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  #31  
Old May 15th 08, 10:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Franc Zabkar
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Posts: 1,702
Default invalid hibernation partition/file????

On Wed, 14 May 2008 13:04:48 -0500, "L." put finger to
keyboard and composed:

The only info is on a plate on bottom of system and it's stated "Personal
Computer Model No. N340S8".


These appear to be the Gericom 340S8 manuals:
http://ftp.acomp.hu/pub/gericom/Note...ice%20Manuals/
http://ftp.acomp.hu/pub/gericom/Note...e%20Manual.zip
http://ftp.acomp.hu/pub/gericom/Note...s%20Manual.zip

This is the German user manual for an Advent/Gericom N340S8 laptop:
http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...MANUAL/GERMAN/

Unfortunately the user manual at the FTP site is also in German.

This is the relevant section (chapter 3, page 3-9) as translated by
Google (http://translate.google.com/translate_t?sl=de&tl=en):

================================================== ==================
Save To create the disk partition (or file)

The drive has a standard Save to Disk / partition. The maximum
allowable system memory, for example, 160 MB, 16 MB are reserved for
the content of the video chips and other micro-controllers. To Suspend
property therefore at maximum system memory to use, you must save to
disk partition to 166 MB.

If the standard size of the disk Save To restore partition, then you
must use the following utility program. The data on your hard drive
will be running the programme HDPREP.EXE destroyed! You need the
operating system and application programs then reinstall it.

Follow the instructions to a Save To disk or partition their starting
size again:

1st Boot your notebook under DOS.

2nd On the factory supplied CD-ROM (or disk) is a utility program
called HDPREP.EXE.

3rd On the DOS prompt HDPREP and press the Enter key.

You need the hard disk (the DOS partition) format again and O / S and
application programs again.

If you DOS, Windows 3.x or Windows 95 (FAT16), you can save a file to
disk instead of a partition. In this case you do not need to reformat
the hard disk and O / S reinstall it. To Save To disk file to generate
go as described above and HDPREP give in step 3.
================================================== ==================
Note:
Install or do not remove memory modules, when the system is in disk
Save To Suspend mode. Start the notebook again and take it down before
the memory configuration.
================================================== ==================
Warning: When you run the program PHDISK.EXE the data on the hard
drive destroyed. A reinstall of the software is therefore necessary.
================================================== ==================

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
  #32  
Old May 15th 08, 11:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Gary S. Terhune[_2_]
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Posts: 2,158
Default invalid hibernation partition/file????

Unfortunately, the machine won't boot to anything except the error message.
No to the floppy drive, not to the CDROM. I can't quite make any sense out
of that, but it matches a lot of reports -- but the solution involves a BIOS
setting that apparently doesn't exist on this machine.
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 14 May 2008 13:04:48 -0500, "L." put finger to
keyboard and composed:

The only info is on a plate on bottom of system and it's stated "Personal
Computer Model No. N340S8".


These appear to be the Gericom 340S8 manuals:
http://ftp.acomp.hu/pub/gericom/Note...ice%20Manuals/
http://ftp.acomp.hu/pub/gericom/Note...e%20Manual.zip
http://ftp.acomp.hu/pub/gericom/Note...s%20Manual.zip

This is the German user manual for an Advent/Gericom N340S8 laptop:
http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...MANUAL/GERMAN/

Unfortunately the user manual at the FTP site is also in German.

This is the relevant section (chapter 3, page 3-9) as translated by
Google (http://translate.google.com/translate_t?sl=de&tl=en):

================================================== ==================
Save To create the disk partition (or file)

The drive has a standard Save to Disk / partition. The maximum
allowable system memory, for example, 160 MB, 16 MB are reserved for
the content of the video chips and other micro-controllers. To Suspend
property therefore at maximum system memory to use, you must save to
disk partition to 166 MB.

If the standard size of the disk Save To restore partition, then you
must use the following utility program. The data on your hard drive
will be running the programme HDPREP.EXE destroyed! You need the
operating system and application programs then reinstall it.

Follow the instructions to a Save To disk or partition their starting
size again:

1st Boot your notebook under DOS.

