xxxx-xx ID number should be read from the back of the case. No wonder...
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Hardware Junkie
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| Posted: Sun May 26, 2002 10:51 pm
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ftp://ftp.acer.de/pc/v70ma/
Acer v70MA
The link above keeps bouncing back (firewall denying access) but it should work externally...
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ajzchips
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 12:11 am
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| Make sure you make a backup of your BIOS before flashing. I've heard of some IBM boards (made by ACER) which would hang when flashed with the ACER BIOS. Dunno why...
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Elbocadillo
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 11:22 am
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Thanks to all, i will try to update with these information.
P.S. There is no sticker with a model type on my Aptiva because its second hand and the owner before took the sticker away.
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edwin
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 4:51 pm
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HWJ, update your links, they have relocated the stuff, no firewall problem this time:
ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/desktop/mainboard/V70MA/
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Hardware Junkie
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 10:20 pm
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I got the link through Google and I could not verify if it works or not. FTP directory retrival throughs IE into and endless accessing loop. Kind of bizarre. The one you posted above does the same thing.
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edwin
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 10:34 pm
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time for a decent FTP client then? Or find out where the FTP proxy is at?
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Hardware Junkie
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 10:48 pm
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Depending on what station I am at I can use DOS FTP, but not all of them have it. I think Compaq has specifically setup the proxy to deny FTP requests through IE. But they did a crappy job of it or something.
Ah well its compaq, what are you going to do... 
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Elbocadillo
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2002 3:15 pm
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| Thank you very much, the update was successful but it didnīt solve my problem, because this update is also too old. Is there a possibility to get one from this century. I want to upgrade my PC with an PCI Graphic-Card but i canīt disable the onboard.
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Rainbow
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2002 5:14 pm
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Keep the onboard card there - either it will be disabled automatically or it will work together with the new card.
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