old school geek challenge

[viking66]

the challenge is to find me the original bios version of a gateway p5 133.. bios version would be 1.00.01.cn0t ..

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If anyone can do this i would be greatly impressed because i havent been able to find anything other that the newer version 1.00.03.cn0t.. which sets the processor speed to auto detect rather than leaving up to the jumpers.

[crane]

After spending entirely too much time looking for your cn0t bios, I have to agree that it ain't out there.
From what I read though, you should be able to still change multipliers from the jumpers on board,even with the 1.00.3 bios.

Copied from Gateway site :Jumper block J10C2 sets the internal central processing unit (CPU) clock speed to either 1.5x, 2x, or 2.5x that of the external CPU clock speed. The jumpers depend on the speed of the processor. This motherboard shipped with the 100, 120, 133 and 166-megahertz (MHz) processor. This jumper should be set accordingly. Note: The RSVD setting is for manufacturer testing purposes.

Jumper block J10C3 performs two functions. Pins 1 and 3 are used for normal BIOS operations and to clear BIOS and the Plug and Play information stored in the ESCD area. Pins 4 and 6 are used to allow a password to be set during normal operations or to clear the password upon startup. Pins 2 and 3 should be jumpered for normal operations. To clear BIOS and the ESCD area, move the jumper to pins 1 and 2 and start the computer. After one successful startup, return the jumper to pins 2 and 3. Pins 5 and 6 should be jumpered to allow a password to be set on the computer. This is the default setting. Move the jumper to pins 4 and 5 to clear the password upon startup. After the password is cleared, return the jumper to pins 5 and 6.

Jumper block J10C4 performs two functions. Pins 1 and 3 are used to set the industry standard architecture (ISA) bus clock frequency. Pins 4 and 6 are used to either enable or disable access to the BIOS Setup Utility.

Pins 2 and 3 should be jumpered for normal operations. This sets the ISA bus frequency to 8.25 MHz when running a 66-MHz motherboard bus frequency. This jumper should only be set to pins 1 and 2 if higher ISA performance is required and the ISA expansion cards can handle the faster bus clock. By moving the jumper to pins 1 and 2 the ISA bus frequency will still be 11 MHz when running a 66 MHz motherboard bus frequency.

Note: A clock frequency of greater than 8.33 MHz violates the ISA specification, although many ISA expansion cards are designed to support higher clock frequencies. Pins 5 and 6 should be jumpered for normal operations. This is the default setting and enables access to the BIOS Setup Utility. Pins 4 and 5 may be jumpered to disable access to the utility.

You probably know all that anyway.... sorry I couldn't help more.

[Pyrotechnic]

The only way you could get this bios, is find another system like yours, and copy the bios to a file and flash your system, to me thats WAY too much trouble for an old system like that.

[trit187]

saw your post and checked mine, p5 166, close, but not quite old enough

[Tempus]

I've got a GW P5 133 w/ the 1.00.07 bios.