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plz help me identify correct version of motherboard and bios update

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First post, by coxilerio

Posted on 2025-05-24, 21:08

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Hello i got a mb Mainboard that on pcb lists a numner only 35-8804 ans a pcpartner logo

on boot of bios i see this bios: bios-g (71209B)

and on bottom this string
01/22/98-580VPX-LGS3C-2A5LDV3HC-00

such version of bios is no where to be found even in retroweb , so even if i wanted to update the bios i cannot , as flashing different bioses on it will brick it completely and must be then garbaged !!!

can anyone help me out?

thanks

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Last edited by Dominus on 2025-05-25, 12:19. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 1 of 8, by Repo Man11

Posted on 2025-05-24, 21:31

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I suspect that it is the original BIOS, which is often not listed with such old motherboards. From the listing on The RetroWeb, I see this note: "VT82C585VPX + VT82C586A on VIB804DS
VIB800DS/VIB804DS/VIB814DS share the same BIOS."

It does look as though you need to match the BIOS with the I/O chip your board has.

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Reply 2 of 8, by coxilerio

Posted on 2025-05-25, 03:26

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so motherboard is a VIB804DS or VIB804DSE ??? because they got different bioses... the screenshot is from VIB804DSE

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Reply 3 of 8, by Horun

Posted on 2025-05-25, 05:00

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Need a good picture of the board to identify all parts. As Repo_Man11 said: you need to match the BIOS with the I/O chip your board has.
Curious why you want to update BIOS ? If the motherboard is working there is no need. There may not be a newer BIOS.....

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Reply 4 of 8, by Mov AX, 0xDEAD

Posted on 2025-05-25, 07:35

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coxilerio wrote on 2025-05-24, 21:08:

on boot of bios i see this bios: bios-g (71209B)

and on bottom this string
01/22/98-580VPX-LGS3C-2A5LDV3HC-00

Please upload unknow/uncollected BIOS to theretroweb.com

Reply 5 of 8, by coxilerio

Posted on 2025-05-25, 10:27

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Horun wrote on 2025-05-25, 05:00:

Need a good picture of the board to identify all parts. As Repo_Man11 said: you need to match the BIOS with the I/O chip your board has.
Curious why you want to update BIOS ? If the motherboard is working there is no need. There may not be a newer BIOS.....

Because of this post
Re: Need HELP with socket 7 mainboard

But as said there as well,
i cant even run awdflash to try flash the bios

When typing on the keyboard in dos mode for gods sake the pc locks up and it must be reset...

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Reply 6 of 8, by Dominus

Posted on 2025-05-25, 12:21

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Please do not shout in the forum posts. It is generally considered shouting and rude to post in all caps. And please stick to one topic, one might argue that this is belongs to your other thread.

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Reply 7 of 8, by oh2ftu

Posted on 2025-05-25, 13:17

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Bad caps perhaps?

Reply 8 of 8, by coxilerio

Posted on 2025-05-27, 10:07

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Bad motherboard altogether i think

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