To add 2c to the discussion, this motherboard has 2 (!) jumpers related to BIOS/CMOS - one for the size and one for the voltage, and until I guessed the right combination, it was giving this exact message of "Unknown Flash Type" before DOS boot.

This would require disassembling the drivers, and may even turn out to be an unfixable hardware bug. Sorry, but not so low hanging 😀

Do you understand how to set the volumes using VOLUME.CFG? This is the default file: [VOLCFG] MasVol=0 PcmVol=0c0c FmVol=0c0c SurVol=0 Looking at the hardware specification https://sound.alsa-project.org/files/files/pub/manuals/forte_media/FM801-Linux.doc on page 33 it has explanation of bits in …

STM M48T86PC1 is an RTC clock package similar to DALLAS 12887 et al. Unfortunately, the existing instructions for DALLAS did not work for it, and I had to drill away the entire case to find out where the wires were. Now then, here are the instructions on how repair an M48T86PC1 by drilling and …