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AWARD 4.51pg Driver Reviews

User Reviews and Ratings

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Jörg Bauer

18 Dec 2007
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"After download i cowardly did not dare to change BIOS - therefore no comment possible."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Joseph Paul

22 Feb 2007
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"bios looks like it works but when it resets it knows out the drivers for video display. not sure if it works fully yet system do not let floppy drive move still researching i will get back to you on results."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
jon
Tested on Windows XP
25 Jan 2006
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"This is the worst bios you could ever download, it will make your pc a doorstep!!! i tried it and my pc is broken. Luckily i had a spare main board."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Phil
Tested on Windows XP
7 Sep 2005
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"This BIOS upgrade created a door stop out of a usable computer - be warned! It did not propertly upgrade an Award v.4.51PG BIOS."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Luc
Tested on Windows 98SE
13 Jun 2005
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"I try but it's not work, the sys not have syst disk to start"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
E Rayman

27 Mar 2005
 

Installation: 2 out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Could not get this to work with AwardFlash"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
forrester
Tested on Windows 98SE
16 Jan 2005
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"I used this driver to update my bios presario 7479 so it would recognize a larger hard disk. ie 137 GB."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Daniel

9 Jan 2005
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"This did not fix my problem or flash my BIOS"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
freak

26 Sep 2004
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 3 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Password protected BIOS. It works all right, but I can't enter the BIOS setup :-("
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
joseph bogan

24 Aug 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"didn't use bought a new chip instead"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Gail

24 Jul 2004
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"bios upgrade contained undisclosed password protection which makes it impossible to access. Also bios upgrade rendered floppy inactive so I can't reinstall the old version. PLEASE SEND PASSWORD"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Robert Staflin

15 May 2004
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Hang on reboot. I also can't reach the usual bios configuration, since the update seems to have added a password..."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Larry

13 Apr 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I have tried to flash the BIOS several times and every time it doesn't find the file"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Alan Ruether

8 Feb 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Don't do it. I tried this and now I have to reflash my chip. This is the wrong file. Take my advice and spare yourself the grief."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
clamo88

16 Jan 2004
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"AWDFlash could not find the file it was looking for (to update). I don't know any more than that as the BIOS utility had no area for additional configuration. The install simply did not work."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Greg

12 Jan 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"THANKS FOR THE "WARNING" AFTER READING THE COMMENTS I CHOOSE TO MAKE ANOTHER POT OF COFFEE AND DO SOME MORE READING!!!!!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
bob

7 Jan 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Be afraid, be very afraid. I'm so scared now I'm gonna just smash my computer to the ground and relieve myself of this hard drive headache for good."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
TIKTAK

29 Nov 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I DID NOT EVEN TRY !!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Shane

7 Nov 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"No, wouldn't work, File size doesn't match error."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
steve

28 Oct 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"This read, then set correctly set in Dos restart your computer after setup. Then Kiss your system good bye"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Rick

19 Sep 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Thanks for the warning. It is not worth downloading to have another head ache."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Phill McGuire CEO MatriTech Solutions

7 Jul 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"It is my professional opinion that after reading these comments this file should NOT be used. As for those of you who used this file you have 3 options if your system is dead. 1. Re-Flash using appropriate file from mobo manufacturer. 2. Obtain another BIOS chip from the mobo manufacturer. 3. Buy another mobo. I wish I could be of more help, since this is my line of wo
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
BajanHustler

26 Apr 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"THIS UPDATE SCREWED OVER MY PC HOW WHATT DO I DO..."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
yan

28 Feb 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Ce fichier n'est peut étre pa le bon fichier pour votre carte. Il et important de connaitre le nom de sa carte, et trouver le bon fichier. Si non vous plantez votre Bios"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
GENU

14 Feb 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Yikes!!!! Reading the reviews below stopped me from trying TO USE THIS program. PLEASE PEOPLE, READ THE COMMENTS BEFORE USE THE PROGRAMS..."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
~*McoreD*~

12 Feb 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Oh! Oh! The comments below stopped be trying the file. I would go for the mobo's site and check another update. Safer..."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Armando

7 Feb 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I was going to try this upgrade, but after reading all the problems, not a good idea! I upgraded memory from 32MB to 128MB. But only 64MB was recognized. Previously I upgraded from 2GB to 60GB hard drive and I had to use Data Lifeguard Tools disk to get my system to recognize the upgrade."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Tore Innstøy

7 Feb 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Anne Lindberg Min maskin reagerer ikke på "Alt+F2" Har prøvd å kjøre programmet manuelt, men for feilmeldingen "Cheksum BB13H" etter det står floppystasjonen og lyser mens maskinen henger."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
edgar

30 Jan 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"wtf, go to your motherboard's manufacturer's site and check for an OFFICIAL BIOS update!.. and make sure you have the matching bios updates for your mobo, or else YOU WONT BE able to use your mainboard anymore!!, ofcourse reflashing is ok.. but alot more risky"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Miguel Angel

26 Jan 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I need help urgently pleasse. I have this Bios 11/28/1998-i440bx-w977tf-p6bx-ap When I have installed the BIOS AWDFLASH.EXE and MI415. BIN gave to me a message of mistake and in this moment the computer this dead, that I can do please?"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
FrankieM

22 Jan 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Yikes!!!! Reading the reviews below stopped me from trying this program"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Gibson

18 Jan 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I am happy that people take time to write these comments. I have a pentium III board but when it boot up it shows pentium II. Thought about downloading this BIOS to fix the problem but after reading the comments I think I will settle with with what I have now than killing the computer. Please read comments before downloading!!!!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Dorr Schuette

