>> 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 _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios