PC Chips M575 - No BIOS chip? \ VOGONS

PC Chips M575 - No BIOS chip?

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First post, by Maryoo

Posted on 2023-10-20, 22:19

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I found an auction with a PC Chips M575 board which, in my opinion, is missing a BIOS chip. I'm not an expert, but there is a smaller chip inside the socket, or maybe it's the BIOS?

Reply 1 of 1, by kingcake

Posted on 2023-10-20, 23:11

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Yep, it's missing the EEPROM BIOS chip. It was common practice to "hide" a smaller chip under the BIOS socket to save board space.

The bios files are on the Retro Web. You can see the missing chip here.

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