OT [plug] ISA Video card

[Nathan D]

At 02:45 PM 18/08/01 +0800, John Knight wrote:
>Is this a recent motherboard by chance(within a year or two)? If so 
>(Socket A per chance?), I've got a mate with the same problem. If other 
>pluggers dunno what the problem is, then I'll ask him for you.

A fairly old board actually, a FIC VT-503. 
http://www.fic.com.tw/fic/Products/Mainboards/1stmain/vt-503.htm
It currently has a pentium166 running in it (on loan) with plans of a spare 
IBM PR200 going in.  Currently it has AWARD BIOS ver. 109GI15 (21/01/1998), 
and I have ver. 109GI16 ready to flash.  I'm getting very much to the 
conclusion that the motherboard has problems.



>>At 02:30 PM 18/08/01 +0000, Mike wrote:
>>>I'll happily swap you a couple of ISA ones for a PCI :)
>>
>>Not that many spare PCI's sorry :(
>>
>>Thanks to those that replied, I now have an old ISA card that works but
>>still no joy with the original problem... the box hangs at "Verifying DMI
>>pool data"
>>I am on page 30 of google looking for the above line and most answers point
>>to booting from a floppy.  I have tried every boot option, every BIOS
>>option, cables plugged and unplugged, CMOS battery out and pins shorted,
>>etc, etc and is still the same.  Any drives are autodetected ok, but no
>>h/d, cd, or floppy will boot.
>>I realise this may be off topic but if/when this machine lives it will be
>>my server.
>>Any clues from anyone please?
>>
>>
>>>At 08:13 PM 17/8/2001 +0800, Nathan D wrote:
>>> >
>>> >Would any kind pluggers out there have a spare ISA video card that 
>>> could be
>>> >spared for a few hours?
>>> >I have a FIC VT-503 motherboard with a suspect faulty BIOS in it.  I have
>>> >found - "Try using an ISA VGA card and see wether that system will allow
>>> >you to perform a Boot Block."  Only problem is that I only have one 
>>> old ISA
>>> >card and it is of unknown (not working?) quality.  Plenty of spare PCI's
>>> >around but I'm hoping the ISA will let me flash the BIOS.
>>> >I am in Roleystone and am happy to travel to nearby areas.
>>
>>regards,
>>   Nathan
>>
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