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SOYO Motherboards

thinkpadmanthinkpadman
edited April 2015 in Hardware
I'm waiting for a delivery, being a brand new SOYO SY-5EH5 V1.3 AT motherboard for a project build. It's a Super Socket 7 board, and while being new was a bonus I like the versatility of it with having both AT and ATX power connectors, AGP, PCI, and ISA card slots, and support for 168 pin DIMMs and 72 pin SIMMs.

Searching the net I went looking for chipset drivers (if they exist - I'm doubtful), and to suss out what the latest BIOS version would be to flash it. I'm not familiar with the SOYO brand, and reading up on WikiPedia suggests the company went bust in the late 2000s so no legacy support pages. Anyone familiar with these or if someone knows a reliable source? I'd like to know at least what the updates were to evaluate if it's worth flashing.

The best I could find was http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/Archive/Soyo/bios/index.html though under the 586 directory didn't see a 5eh5.bin file as hoped.

Apart from that I've found a couple of 64MB DIMMs and a Pentium MMX 200 CPU to use. Haven't decided on video and sound etc.

Comments

  • dosboxdosbox
    Sadly the drivers (and BIOS files) for many motherboards (like ones from Abit) have disappeared from the internet. There might be a very small chance that you could find something on archive.org or http://www.driverguide.com/, but I never had any luck with the board I have.
  • calvinbcalvinb
    The drivers are likely just standard - look on Intel/SiS/Via's website, if they're even needed on your OS. Windows newer than the board will include them and everyone will be happy.
  • wingzeroisminewingzeroismine
    dosbox wrote:
    Sadly the drivers (and BIOS files) for many motherboards (like ones from Abit) have disappeared from the internet. There might be a very small chance that you could find something on archive.org or http://www.driverguide.com/, but I never had any luck with the board I have.
    There is a massive 20GB archive of Abit's downloads someone made before it shut down and put out as a torrent.

    https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7047734/Abit_Backup

    I actually managed to complete the download and got a bios I was looking for. I guess I could make a post detailing its contents and see if anyone needs something from it.
  • thinkpadmanthinkpadman
    Yeah ampharos it mentions having the ETEQ 82C663 chipset which I've discovered is just a re-badged VIA so I'll give those VIA 4 in 1 drivers a go.

    Thanks dosbox, the search on Drivers Guide I could actually find the correct BIN's filename for the BIOS. I then matched up the name (EH131DA2.BIN) and found the BIN file okay from the site I saw before. I'm generally a bit suss with downloading from those "we have drivers for everything" type websites from experience.

    I remember Abit - also their PC cases. Is your board an Abit? I found a German guy who apparently mirrored the Abit FTP server onto his own about a week before it closed down. I downloaded a random manual for a motherboard and seems legit. The FTP site doesn't need a password.

    ftp://91.121.194.115/

    Wingzeroismine beat me to it about Abit - was having trouble connecting to WinWorld last night and couldn't finish my reply. It's an alternative link anyway.
  • dosboxdosbox
    I have an Abit BH6. I need the latest BIOS version, a tool to flash it, and any drivers.
  • wingzeroisminewingzeroismine
    thinkpadman wrote:
    Wingzeroismine beat me to it about Abit - was having trouble connecting to WinWorld last night and couldn't finish my reply. It's an alternative link anyway.

    I hadn't a clue if the post was even going to happen, apparently it survived its way to the server. I'll check my archive, its probably the same as this FTP server, in which case you should definitely search that dosbox

    ftp://91.121.194.115/pub/download/bios/bh6/

    Motherboards.org also seems to have the bios files too
    http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/motherboards_d/Abit/BH6/

    As for drivers, what OS are you running? I would guess other than the chipset you wouldn't need much else, if you even need that.
  • dosboxdosbox
    wingzeroismine wrote:
    thinkpadman wrote:
    Wingzeroismine beat me to it about Abit - was having trouble connecting to WinWorld last night and couldn't finish my reply. It's an alternative link anyway.

    I hadn't a clue if the post was even going to happen, apparently it survived its way to the server. I'll check my archive, its probably the same as this FTP server, in which case you should definitely search that dosbox

    ftp://91.121.194.115/pub/download/bios/bh6/

    Motherboards.org also seems to have the bios files too
    http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/motherboards_d/Abit/BH6/

    As for drivers, what OS are you running? I would guess other than the chipset you wouldn't need much else, if you even need that.

    Thanks, for the links. Which BIOS is the latest? How do you flash a motherboard?

    I need drivers for windows 95-ME and NT3-XP.
  • wingzeroisminewingzeroismine
    bh6nv appears to be the latest bios. You'd have to put the award flasher onto a dos boot disk and read its directions

    ftp://91.121.194.115/pub/download/bios/awdflash/AWDFLASH.ZIP

    As for drivers, you're on your own, you'll have to install each OS and see what is missing in their device managers. The FTP doesn't have any organization to the drivers so you'll have to dig.
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