Hey all…
I got a second-hand PC from the in-laws for my son.
How can I identify who makes the motherboard in the PC?
I want to stick a P233 chip in it, but I don’t have a manual so I don’t know the jumper settings.
I can’t seem to see any ‘logo’ on the board.
Anyone?
Take a look at it. Some companies have their name (FIC, for one I think) stamped on it. Maybe there is a motherboard id program out there, maybe the BIOS will tell you something.
Another thing to watch out for: can it support a P233? Older MB’s might be socket 5.
what chip is in there currently?
With the price of 233 boards these days I don’t see why you don’t just buy a new board.
I can understand why you would not want to change MBD’s. I changed motherboards in a system and windows 2000 took a dump. I had to format and reload the entire computer (I even tried to make it work. I removed everything from the device manager and deleted the enum folder before the change) – a simple change of chip shouldnt cause that error.
There’s an Intel 430vx.
I got a BIOS program that game me the URL of http://www.tryan.com.
It was no help…I looked at the manuals on their site and none of them fit the description.
I would by a new one, but it’s just for my 8 year old and I’m not that picky, but I have spare parts here I wanted to put in it.
I’ve done that (I haven’t removed the board…I don’t want to go through all that trouble when my sone won’t really notice any different…) and nothing stands out.
It is will take the 233 chip…even if I can only get it to 200, it’s better than 133…(and I’ve even got had pumped to 180MHz, but then the drive cacked…I replaced the old chip and reset the jumpers and all was well again.)
After some further research, it turns out that is is a ‘cheaper’ board with an ‘illigal’ BIOS OS on it…not a big feal…but its a good bet finding the specs will be harder…(Never mind the brand of board.)
Ah well…at leats my sone can play Diablo =)
If there are no other identifying marks, look for an FCC ID. If you can find one of those, go here:
http://www.driverguide.com
Or here:
This tool will give you the registered manufacturer. Driverguide is good for pointing you in the right direction for the manufacturer’s homepage.
Good luck.