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First post, by RiP

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Does anyone have the latest BIOS for PCChips M701?
I need this file but there is no working link for it:
( 03/25/1997 ) 7010425s (PCChips) (22 / 04/1997)

http://www.win3x.org/win3board/viewtopic.php? … uage=en#p184952

Reply 1 of 12, by Repo Man11

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I thought I was going to be able to help, but this link I found some time ago to the old PCChips website has working links for almost all PCChips boards, but not for the M701 BIOS.

https://web.archive.org/web/20061020193316fw_ … d-bios.asp#M701

After watching many YouTube videos about older computer hardware, YouTube began recommending videos about trains - are they trying to tell me something?

Reply 2 of 12, by Horun

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Repo Man11 wrote on 2021-07-20, 21:25:

I thought I was going to be able to help, but this link I found some time ago to the old PCChips website has working links for almost all PCChips boards, but not for the M701 BIOS.

https://web.archive.org/web/20061020193316fw_ … d-bios.asp#M701

That page from 2006 shows 7010325S.BIN (114KB), so my guess is that PCchips did not have a 4/25/97 release for the board or removed it or else in 2006 would show it.

Found this on the Amptron Archive ! the PCChips M701 / Fugu Tech M701 / Amptron PM-PRO1000 are all the same according to specs and BIOS info.
https://web.archive.org/web/19980122034237/ht … tml/pm1000.html
https://web.archive.org/web/19980122033547/ht … /html/bios.html

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"PENTIUM PRO --------------------------------------------------------
PMPRO-1000 BIOS REVISION TOP
FILE NAME: 100325.zip
RELEASE DATE: 3/25/97
Contains AWFB52B.exe, & 100325S.bin. This file will upgrade your Award bios to version 3/25/97.
Make sure you have downloaded the correct file for your motherboard and have read the warning at the top of this page before flashing your bios."

Link was dead but thru some tricky archive searching found it: 100325.zip
7zip says no errors so it should be OK. Attached

Edit: web link was bad, fixed stuff

Last edited by Horun on 2021-07-21, 00:26. Edited 2 times in total.

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Reply 3 of 12, by Horun

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Forgot the archived web manual in case you want extra info possibly not included in the Microhouse pages...

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Reply 4 of 12, by evasive

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0String: 4/22/97-i440FX-8663-03251997C-00
Sign-on: Release 03/25/1997S

When UH19 is done upgrading the database/major overhauling I'll add this stuff in here:
http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/6193

Reply 5 of 12, by Horun

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evasive wrote on 2021-07-22, 12:53:
0String: 4/22/97-i440FX-8663-03251997C-00 Sign-on: Release 03/25/1997S […]
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0String: 4/22/97-i440FX-8663-03251997C-00
Sign-on: Release 03/25/1997S

When UH19 is done upgrading the database/major overhauling I'll add this stuff in here:
http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/6193

Thanks. Checked with hex editor and : of 131,072 bytes 131, 043 are identical
Only these changed are: string "PMPRO-1000" deleted from Amptron and null (hex 00) replacement in PCchips,
and at end of boot code: ..[...04/22/97... in Amptron replaced with M.[...04/22/97..@ in Pcchips.
Technically they are the same and should work the same on any of the boards.
To bad PCchips did not just change the PMPRO-1000 with M701 or similar 🙁

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Reply 6 of 12, by RiP

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evasive wrote on 2021-07-22, 12:53:
0String: 4/22/97-i440FX-8663-03251997C-00 Sign-on: Release 03/25/1997S […]
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0String: 4/22/97-i440FX-8663-03251997C-00
Sign-on: Release 03/25/1997S

When UH19 is done upgrading the database/major overhauling I'll add this stuff in here:
http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/6193

Thank you very much!
I'll try it later.

Reply 7 of 12, by RiP

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evasive wrote on 2021-07-22, 12:53:
0String: 4/22/97-i440FX-8663-03251997C-00 Sign-on: Release 03/25/1997S […]
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0String: 4/22/97-i440FX-8663-03251997C-00
Sign-on: Release 03/25/1997S

When UH19 is done upgrading the database/major overhauling I'll add this stuff in here:
http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/6193

Done 👍

Reply 8 of 12, by Horun

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Great !

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Reply 9 of 12, by evasive

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Horun wrote on 2021-07-23, 01:43:

To bad PCchips did not just change the PMPRO-1000 with M701 or similar 🙁

We have modbin for that. I'll add both models in the sign-on when uploading it since we found they are interchangeable.

Reply 10 of 12, by evasive

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err I hope you made a backup of your original bios? I'd like to have that too.

Reply 11 of 12, by RiP

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Here you are:

Reply 12 of 12, by evasive

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Cool, thanks, will add it later (on mobile right now)