Hello Everyone!
I've been lurking around the VC Forums for a while, but this is my first post.
Sorry to begin posting with a request, i usually try to fix things on my own, but i'm completely stumped on this one.
I have DECPC 466d2LP that is(was) completely shot. Case in pieces, power button rod mechacics broken, everything
full of gunk, etc. I fixed most of these, however, the EPROM IC is smashed... Not only it's window broken in, but
the wires from the die to the legs are gone as well... It's safe to say the i can't get that BIOS off that ic.
I have a compatible Flash-EPROM that will work with the system, i have an EPROM Programmer, but i found no BIOS
on the net to write to the ic.
Please, if anyone has a DECPC LP series 486 computer, it would really help me if i got the BIOS off it. The Chipset is an OPTI 82c496.
The most preferred way would probably be to read the ic via an EPROM Programmer, but there is also a tool
called DUMPAT on the bottom of this page that should work:
http://www.mess.org/dumping/dump_bios_using_debug
Of course, any other method you prefer to use is perfectly fine too.
The board is this one btw:
http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/D/DIGITAL-EQUIPMENT-CORPORATION-486-DECPC-LP.html#.UlQBnj8dfok
Thank you in advance,
l00.
I've been lurking around the VC Forums for a while, but this is my first post.
Sorry to begin posting with a request, i usually try to fix things on my own, but i'm completely stumped on this one.
I have DECPC 466d2LP that is(was) completely shot. Case in pieces, power button rod mechacics broken, everything
full of gunk, etc. I fixed most of these, however, the EPROM IC is smashed... Not only it's window broken in, but
the wires from the die to the legs are gone as well... It's safe to say the i can't get that BIOS off that ic.
I have a compatible Flash-EPROM that will work with the system, i have an EPROM Programmer, but i found no BIOS
on the net to write to the ic.
Please, if anyone has a DECPC LP series 486 computer, it would really help me if i got the BIOS off it. The Chipset is an OPTI 82c496.
The most preferred way would probably be to read the ic via an EPROM Programmer, but there is also a tool
called DUMPAT on the bottom of this page that should work:
http://www.mess.org/dumping/dump_bios_using_debug
Of course, any other method you prefer to use is perfectly fine too.
The board is this one btw:
http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/D/DIGITAL-EQUIPMENT-CORPORATION-486-DECPC-LP.html#.UlQBnj8dfok
Thank you in advance,
l00.
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