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First post, by dataino.it

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Hi
Does the card in the picture have the bios burned, is there a possibility to download it somewhere?

I searched the internet but found only drivers

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Reply 2 of 9, by dataino.it

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douglar wrote on 2021-02-03, 00:49:

So the FCC ide says Micromax board.

Here's my Boca board. Maybe it will work?

http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?file … 776&menustate=0

You are the number ONE .. THX

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Reply 3 of 9, by zyga64

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You can download BIOS for most of VGA cards from VGA Legacy MKIII
There is Download attachments section at the bottom of the page (just below Additional info )

1) VLSI SCAMP /286@20 /4M /CL-GD5422 /CMI8330
2) i420EX /486DX33 /16M /TGUI9440 /GUS+ALS100+MT32PI
3) i430FX /K6-2@400 /64M /Rage Pro PCI /ES1370+YMF718
4) i440BX /P!!!750 /256M /MX440 /SBLive!
5) iB75 /3470s /4G /HD7750 /HDA

Reply 4 of 9, by douglar

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dataino.it wrote on 2021-02-03, 09:12:

It Works

Awesome!!!. I guess the ramdac and the memory bus are the same between the GD5422 and the GD5428, which sort of makes sense because the board is labeled GD542x.

Looking at the features that were added between those models, the card is not VLB, and the bios doesn't care about any of the bit/blt functionality that came in at the GD5426 or GD5428, so maybe you are good.

It would be really interesting to see if the GD5428 bios confuses Windows or not. This is all pre-plug & play, so maybe Windows just won't care.

Reply 6 of 9, by dataino.it

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zyga64 wrote on 2021-02-03, 13:05:

You can download BIOS for most of VGA cards from VGA Legacy MKIII
There is Download attachments section at the bottom of the page (just below Additional info )

🤣 i browsed that page 10 time but i do not see the DOWNLOAD section...

thx

Reply 8 of 9, by zyga64

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Yes, you can make a dump by NSSI program for DOS https://www.navsoft.cz/products.htm

1) VLSI SCAMP /286@20 /4M /CL-GD5422 /CMI8330
2) i420EX /486DX33 /16M /TGUI9440 /GUS+ALS100+MT32PI
3) i430FX /K6-2@400 /64M /Rage Pro PCI /ES1370+YMF718
4) i440BX /P!!!750 /256M /MX440 /SBLive!
5) iB75 /3470s /4G /HD7750 /HDA

Reply 9 of 9, by alk0v

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Hi. I checking my 27c1001 EPROMS before erasing and looks like found something you need.
A few first rows from the dump file:

Uª@é²#VR9   wÌVIDEO  éNR	ï'éÐ'IBM VGA Compatible÷È0ßS.   CL-GD5422/5424/5426/5428 VGA BIOS Version 1.30    
Copyright 1992-1993 Cirrus Logic, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright 1987-1990 Quadtel Corp. All Rights Reserved.
Hebrew Fonts Copyright 1994 Eurocom.

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