18 Jan 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I tried this Bios update, my computer accepted the larger hard drives, but it wouldn't allow me to install my ethernet card, and my modem had a lot of problems to get it to work. I finally found a driver that works much better. This driver is 807i802.zip, I am going to upload it right after I leave this comment page."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
A. YOUSRY

14 Jan 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I HAVE M.B (6BX/VIA/ZX86)AWARDS MODULAR BIOS V4.51 PG"ENERGY STAR" [6 VIA 86 VER 2B] AND IT DOEST SUPPORT LARG HARD DISKS (40GB) SOME FRIENDS ADVICED ME 2 MAKE AN UPGRAD 2 MY MB 2 GET RID OF THIS PROBLEM&IS THT TRUE THIS FILE"award_4-51pg_bios_MI415.exe)IS MY MB UPGRADING FILE TELL ME WHAT 2 DO ?AND THE RIGHT INSTRUCTION 2 MAKE THE UPGRAD PROCESS 2 B SUCCESSFUL 4 THE MB TH
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Bob New York

13 Jan 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Anne, I have a bios that says Award 4.51PG It has a problem seeing large drives. WIll your driver work on this motherboard? I do have the F2 flash at the bottom of the screen like you talked about. PLease contact me if you have some time.. Thanks for your help and your time.. Bob"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
kristroffer

29 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Error Source file not found! What to do?"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Mike Vaessen

26 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
""The file size does not match!" The website link, elite.gisnet.jp/download/download.htm, doesn't do me any good. Anybody have a solid link? I reformatted my PC and it has boot up problems. I have to boot it up like 3 times before it finally works."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Ryan Mavin

21 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"It seem there are two version of the Award modular BIOS v4.51pg, a 1MB version that accepts 128kb images and another 2MB that accepts 256kb images. This URL elite.gisnet.jp/download/download.htm lists update for both however large disk support appears to be only available in the later 256kb images. If anyone has found anything other than this please let me know. Thank
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Hajue

19 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"As alrady reported "File size does not match" Same problem here. Saving the old bios also failed."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Me

18 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"lol. If you post comments, hit the back button when you're done, and not refresh/reload like they say. Otherwise, you get multiple postings of your comment."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Me

18 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"If your computer no longer boots up, then you got the wrong BIOS file or it didn't flash properly. If your BIOS chip is removeable you can replace it, or put it in another computer that is running (already booted with the floppy disk)(be careful about static discharge, or that one will die too) and try reflashing it, then switch BIOS chips back. Otherwise, it will probab
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
yan

17 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Apres avoir installer, rien n'a changé After install no changes"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Zeko

15 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"My mainboard is DEAD"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
mesange

12 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Update fails ! Error report "File size does not match""
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Hap

12 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"DO NOT DOWNLOAD UNLESS YOU ARE SURE IT IS COMPATIBLE - MY BOARD BIT the DUST ... Killed it DEAD... pleaded to Anne for some advise and have yet to get any response ......Bad Bios Flash"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
diarel

5 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I have applied the update, but now my system doesn't boot. can I solve the problem?"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
eino

1 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"why it doesnt detect my 1000/128 cpu correctly ???? it is appears 962 EP !!!! i have use coppermine converter but with no gains .... please help me !!!1"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Hap

30 Nov 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Uhm... My PC no longer Boots No screen I get rapid multiple Error Beep Codes thats about it.. System - AMD 350 Board - Chaintech 2A5IMC39 Award Mod. 4.51PG - 9/2000 HELP )"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Pramod P Trivandrum

28 Nov 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Thanks for the update"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Alfred

25 Nov 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Hi I need your help. I have a Fujitsu laptop the E series when i switched it on it asks of password. i don't have the password for the bios and i can't boot with any floppy because it doesn't boot from the floppy. How can i by pass the bios password with a software. Thanks and hoping to read from you soon. Br, Alfred"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Fred Wong

22 Nov 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I also receive the error message "File size does not match" ... any suggestion?"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Ranjeet

18 Nov 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Update fails ! Error report "File size does not match""
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Ivan

17 Nov 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Despues de actualizar la bios el ordenador no arranca esta muerto."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Chris Hill

16 Nov 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"After applying the update, I now have a blank screen and a pc that does not work at all... be careful. If anyone has any ideas on how, if it's possible, to correct my pc that would be great! be careful..."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Anne Lindberg

11 Nov 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Please, check your earlier bios version. For example mi410 or mi412 you will find it underneath bios 4.51pg during booting up your computer. Also check that you have a line that says "press alt+F2 for AWDFLASH" all the way down on the same page. Otherwise go to www.fic.com.tw/techsupport/bios for help. Good Luck once again."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Cesar Arias

30 Oct 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Realize el upgrade del bios, ahora el sistema no enciende. Que puedo hacer? The system no response after upgrade the bios, please help."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Sharan

28 Oct 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Is this file useful to upgrade the AWARD BIOS on mercury motherboard with intel 440LX chipset?"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Kasutaja

28 Oct 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Checksum fails, so BIOS update won't continue ( Downloadable file here MD5(mi415.bin)= d629e84e6ae0ddaff06b5a989fc6fd3c File from chaintech MD5(6BTM0817.BIN)= 3b9da5f34b6cf32a07243dc02c44966c So get www.chaintech.dk/FILES/6xMB/6BTM0817.EXE"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Cyborg

24 Oct 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"What is the filename to use when i flash the BIOS?"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Toby Edmonds

14 Oct 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Just what I was after - but got a "self-extractor header corrupt" error message."
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