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changing serial number on bios of phoenix bios

hi,

I have an encoder which the motherboard has died and i am trying put in a different motherboard, but the serial number on the bios is tied to the old motherboard and it wont start, i was wondering if anybody knew how to change a serial number on a phoenix bios??

thank you so much

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☠ MASQ ☠

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jonathanduane2010

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i found a utility called phlash16 or something like that, and it claimed to be a boot disk, it claimed you could boot from the disk and you could edit the bios, i just couldnt get it to boot from the disk :(

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That's one of the utils I had in mind. It usually either comes as a self extracting boot image for FDD or a compressed .iso for a CD. Either way it's a tiny file. It's the kind of file that there are thousands of fakes containing nasties out there waiting to be downloaded so shields up and maximum suspicion on any you get.

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jonathanduane2010

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maybe i could extract the bios and then edit it and then replace it?

by using a utility like winphlash, although i wouldnt know where to start on that! If i succeed great, if i dont, then its not a big loss but i would like to be able to edit it!

cheers

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Do yuo know the make and model of the two motherboards?

jonathanduane2010

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they are epia mini-ITX Epia M epia mini-ITX Epia M-1000

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How about finding out from the encoder manufacturer if it's possible to re-link to a new BIOS?

Callandor

You might be able to use a BIOS editor like Phoenix.BIOS.Editor http://www.4shared.com/get/NgAlE0L_/PhoenixBIOSEditorProv2213.html to edit a binary image of the BIOS, then flash that image to the BIOS.

jonathanduane2010

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how would i start that? where would i get a binary image??

Callandor

Programs that can flash a BIOS usually can create a binary image as well, because people need backups.