badflash.com supposedly reflashes/replaces your bios for $20 or so... -munir --- Jay J <jay-tclug at 3pound.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > We fell victim to a faulty (or incompatible) AMI > BIOS flash utility > distributed by PC-Chips, now I'm on a crusade to > return this obsolete > POS to it's somewhat-operational state. > > I don't own any sort of EEPROM programmer. so I'm > calling on this > list to see if someone can help defy this company of > any twisted > satisfaction by reversing this injustice! > > It's a 32-pin AMI BIOS chip (not soldered to the > board), this chip may > work or an equivalent is also available from Radio > Shack. It belongs to > a PC-Chips M570 (v1.3) board, of which I have > several ROM's that I > believe will suffice (provided the utility/burner > works). > > Thanks for reading, > > -Jay Jarvinen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > (for reference) > > We're not alone: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:a7f0cefcab475ce2:www.stud.fernuni-hagen.de/q3998142/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000657.html+chipset/flash+m571&hl=en > > A company that could help does exist: > > http://www.badflash.com > > EEPROM programmers are* available locally (although > difficult to find, > at least for me): > > AEI Electronic Parts, 224 Washington Av N > Minneapolis, MN (612) 338-4754 > .. (formerly Acme, now abbreviated) they keep 1 > model in stock, ~$250 > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ===== -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT GIT dpu- s:- a19 C++ UL P+ L+(++) E--- W+ N+ w(--) K? O-- M- V- PS+ PE-(--) Y-- PGP-(---) t 5+++ X R tv-- b+++ D++ DI++ G e+ h+() r- y+ UF++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/