>> Is it possible to use the original bios chip?

> Yes, but not recommended. If your board isn't completely 100% supported 
> and being used many many places. You'll more then likely want a chip 
> with the bios on it so you can boot the board after the more then 
> likely event that it doesn't come up 100% the first time.

I have a similar board to recover the bios, so it would be easier for me to
burn it again, than to get a DOC. ;-)


> Send an lspci -v of your board.

Here is what I get:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 730 Host (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
        Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [c0] AGP version 2.0

0000:00:00.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev
d0) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS5513 EIDE Controller (A,B
step)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 16
        I/O ports at ff00 [size=16]

0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS85C503/5513
(LPC Bridge)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:01.1 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900
PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 82)
Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at d400 [size=cffc0000]
Memory at cfffb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at 00020000 [disabled]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI
bridge (AGP) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
        Memory behind bridge: cee00000-cfefffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: cac00000-cecfffff
Expansion ROM at 0000b000 [disabled] [size=4K]

0000:00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video
Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. PCTV Sat (DBC receiver)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at cedfc000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

0000:00:09.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio
Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. PCTV Sat (DBC receiver)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at cedfd000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1
(rev 04)
Subsystem: Creative Labs CT4620 SBLive!
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at d000
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1

0000:00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port
(rev 01)
Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
I/O ports at d800
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP
(rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Matrox Graphics, Inc. Millennium G550 Dual Head DDR 32Mb
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at cc000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=cfec0000]
Memory at cfefc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Memory at cf000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
Expansion ROM at 00020000 [disabled]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [f0] AGP version 2.0

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