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  • pentium
    Badcaps Legend
    • Mar 2006
    • 2778
    • Canada
    #1

    Bios update from hell!!!!11!

    I finally manage to revive my prized DECpc 433dxLP system (it is also was built under the model PC473) and immediately I know what I want to use as an os:

    OS/2 2.0

    I begin the install and suddenly the install aborts with an error. I scan through the OS/2 docuuments and I see that it is a problem with an older bios.

    My phoenix bios is version 1.01.02 and the minimum OS/2 needs is 1.02.05D.

    So I begin to search. Compaq has a library of information on the DECpc but no matter where I go and no matter what site I visit I can't find that update!
    I know it exists because other owners have mentioned OS/2 2.1 worked fine after a bios update.

    Can anyone assist in finding this elusive update?

    "GAAA!"
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    Find Nedry!


    Check the Vending machines!!

    <----Computer says I need more beer.
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    • pfrcom
      Oldbie
      • Jun 2006
      • 1230
      • Australia
      #2
      Re: Bios update from hell!!!!11!

      http://h18000.www1.hp.com/legacysupp...l/epid115.html
      better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt

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        • pentium
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          • Mar 2006
          • 2778
          • Canada
          #3
          Re: Bios update from hell!!!!11!


          I already went through there and the closest I can see to my system is the two at the bottom. Even then I am still a whole series off.
          Find Nedry!


          Check the Vending machines!!

          <----Computer says I need more beer.

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            • Topcat
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              • Oct 2003
              • 16956
              • United States
              #4
              Re: Bios update from hell!!!!11!

              Have you tried emailing their support? If you get the right tech, who's not being an asshole, they should be able to email you the firmware you need. A similar thing happened with me and Adaptec over an ancient SCSI controller.
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                • pentium
                  Badcaps Legend
                  • Mar 2006
                  • 2778
                  • Canada
                  #5
                  Re: Bios update from hell!!!!11!

                  I just did that.
                  Now we wait and see what their excude is.
                  That is if they ever reply to my message.
                  Find Nedry!


                  Check the Vending machines!!

                  <----Computer says I need more beer.

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                    • tazwegion
                      Badcaps Veteran
                      • Jun 2006
                      • 444
                      • Australia
                      #6
                      Re: Bios update from hell!!!!11!

                      Did you try asking one of the other DEC owners if they still had the BIOS update (and if they could send it to you)?

                      Last resort would be these guys @ e-Support most likely they've got it... however they charge $29.99USD for their BIOS repository service!

                      Could you hit the pause/break key during bootup & post the entire BIOS id string here thanks... might help some

                      Additionally, according to the DECpc LP service manual I found HERE, the DECpc 433dxLP is also referrred to as the PC743-xx
                      Viva LA Retro!

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                        • pentium
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                          • Mar 2006
                          • 2778
                          • Canada
                          #7
                          Re: Bios update from hell!!!!11!

                          I have the genuine service manual but thanks fr the link.
                          Holding break at startup gives nothing new.
                          Not even a Bios ID string.
                          Find Nedry!


                          Check the Vending machines!!

                          <----Computer says I need more beer.

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