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Weird socket 7 mobo looking for newer bios

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First post, by Deksor

Posted on 2018-07-07, 14:09

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Hello everyone ! I have this weird AT motherboard with SiS 5596/5597 chipset with integrated video and audio from 1996 or 1997.

Unfortunately, the bios is rather old (8/8/1996 according to the POST string) and I'd like to have an updated versions in order to support newer CPUs and maybe improve performance/support bigger hard drives.

The motherboard is a "Palit M100". All I could find was this https://biosagentplus.com/bios/2A5IFP39

But I have no clue if they really have it, it feels like one of those website that don't really have what you're looking for but claims it does ...

Can anybody help me ? 😀

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Reply 1 of 2, by oeuvre

Posted on 2018-07-07, 18:58

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It asks you to register. It looks quite fishy anyways, so I'd try to find another, more reputable site. Try archive.org as well

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Reply 2 of 2, by PcBytes

Posted on 2018-07-07, 19:04

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Deksor wrote:
Hello everyone ! I have this weird AT motherboard with SiS 5596/5597 chipset with integrated video and audio from 1996 or 1997. […]
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Hello everyone ! I have this weird AT motherboard with SiS 5596/5597 chipset with integrated video and audio from 1996 or 1997.

Unfortunately, the bios is rather old (8/8/1996 according to the POST string) and I'd like to have an updated versions in order to support newer CPUs and maybe improve performance/support bigger hard drives.

The motherboard is a "Palit M100". All I could find was this https://biosagentplus.com/bios/2A5IFP39

But I have no clue if they really have it, it feels like one of those website that don't really have what you're looking for but claims it does ...

Can anybody help me ? 😀

Does it have any FCC ID printed anywhere? I might be able to track it down that way.

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