[ale] [OT, maybe] Help indentifying xeon motherboard

[Keith R. Watson]

Joe,

FW82443GX = Intel 440GX Chip set. Intel makes several boards using this 
chip set. One of the simplest ways to determine what motherboard you have 
is by the BIOS string displayed on boot. Given the built in SCSI and 
graphics it sounds like an Intel server board. If it is an Intel 
manufactured motherboard you can  look up their BIOS string here:

http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/bios.htm


Looking up other manufacturers BIOS strings here:

http://www.wimsbios.com/


The BIOS Survival Guide is at:

http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/pcinfo/hardware/bios_sg/bios_sg.htm


Another way of looking up a manufacturer is by the FCC identifier at this site:

http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/


If you can't find it let me know and I have some other more arcane tricks 
for finding the manufacturer.

keith


At 07:07 PM 11/13/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>How many dual-Xeon MBs are there on the market? Can't be
>too many, I'd think. I'd go to www.tccomputers.com and
>browse their motherboard list, checking the photos for
>one that looks right. There are only four or five
>multiprocessor Xeon boards listed, and TC usually
>carries a pretty complete selection, I think.
>
>Cheers,
>
>-- Joe
>
>Jeb Barger wrote:
> >
> > I got a great present from work today, a nice dual xeon motherboard with
> > 2 processors.  I think it will make a great new Nix Box.  However, I
> > have one problem, nobody knows anything about the mb  I have tried to
> > poke around the web and will continue to do so, but I thought I would
> > ask to save some time.
> >
> > There are a lot of markings on the board (no FIC number).  It is an
> > Intel FW82443GX chipset, with adaptec onboard scsi, 6 pci (one is
> > shared).  Onboard NIC and Cirrus Logic Graphic card, and 2 USB ports.
> > Anybody have an ideas how to find out the make and model?  If not, the
> > only thing that worries me is what power supply to use.  It has an ATX
> > connect, but right next to it looks like a half AT style power connect
> > (near where the VRM connects to it).
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
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Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/AIST
Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Tech Research Institute
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