[Wolves] I'm after an old motherboard...

[Wayne]

I've got two socket 7 motherboards you can have, at least one of them 
works , not sure bout other.
One is an MS5191 , like this 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MS5191-Ver-1-1-amc-Micro-Atx-Skt-7-Motherboard_W0QQitemZ300037069727QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4615QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
The other I cant find useful marks on.

Will they take K7? Who knows:-)

Wayne
(Bilston)




Kevanf1 wrote:
> Would any of you fine upstanding LUGgers happen to have any old
> motherboards lying around?  Specifically one that accepts an AMD 500
> K7 CPU (that's the one that came in the big surround like the PIII)
> and uses PC 133 RAM.  The one I have SuSE 10.3 running on seems to
> have a slight problem.  It doesn't seem to want to accept all the RAM
> I have to use.  According to the manual it'll accept up to 756mb of PC
> 133.  It doesn't like anything bigger than a 256 RAM stick so 512 is
> out.  Consequently I have 3 x 256mb sticks.  But when I install them
> it will only read up to just under 400mb as being installed.  I have
> tried a single stick in all slots and they all work.  I've upgraded
> the BIOS as far as I can..no difference.  I've checked the BIOS
> settings to see if there is anything hindering it..again, nothing.
>
> Let's say it is frustrating to say the least.  Don't ask what the
> board is because at this point in time I cannot remember.  I think it
> was something like a Soltek but am not sure.
>
> Oh, the RAM is all fine.  I've tried it in another PC and no problems.
>  It's just this mobo  :-(
>
>