First post, by HzDonut
Hello Everyone,
Long time lurker, first time posting. 😀
I was able to pickup a Soyo SY-6BA for a sentimental personal build and everything on the board is fine, except the BIOS chip was bad and the original owner could not find where he put it.
Here is where I could use your help:
1. I read the original bios chips for these boards were awful to say the least and capable of corrupting pretty easy. I read on some much older forum posts that you can use a different BIOS chip with less potential chance of being corrupted. Is this true? (referring to an old Tom's Hardware post where someone with a SY-6BA III board swapped out their old BIOS chip for a much better version from a different manufacturer).
2. I checked the manual and online, but can't seem to find what type of BIOS chip was on the SY-6ba. I was able to find the variants (6BA-III, +, and so on...), but not the plain 6BA. Does anyone know where I can find what type of chip was originally on this board, so I can maybe replace it with something better?
3. In regards to flashing the new chip with the 6ba bios, is this something a local shop could do for me, or is it a service I'd have to ship the board out to be worked on? (A lot of older posts online take you to companies that no longer exist at all... let alone offer this service 😉 ).
Thank you all for your time and help. I sincerely appreciate and thank you for this wonderful community and forum!
