Re: BIOS query

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Hello again, Gerry.

My Belarc Adviser reports as follows:-

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) MSI MS-6380E 1.0
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.30 gigahertz AMD Duron
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
64 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: MSI MS-6380E 1.0
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 04/02/01
Drives Memory Modules c,d
81.96 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
60.89 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

LITE-ON LTR-40125S [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Maxtor 6L080L0 [Hard drive] (81.96 GB) -- drive 0, s/n L21NZL7H, rev
BAJ41G20, SMART Status: Healthy 384 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot '0' is Empty
Slot '1' has 256 MB
Slot '2' has 128 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 41.94 GB 36.33 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 40.02 GB 24.56 GB free


From the 'Notes'

a. Megahertz measurement may be inaccurate if other programs were busy
during last analysis.
c. Memory slot contents may not add up to Installed Memory if some memory is
not recognized by Windows.
d. Memory slot contents is reported by the motherboard BIOS. Contact system
vendor if slot contents are wrong.
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I personally added the 256 Mb extra memory which I bought from Crucial.
I don't understand why it appears that only 64 Mb is shown under 'Processor'
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System Information reports as follows:-

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DAVIDSPC
System Manufacturer MSI
System Model MS-6380E
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 7 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~1300 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T, 02/04/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name DAVIDSPC\DGB (Admin)
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 384.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 67.82 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 922.32 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

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Of interest here is that the stated 'Locale' is ........ United States!

My much older Dell PC says United Kingdom!

You said "You reported from Bellarc KT266 Pro2-A" - I cannot identify where
you think I may have said that. I took the number from the handbook which I
received with this PC - it is entitled K7T266 Pro2-A - I may have failed to
include the '7' - I apologise if this is the case! :-(

You also mentioned "I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of England and
Wales. Newsgroups are a hobby, much as some do Crosswords". My daughter is
an accountant too (ACCA) and when I worked for Bowring (later Marsh) as an
IFA running our Exeter office (Financial Services) I came into regular
contact with accountants! You may recall that Bowring ran a special PHI
scheme for the ICA!

Computing is simply a hobby for me, too, yet I still become frustrated "when
I cannot find answers to the clues"! <g>

Any ideas will be welcomed. I've not yet heard from Belarc by email.

David
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"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:efZnfcGFHHA.1816@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
David

These programmes can only report what is recorded on the system. The
Microsoft tool is System Information but this generates less information
than Bellarc Advisor and Everest. On my system I do not see a line for
Version and Serial Number but it may be that my copy of Everest needs
updating.

You reported from Bellarc KT266 Pro2-A. The MSI archive suggests
K7T266 Pro2-A. Have you copied it correctly from Bellarc?> --

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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"BoaterDave" <BoaterDave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eWO76vFFHHA.1216@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Another puzzling point raised by using Everest:

Motherboard Properties:
Manufacturer MSI
Product MS-6380E
Version 1.0
Serial Number 00000000


Perhaps there is a simple explanation for there being no serial number
being reported. If you have the time, Gerry, perhaps you would look and
see what your PC reports.

OT here - are you really an accountant, Gerry, or does 'your' FCA stand
for something computer related? :-)

David
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"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23wB5w79EHHA.4080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
David

The Report by Bellarc is odd. It will be interesting to see
what Everest reports.

It seems you have the latest BIOS for your motherboard:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=320&kind=1

http://snipurl.com/13nv7

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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"BoaterDave" <BoaterDave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eiUPVZ9EHHA.536@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello Gerry.

Motherboard is an MSI KT266 Pro2-A (MS-6380E) with an AMD Duron 1300
MHz Processor

I'll have a look at the link to Everest a little later. Thank you for
that.

David
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