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First post, by CoffeeOne

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Hello Vogoners,

I recently got this card (in a lot of vesa local bus graphics cards)

It is not working.
Before throwing it away, I thought I can check the Video BIOS. I removed the BIOS from the card, then removed the sticker, it is an Texax Instruments TMS 27C512 chip.

When I read that with my TL 866 II I get only FF, also blank check says => Chip is blank. WTF.

Does anyone have the BIOS of such a card?

I am curious about that card, on the backside of the card, there is a sticker with "Jun 96" on it, so that seems to be a really late vesa local bus card.

EDIT: Sorry, I am stupid. The BIOS is NOT empty:
55 AA 40 EB 3F 37 34 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 49 42
4D 20 56 47 41 20 43 6F 6D 70 61 74 69 62 6C 65
20 42 49 4F 53 2E 20 34 1A 05 81 00 43 01 53 01
61 01 77 01 E9 51 1C 86 D0 D2 E0 E6 40 C2 DC C8
40 A8 CA C6 D0 DC DE D8 DE CE D2 CA E6 58 40 92
DC C6 5C 00 FF 01 00 30 B0 0A 5A 00 00 30 7E 00
FF 00 00 04 1A CB 07 16 3B 0B 0A 00 A0 7A 00 47
00 00 C0 43 48 49 50 53 20 57 49 4E 47 49 4E 45
20 44 47 58 20 42 49 4F 53 0D 0A 56 65 72 73 69
6F 6E 20 31 2E 32 2E 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
20 20 20 0D 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 43 6F 70 79 72 69 67 68 74
20 28 43 29 20 31 39 39 33 20 43 68 69 70 73 20
61 6E 64 20 54 65 63 68 6E 6F 6C 6F 67 69 65 73
2C 20 49 6E 63 2E 20 20 41 6C 6C 20 52 69 67 68
74 73 20 52 65 73 65 72 76 65 64 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A
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Reply 1 of 6, by appiah4

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I have this card, do you still need the BIOS? I can get you a dump after new year.

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Reply 2 of 6, by CoffeeOne

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appiah4 wrote on 2022-12-30, 09:14:

I have this card, do you still need the BIOS? I can get you a dump after new year.

Hello,

yes, please do it, I will compare it with mine then.
Thx in advance.

Reply 4 of 6, by appiah4

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CoffeeOne wrote on 2023-01-24, 22:09:
appiah4 wrote on 2022-12-30, 09:14:

I have this card, do you still need the BIOS? I can get you a dump after new year.

Hi again.

Would you be so kind?

Oh shit I completely forgot about this, I'll get to it, promise.

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Reply 5 of 6, by CoffeeOne

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appiah4 wrote on 2023-01-25, 07:04:
CoffeeOne wrote on 2023-01-24, 22:09:
appiah4 wrote on 2022-12-30, 09:14:

I have this card, do you still need the BIOS? I can get you a dump after new year.

Hi again.

Would you be so kind?

Oh shit I completely forgot about this, I'll get to it, promise.

Bump?
😁

Reply 6 of 6, by CoffeeOne

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CoffeeOne wrote on 2023-02-18, 17:21:
appiah4 wrote on 2023-01-25, 07:04:
CoffeeOne wrote on 2023-01-24, 22:09:

Hi again.

Would you be so kind?

Oh shit I completely forgot about this, I'll get to it, promise.

Bump?
😁

I today took a closer look to the card again. There are some scratches on the board, but nothing seems to be interrupted.
I tried then the board again in the Asus SV2GX4 and (WTF) it works.
No idea, why it did not work in first place.

I can upload the bios, when somebody is interested, obviously the Bios on the card is fine.
It says something like Wingine DGX.