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  1. December 30th, 2003, 04:24 AM #1
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    locating a bios file for a old 486 motherboard

    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 online it 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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  2. December 30th, 2003, 04:54 AM #2
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    What do you hope to achieve with a bios flash?
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  3. December 30th, 2003, 06:29 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by NooNoo
    What do you hope to achieve with a bios flash?
    well it wouldn't be exactly a bios flash but close I would like to see if I could get it going agasin its a 100 mhz board
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  4. December 30th, 2003, 06:40 AM #4
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    So what are the symptoms... what's not going?
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  5. December 30th, 2003, 10:29 AM #5
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    The ALI m1487 refers to a motherboard chip (IDE controller?). ALI no longer offers support for it directly.

    The official chipset for the board is Cypress 82C596-9(Contaq), as you mentioned. It was manufactured by Addtech Research Inc. (http://www.megasat.ch/totalhardware/m/A-B/32054.htm) which no longer exists either.

    http://www.esupport.com/ may be the only option you have of updating your Award BIOS, or maybe this link could help you out if you're patient enough to sift through the entries. I've sent the ID string to eSupport and I'll post back here if I get any news from them.
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  6. December 30th, 2003, 10:08 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by NooNoo
    So what are the symptoms... what's not going?
    its dead won,t boot all components check good vid card all other cards power supply is good just won't boot up blank screen use to work
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  7. December 30th, 2003, 10:09 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by kal
    its dead won,t boot all components check good vid card all other cards power supply is good just won't boot up blank screen use to work
    Tried a new Motherboard battery?
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  8. December 30th, 2003, 10:10 PM #8
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    reboard

    was also checkung some other places and someone said it could be a kim motherboard to exactly the same layout and chipsets although it could have been a rebox or manufactured for kim by Addtech Research inc.
    and had no info as to were i could find bios info and cann't find any info on motherboards manufactured by a company callrd kim
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  9. December 30th, 2003, 10:13 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by DocPC
    Tried a new Motherboard battery?
    yup one of the first things iI checked
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  10. December 31st, 2003, 01:13 AM #10
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    Kinda sounding like its just dead. I could see maybe a hosed BIOS causing that. To be honest, though, I really don't see much point in bringing it back. If you know of any computer stores that have been around for several years, one would probably have an old early Pentium class MB/CPU they would sell really cheap...maybe even give it to you if you're a good customer of theirs.

    From the looks of things, that was a really good board (at least in features) in its day, but its day is long gone.
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  11. January 5th, 2004, 11:30 AM #11
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    I got a relpy from eSupport in my mailbox, if you're still interested Kal.


    [a d e p t],


    Thank you for submitting your BIOS upgrade request on-line yesterday.

    Please call me today regarding your upgrade request.

    I have a question regarding your computer. Your technical information will be in front of me, so there's no need to be at your PC when you call.

    I'll need this info in order to provide the latest Flash BIOS for your PC.

    On Wednesdays I can be reached until 7:30 PM EST.

    Thank you,




    Gene Smith
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