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More info?)
The Orlando board and a few other Intel-made LPX boards have a jumper to set for
the number of PCI slots in the riser card, FWIW... Ben Myers
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:28:15 -0400, "metronid" <metronid@comcast.net> wrote:
>I found the answer another way
>I searched by Serial Number
>It told me the riser card #
>I had the needed one inthe teardown box
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>I was going to d some more research on cross reference #'s and compatibilty
>My wife screamed up to me
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>Do you ever get off that damm computer
>I figured I better worry about getting dinner first
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>Of the 4 boards given to me
>One worked
>It booted and posted at least
>It recognized the flopply & HD
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>That is as far as i will go for $3.30 Ebay sale
>that was listed as is
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>My test bed is for ATX boards
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>I had to search down an AT supply
>Actually i had to swap one of my ATX supplies
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>I am trying to clean up my work area
>I just keep piling things up
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>Luckily my regular job pays the rent
>I do Ebay for the fun
>I think
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>"metronid" <metronid@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:MeudnZa1XtkakdvcRVn-hw@comcast.com...
>> I just have the riser cards
>> I do not have the boards
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>> The boards were PB 680 Orlando series
>> and the cards were with them and just in the box
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>> They were given to me
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>> The boards were not worth fooling with
>> Just left with the cards and memory and Cpu's
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>> I do have one board left
>> I guess I can boot and try
>> I will at least get to use my AT power supply
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>> <ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>> news:4145a5ac.1322474@news.charter.net...
>> > What is the BIOS ID?
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>> > The senator from NY has a BIOS ID of 1.00.nn.BY0R.
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>> > The Orlando (more probable) board has a BIOS ID of 1.00.nn.DN0R.
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>> > Other possibilities are Thousand Oaks (1.00.nn.CP0R) and Fair Oaks
>> > (1.00.nn.CP1R).
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>> > nn, of course, is the BIOS revision number.
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>> > The best way I know to find out is to boot up the boards and look at the
>> BIOS ID
>> > displayed on the screen. Intel has other identifying info on its
>boards,
>> an AA
>> > number and a PBA number, but often its OEMs removed this info to
>> obliterate the
>> > identity of the board manufacturer... Ben Myers
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>> > On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:22:50 -0400, "metronid" <metronid@comcast.net>
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>> > >Ben I have 3 PB 680 series Motherboards
>> > >Each has a riser card labelled 52f42
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>> > >When I check Alan Computech
>> > >It says they are for the Hillary Series
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>> > >Let me know your insight
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