phoenix boards and bios

[tjj1469]

I have recently acquired a Phoenix board with Award bios and none of my components work with the board. When I called the Award team, I was informed that the reason is because the components are too new for the board and the IRQ's are not being assigned correctly. I was then told that the only way I could fix this problem was to pay $60 for the bios update. This board was designed for an AMD XP 1500+. Now this seems to me that a board that new should be able to recognize newer components. Also, is that pretty standard that you have to pay for a bios upgrade or do most companies fairly let you upgrade for free for buying their product? Is this my only option?

 

[turtile]

Most give it away off the site for free to anybody. (You could buy another motherboard for $60!!!)

 

[Trifid]

If you consider paying $60 for a BIOS update, it would be better to buy a new board (Abit NF2)

How far does the pc get? As you could do it yourself by downloading the new BIOS on a working PC, putting it onto a floppy, boot from floppy, type what it says on their site, wait a while, it will restart. You will need to clear CMOS, and then your done.

 

[Trifid]

Who makes the board?


As phoenix makes the BIOS.

 

[tjj1469]

Sorry bout that. Phoenix is the maker of the board and Award is the bios. Phoenix was bought out by Award.

 

[Trifid]

I never knew they made motherboards.

I would try calling them one last time, and make it a bit more direct that they give you the BIOS for free or otherwise, try ebay for a good one.

 

[tjj1469]

Thank you for the help. I will try that.