(03-30-2010, 06:56 AM)1234s282 Wrote: Do programs like Everest / CPU-Z identify your system and motherboard as gateway or Asus?
Thanks
Admin
Hi Admin,
Thank you for recommending Everest. I found out that the motherboard is actually a Foxconn 45CM/45GM. I have since flashed Foxconn's BIOS and it has overwritten the Acer locked bios. This was a hand-me-down mobo so I had zero clue as to the origins.
I was completely fooled by CPU-Z because it says this:
Manufacturer: Acer
Model: F945GCM
Chipset: Intel i945G Rev. A2
However Everest says this:
Motherboard ID: 08/10/2007-LakePort-6A79HFKLC-00
Motherboard Name: Foxconn 45CM/45GM Series
This is what the BIOS said:
Product Name: AM1620/VeritonM262
System S/N:
Main Board ID: F945GCM
System Manufacture Name: Acer
MB Manufacture Name: Acer
I would like to thank you very much for your time in looking into this, and your recommendation. I would definitely direct anyone that encounters a bios problem to this forum. Apparently Acer has claimed the Foxconn motherboard as its own (there is a Foxconn logo on a cooling fin). I did not realize that Acer has so many different motherboards using the same model number.
Have a good day.