Third Power Socket

[BillB]

I have a Socket 7 mobo that has 3 power sockets. It has an IBM chipset.
There are 3 ISA and 4 PCI slots. There is a 56K internal modem that is in its own slot. There are IDE and floppy sockets as well as 1 parallel and 2
serial sockets. It has 4 what appear to be SDRAM banks. The copywright on the IBM chips is '94. It has a Pentium I installed. It has a ATX form.

Questions: Can I find out exactly what mobo this is?

Will this run off a new power supply with 3 plugs or will I kill it if I try?

I got this very cheep and wanted to use it play with networking.

Bill

[Whyzman]

Hello BillB,

Welcome to http://www.pcguide.com/ubb/pcgubb.gif Forums!

One way, if this bad boy will crank up, is to copy down the BIOS string at the bottom of the beginning to boot sequence. Oops, Hit the Pause button to freeze the screen!

Post that back and we'll give it a shot...

Some of the other folks might have an easier/other way.

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[This message has been edited by Whyzman (edited 02-11-2002).]

[bassman]

Hi Bill and welcome,
Hmmm, Cherry Hill NJ. Used to dream of skating there when I was a kid. Do they still have that park???

As for your mobo, you say it has 3 power sockets but has ATX form. Do you mean it has a place for 2 single-inline pinset plugs and one for a dual-inline pinset plug? This would make sense for a board of that age as it was made during the transitional period from AT to ATX. It was designed to work in either setup.
The ATX plug is a dual-inline pinset plug. I am not sure what you mean by "Will this run off a new power supply with 3 plugs". I have not seen this animal you describe http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

You might look deeper for any other identifying marks (serial number, fcc number,...) and try it on Google (http://www.google.com) to see what you come up with.
Any other info you can give us would help also.

Good luck http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/cool.gif

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[Rick]

I have seen what I think you are describing,
It is one of the Dual support boards.

If it has Both the old AT power connector and the ATX power connector
( What I think you are calling 3 power connecters)

Look in the area of these connectors . You should find a Jumper for AT / ATX
Set that jumper to the supply you have connected and it will work..


For more detailed help.
If you can find and post the board Make, Name, Model number it would help
Many manufactures put the ID between the PCI slots .
It’s a good place to start looking

Until you get the info needed . Do Not Power It up.
You may fry it

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[Whyzman]

BillB,

DEFINITELY follow Rick's suggestion regarding powering up...DON'T do it! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/eek.gif If you've not got the Power Supply situation figured out.

When reading your post it seemed to me that the system could power up, but you were contemplating changing power supplies.

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[Paul Komski]

How many pins are there on each of the three power sockets?

MoboCop (http://www.motherboards.org/mobocop.html) might also help you find your mobo's id.

[This message has been edited by Paul Komski (edited 02-11-2002).]

[BillB]

For Whyzman: I've been here 15 years. There are at least 4 parks but I don't know of any skating. There used to be a rink across the street but
it had been a clothing store for some time when I got here.

1. The power connections are: two next to each other with 6 pins each and a third close by with 6 pins.

2. There is no AT/ATX jumper but there is one for voltage - STD and VRE

3. There are 3 boxes marked LOGO, S/N and REV but nothing in them. There are 4 stickers: MADE IN IRELAND, S/N C00683190, PBA PBA 643372-203, and AA CA 639893-001. There is a small sticker underneath - ASI 032596. Under the stickers, on the reverse side is PB 641144-002. Also, something that looks something like this

COMPEQ RU M1

94V-0 3895

The COMPEQ has a circle around it and the 3895 is in a larger print


4. I tried MoboCop but I have to e-mail the info in. I thought I would try this again. As an aside it has unemplemented VESA.

5. I suppose you all can see I'm not much when it comes to hardware. I do a little better when it comes to programming. My first course was in the initial version of Dartmouth Basic on a "Cyborg" using PPT for program storage. I really appreciate all the help..

Bill

[Paul Komski]

Does This Link (http://www.driverguide.com/boards/american-megatrends/1154.html) look familiar!! it leads to the following Link which is a pdf download manual for the advanced/as motherboard ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/advancedas/28183601.pdf

Looks like the doubled 6pins are-AT equivalent and the other 6pin is for PCI - but check out the above coz I'm no expert.



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[BillB]

Paul, many thanks.

I don't know how you found it. If it is not it, it is its twin brother.

How did you find it?

Many thanks again,

Bill

[Paul Komski]

That very nice man Mr. Google - who else!! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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