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First post, by raist

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Hi all!

Guys, i need your help: i have an ELSA Winner 3000-L card, but without BIOS chip. I can program a new chip, but i can't find any BIN/HEX file for this card.

Does any of you have such a card and could rip the contents of the BIOS chip?

I will be grateful for any help 😀

Reply 1 of 2, by Horun

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Sorry, I looked thru my PCI vid cards and have some Virge/VirgeVX/VirgeDX based but no ELSA. Closest was a Diamond 4Mb card whose BIOS might work but is not an Elsa....
A bios that could work is a Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 iirc
added: one has to wonder why the ROM is missing. even dead/as-is video cards usually are sold with the rom chip

Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun

Reply 2 of 2, by raist

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As far as i know, the card was removed from the working computer. She hung around the shop for a while, and lost her BIOS chip during that time.

The card itself, apart from a few abrasions, does not have any damage, so i assume that after replacing the missing chip it should work therefore i am asking you for help 😀