>The only obvious solution to the 1994/2094 problem is, unfortunately, to upgrade the
>BIOS.
>There are a few early versions of Award Bioses written in such a way that, simply
>hacking the
>century byte in CMOS (if that byte is really there!) is noy enough to solve the
>solution to the
>Y2K problem !
>
>AFAIK Award offers upgrades to this kind of BIOSes. Try to find the serial number of
>your
>BIOS and go to their web site. As an alternative, contact the manufacturer of your
>motherboard
>(or visit their web site). Their technical support should offer you some kind of
>help. Anyway,
>there are several steps involved and I can give you some details if you want, It is a
>matter of
>replacing a non-volatile memory chip on the motherboard with a fresh programmed one.
>The
>operation can be done only by some authorised people. Your job is to search the
>sources above
>and find a file containing the newer BIOS version (binary or hex). Then contact the
>nearest
>computer repairing centre equiped with an universal programmer (that's a device not a
>human
>being :-) ).
>
>Best regards
>Cristian Burneci
I don't know who the manufacturer of the motherboard is, or if there is a web
site. Booklet gives no name. Computer dealer is no longer in business,
telephone was disconnected, but their web site (http://www.ccworks.net) was
still up as of a couple months ago. I don't think the BIOS is upgradeable. If
it is possible to replace the non-volatile memory chip with a fresh programmed
one, how much labor would be involved, and how much would it cost? It might not
be worth the cost for a Cx486DX2-S at 66 MHz.
