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At 02:45 PM 18/08/01 +0800, John Knight wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>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.</blockquote><br>
A fairly old board actually, a FIC VT-503.
<a href="http://www.fic.com.tw/fic/Products/Mainboards/1stmain/vt-503.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.fic.com.tw/fic/Products/Mainboards/1stmain/vt-503.htm</a>
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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.<br><br>
<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>At
02:30 PM 18/08/01 +0000, Mike wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I'll happily swap you a couple of
ISA ones for a PCI :)</blockquote><br>
Not that many spare PCI's sorry :(<br><br>
Thanks to those that replied, I now have an old ISA card that works
but<br>
still no joy with the original problem... the box hangs at
"Verifying DMI<br>
pool data"<br>
I am on page 30 of google looking for the above line and most answers
point<br>
to booting from a floppy. I have tried every boot option, every
BIOS<br>
option, cables plugged and unplugged, CMOS battery out and pins
shorted,<br>
etc, etc and is still the same. Any drives are autodetected ok, but
no<br>
h/d, cd, or floppy will boot.<br>
I realise this may be off topic but if/when this machine lives it will
be<br>
my server.<br>
Any clues from anyone please?<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>At 08:13 PM 17/8/2001 +0800, Nathan
D wrote:<br>
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>Would any kind pluggers out there have a spare ISA video card that
could be<br>
>spared for a few hours?<br>
>I have a FIC VT-503 motherboard with a suspect faulty BIOS in
it. I have<br>
>found - "Try using an ISA VGA card and see wether that system
will allow<br>
>you to perform a Boot Block." Only problem is that I only
have one old ISA<br>
>card and it is of unknown (not working?) quality. Plenty of
spare PCI's<br>
>around but I'm hoping the ISA will let me flash the BIOS.<br>
>I am in Roleystone and am happy to travel to nearby
areas.</blockquote>
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