BIOS for ET4000W32P VLB card

[Anonymous Coward]

I have a Hercules ET4000W32P based called "Hercules Dynamite Power" that prevents my system from booting with certain sound cards installed, but is a very nice card otherwise. Rather than tracking down a different ET4000W32P based card, I was thinking it might be possible to swap in the BIOS from another manufacturer. Aside from the RAMDACs, they're all pretty much the same, right? Is there anyone out there who has a similar card from Diamond, STB or Cardex that could send me a dump of their ROM?

My card uses the ICS Gendac 5341-3 RAMDAC.

 

[Plasma]

Here are the BIOSes I have for ET4000 VLB cards:

http://www.phatcode.net/stuff/et4000_vlb.zip

One of them is for an ET4000AX not W32P so I don't know if it will work. I think the other one is W32P but it is also a Hercules (Dynamite VL Pro) so it may be the same BIOS you have already. Dunno what RAMDACs they had, I trashed the cards when they quit working.

 

[Anonymous Coward]

I appreciate that, but I am not sure either of them will work. I believe the Dynamite VL Pro is actually a W32i based card, is it not?

 

[Plasma]

Dunno, like I said it's long gone. I just made images of the BIOS chips before I threw them out.

 

[Anonymous Coward]

Alright. Will take a look and see. I've noticed that some of the Dynamite Pros have W32i and some have W32p. Some have 8 bit RAMDACs and others 16 bit RAMDACs. In any case, because it is very similar to Dynamite Power I have a feeling that the same BIOS incompatibilities are present. It's worth a shot though. Thanks.

 

[diodenmann]

I don't know if you still need it, but I post it anyway. It's the bios of a Cardex VLB Card.

 

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks! Exactly what I wanted. Which model is it exactly?

 

[diodenmann]

the only information on the card is P/N: 9304-11

 

[Anonymous Coward]

Ah thanks. 9304 should have the same ramdac as my card too. A very good match.