XP MCE on Gigabyte motherboard

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    tommy_vercetti MDL Member

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    #1 tommy_vercetti, Nov 18, 2008
    Hi,


    I have a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Rev 1.0 board, from this forum I learnt that it has SLP 1 for Gigabyte, I have a MCE 2005 2 CD, not sure which it is Retail or OEM


    I also downloaded the OEM BIOS files for the Gigabyte, can anybody tell me how to make it a OEM MCE disk or can I just put the file in the 1 CD and update the setupp.ini with any generic key for MCE, will it work ?


    Thanks for any suggestions you may have...
     
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    #3 tommy_vercetti, Nov 19, 2008 (OP)
    Will give it a try and see
     
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    #4 tommy_vercetti, Nov 19, 2008 (OP)
    WOW, perfect instructions worked like a charm no need to edit the DMI or anything, can somebody tell me if it will work similarly with the 2003 Server or Windows Home Server as well...


    Thanks once again
     
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    #5 Suicide Solution, Nov 20, 2008
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    Same method as XP, but you must use 2003 Server OEMBIOS files & key.

    The only available 2003-WHS OEMBIOS sets that I know have been shared here are for Compaq-HP, Dell, IBM, NEC, and maybe two more which escape me.

    They are links in the Server 2008 section, just look through the 2003 Server & Home Server threads.

    HP are one of the easiest to setup with DMI editors and if you wanted to edit the DMI to allow both OS disks to activate (Gigabyte XP & Server 2003) just modify the system manufacture string to read like example below:

    Code:
    GigabyteHewlett-PackardHP Pavilion