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by pacwin
Tue Apr 29, 2003 11:37 am
Forum: What is my motherboard?
Topic: Manufacturer ID is "PV"
Replies: 2
Views: 2378

There is quite a good list here of Award codes:
http://www.rom.by/articles/opoznanie/award-mb.htm

PV = "Visionex" apparently. They made 486 mobos but
not sure about recent decades.
by pacwin
Sat Apr 26, 2003 12:08 pm
Forum: What is my motherboard?
Topic: 01/15/2001-8363-686-6A6LMPRAC-00
Replies: 9
Views: 4775

Okay I have identified the board layout as matching the PCPartner K133ASA-981 (686A). This is a closeout board on the Hong Kong website. http://www.pcpartner.com.hk/prod/B981.htm Unfortunately there are no BIOSes on the PC partner website nor on the Bestcom site for this model http://www.bestcomonli...
by pacwin
Sat Apr 26, 2003 1:48 am
Forum: What is my motherboard?
Topic: 01/15/2001-8363-686-6A6LMPRAC-00
Replies: 9
Views: 4775

Okay have now removed the board from case. There don't appear to be any PC Partner markings, and their board layouts don't match either. The board has PA-7761-00-01 screened near the ISA slot on both sides of the board. 8KTA+ is also on the bar code on the side of the ISA slot. THere are a couple of...
by pacwin
Fri Apr 25, 2003 11:57 am
Forum: What is my motherboard?
Topic: 01/15/2001-8363-686-6A6LMPRAC-00
Replies: 9
Views: 4775

01/15/2001-8363-686-6A6LMPRAC-00

This is an AMD Duron Motherboard with a VIA VT8363/VT82C686A chipset combination. I was misled by the model number on the mainboard which is 8KTA+. This is also an Epox motherboard model, but it does not match the motherboard image on the epox US website: http://web.epox.com/html/motherboard.asp?pro...