I'm currently working on a pc that belongs to a friend.
I've replaced the video card beqause the old one was toasted.
Now i got screen but when the pc boots up i get this error :
So i figured that the bios checksum is corrupted (As far as my knowledge goes by i guess it would be a short circuit in the vga card).Award BootBlockBios V1.0
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Bios ROM Checsum error.
Detecting floppy drive A media...
Anyhow, i need to flash my bios chip.
Since it does not boot and the only message on the screen is the error i described earlier in this post. I cannot retrieve the bios string by running some app.
The specs i have so far:
1. The mainbord is a chaintech (I guessed it beqause the logo on the Northbridge is from chaintech).
2. In height order : 1x AGP, 1x AMR (Modem port), 5x PCI, 1x ISA.
3. 2 USB 1.1 ports.
4. Prolly VIA VT82C686A chipset (Southbridge).
5. Socket 370 Proc.
6. 133 MHZ BUS (Since all the RAM modules are 133 MHZ).
For further specs just look at the pictures.
Mainbord :
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee30 ... C00393.jpg
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee30 ... C00392.jpg
Chipset :
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee30 ... C00394.jpg
BIOS/CMOS chip :
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee30 ... C00396.jpg
Stickers on the bottem of the ISA slot:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee30 ... C00401.jpg
Can anyone help me finding the correct mainboard manufacturer and/or the serial number of this board ?
Note that the CMOS battery is just on the side of the CPU socket.
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