.... If you get completely stuck, I may be in a position (next month) to swap it for an equally top-of-the-range socket 7 board in an ATX formfactor. Yes, I'm prepared to wait for a really good board. There are some chipsets I want to avoid, like SiS. Does your board come with a PS/2 mouse ...
.../eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120251496700 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360037133834 Both are Gigabyte GA-5AX boards, with an ATX formfactor. The OP asked for something with an AT formfactor. Whoops. :-\ Your clock is set to Pacific Daylight Time.
...> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120251496700 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360037133834 Both are Gigabyte GA-5AX boards, with an ATX formfactor. The OP asked for something with an AT formfactor.
...to check, as it was some time ago. ISTR that it neeed a BIOS update and a big hsf. According to: http://www.motherboards.org/files/manuals/1/p55tvp4-152.pdf It doesn't have three frequency ratio jumpers, so will only go up to 3.5x. It ...If you get completely stuck, I may be in a position (next month) to swap it for an equally top-of-the-range socket 7 board in an ATX formfactor.
... on in the BIOS setup screen, the BIOS chip is pretty much hot-swappable (with a suitable extractor tool, being careful not to short any two pins.) If you have an old "non-super" socket 7 motherboard, you could use this trick to reprogram the SS7 board's BIOS chip, which may bring it back to life. Yes, I actually did this once in 2000 with a board that I had flashed the wrong BIOS ...
...> To take a K6-2 500MHz CPU. I'm not holding much hope here, as eBay has nothing. The motherboard I got on eBay turned out to be faulty, so I'm still in the market for a suitable ... extractor tool, being careful not to short any two pins.) If you have an old "non-super" socket 7 motherboard, you could use this trick to reprogram the SS7 board's BIOS chip, which may bring it back to ...
On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:31:27 +0100, Multithreaded <g4lwq@hotmail.com> wrote: To take a K6-2 500MHz CPU. I'm not holding much hope here, as eBay has nothing. The motherboard I got on eBay turned out to be faulty, so I'm still in the market for a suitable board.
...<ajmoss_throwaway_account_001@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: I've just e-mailed you with details of a suitable AT SS7 motherboard that's being offered on ebay on Buy It Now. I hope you manage to buy this board... comes with the board, I may be in the market for a PS/2 mouse connector that fits this motherboard. The header seems to be a single line of pins, rather than the two rows of three type. ...
...14:51:48 -0700 (PDT), "A. J. Moss" Of course, this only applies if you can find a suitable motherboard that doesn't go for a silly price. Being eBay, that could be a challenge. I've just e-mailed you with details of a suitable AT SS7 motherboard that's being offered on ebay on Buy It Now. I hope you manage to buy this board: if we can avoid the...
... GA-5AX rev. 5.2 now on ebay. Anything with K6-III+ and UDMA-66 support would be ideal. I missed the auction you put me on to in your last email, but I'll try and get another GA-5AX for you. I have one in another PC here and it is fine. Of course, this only applies if you can find a suitable motherboard that doesn't go for a silly price. Being eBay, that could be a challenge.
