I was wondering if anybody new of anyplace that had stored old bios files.as I have finally identified an old 486DX4 motherboard I have after countless hours onlineit seems to be a GALAXY II 486 Class with this info
GALAXY II Ver:1.0 Motherboard
- BIOS ID string 01/01/95-CONTAQ-82C596-2A4H2000-00
- 4-72 pin SIMM slots (1-256meg RAM)
- 4-32bit PCI slots
- 2-32bit VESA Local Bus slots
- 4-16bit ISA slots
- 1-8bit ISA slot
- 128k-1024k CACHE support in 8-32pin sockets + 1 TAG RAM socket
- AMI/AWARD Auto-Detect Flash Bios with Energy Mgmt.
- Supports LBA Mode Control & Large Disk DOS Compatibility.
- CYPRESS/CONTAQ chipset
- Supports 3.3/5volt CPU's
- ZIF 3 CPU socket which supports these processors:
INTEL 80486DX/DX2/DX4,Pentium Overdrive
CYRIX CX486S2/DX
AMD AM486DX/DX2/DX4
- Supports speeds of 25/33/40/50/66/75/100 MHz.
- Manufactured by: ADDTECH RESEARCH, INC.
2A4H2 Contaq 82C596-9 Chipset
my chipset numbers-
CONTAQ CONTAQ
82C599 82C597
1641F1230 9444
9437NAS AA4677.1
it also included this number ali m-1487 which I believe is a American Megetreads bios number could be wrong though and some one said my motherboard was a [kim] motherboard but it could be a reboxed item as the galaxy II is a exact match for my board including the chipset but I think both companies are defunt,kaput,dead. any info or pointing in the right direction or info to the bios file thanks ahead of time eyes are getting blured
exactly the same layout as my board everthing got some pics of my board but their big







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