eTower TriGem 667ir additional jumper procedure

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Hi all

It's an old TriGem Micro-ATX Motherboard (COGNAC) and I'm trying to get rid of the eMachines boot logo/splash screen. There's no setting in the BIOS. I found the mobo manual with the jumper settings. It's not exact as it just says "reserved" for jumper combinations. The Mobo seems to have been popular in a few OEM/ODM machines. I've discovered that jumpers 2, 3 and 4 set to positions 2-3 disables access to the floppy from the OS (probably just one jumper but booting into windows to see which one.....) and jumper 5 disables access to the BIOS setup. J1* is COM2, J6 is clear CMOS, J7 is the audio function and J8 resets the password (info from sticker inside case and in manual). The combination seems to be with jumpers 2, 3 and 4 and I've tried them all but the f**ker's still there!

TriGem's site is crap. The eMachines site: http://www.emachines.com/support/pr...tops&subcat=eTower Series&model=eTower_667ir# expand the + for the spec'. For an old machine it still seems to have some power. 256MB running XP Pro. :)

Should I clear the CMOS each time or reset defaults after setting the jumpers or is the image "burned" into the BIOS?

It's not a biggy but any info would be great.


Scotoma
 
scotoma,

I believe that logo is placed when the bios is customly flashed for the manufacturer. It would seem that the only way to change it is to reflash the BIOS. Correct me if I'm wrong anybody!

--
Edward A. Weissbard
El Paso, TX

"Life is easy with eyes closed"
-----------------------------------------------
Hi all

It's an old TriGem Micro-ATX Motherboard (COGNAC) and I'm trying to get rid of the eMachines boot logo/splash screen. There's no setting in the BIOS. I found the mobo manual with the jumper settings. It's not exact as it just says "reserved" for jumper combinations. The Mobo seems to have been popular in a few OEM/ODM machines. I've discovered that jumpers 2, 3 and 4 set to positions 2-3 disables access to the floppy from the OS (probably just one jumper but booting into windows to see which one.....) and jumper 5 disables access to the BIOS setup. J1* is COM2, J6 is clear CMOS, J7 is the audio function and J8 resets the password (info from sticker inside case and in manual). The combination seems to be with jumpers 2, 3 and 4 and I've tried them all but the f**ker's still there!

TriGem's site is crap. The eMachines site: http://www.emachines.com/support/pr...tops&subcat=eTower Series&model=eTower_667ir# expand the + for the spec'. For an old machine it still seems to have some power. 256MB running XP Pro. :)

Should I clear the CMOS each time or reset defaults after setting the jumpers or is the image "burned" into the BIOS?

It's not a biggy but any info would be great.


Scotoma
 
Hi Edward A. Weissbard

Thank you for your reply. I'll see if I can find an original eMachines BIOS. I've found an HP one but I guess that'll just replace the eMachines logo with the HP one. lol

Thanks again

Scotoma
scotoma,

I believe that logo is placed when the bios is customly flashed for the manufacturer. It would seem that the only way to change it is to reflash the BIOS. Correct me if I'm wrong anybody!

--
Edward A. Weissbard
El Paso, TX

"Life is easy with eyes closed"
-----------------------------------------------
Hi all

It's an old TriGem Micro-ATX Motherboard (COGNAC) and I'm trying to get rid of the eMachines boot logo/splash screen. There's no setting in the BIOS. I found the mobo manual with the jumper settings. It's not exact as it just says "reserved" for jumper combinations. The Mobo seems to have been popular in a few OEM/ODM machines. I've discovered that jumpers 2, 3 and 4 set to positions 2-3 disables access to the floppy from the OS (probably just one jumper but booting into windows to see which one.....) and jumper 5 disables access to the BIOS setup. J1* is COM2, J6 is clear CMOS, J7 is the audio function and J8 resets the password (info from sticker inside case and in manual). The combination seems to be with jumpers 2, 3 and 4 and I've tried them all but the f**ker's still there!

TriGem's site is crap. The eMachines site: http://www.emachines.com/support/pr...tops&subcat=eTower Series&model=eTower_667ir# expand the + for the spec'. For an old machine it still seems to have some power. 256MB running XP Pro. :)

Should I clear the CMOS each time or reset defaults after setting the jumpers or is the image "burned" into the BIOS?

It's not a biggy but any info would be great.


Scotoma
 
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