updating bios help please

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  1. labajue

    labajue Member

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    if i update my bios what will that do wil it erase my hdd as i new to all this my com specs are win 98se 650 mhz i know its a asus mother board not sure what type though thats about all i know sorry not to me of a help
     
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    sorry before but just found out a few more things on my com here they are650 megahertz Intel Pentium III
    32 kilobyte primary memory cache
    256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
    Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. REV 1.xx
    Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
    BIOS: Award Software, Inc. VMP 1005-3 * ASUS CUBX 11/30/1999
    Slot 'DIMM 1' has 128 MB
    Slot 'DIMM 2' has 128 MB
    Slot 'DIMM 3' is Empty
    Slot 'DIMM 4' is Empty
    3D Prophet II MX [Display adapter]
    ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM)
    ESS Solo-1 SoundBlaster Compatible (WDM
    Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
    hope this helps my main aim is so i ccan play the latest game what would i have to get to do this please help ow yeh my dvd rw is a sony 120a dru ive copied dvd before
     
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    your motherboard is an ASUS CUBX with bios version & date VMP 1005-3 11/30/1999. can go to a p3-1gig or a celeron 1.1gig & bios version 1008.004
    your video card is a 32meg card made by hercules & you have 256meg of ram on your motherboard. so check the game specs to see what you'll need as most likely you'll need a new computer
     
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    could i upgrade this com to play the newest games
     
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    you'll need a new psu, motherboard, cpu, ram as your ram is sdram so need ddr ram, better video card & maybe a bigger hd as you didn't post it's size. or get a new computer that has a dvd rom in it so can use that drive for games & ripping & put your dvd burner into new computer
     
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    sorry to be a newsensce im thinking of buying my friends com of him if i get the spec for you could u tell me if its worth buying or not im only paying a hundred a fithty pound so not dear at all when i get the specs ile post them cheers for your help mutch apriciated all i know so far its an i media 8137e packard bell intel celeron
     
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    get the specs as in cpu speed, amount of ram, video card & hd capacity
     

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