[svlug] Anybody have BIOS reprogramming tool?

[James Sparenberg]

On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 21:34, Sv Lug wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:51:00 -0700
> James Sparenberg <james at linuxrebel.us> wrote:
> 
> > http://www.zdnet.de/treiber/man_prod_ud/soyo_mainboard-bios_ud-wc.html
> > 
> > Scroll down the page and there it is ... or at least it is as of when
> > I checked..... (about 10 minutes ago)
> 
> Well, I'm not looking for BIOS update software. I have the BIOS .bin
> file from Soyo that I can reflash. The only problem is that the MB is
> not booting to the point where it will read from floppy so that the
> flashing utility can be applied. The only other solution will be to
> re-program using BIOS flashing tool ( Fry's has it for 200 bucks but I'm
> not about to shell out 200 bucks for 35 bucks MB ).
> 
> I'm looking for that hardware tool I could borrow for a minute or so.
> 
> > James

Ah,  You need to program the e-prom itself.  Sorry I misunderstood what
you needed, I apologize.  I wouldn't go to Fry's but you might be able
to find it much cheaper at Weird stuff.  In the end, you might be able
to find a replacement motherboard even cheaper.  

James