2nd On the factory supplied CD-ROM (or disk) is a utility program
called HDPREP.EXE.

3rd On the DOS prompt HDPREP and press the Enter key.

You need the hard disk (the DOS partition) format again and O / S and
application programs again.

If you DOS, Windows 3.x or Windows 95 (FAT16), you can save a file to
disk instead of a partition. In this case you do not need to reformat
the hard disk and O / S reinstall it. To Save To disk file to generate
go as described above and HDPREP give in step 3.
================================================== ==================
Note:
Install or do not remove memory modules, when the system is in disk
Save To Suspend mode. Start the notebook again and take it down before
the memory configuration.
================================================== ==================
Warning: When you run the program PHDISK.EXE the data on the hard
drive destroyed. A reinstall of the software is therefore necessary.
================================================== ==================

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.


  #33  
Old May 15th 08, 11:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
L.S.[_2_]
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 44
Default invalid hibernation partition/file????

Thanks for the info. I think Gary is or maybe has pulled his hair out on
this one.

Problem I'm having is that I can't boot to anything except BIOS.
The msg "invalid hibernation partition--- Do you want to (B)oot or (P)ower
down" comes up and everything locks up.
I power up with a win98se boot disk(floppy) and/or win98se cd inserted but
nothing happens.I've tried evey combination I can think of.
The only thing I can get to is BIOS (using Del key). Set boot order floppy,
cd, ide and have changed to cd first both no luck.
Once I "save with changes" the system restarts and then locks up with above
msg.

I've tried hitting the Ctrl key, the F8 key with no luck.

L.

(Changed CMOS battery with no luck)


"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 14 May 2008 13:04:48 -0500, "L." put finger to
keyboard and composed:

The only info is on a plate on bottom of system and it's stated "Personal
Computer Model No. N340S8".


These appear to be the Gericom 340S8 manuals:
http://ftp.acomp.hu/pub/gericom/Note...ice%20Manuals/
http://ftp.acomp.hu/pub/gericom/Note...e%20Manual.zip
http://ftp.acomp.hu/pub/gericom/Note...s%20Manual.zip

This is the German user manual for an Advent/Gericom N340S8 laptop:
http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...MANUAL/GERMAN/

Unfortunately the user manual at the FTP site is also in German.

This is the relevant section (chapter 3, page 3-9) as translated by
Google (http://translate.google.com/translate_t?sl=de&tl=en):

================================================== ==================
Save To create the disk partition (or file)

The drive has a standard Save to Disk / partition. The maximum
allowable system memory, for example, 160 MB, 16 MB are reserved for
the content of the video chips and other micro-controllers. To Suspend
property therefore at maximum system memory to use, you must save to
disk partition to 166 MB.

If the standard size of the disk Save To restore partition, then you
must use the following utility program. The data on your hard drive
will be running the programme HDPREP.EXE destroyed! You need the
operating system and application programs then reinstall it.

Follow the instructions to a Save To disk or partition their starting
size again:

1st Boot your notebook under DOS.

2nd On the factory supplied CD-ROM (or disk) is a utility program
called HDPREP.EXE.

3rd On the DOS prompt HDPREP and press the Enter key.

You need the hard disk (the DOS partition) format again and O / S and
application programs again.

If you DOS, Windows 3.x or Windows 95 (FAT16), you can save a file to
disk instead of a partition. In this case you do not need to reformat
the hard disk and O / S reinstall it. To Save To disk file to generate
go as described above and HDPREP give in step 3.
================================================== ==================
Note:
Install or do not remove memory modules, when the system is in disk
Save To Suspend mode. Start the notebook again and take it down before
the memory configuration.
================================================== ==================
Warning: When you run the program PHDISK.EXE the data on the hard
drive destroyed. A reinstall of the software is therefore necessary.
================================================== ==================

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.



  #34  
Old May 16th 08, 12:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
L.S.
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 22
Default invalid hibernation partition/file????

The more I read on this the more I'm thinking that the system had WinXP.
According to one article I read (and maybe I'm wrong) is that by running
WinXP, and maybe Win2k, you didn't need the HDPrep file or partition. The OS
took care of the Save to File or whatever that command is.
'course now I'm stuck.

