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First post, by mashrien

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So I've got a FIC-PT-2000 socket5 motherboard, put a pantium 75 in it, all's well 'till I go to install the hdd
Got an old-stock 4.2gb WDC picked specifically for this build but the BIOS only sees half the size..

I've got a couple 1.2gb drives, and a 2gb floating around somewhere, but they aren't new-old-stock, and I wanted this system to be basically new (the mobo was also new-old-stock)

Anyone got a bios update for this board?- I've googled a bit but haven't turned up any working links so far

Reply 1 of 13, by evasive

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I have only this on file.

306KC806.BIN: 
06/17/97-i430FX-2A59CF0HC-00
Version 3.06KC806

Reply 2 of 13, by mashrien

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Since this has a removable BIOS chip, I'ma just pull it out, dump the current bios version to file and then flash your version using my EEPROM programmer

Thanks a million for this!

Edit: Existing bios chip is an SST: (PH) 29EE010 -- SST29EE010 DIP32
I've attached v1.01 of the bios below

Last edited by mashrien on 2021-05-13, 22:52. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 3 of 13, by evasive

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mashrien wrote on 2021-05-13, 22:34:

Since this has a removable BIOS chip, I'ma just pull it out, dump the current bios version to file and then flash your version using my EEPROM programmer

Thanks a million for this!

then post that here if indeed it is a different version so we can add it to the page:
http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/2438

A clear picture of the front and back of the board are also very welcome.

Reply 4 of 13, by mashrien

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Don't have a pic of the back of the board, unfortunately.. Just of the front
I edited my previous post with a dump of the bios as well. I'm not sure how to update those pages, so I'll let someone more familiar handle it

Reply 5 of 13, by mashrien

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YAS! It worked! It's now detecting the full drive capacity. I love you dude. I have MANY more boards of this era, if y'all want me to dump the bios', I'd be happy to.

Reply 6 of 13, by evasive

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Yes, sure thing, in the process we'll see if more recent versions are available for those as well.

picture (with credits) and bios have been added to the page.

Reply 7 of 13, by mashrien

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Appreciate ya doing that. I'll just make a new thread for my mass bios dumps, and I'll go ahead and whip out the DSLR to get some higher quality photos of the other boards as well.
Anything with a removable bios chip I'll try to do and get uploaded.

Thanks again evasive 😀

Reply 8 of 13, by soggi

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evasive wrote on 2021-05-13, 22:30:
I have only this on file. […]
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I have only this on file.

306KC806.BIN: 
06/17/97-i430FX-2A59CF0HC-00
Version 3.06KC806

You attached the wrong file (306C800.ZIP instead of 306kc806.zip). I have also an image from 1999 named 3072c806.bin with readme.txt just saying "pt-2000 pcb 2.4 Award v. 3.072C806".

Just attached the files below...

kind regards
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Vintage BIOSes, firmware, drivers, tools, manuals and (3dfx) game patches -> soggi's BIOS & Firmware Page

soggi.org on Twitter - talent borrows, genius steals...

Reply 10 of 13, by soggi

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You're welcome!

BTW I really appreciate your contribution (and the work of all your supporters) to the retro/vintage computer scene. In the last decade the www.motherboards.org forums and www.elhvb.com were a great source for motherboard identification and somehow lost BIOSes - they helped me a lot building up my own page. Big THX for the work!

kind regards
soggi

Last edited by soggi on 2021-05-20, 18:54. Edited 1 time in total.

Vintage BIOSes, firmware, drivers, tools, manuals and (3dfx) game patches -> soggi's BIOS & Firmware Page

soggi.org on Twitter - talent borrows, genius steals...

Reply 11 of 13, by evasive

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omg, I just realized you are THAT soggi. You're most welcome. I am using your work to build pages in UH19 now and then. So the big THX is mutual 😀

Reply 12 of 13, by soggi

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Oh yes, I'm "THAT" soggi 😉 - decided to register here after years of passive use of vogons. Nice to hear that my work is also useful for you!

My pages are completely hand coded and HTML 4.01 Strict compatible, so they are even viewable under DOS and Win3.1x with their latest browsers.

BTW unfortunately I 'm not able to view "The Mother Board" / www.motherboards.org forums with New Moon 27 on my XP rigs. The Cloudflare DDoS protection checks again and again and again and...(see screen shot below) Is there a possibility to solve this issue?

kind regards
soggi

Vintage BIOSes, firmware, drivers, tools, manuals and (3dfx) game patches -> soggi's BIOS & Firmware Page

soggi.org on Twitter - talent borrows, genius steals...