BIOS for the ECS MCP73T-M5 desktop motherboard, packed in a small 440 KB RAR archive. The model name indicates a board based on NVIDIA's MCP73 chipset family. A file this size typically suits the small parallel or SPI flash chips used on desktop boards of that generation, and it is used to recover a board that fails to POST after a botched update. Confirm the exact board model and revision on the PCB silkscreen, back up the original chip, and verify that the image size equals the chip capacity before programming.
The button opens the matching file on RM Schematics, or a source page if it is not catalogued there yet. The original attachment is from @biosarchive. Enginerys does not host this file.
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The same file was posted more than once. If one link is dead, try the next.
| Channel | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| @biosarchive | 28 May 2019 | Open file on RM Schematics |
| @IT_SERVICE_WORLD | 29 Oct 2019 | Open file on RM Schematics |
How to open a .rar file
Compressed archive — the usual wrapper for a schematic + boardview pair or a BIOS + EC set.
Back up your own chip before writing any dump, and match the full board number and revision. Flashing guide →