Gary, Work on your garden today?




"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, the machine won't boot to anything except the error
message. No to the floppy drive, not to the CDROM. I can't quite make any
sense out of that, but it matches a lot of reports -- but the solution
involves a BIOS setting that apparently doesn't exist on this machine.
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 14 May 2008 13:04:48 -0500, "L." put finger to
keyboard and composed:

The only info is on a plate on bottom of system and it's stated "Personal
Computer Model No. N340S8".


These appear to be the Gericom 340S8 manuals:
http://ftp.acomp.hu/pub/gericom/Note...ice%20Manuals/
http://ftp.acomp.hu/pub/gericom/Note...e%20Manual.zip
http://ftp.acomp.hu/pub/gericom/Note...s%20Manual.zip

This is the German user manual for an Advent/Gericom N340S8 laptop:
http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...MANUAL/GERMAN/

Unfortunately the user manual at the FTP site is also in German.

This is the relevant section (chapter 3, page 3-9) as translated by
Google (http://translate.google.com/translate_t?sl=de&tl=en):

================================================== ==================
Save To create the disk partition (or file)

The drive has a standard Save to Disk / partition. The maximum
allowable system memory, for example, 160 MB, 16 MB are reserved for
the content of the video chips and other micro-controllers. To Suspend
property therefore at maximum system memory to use, you must save to
disk partition to 166 MB.

If the standard size of the disk Save To restore partition, then you
must use the following utility program. The data on your hard drive
will be running the programme HDPREP.EXE destroyed! You need the
operating system and application programs then reinstall it.

Follow the instructions to a Save To disk or partition their starting
size again:

1st Boot your notebook under DOS.

2nd On the factory supplied CD-ROM (or disk) is a utility program
called HDPREP.EXE.

3rd On the DOS prompt HDPREP and press the Enter key.

You need the hard disk (the DOS partition) format again and O / S and
application programs again.

If you DOS, Windows 3.x or Windows 95 (FAT16), you can save a file to
disk instead of a partition. In this case you do not need to reformat
the hard disk and O / S reinstall it. To Save To disk file to generate
go as described above and HDPREP give in step 3.
================================================== ==================
Note:
Install or do not remove memory modules, when the system is in disk
Save To Suspend mode. Start the notebook again and take it down before
the memory configuration.
================================================== ==================
Warning: When you run the program PHDISK.EXE the data on the hard
drive destroyed. A reinstall of the software is therefore necessary.
================================================== ==================

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.




  #35  
Old May 16th 08, 12:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
philo
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Posts: 1,318
Default invalid hibernation partition/file????


"L.S." wrote in message
...
Thanks for the info. I think Gary is or maybe has pulled his hair out on
this one.

Problem I'm having is that I can't boot to anything except BIOS.
The msg "invalid hibernation partition--- Do you want to (B)oot or

(P)ower
down" comes up and everything locks up.
I power up with a win98se boot disk(floppy) and/or win98se cd inserted but
nothing happens.I've tried evey combination I can think of.
The only thing I can get to is BIOS (using Del key). Set boot order

floppy,
cd, ide and have changed to cd first both no luck.
Once I "save with changes" the system restarts and then locks up with

above
msg.

I've tried hitting the Ctrl key, the F8 key with no luck.

L.

(Changed CMOS battery with no luck)




Since you can at least enter the bios

see if there are any hiberantion options in the bios
and try different configurations

or else just plain set the bios to default


  #36  
Old May 16th 08, 01:38 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Franc Zabkar
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 1,702
Default invalid hibernation partition/file????

On Wed, 14 May 2008 12:05:46 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" none put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Well here's where we a Everything I can find on this message, which is
common to many laptops that use the same Hibernation system... All roads
lead to those same instructions you already tried. The file that the message
suggests you run, if you could read the whole message, is "HDPREP (or
HDPREPEZ), or 'AMI Save to File Utility'". That would prepare the hard drive
by creating a special partition to hold Hibernation data. But you have to
prep the HD *before* you turn on the feature, and you have to turn off the
feature to make it let you boot if the HD isn't prepped properly.

