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Bios upgrade needed please help

rizze
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Bios upgrade needed please help

I Cant seem to upgrade my bios anywhere in the world except a pay site which is quite annoying as i cannot afford it. someone please help as i am a my wits end. my details are as follows.


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AMIBIOS Motherboard Identification Utility v 1.4
This file has recorded information useful in identifying the manufacturer of this motherboard. You must contact your motherboard manufacturer for support. For more information on upgrading your BIOS go to www.ami.com/bios.
Note: The BIOS manufacturer in most cases is not the manufacturer of your motherboard.

BIOS String info:
An AMIBIOS ID String Was Detected:

63-0500-000001-00101111-100104-SPDALE_G
- ---- ------ ------
| | | |
| | | Chipset/BIOS Info
| | BIOS Build Date
| Manufacturer ID
BIOS ROM Information
AMIBIOS ROM Size: 512 KB

BIOS Build Date: Oct 01 2004

Motherboard Manufacturer Code: 0001Not listed in MAN.DAT file

AMIBIOS Build Tag: MUKA1026

AMIBIOS Project ID: MUKA1026 Not listed in TAG.DAT file

For more information on upgrading your BIOS go to www.ami.com/bios.

SMBIOS info:
Manufacturer : ASUSTek Computer Inc.
Product Name : P4SD-VL

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Thalamus.
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Hi rizze,

welcome to Club vaio..

Depending on your Vaio model and if an official Sony BIOS update is available it can be downloaded for free here ..

MattWilson
Visitor

Welcome to ClubVAIO :slight_smile:

What machine do you have?

Which Operating System (XP or Vista)?

rizze
Visitor

I have windows xp Media centre edition

MattWilson
Visitor

What VAIO model do you have?

:thinking:

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Thalamus.
Champion

Hi Rizzie,

What model Vaio do you have..?

Did you check the link I posted above to see if there is a Sony BIOS update available for your Vaio model..?

rizze
Visitor

Hi rizze,

welcome to Club vaio..

Depending on your Vaio model and if an official Sony BIOS update is available it can be downloaded for free here ..



my serial numbers come up with a different model to the one which is in my machine?

MattWilson
Visitor

What does the serial number check say that the model is?

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Thalamus.
Champion

What model do you have and what BIOS version do you currently have installed?

rizze
Visitor

Model no *********** Serial no ******** p4sd-vl

edited: to remove serial number