hi,
picked up a shuttle HOT-553 motherboard https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/shuttle-hot-553 the other day and looks like the BIOS chip has been removed at some stage..
wondered why it wouldnt post so started looking over the board and according to the site above it should have an award bios..
if a find another bios from another board could i swap that in and then flash it to correct image?
kennyPENTIUMpowers wrote on 2022-09-11, 13:21:if a find another bios from another board could i swap that in and then flash it to correct image?
There is a chance, if the bios you swap in has the same chipset(s).
Easiest would be to use an external programmer, and flash one of the roms you can download here https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/shuttl … t-553#downloads
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BIOSes from other mainboards with Intel 430HX chipset will do - but only if they also have the - not so common - UMC Super-I/O. (like some Soyo HX mainboards for example)
If they don´t they will POST but you won´t have floppy support and need a separate floppy-controller card to hotflash the Shuttle BIOS.
You will also have to pick the right BIOS fille for your flash-ROM (MX or Intel 12V or Winbond, SST etc 5V). There´s a readme file included.
well i paid $25 for it with a 166 cpu and 2 32mb ram sticks ... no great loss
i guess ill keep the cpu and ram and not worry about the board... live and learn
kennyPENTIUMpowers wrote on 2022-09-11, 14:39:well i paid $25 for it with a 166 cpu and 2 32mb ram sticks ... no great loss
i guess ill keep the cpu and ram and not worry about the board... live and learn
Yeah, it's not the end of the world. Also, you might be able to find someone nearby to flash a chip for you (I would gladly, but I'm on the other side of the planet), or buy one from seller who offers to flash it for you before shipping it .
Also, if the system was sold as "tested", I would kindly let the seller know that the testing procedure might be slightly lacking. 😉
When I was on the lookout for a 440BX board I bought two from the same seller. One was ECS I'm using right now and another one I later noticed didn't have a BIOS. Both were sold cheap though. I didn't bother finding a BIOS as it looked like it had too few caps near slot 1 and didn't want to fry any CPU on it. I ended up removing slot 1 retaining clips and threw the board into garbage bin. Those having a desoldering station would probably also salvage cache chips, CPU socket and ISA slots on that HOT-553.
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kennyPENTIUMpowers wrote on 2022-09-11, 14:39:well i paid $25 for it with a 166 cpu and 2 32mb ram sticks ... no great loss
i guess ill keep the cpu and ram and not worry about the board... live and learn
The Shuttle HOT-533 is absolutely worth being resuscitated! It´s a high quality HX mainboard with very good performance.
There´s no "plug and play / out of the box" when it comes to vintage computing, some obstacels have to be overcome, a (small) price has to be paid.
I´m sure someone here can send you a ready flashed BIOS chip - postage should not be prohibitive expensive.