In short, I'm not sure I can take you any farther. If there is no possible
power management option that fits the bill, I have to wonder if someone
tried to update the BIOS and screwed up. I dunno, nothing quite makes sense.
All I know is that it's the BIOS that's holding you up, and it's holding you
up because it can't find the hibernation partition.

Hmmm... I suppose you could try taking out the HD, putting it into a
desktop, and run the HDPREP program, then put it back in the laptop. Would
be a complicated operation (gotta make sure only the laptop HD gets
"prepped", which might mean having to disable the rest of the HDs in the
machine and use a bootable floppy setup disk to run the HDPREP utility.

But it all comes back to BIOS should have that setting, and if it doesn't,
nothing makes sense. Sorry, but I don't think I could come up with anything
else without the machine in front of me. I'd want to take the disk out and
put it into another machine to see what partitions there are, and I'd want
to positively identify the motherboard and determine if it was possible to
find a BIOS version for it that has the proper settings...

Just doesn't make any sense.


I agree with your most recent suggestion, namely to HDPREP the hard
drive in a desktop machine, although you'll have to be careful to
assign enough disc space to match the total system RAM plus video RAM,
as explained in the HDPREP documentation.

Here are some potentially useful utilities including Hdprep and a BIOS
flasher:
http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...RIVER/Utility/

Drivers:
http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...-340S8/DRIVER/

BIOS updates:
http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...ne-340S8/BIOS/

The "BIOS update" IMG files appear to be images of bootable floppy
diskettes.

After writing these images to separate diskettes, there were several
files including BIOS.ROM (256KB) which appeared to be the BIOS images.
The ROM files contained the text strings listed below. Note that
"1AAOG008" appears in the OP's BIOS ID string, as does "9999". This
suggests to me that the OP's machine probably still has its original
BIOS.

I believe the info in the "$BID$9999" blocks will be reported by the
BIOS/POST if the Insert key is held down during power-up.

================================================== =================
UN340G BAT0 NiMH OEM
UN340G BAT0 LiON OEM

American Megatrends Inc. 062710 07/15/97 Gericom 1AAJG 1.0
American Megatrends Inc. 340S8 1.0 Uknown Chassis Manufacture
Version 1.00 Socket 370 Internal Cache Internal Cache ROW-0 ROW-1
PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 ISA1 ISA2 SMBIOS Support from AMI
Tested by James USB Def System Management BIOS from Atlanta SMBIOS
from AMI English Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Japanese

$BID$9999 1AAOG008 0B 0296.00 $_CORE0296.00 Flash: W29C020 DIM: PCI
PCI Bridge VUMA PnP NVRAM flash ACPI: S3 S4 USB: OHCI SMBIOS: 2.2 GPNV
flash Bootblock: Floppy INT13: EDD1.1 S.M.A.R.T. HDD65GB Ultra DMA
33/66/100 BootSector Anti-Virus Misc: Silent Boot CPU: 686 Intel

$BID$9999 1AAOG008 0B 0296.00 $_CORE0296.00 Flash: W29C020
Mx29F002T/Mx29022T/A29002T V29C51002T/ST29SF020/ST39VF020/IM29F002T
EN29F002T DIM: PCI PCI Bridge VUMA PnP NVRAM flash ACPI: S3 S4 USB:
OHCI SMBIOS: 2.2 GPNV flash Bootblock: Floppy INT13: EDD1.1 S.M.A.R.T.
HDD65GB Ultra DMA 33/66/100 BootSector Anti-Virus Misc: Silent Boot
CPU: 686 Intel
================================================== =================

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
  #37  
Old May 16th 08, 01:38 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Franc Zabkar
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 1,702
Default invalid hibernation partition/file????

On Thu, 15 May 2008 18:43:37 -0500, "philo" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Since you can at least enter the bios

see if there are any hiberantion options in the bios
and try different configurations


I've looked at the BIOS options in the German version of Gericom's
user manual ...

http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK.../340s8-G-2.pdf

.... but I can't see any Auto Save-To-File option as described in this
forum:

http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...ad.php?t=33474

or else just plain set the bios to default


That option does exist.

