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Who made my motherboard?
« on: February 14, 2012, 06:38:12 AM »
How do I find my motherboard manufacturer?
I have an AMI BIOS 1.0 and need to update it. The AMI website says I should go to the mobo manufacturer's site for the upgrade.
All that is written on my mobo is "Consistent" I don't know if it is a manufacturer...
Several utilities give the OEM ID as 9999
Please help me find the manufacturer, Any help is appreciated :)
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Re: Who made my motherboard?
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2012, 06:43:11 AM »
DLoad and run System Information for Windows.
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Re: Who made my motherboard?
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2012, 08:02:24 PM »
I tried that. It says that the manufacturer and model of motherboard is unknown...
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Re: Who made my motherboard?
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2012, 10:40:39 PM »
Is it possible to open up your computer and glance around for any logos on the motherboard?
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Re: Who made my motherboard?
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2012, 01:26:31 AM »
yes, I did. "Consistent" is written on the board. It has a logo in the shape of a sphere. I googled it but can't find it. I don't know if such a manufacturer exists!
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Re: Who made my motherboard?
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2012, 03:26:05 AM »
Yeah I wasn't able to find anything either...
Anything else written on the motherboard? Perhaps a model number or something?

What is your computer's chipset? (you can find this through http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html)
If possible, could you take a picture of your motherboard and post it on here for us to look at?
Thank you.
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Re: Who made my motherboard?
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2012, 04:37:52 AM »
Why do you have to update your BIOS when you don't know what motherboard it is? You don't even know what firmware is available since you don't know the brand ...
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Re: Who made my motherboard?
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2012, 05:32:09 AM »
OP may be experiencing hardware compatibility issues with an older PC, and wants to see if the manuf. has released a fix... for example   http://www.pcworld.com/article/187437/how_to_update_your_bios.html
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Updating the BIOS for my Lenovo Thinkpad T500, for example, added support for a new AC adapter and a 1600-by-900-pixel screen resolution on an external monitor; the update also fixed fan speed and Webcam issues that could not have been handled by updating Windows or my specific device driver software.
 
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Re: Who made my motherboard?
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2012, 08:06:09 AM »
Quote from: Raptor on February 15, 2012, 04:37:52 AM
Why do you have to update your BIOS when you don't know what motherboard it is? You don't even know what firmware is available since you don't know the brand ...

Excellent point...
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Re: Who made my motherboard?
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2012, 08:13:05 AM »
yeah I have compatibility issues with my DVD-RAM drive. It runs slow only on my computer. I tested it on other computers and it worked fine. I am trying to update the bios to see if it solves the problem. I also noticed a '945LM4' on the motherboard after a close look. I have an Intel 945 express chipset family.
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    Re: Who made my motherboard?
    « Reply #11 on: February 16, 2012, 06:49:18 AM »
    I finally found out my mobo's manufacturer. It's a Chinese company by the name ShenZhen B.C.T Computers But I didn't find their site though. I think maybe Chinese manufacturers don't provide bios updates :(
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    Re: Who made my motherboard?
    « Reply #12 on: February 16, 2012, 06:51:19 AM »
    I don't see how anything in the BIOS would affect an optical drive anyways...
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    Re: Who made my motherboard?
    « Reply #13 on: February 16, 2012, 07:09:40 AM »
    Quote from: patio on February 16, 2012, 06:51:19 AM
    I don't see how anything in the BIOS would affect an optical drive anyways...
    http://www.howstuffworks.com/bios1.htm 
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    Providing a set of low-level routines that the operating system uses to interface to different hardware devices - It is these routines that give the BIOS its name. They manage things like the keyboard, thescreen, and the serial and parallel ports, especially when the computer is booting.
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    You have to enable DMA, which stands for Direct Memory Access, in your BIOS and OS, instead of the much slower PIO mode, which routes the data through the CPU.

    http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Enabling_DMA
    http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/modesUDMA-c.html
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    Re: Who made my motherboard?
    « Reply #14 on: February 16, 2012, 07:20:30 AM »
    Since Win98 UDMA control was given to the OS...
    If it was in fact in PIO mode his HDD transfer speeds would have slowed to a crawl as well...

    He can always simply check this in Control Panel/Device Manager...
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