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by petteyg359
Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:53 pm
Forum: What is my motherboard?
Topic: My mobo is.....
Replies: 6
Views: 8299

Does your board have integrated LAN? It appears that only the DBL has onboard LAN. The DA does not.

A 4x or 8x AGP card will work in the same slot, regardless. They have the same pin design and voltage.
by petteyg359
Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:29 am
Forum: What is my motherboard?
Topic: My mobo is.....
Replies: 6
Views: 8299

The difference is likely some on-board device, the both use the VIA KT400 chipset. Their site no longer lists the boards so I can't find out from them. ftp://210.201.178.73/manual/V400DAR1A.zip - V400A ftp://210.201.178.73/manual/V400DB4A.ZIP - V400B Those are the only links to manuals I can find, i...
by petteyg359
Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:57 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Boot Block Flash Question
Replies: 12
Views: 10446

If you don't have 'keyboard support', I assume you're using a USB keyboard which needs the BIOS there to be supported at boot time... Do you have an adapter handy to plug it into your PS/2 port instead?
by petteyg359
Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:51 pm
Forum: My CPU isn't recognized
Topic: Dell XPS R450 BIOS doesn't recognize Pentium 3
Replies: 3
Views: 6329

Dell XPS R450 BIOS doesn't recognize Pentium 3

I have a Dell XPS R450 that originally came with a 450MHz P2 (latest BIOS, version A13). I have since upgraded it to a P3 800MHz, but the BIOS shows it as a Pentium Pro 500MHz. 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' shows all the correct info, but I'm not sure if it's actually running at 800MHz or if it's using L2 cac...