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
  #38  
Old May 16th 08, 09:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Franc Zabkar
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 1,702
Default invalid hibernation partition/file????

On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:38:14 +1000, Franc Zabkar
put finger to keyboard and composed:

On Thu, 15 May 2008 18:43:37 -0500, "philo" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Since you can at least enter the bios

see if there are any hiberantion options in the bios
and try different configurations


I've looked at the BIOS options in the German version of Gericom's
user manual ...

http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK.../340s8-G-2.pdf

... but I can't see any Auto Save-To-File option as described in this
forum:

http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...ad.php?t=33474

or else just plain set the bios to default


That option does exist.

- Franc Zabkar


I used the AMI BIOS configuration utility (amibcp.exe) in this archive
....

http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...ity/Hdprep.zip

.... to analyse the two BIOS.ROM files contained within these diskette
images ...

http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...ne-340S8/BIOS/

Here are the ROMs and report files:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/340S8/

I notice that "Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings" is absent.

I notice also that Power Management Setup includes several settings
which are not active, eg "DRAM to Disk Auto Time Out" and "Suspend To
DRAM Type".

I believe the AMI BIOS configuration utility can enable all the
aforementioned missing features, as well as Advanced Chipset Setup and
PCI / Plug and Play Setup. One would then need to flash the
motherboard with this modified BIOS.

I wonder if setting Primary Master to Not Installed will enable the OP
to boot to a floppy diskette. Perhaps some intelligent utility
(HDPREPEZ ???) will then be able to see the HD even though the BIOS
(or CMOS RAM) doesn't report it.

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
  #39  
Old May 16th 08, 02:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
L.S.[_2_]
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 44
Default invalid hibernation partition/file????

Also read to take out or disable the HD and see if floppy/CD will work.
Wil try and disable HD and see what happens. Will report back later today.

Some of the new suggestion are starting to get above my head.
Will take them one at a time and see what I can do.

I'm leary about taking the HD out and putting it in one of my 'working'
systems.
Again, starting to push my knowledge level. No, actually past it by now.

Thanks guys,


"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:38:14 +1000, Franc Zabkar
put finger to keyboard and composed:

On Thu, 15 May 2008 18:43:37 -0500, "philo" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Since you can at least enter the bios

see if there are any hiberantion options in the bios
and try different configurations


I've looked at the BIOS options in the German version of Gericom's
user manual ...

http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK.../340s8-G-2.pdf

... but I can't see any Auto Save-To-File option as described in this
forum:

http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...ad.php?t=33474

or else just plain set the bios to default


That option does exist.

- Franc Zabkar


I used the AMI BIOS configuration utility (amibcp.exe) in this archive
...

http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...ity/Hdprep.zip

... to analyse the two BIOS.ROM files contained within these diskette
images ...

http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...ne-340S8/BIOS/

Here are the ROMs and report files:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/340S8/

I notice that "Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings" is absent.

I notice also that Power Management Setup includes several settings
which are not active, eg "DRAM to Disk Auto Time Out" and "Suspend To
DRAM Type".

I believe the AMI BIOS configuration utility can enable all the
aforementioned missing features, as well as Advanced Chipset Setup and
PCI / Plug and Play Setup. One would then need to flash the
motherboard with this modified BIOS.

I wonder if setting Primary Master to Not Installed will enable the OP
to boot to a floppy diskette. Perhaps some intelligent utility
(HDPREPEZ ???) will then be able to see the HD even though the BIOS
(or CMOS RAM) doesn't report it.

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.



  #40  
Old May 16th 08, 02:59 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
L.S.[_2_]
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 44
Default invalid hibernation partition/file????


""I believe the info in the "$BID$9999" blocks will be reported by the
BIOS/POST if the Insert key is held down during power-up""

Heald down the Ins key with no luck.
The only key that works during bootup is the Del key to enter BIOS.

Also disabled the HD in BIOS, still no luck. Shows the floppy and CD drive.
Set BIOS bootup(1st), floppy then CD(2nd) and disabled IDE(0) (3rd).
The BIOS shows CD drive while, in fact, it has a dvd-rom drive inserted.
Make any difference?
I have a cd-rom drive that came with system but not sure how to replace, if
needed.


