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Help in identifying BIOS ROM expansion card

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First post, by jesolo

Posted on 2017-12-17, 15:01

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I need some help to identify this card.
I know that the large chip is a 128k flash ROM chip but, I'm not entirely sure what the purpose of this particular card is.

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Reply 1 of 2, by gca

Posted on 2017-12-17, 15:14

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Possibly a form of BIOS backup device, used in case a virus wiped or corrupted the BIOS on the motherboard this could take over or restore the BIOS to a functional state by rewriting it with a good version. Just going by the BIOS address jumpers.

Another possibility is a hardware AV device (flash memory to store update AV signatures by 128K seems too small for that though). I recall they were a thing for a short period of time.

Reply 2 of 2, by SSTV2

Posted on 2017-12-17, 15:43

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Looks like a Y2k BIOS bug fix board.

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