BIOS Flash problems

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guytou
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Hi,
I tried to flash my AMI bios whom details are shown below:

The manufacturer of my motherboard is TOP GUN a pcchips motherboard

My Pc is a old Pentium I 166 MMX.

released BIOS: 11/26/1997 S

S3 86C775/86C785 *** VIDEO Bios Version 1.0.1-04-50/55

AMI plug and play version 1-0A
AMERICAN Megatrends Inc
long strings at the bottom of the screen:

51-0505-001437-00111111-071595-M1531/43-001_10_-H,
I downloaded a new version according an advise of ami support on the site: www.pcchipsusa.com and on the link:
http://www.stud.fernuni-hagen.de/q39981 ... ctype.html
but after severals tries, i have a black screen, and it 's impossible to have acces to the disks
does anybody has a solution?
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Denniss
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Have you identified your board properly at the Pcchips Lottery ?
-> Identified as what ?
Bios installed was ?
Followed the downloadlinks at the Pcchips Lottery ?
guytou
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Hi, Dennis
Yes,
the name of my motherboard identified as: TOP GUN, it's a TXPRO board, according to the bios , i red this :HT
M21080
J9744
when removed the bios from the board i could read this:
M5819P A1 so i assume that it was M581 on pcchips!!!!
9745 XAK 83421000D
Bios was installed on:=>released BIOS: 11/26/1997 S
>
> S3 86C775/86C785 *** VIDEO Bios Version 1.0.1-04-50/55
>
> AMI plug and play version 1-0A
>
> AMERICAN Megatrends Inc:
>
> The famous long stringsyou can see at the bottom of the screen at starup: 51-0505-001437-00111111-071595-M1531/43-001_10_-H

Followed the downloadlinks at the Pcchips Lottery ? ==> yes!!!
Denniss
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Please use the ... DO NOT KNOW ... search engine at the lottery - it is to identify a board as good as possible .

TXPRO should be M560/M560TG M565 or M575
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AFAIK, "TOP GUN" is printed on the M560TG board.
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
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ajzchips
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Yep. Only on the M560TG.
guytou
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Hi to all ,
thanks for your responses,
on pcchips lottery, the M560TG, is not availlalable!!!

i will try with M560,M565 or M575 , are they right for flashing my TXPRO Motherboard?
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ajzchips
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Yes it is:
http://www.stud.fernuni-hagen.de/q39981 ... ?MB=M560TG

But let's make this simple:

M560: 4 PCI, 4 ISA, 2 DIMM
M560TG: 5 PCI, 3 ISA, 3 DIMM, 512KB cache
M565: same as M560TG with 1MB cache
M575: 4 PCI, 3 ISA, 3 DIMM, audio

Note: M560TG and M565 use same BIOS.
guytou
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THanks for your précision!!!!
kinds regards
biosly yours
Ritchie
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Does this mean you have been successful in flashing an updated BIOS? And is all well with it?

If you have not updated your BIOS, what is the state of your system now - is it functioning normally?

Like everyone here I am just interested in some feedback from the outcome of this topic.
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