"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 14 May 2008 12:05:46 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" none put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Well here's where we a Everything I can find on this message, which is
common to many laptops that use the same Hibernation system... All roads
lead to those same instructions you already tried. The file that the
message
suggests you run, if you could read the whole message, is "HDPREP (or
HDPREPEZ), or 'AMI Save to File Utility'". That would prepare the hard
drive
by creating a special partition to hold Hibernation data. But you have to
prep the HD *before* you turn on the feature, and you have to turn off the
feature to make it let you boot if the HD isn't prepped properly.

In short, I'm not sure I can take you any farther. If there is no possible
power management option that fits the bill, I have to wonder if someone
tried to update the BIOS and screwed up. I dunno, nothing quite makes
sense.
All I know is that it's the BIOS that's holding you up, and it's holding
you
up because it can't find the hibernation partition.

Hmmm... I suppose you could try taking out the HD, putting it into a
desktop, and run the HDPREP program, then put it back in the laptop. Would
be a complicated operation (gotta make sure only the laptop HD gets
"prepped", which might mean having to disable the rest of the HDs in the
machine and use a bootable floppy setup disk to run the HDPREP utility.

But it all comes back to BIOS should have that setting, and if it doesn't,
nothing makes sense. Sorry, but I don't think I could come up with
anything
else without the machine in front of me. I'd want to take the disk out and
put it into another machine to see what partitions there are, and I'd want
to positively identify the motherboard and determine if it was possible to
find a BIOS version for it that has the proper settings...

Just doesn't make any sense.


I agree with your most recent suggestion, namely to HDPREP the hard
drive in a desktop machine, although you'll have to be careful to
assign enough disc space to match the total system RAM plus video RAM,
as explained in the HDPREP documentation.

Here are some potentially useful utilities including Hdprep and a BIOS
flasher:
http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...RIVER/Utility/

Drivers:
http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...-340S8/DRIVER/

BIOS updates:
http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK...ne-340S8/BIOS/

The "BIOS update" IMG files appear to be images of bootable floppy
diskettes.

After writing these images to separate diskettes, there were several
files including BIOS.ROM (256KB) which appeared to be the BIOS images.
The ROM files contained the text strings listed below. Note that
"1AAOG008" appears in the OP's BIOS ID string, as does "9999". This
suggests to me that the OP's machine probably still has its original
BIOS.

I believe the info in the "$BID$9999" blocks will be reported by the
BIOS/POST if the Insert key is held down during power-up.

================================================== =================
UN340G BAT0 NiMH OEM
UN340G BAT0 LiON OEM

American Megatrends Inc. 062710 07/15/97 Gericom 1AAJG 1.0
American Megatrends Inc. 340S8 1.0 Uknown Chassis Manufacture
Version 1.00 Socket 370 Internal Cache Internal Cache ROW-0 ROW-1
PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 ISA1 ISA2 SMBIOS Support from AMI
Tested by James USB Def System Management BIOS from Atlanta SMBIOS
from AMI English Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Japanese

$BID$9999 1AAOG008 0B 0296.00 $_CORE0296.00 Flash: W29C020 DIM: PCI
PCI Bridge VUMA PnP NVRAM flash ACPI: S3 S4 USB: OHCI SMBIOS: 2.2 GPNV
flash Bootblock: Floppy INT13: EDD1.1 S.M.A.R.T. HDD65GB Ultra DMA
33/66/100 BootSector Anti-Virus Misc: Silent Boot CPU: 686 Intel

$BID$9999 1AAOG008 0B 0296.00 $_CORE0296.00 Flash: W29C020
Mx29F002T/Mx29022T/A29002T V29C51002T/ST29SF020/ST39VF020/IM29F002T
EN29F002T DIM: PCI PCI Bridge VUMA PnP NVRAM flash ACPI: S3 S4 USB:
OHCI SMBIOS: 2.2 GPNV flash Bootblock: Floppy INT13: EDD1.1 S.M.A.R.T.
HDD65GB Ultra DMA 33/66/100 BootSector Anti-Virus Misc: Silent Boot
CPU: 686 Intel
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