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Only MSI board I've found so far with the nVidia 420D chipset is the K7N420 PRO (MS-6373). How does this picture compare?

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_sp ... K7N420_Pro

If it is an M787CLM, then it is the Amptron version with on-board LAN. Have you tried going into the BIOS and disabling the onboard LAN under Features Setup?

Would the complete string be something like: 10/16/2001-i845-W627HF-6A69VM4GC-00 ?

If so, it is an MSI MS-6534 motherboard:

Sorry, the BIOS link doesn't work, try here:

http://bios.driverfiles.net/page,show,20774,438,6,.html

I believe this is a PowerColor P561A motherboard, there is very little info available it seems.

Drivers are here:

http://www.cptech.com.tw/global/driver. ... word=p561a

BIOS is here:

http://www.angelfire.com/pop2/secure/P561A.html

I had good luck ordering from:

www.badflash.com

The motherboard chipset isn't a factor, the same type of BIOS chip is. Hot Flashing Guide Rev. 2.0! What If You Don't Have A Similar Motherboard? While it is advisable to use a similar motherboard to hot flash your dead BIOS chip, you can use a completely different motherboard model to do the hot fl...

The board uses a 4Mbit flash memory chip - what is printed on the chip surface? Do the other chips you tried compare - ie. are they the same manufacturer and part number?

Not sure why they had you run the DEBUG routine - here is what www.computerhope.com/rdebug.htm has to say about this routine: This debug routine is used to erase all partition information on the hard disk drive and is only recommend for experienced users or users who are unable to delete the partiti...

In spite of what everyone claims/denies, it is an Intel VS440FX (Venus) OEM board supplied to Gateway by Intel. The Intel BIOS for their board is 1.00.xx.CS1, the OEM version adds the T suffix to indicate Gateway 2000. This is an ATX board with a PentiumPro processor - did you wish to re-use the pro...

It appears Biostar used the same string on several of their boards:
http://www.supportbios.info/resultado.a ... &Idioma=EN

The number is usually behind or beside the first I/O slot (in this case the ISA slot), printed on the board in very small characters.

Check the string again - are you sure it isn't something closer to 06/18/1998-i440FX-2A69HS29C-00 FA-0618? If so, it would be a SOYO SY-6FA. The questionable part of the string is 2A69H529C. Is the 5 possibly an S?

Google search gave hits on these 2 boards, check which (if either) matches yours:

http://www.chaintech.co.yu/proizvodi/slot1/6btm.jpg

http://www.chaintech.de/PRODUCTI/Prodpix/6bts.jpg

Have you tried contacting Polaris directly to see if they can supply the BIOS file?