cpu No2: unknown cpu type fix

[Justasking]

So again I return to this, because I have time for it now. I got all kinds of stuff to flash my bios on an old computer, but I don't know how to create a .ROM file for the mobo I am using(photo). Please help me!

[Mira Yurizaki]

If you have the BIOS update files, you should be able to go to BIOS and update it through there. However where it's getting the files from is a crapshoot but I believe motherboards as old as this can read from a USB thumb drive.

[mariushm]

Google says your motherboard is made by Mercury

 

And they still offer drivers and BIOS for your motherboard here: http://www.mercury-pc.com/downloads_list.php?productid=63

 

They have a 2.2 and 2.2a bios, which they say add support for more processors.

 

The download links don't seem to be working, so i googled around and found two versions ... one is 2.2 for sure, and the other one is probably 2.2a

 

If there's no operating system or hard drive, you'd probably have to create a bootable floppy disk. If that system runs Windows 95 or Windows 98, extract the files into a folder, for example C : \ TEMP , restart in DOS mode and run the bios update utility from there. ( in command prompt you type  CD C : \ TEMP , then DIR to see contents of folder and then type AWD859D  bios_filename.bin -  WITHOUT SPACES in the path, had to add them to prevent forum from making smileys)

 

If you don't want to mess with floppy disks and you don't have an OS installed but the system can boot from CD, you can download the FreeDOS ISO image, open it with any ISO editor (WinISO, PowerISO etc), add these files to the CD image (unzip them first) and then burn a CD with it. When FreeDOS setup starts just choose to run from CD instead of installing, type  <letter>:  and then DIR until you can find the drive letter which has the CD contents.

kt26622_from_driverguide_version_2.2.zip

www.x-drivers.ru_mercury_kt266_probably_version22a.zip

[Justasking]

17 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

If you have the BIOS update files, you should be able to go to BIOS and update it through there. However where it's getting the files from is a crapshoot but I believe motherboards as old as this can read from a USB thumb drive.

I don't think so that it reads it from a thumb drive, it only has 2 usb slots, and as you can see it's from the 90's

[mariushm]

I got bored, so I made two tiny CD images, one for each bios versions. get a cd-rw or a cd-r disc, put one of these in .... boot from cd. When it asks to choose language, select English and then say return to DOS.  You'll get an A:\ prompt.. type there DIR and hit enter to see the list of files on the disc. 

then type either awd859d.exe kob2118.bin   or awd859d.exe kobv2_22.bin depending on which iso image you go with.

 

I tested them in Oracle Virtualbox, they should work.

bios_v22.iso

bios_v22a.iso