• AMI
• Award
• Mr BIOS
• Phoenix

American Megatrends Inc.

"All current versions of AMI BIOS 95, core date 7-15-95, and future versions of AMIBIOS are year 2000 compliant. All previous OEM versions of AMIBIOS can be changed only by the system OEM to support the year 2000 feature. This change can be given directly to the system OEM from American Megatrends. Year 2000 compliance means that the internal BIOS date and time clock will continue above the date 1999. It will not reset itself after 1999 to the date of 1900. It will continue to the date of 2099 before resetting to 1900."

THEREFORE, IF YOUR AMIBIOS DATE IS EARLIER THAN 15th July 1995, (7-15-95 is the US date format) FIT A MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

Award Software International Inc.

"If your BIOS was released before 26 April 1994, you only need to reset your system clock once. Turn the system off before midnight on 1 December 1999. Turn it back on some time after midnight, on 1 January 2000. Then reset the system date in Setup. If your BIOS was released between 26 April 1994 and 31 May 1995, you need to obtain a BIOS update, or reset your system clock every day! If your BIOS was released after 31 May 1995, its calendar automatically rolls from 1999 to 2000 at midnight. You don't need to do any thing."

THEREFORE, IF YOUR BIOS DATE IS BETWEEN 26th APRIL 1994 AND 31st MAY 1995, YOU CAN FIT A MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

Microid Research (Mr BIOS)

On this website information about version 3.42 of the BIOS has just appeared (14^th July 1997). One of the new features is:
"Millennium support, automatic rollover of clock to year 2000."
Identification date information was not available.

YOU CAN USE OUR F2000.EXE SOFTWARE TO TEST YOUR BIOS AND FIT A MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD TO CORRECT IT, IF REQUIRED.

Phoenix Technologies Ltd

"How can I find out if my computer supports the year 2000? If your owner's manual doesn't mention this issue, and you can't call the computer manufacturer for some reason (they are the only ones who will know for sure), take these steps: 1. Set the time on your computer to three minutes before midnight (23:57:00), and the date to December 31, 1999. 2. Turn your computer off and wait for five minutes. 3. Turn your computer on, booting from a "system only" floppy disk (DOS with no config.sys or autoexec.bat files). If the date prompt displays "2000" as the year, you have nothing to worry about. If it displays any other year, you have to upgrade your BIOS. Phoenix fixed this problem in February of 1995, but some of our customers may be using source code purchased before February 1995. There is no BIOS version number that guarantees your system will report the proper date in the year 2000. This problem will surface again in the year 2400."

THEREFORE, IF OUR F2000.EXE SOFTWARE SHOWS YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU CAN FIT A MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD TO CORRECT IT.

Fernlink 2000 Ltd

If your BIOS does not meet the criteria outlined above, OR you cannot get a BIOS update, OR your BIOS is not listed above, then stop worrying. F2000.EXE will show you what is happening, and the Fernlink 2000 MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD will rescue you.