Please help ID my board

How-to identify your motherboard ?
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Akari
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I need the manual and a bios upgrade.

Award bios modular bios v4.50G
Award bios string: 01/05/96-i430FX-2A59CF546-00
Board bios version : 01/-5/1996 RELEASE
Chipset : i430FX //intel triton-fx
ajzchips
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Looks like an M506/M507 by PCCHIPS.
Check http://th2chips.freeservers.com/m507/index.html
Akari
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Well it looks like it the pic aint right with the chips above but if i look at
http://th2chips.freeservers.com/m507/jumper/index.html
It's the same

so i gues i have a m507 here
Akari
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next question

How do i flash

I have the file contianing the right bios
Do i need to make a boot floppy or what
Rainbow
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There's nice BIOS at http://wims.rainbow-software.org/.
But first check if your board has Flash ROM installed (because many don't). Peel off the Award BIOS sticker from the chip. If you see M507 printed there, it's not flashable and you need to replace it if you want new BIOS. You can get some 128KB (1mbit) chip from a dead board and hot-flash the new BIOS into it or order a preflashed chip somewhere (e.g. http://www.badflash.com)
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
UniFlash - Flash anything anywhere
Akari
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what happend if you try to flash and haven't got a Flash ROM installed
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You kill the eprom...
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Do not assume anything

System error, strike any user to continue...
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