First post, by Boohyaka
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Hi guys,
I am sure some of you love a good unidentified hardware investigation 😀
I have an unbranded Socket 3 motherboard I am unable to find anything about online. As I always like to check potential BIOS updates (bigger drives support usually) and just for curiosity's sake I'd be happy to know more about it, if possible!
Please see attached pictures. What I know and what we can see on the pics, typed out for convenience:
- It's an AMIBIOS chip from 93, only 14 pairs of pins, 2 pairs unused. Don't know if that's common but I don't think I've ever seen it before. Could it be a bastardized chip from another card?
- BIOS menu itself is a graphical interface I've personally never seen before, and contains no identifying information whatsoever
- BIOS ID String : 40-0B02-008045-00101111-121593-OP802G-H. On Wim's BIOS page, 008045 manufacturer code doesn't exist, while 8045 could be "VTech", "PcPartner" or "Aristo"
- It's an OPTi True Green based MB, with chips 82C895 and 82C602
- Big "802G PCI REV:P.4" between ISA slots.
- "702677B CS" and "35-8199-01" near the CPU slot.
- AMI ID Utility (AMIMBID v1.4) reports "Unknown, please contact AMI Support", no information whatsoever.
Are there other potentially useful tools I could try, apart from AMIMBID?
In case it's impossible to ID which I know is perfectly possible, is there a way for me to try and apply a proper BIOS update without taking any risk to brick it (I mean, apart from regular BIOS flashing risks obviously)?
Thanks! 😀