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Differences: A vs. non-A: the former uses a replaceable Lithium CR2032 battery instead of the latter's RTC; Wish I had seen this before looking at the picture (of a non-A version) and concluding that the m560 was real close but "not quite the one" due to "that funny chip" in the same place where a ...

Definitely take the advice of AJZ and identify your board using his tool. According to any source I've seen, Alton only made 2 PCChips motherboards. However, I got burned somewhat because my box said "Alton" and the chipset was a TXpro (not TXpro II)... unfortunately the board turned out to be an M5...

I've seen a similar sounding product too... though I haven't done any comparrison shopping. The one I saw cost like $50 plus S&H . At that price, I might as well get a new board.

Thanks for the info though KW

I have a "heads up" and a question. ----- First, the heads up: a motherboard I got from a computer show many years ago stated that Alton was the maker. Using this info and the easily readable TXpro chipset, many if not all sources claimed it to be the PCChips M575 (like http://www.plasma-online.de )...