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Reply 80 of 107, by jnemo2004

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Thankyou very much. At least is something to start.

Reply 81 of 107, by jnemo2004

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Hello, I would like to find information about this motherboard. I need to find the BIOS images. Thank you very much

Reply 82 of 107, by jnemo2004

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Motherboard is a Miata PCB-201s

Reply 83 of 107, by jnemo2004

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There is a similar Motherboard with same chips (https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/tk-tk8 … d03-01#expchips) , but the BIOS image is only one for a 512 Kb EPROM. The motherboard I bought, has two sockets, probably to use two 256kb EPROMs. Can I use the EPROM of 512kb alone in the first socket?

Reply 84 of 107, by weedeewee

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jnemo2004 wrote on 2023-11-18, 13:51:

There is a similar Motherboard with same chips (https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/tk-tk8 … d03-01#expchips) , but the BIOS image is only one for a 512 Kb EPROM. The motherboard I bought, has two sockets, probably to use two 256kb EPROMs. Can I use the EPROM of 512kb alone in the first socket?

you will need to split the bios image into two files, one for the odd bytes, and one for the even bytes.
one program to do this is Romwak https://github.com/freem/romwak/releases/tag/0.3c

romwak /b <infile> <outfile1> <outfile2>

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Reply 85 of 107, by jnemo2004

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Thank you very much. Your answer help me a lot.

Reply 86 of 107, by Poi3212

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Hello. I found this socket 7 board without any RAM or CPU. A sticker on the case indicates it originally came with a 100MHz Pentium. A sticker on the lowest ISA slot indicates 1995 manufacture date. The blue + white sticker near the cache has a pufferfish, which might indicate the manufacturer.

Reply 87 of 107, by pvlst

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Poi3212 wrote on 2023-12-30, 04:48:

Hello. I found this socket 7 board without any RAM or CPU. A sticker on the case indicates it originally came with a 100MHz Pentium. A sticker on the lowest ISA slot indicates 1995 manufacture date. The blue + white sticker near the cache has a pufferfish, which might indicate the manufacturer.

Seems to be Amptron PM-7500.

Reply 89 of 107, by jnemo2004

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Dear Sirs, I need your help to find the manual of the following motherboard:
Thank you very much

Reply 90 of 107, by analog_programmer

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Can someone confirm that this is AOpen AP4 motherboard since there are no actual pictures for the board on theretroweb? The chipset is SiS 85C496/85C497.

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Reply 92 of 107, by analog_programmer

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PcBytes wrote on 2024-01-12, 13:39:

Thank you. I'll read all the information from the given link later. As for the missing cache chips... first I have to get the board working - there are broken traces on the back and one PCI slot with broken plastics, not even counting the broken lever on the socket. So far it's one very broken board in need of repair 😀

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Reply 93 of 107, by W.x.

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Don't have another photos

Tried with this search (1 3.3 AGP, 3 PCI, 1 ISA, microatx socket 370)
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/?page=1& … %5D%5Bsign%5D==

(edit: tried with Universal AGP, as it is covered just about the notch, and found almost identical motherboard FIC FA31)
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/fic-fa31
It has some differences thought.

Reply 94 of 107, by PC Hoarder Patrol

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W.x. wrote on 2024-01-23, 22:56:
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Don't have another photos

Tried with this search (1 3.3 AGP, 3 PCI, 1 ISA, microatx socket 370)
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/?page=1& … %5D%5Bsign%5D==

(edit: tried with Universal AGP, as it is covered just about the notch, and found almost identical motherboard FIC FA31)
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/fic-fa31
It has some differences thought.

It's the FA31 (says it on one of the white stickers in line with the ISA slot!)

Reply 96 of 107, by superswami

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Hello all, I'm trying to sort out the various jumpers on a PC Chips M601 VLB 486 mainboard - specifically version 1.0 - I've been able to find jumper info on the other variations 1.2, 1.3, etc. but anything on 1.0 has been conspicuously absent. Given that it's PC Chips, it's possible it may have been marketed under a different name which might be why it seems so obscure. The 1.0 board seems to have more in common jumper-wise with the 1.3 board than the 1.2 as the locations are similar even though the jumper numbers don't match. The cmos battery header and jumper for selecting an external battery ( pin 1-2 disables charging if you're replacing the old VARTA battery with a standard lithium) were similar too.
There's also a mysterious SIP header next to one of the ISA slots right above the JP5-8 jumpers that I'd love to know more about as it didn't reappear in the later board revisions.

Version 1.3 - has documentation for reference.
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcchip … 1-ver.-1.3#docs

Better pics of someone else's 1.0 board can be seen here:
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcchips-m601-ver.-1.0

Currently the board reports a clock speed of 66MHz and 256k of cache
I've got 64MB (16MB x4) 30-pin SIMMs installed for RAM and my Genoa 8500VL gpu on the #3 VLB slot.

Jumpers 9-10 I assume control cache size and 13-15 might be the CPU select jumpers.. My best guess on JP 5-8 would be something to do with bus speed selection.

Reply 97 of 107, by jnemo2004

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Hello!, good morning.
I would like to find any info about this motherboard: OP3486H
Thank you and regards.

Reply 98 of 107, by PC Hoarder Patrol

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jnemo2004 wrote on 2024-05-18, 06:59:

Hello!, good morning.
I would like to find any info about this motherboard: OP3486H
Thank you and regards.

Don't see it on The Retro Web (might be worth submitting here https://theretroweb.com/info/contributions ), but possibly this from The PC Engineers Reference Book...

Unknown (OP)3486.jpg

Reply 99 of 107, by jnemo2004

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PC Hoarder Patrol wrote on 2024-05-18, 13:35:
jnemo2004 wrote on 2024-05-18, 06:59:

Hello!, good morning.
I would like to find any info about this motherboard: OP3486H
Thank you and regards.

Don't see it on The Retro Web (might be worth submitting here https://theretroweb.com/info/contributions ), but possibly this from The PC Engineers Reference Book...

Unknown (OP)3486.jpg

Thank you very much.