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Well, I think you could have a dead board. I've got one like that; an oscilloscope shows that the CPU starts to run but, I guess one of the critical chips on-board is dead because it doesn't get any further. Are you sure that the BIOS ROM is OK ? I have revived two dead boards that were dead because...

From reading the newsgroups I understand that you can not run CPU at 100 MHz and memory at 133 MHz on the K7S5A. You could ask again at http://pub65.ezboard.com/bk7s5amotherboardforum

....oh, alright.
ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/desktop/mainboard/V75M/
or IBM 2170 Aptiva SL-A

For M577 BIOS, I used CBROM 1.30 not awdhack to extract and release all the loadable modules (using /other 4100:0 for awardext.rom module, not present in all BIOSes). The compressed Original.tmp finished at about 0x1A200 so I cut everything up to 0x1B000 out of the original BIOS to make file "part2"...

Google search for "v75M motherboard"
would be a good start. Did you try that ?

Don't keep us in suspense - how do you do the 6x ?

Hi pode1. There is a forum specially for PC-Chips at PC-Chips Lottery although some of the experts there also post here. Take a look there. Lowering the IRQ does not make any difference to performance. The M558 (see http://www.pcchips.com.tw/M558.html ) may have a slot for Cache-on-a-stick (COAST) b...

Gorgans, why did you waste our time ? The picture you sent is from the BCM website (right click on your picture and select properties - gives http://www.bcmcom.com/Graphics/boards/SQ578.JPG) where you can get the BIOS and the manual in .PDF.

Lincolnh wrote:This is my last hope...

Have you tried "hot flashing" with Uniflash ? or is there no other motherboard you can use which supports 2Mbit Flash ?

Lucky Tech were also known as Sinn Yung Tech (SYE), listed under "Manufacturer links". Unfortunately I cannot find any live links, but if you speak Hungarian you could try contacting the person who wrote http://lista.sulinet.hu/archive/techinfo/200006/msg00271.html as there may be a later BIOS than ...

Thomas - compare this with his picture.http://www.bcmcom.com/tech/sq578/tech578.htm
They are the same picture.

Gorgans - how come you have this picture but don't know what the board is ?

You aren't going to like this answer, but it isn't the BIOS and the way I've cured this in the past (under Windows 95) is to reinstall Windows. I've struggled to remove the IDE controller devices or a parent controller and in the end it's always come down to re-installing. Last month I moved a Windo...

A Google search for SQ578 suggests http://www.bcmcom.com/tech/sq578/tech578.htm

And how can i know the date and version of the update file i downloaded, in order to be sure it's the most recent one :?: Find the MODBIN utility (which runs in a DOS box) somewhere on the web (Amptron website perhaps?), download it and run it in the directory where you have your upgrade file. Sele...

Tell us what steps you have taken to establish that it is the BIOS.
What operating system ?
Have you tried with a DOS boot disc with a CD-driver and MSCDEX.EXE ?