Re: Why does Restart not work with bios upgrade???

From: Peter (0spam0)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:40:17 -0400

Searching the web using Google I came across this:
http://www.driverforum.com/bios5/10860.html 

-- 
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
Windows XP Home SP2.
Pentium4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1gb DDR.
"JPzBeenjamin" <jpzbeenjamin@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:b77401c48936$d2886550$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>I have no clue and so far niether has anyone else I have
> asked. But it has hit my curiosity level of 10.
> I have a VIA chipset Apollo Pro 133a 694x/686b iCeleron
> 633 mobo. It was responding slowly and not recognizing my
> 160gb drive (only 137gb) and I have WinXP Pro Corp
> installed. Aside from the slowness, drive recognition and
> falling asleep and not waking on occasion all functions
> worked as they should. So I went to Award Bios(eSupport)
> because I could not find an absolute Mfg of the MOBO..Some
> info matched for Jetway but it is not their exact board (I
> heard it may be Future Power but have not found any
> support for that company).
>
> Program:   eSupport.com BIOS Agent Version 3.33
> BIOS Date: 01/29/01
> BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PGN
> BIOS ID:   01/29/2001-694X-686-6A6LJJ1AC
> OEM Sign-On: FP-VA694+ G03 01-29-2001
> Chipset:   VIA 82C691 rev 196
> Superio:   VIA 686 rev 64 found at port 7h
> OS:        WinXP
> CPU:       Intel Celeron(TM) 741 Mhz MAX: 500 Mhz
> BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
> BIOS ROM Size:      256K
> Memory Installed:   448 MB
> Memory Maximum:     512 MB
> Memory Slot 01:     256 MB
> Memory Slot 02:     128 MB
> Memory Slot 03:     0 MB
> Memory Slot 04:     0 MB
>
> Anyways...eSupport said they had the Upgrade for my board
> so I bought it.
>
> I installed their bios. THEN the wierdness started. From
> the "shut down" on the desktop of WinXP the PC would
> not "restart" when the "restart" icon is pushed, It would
> just turn off. So far the only change done was the bios
> install. Before the bios install this was not a problem.
> So I started a full new install from the CD install
> disk...when the instruction to reboot from the CD comes
> up..whether you wait for 15secs for it to do it itself, or
> hit "enter", the pc shuts off. And from that moment on
> there is no software ability to restart the PC under the
> XP os. If you install drivers and it asks to reboot, I say
> yes...it will only go through the correct turn-off
> procedures, but not reboot. So I tried an install of my
> Win98se...That went perfect, The pc could reboot on its
> own during install and reboots fine from the Win98se
> desktop. So I thought "I'll upgrade Win98se to XP Corp
> from the desktop". So I popped in the XP corp install
> CD..told it to upgrade...it went to reboot and shut the PC
> off. XP used to reboot under my old bios.
>
> When I informed eSupport they said I should send them my
> mobo or remove the bios and accept a refund, because they
> think that my mobo is the prob (even tho it used to
> understand the XP commands under the old bios)...So my
> question and curiosity is...if It used to work with the
> old bios but not with the new, is there a command from XP
> that the bios is supposed to interpret that submits the
> difference between a "reboot command" and a "Shut-off
> command" that is different than the Win98se commands?
> I would reinstall my old bios but I do get concerned about
> a burn failure if I do it too many times...plus their bios
> program corrupted the old bios when it saved it to
> disk...so they told me (I sent them both files theirs and
> mine). I saved several copies of my old bios with a
> different program before I used theirs so I do have at
> least one that is not corrupt. But Their bios did make my
> PC way faster and more stable.
> So I may attempt installing my old bios to make sure about
> the difference in bios's but I will lose my 160gb drive
> back to 137gb. Which will cost me the entire drive
> contents..I think.
>
> So have you ever heard of a bios that does not respond as
> described to an XP or NT restart command?
> I am just having a hard time believing that my mobo is at
> fault. I believe that computers are like light bulbs they
> usually burn out when you power them up
>
> This is more about bios info to me than asking you about a
> cure for this dilema....even tho I would appreciate any
> help offered I am more curios about the symptoms at this
> point.
>
> Thanks
> Jay

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