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NickS wrote:Is your BIOS socketed like the picture on the website ?

Ever seen any (newer) dual BIOS board which has socketed flash chips?

There's something available at archive.org

I have had several Octek boards (slot 1, socket 370, socket A) which are just relabeled boards of DFI and PC Partner (same BIOS ID-s as the "original" boards, just modified OEM sign-ons and stickers put on the silkscreened model numbers on the board). I liked their support - they promptly sent me a ...

Maybe you will find some useful information from this topic:
MODBIN & MD8000 (MoBo: Medion MD5000 aka MSI MS-6701)

Each and every bios for it (OEM or Intel) is limited to P2-450. No workarounds. Anything higher -> board won't boot. Actually P3 450 MHz: ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/1075/ENG/relnte12.txt And there was one guy at a local forum who had a P3 500MHz running on SE440BX with P10 BIOS (the pro...

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darkman wrote:I used the chipquik kit to help me out, i'll admit it is good.

Where did you purchase it?

On an ATX PSU connector, the PWRGOOD signal is probably known as PS-OK. I actually meant the pwrgood signal between the processor and buck controller (or whatever you call it; it's the small chip on the motherboard that generates the proper supply voltage for the processor according to its VID[4:0]...

Another possibility would be to check if the PWRGOOD signal is high (at least this is what I do after I have verified that the BIOS is OK (the flash chip itself and the contents of it) and made a visual examination of the board (to see if there are any bad capacitors etc)).

NickS wrote:Tom's Hardware review criticises Soltek for using an "old-fashioned" socketed 32-pin chip on their KT600 board. Personally, I think that was very smart.

Gurus@THG wrote:Hopelessly outdated: BIOS Flash chip in TSOP package

Sorry for offtopic, couldn't resist...

Have you looked at LinuxBIOS and other similar projects?

JP3011 near the battery.

Has anyone patched an Award BIOS to support VIA Socket370 processors (e. g. C3 etc)? Does it differ from adding, for example, support for Intel Tualatin?
I thought I could solve the problem the usual way - using apple_rom's BIOS patcher - but no It doesn't support VIA CPU's

How do you build yours, using eMedia PCB or pre-assembled kit? I ordered the PCB from eMedia a few years ago and bought the 74HCT chips and passives from a local electronics shop . Pre-assembled kit would be just too uninteresting (and also a bit expensive) for me :wink: today, does your CT-Flasher...

In most cases the leaking capacitors can be identified simply by looking at them (lots of photos can be found here.)

A Pentium MB with VLB
Quite rare, aren't they?
I used to have one of these, too. But mine was an Edom MP039 (can send a copy of the BIOS image if somebody wants it).

Oops... Sorry for offtopic...