Abit ix48 gt3 hotfoot bios needed

[fatslag]

CAN ANYONE BEKIND ENOUGH TO INFORM ME OF WHERE I WILLBE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD BIOS FOR A IX48/ICHR GT3 HOTFOOT

THE BOARD DOES NOT HAVE A BIOS CHIP TO REMOVE (AS PER OTHER ABIT BOARDS SUCH AS AW9D MAX) AND THE AREA OF WHERE I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO SEE A BIOS SOCKET IS SIMPLY BLANK.

THERE IS A REMOVABLE CHIP NEXT TO THE CMOS BATTERY BUT IT IS SMALLER TRHAN THE ONE I AM FAMNILIALR WITH.

I ORDERED A REPLACEMENT CHIP FROM A FIRM IN WALES WHO SENT ME A ITEM WHICH WAS IDENTICAL TO THE @NORMAL@ SIZE MENTIONED ABOVE.

I TOLD THE FIRM THAT IT WAS NOT THE CORERCT ONE AND THEY JUST FLOBBED ME OFF BY SAYING THERE IS NO BIOS CHIP FOR THE MB (DISPITE THEM MARKETING IT ON EBAY)

THEY SAID MY MB HAD IX48-MAX PRINTED ON THE BOARD AND MY QUESTION TO THEM OR ANYONE ELSE IS @WHATS IS THE DIFFERENCE ? I THOUGHT ABIT HAD ONE MB MODEL 1X48 GT3 ..SO THE FACT THAT THE MB HAS IX49-MAX TIGERFORCE IS JUST MAKING ME MORE CONFUSED

I WOULD BE GREATFUL IF ANYONE CAN TELL ME IF A BIOS DOWN LOAD LINK IS STILL AVAILABLE AS WE ALL KNOW THAT ABIT WENT TITS UP !

THANKS

[Bambooz]

I WOULD BE GREATFUL IF ANYONE CAN TELL ME IF A BIOS DOWN LOAD LINK IS STILL AVAILABLE

I'd be grateful if you stopped screaming in all caps..

ftp://91.121.194.115/pub/download/bios/ix48gt3/

The confusion about what board you actually have might be Abit's fault. They've relabelled quite a few boards merely by putting a sticker with the new name over the silkscreen on the board. Good example for that is the Abit IP43 .. every single one of them has the model marking on the board as a sticker. If you pull that sticker off, the board magically turns into a Abit IP45!

AFAIK, the IX48-MAX never got released.. It was announced all the time, but never actually made it to the market. They might have pulled off something similar to the IP43 crap above, using the IX48-MAX PCB's, slapping a IX48-GT3 sticker on and leaving out some extra features to recycle the IX48-MAX PCBs they had already produced at that point (which would've ended up as scrap otherwise).

That's my theory at least. And it's backed up by the fact that the official promo photos of the IX48-GT3 are (badly) photoshopped versions of the IX48-MAX photos.

Here's the IX48-MAX http://91.121.194.115:81/IX48-MAX_Top.jpg
..and the IX48-GT3 http://91.121.194.115:81/IX48-GT3_Top.jpg

Here's the only difference in the entire photo (ignore compression artifacts). Even the number on the barcode is the same.. and the screw positions of the fan etc.
http://91.121.194.115:81/IX48.gif
Funny how they "removed" the PCIe Slot latch.. probably was in the way to the guy editing the photo lol

edit2: Unless the cover thingy on the chipset fan has "MAX" embossed, it's a GT3

[watercooled]

Just to reiterate, using all caps just makes text harder/slower to read (which is why modern British road signs stopped using all caps) and makes it look like spam.

If the chip you bought was sold as a replacement BIOS and it doesn't work, it's been mis-sold so you should be entitled to a refund.

Do you have a photo of the removable chip on your motherboard, or could you post what's printed on it to help identification.

[fatslag]

Just to reiterate, using all caps just makes text harder/slower to read (which is why modern British road signs stopped using all caps) and makes it look like spam.

If the chip you bought was sold as a replacement BIOS and it doesn't work, it's been mis-sold so you should be entitled to a refund.

Do you have a photo of the removable chip on your motherboard, or could you post what's printed on it to help identification.

Thank you for your consideration and information regarding this issue. I have checked the copper retention plate over the main chipset heatsink and it does not have the embedded MAX so I will assume it is a GT3.

[l0ngst4r]

Hello fatslag, any results on this? I'm struggling to get my beloved X48 GT3 working again, it won't start, and the bios code display shows only one zero instead of two as it used to under power before switch on. Figured it may need a bios chip replace, found the same seller and now reading your thread it may be not such a good idea..