If anybody else is searching for those Viper V330 Bios files - here is where I found them now: ftp://ftp.dyu.edu.tw/pub/Hardware/vendor/Diam … per/viper_v330/

I did sometimes open the stubborn holes with a stainless steel needle of the right diameter - holding it with pliers and gently giving pressure to the blocked hole while heating up the needle with either hot air or a massive soldering iron (100 W classic style). And repetitive pre-heating the area …

Hooray, it's working 😀 Found a fitting "resistor" on an donor board - with a big zero on it.

Thanks a lot! Let's hope that's the only fault there is. I'll give it a try tomorrow.

Hi everybody, can anyone who owns an Asus P2B-F be so kind and look up the value of the resistor R229 - see pictures attached for location. I just got the board and this one is broken - looks like from rough storage maybe. If I bridge the resistor the board starts, otherwise it gives no sign of life …

Just experienced the issue and version 3.44 indeed does work. The newer version (3.47) did also work until I installed newer drivers (1.06/1.07) for a Voodoo3 3500 - when using older 3dfx drivers (1.04) there was no problem. Found out while re-installing everything step by step ... ... ... - and …