# Need help finding a motherboard manual

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-motherboard-manual/252286>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 26, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-motherboard-manual/252286 "2004-06-26T06:17:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-motherboard-manual/252286/1 "2004-06-26T06:17:37Z")

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I recently received a motherboard I won off of eBay. I’m sure it’ll work fine (but I’m waiting till next week when I receive my video card first), but I’d like to find a manual on it. I’ve gotten manuals off of the web before, but for some reason, I can’t find any with a manual for this one. The info given in the description [PENTIUM 4 MOTHERBOARD WITH MODEM COMBO](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3487132707&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1)  
is slightly different than info I wrote down directly from the motherboard

Albatron P4VXASD2+  
ITE IT8705F  
ECS EliteGroup  
VIA VT8235 0243CD

If anybody can help me find a manual I can download for this, I’d appreciate it. Or, if not, I might be able to identify the motherboard using [Everest Home Edition](http://www.lavalys.com/index.php?page=product&view=1&subpage=1), or by my BIOS number, but it bugs me that I can’t find anything using my chipset, or other information.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-motherboard-manual/252286/2 "2004-06-26T06:25:30Z")

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From the ECS Elitegroup USA website: [P4VXASD2 mainboard manual](http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/manual_p4v.html).

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-motherboard-manual/252286/3 "2004-06-26T06:27:30Z")

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Wow, that was fast!  
I wasn’t expecting a responce so quickly. Thank you very much. 🆒