Best place to buy Bios Chips?

Ravenas · Feb 4, 2008

I'm getting ready to flash my gigabyte bios with a evga bios. However, I don't want to do this and be stuck with a bad bios chip...

So, simple question:

Where is the best place to buy good reliable bios chips for a not so expensive price?

I've googled ect...I've found various companies, but I want to know the best from personal experiences from tech power up users.
:confused:

Ravenas · Feb 4, 2008

Where is Namslas when you need him? :laugh:

daboggeyman · Feb 4, 2008

This guy as always came though for me.http://cgi.ebay.com/A-new-Replaceme...oryZ1244QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Polaris573 · Feb 4, 2008

I know Abit will send you BIOS chips with the BIOS for your board already on it for $15. Maybe gigabyte will do the same thing?

Ravenas · Feb 4, 2008

daboggeyman said:
This guy as always came though for me.http://cgi.ebay.com/A-new-Replaceme...oryZ1244QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks good, plus no negative reviews.

Ravenas · Feb 4, 2008

Polaris573 said:
I know Abit will send you BIOS chips with the BIOS for your board already on them. Maybe gigabyte will do the same thing.

Thanks! I never though of that and I will check with Gigabyte.

daboggeyman · Feb 4, 2008

Let us know how it plays out.

Ravenas · Feb 4, 2008

daboggeyman said:
Let us know how it plays out.

I'll be sure to, still looking around at chip sellers though (not to say your suggestion was bad

)!

Namslas90 · Feb 4, 2008

http://biosman.com/

Ravenas · Feb 4, 2008

Namslas90 said:
Biosman.com

THERE!!! Lol... I forgot to put the site in my favorites... Thanks much Nams!

:toast:

If I could only thank more than once!

keakar · Feb 4, 2008

Ravenas said:
I'm getting ready to flash my gigabyte bios with a evga bios. However, I don't want to do this and be stuck with a bad bios chip...

So, simple question:

Where is the best place to buy good reliable bios chips for a not so expensive price?

I've googled ect...I've found various companies, but I want to know the best from personal experiences from tech power up users.

it is my understanding that you have to use the bios that is for "your" board not pick any brand you want.

if you have a gigabyte board you need the bios for a gigabyte board and cant use an evga bios as that is a different board that can and usually does have different hardware and very different bios

Ravenas · Feb 4, 2008

keakar said:
it is my understanding that you have to use the bios that is for "your" board not pick any brand you want.

if you have a gigabyte board you need a gigabyte bios not an evga bios as that is a different board that can and usually does have different hardware and very different bios

Hehe, I know this but thanks anyhow. I'm prepared to flash my bios, and I know what chip to buy. It's just where to buy! :banghead:

3991vhtes · Feb 4, 2008

www.biosman.com

Good site!!!

That's where I get all my BIOS stuff

Ravenas · Feb 4, 2008

3991vhtes said:
www.biosman.com

Good site!!!

That's where I get all my BIOS stuff

Yet another referal to the "oh-so-popular" biosman.

Who is this biosman? Lol...

Thanks much guys. I couldn't remember the biosman site for some reason... :ohwell:

keakar · Feb 4, 2008

here you go, this is a place you wont have to over pay for it: http://www.ultrabios.com/order_new.php

exodusprime1337 · Feb 4, 2008

keakar said:
it is my understanding that you have to use the bios that is for "your" board not pick any brand you want.

if you have a gigabyte board you need the bios for a gigabyte board and cant use an evga bios as that is a different board that can and usually does have different hardware and very different bios

not always keaker. i have the dreaded evga 590 sli board that just has the crapiest bios ever, i've been using the foxconn bios for sometime now with much better results. all you have to do is forceflash it. as for the gigabyte board of his i'm unaware if his and the evga board are the same layout, i do know that the foxconn/msi/evga boards for the 590 were all reference boards made by foxconn and renamed respectively, and the flash works just fine.

suraswami · Feb 4, 2008

exodusprime1337 said:
not always keaker. i have the dreaded evga 590 sli board that just has the crapiest bios ever, i've been using the foxconn bios for sometime now with much better results. all you have to do is forceflash it. as for the gigabyte board of his i'm unaware if his and the evga board are the same layout, i do know that the foxconn/msi/evga boards for the 590 were all reference boards made by foxconn and renamed respectively, and the flash works just fine.

By Foxconn :mad:

. I thought they are cheap brand like ECS. I always steer away from Foxconn products. Knowing that Foxconn might make for MSI I am now in a dilemma to buy the K9NSLI board for my brother:shadedshu

angelb · Dec 17, 2013

I can help
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