What modell/brand is this mobo? HELP PLZ!
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:44 pm
Hey!
Just the other day I bought a dirt cheap motherboard from my local dealer. The dealer told me that they got it without the proper box and manual since they returned a broken motherboard to the manufacturer (RMA might be the word for it). So I bought it in a brown box without anything else in it.
It´s supposed to be called "IA-P4" but it´s just impossible to find any info about it. The mobo clearly states IA-P4 with white bold letters.
It has a 4xAGP, 3xPCI, 2xUSB, 2 slots for DDR, 2xLAN, built in audio (AC97) as well as built in crappy gfx (8Mb).
I belive the chipset is called i845GE or maybe just i845G.
The exact sice is 31cm x 22cm, I belive that´s 12,2" x 8,66".
The BIOS setup lookes just like the one on the EP-4GEAE(I) (Epox) modell. There´s just one problem, I can´t change the FSB speed "since it is light blue" (like when you can´t change the setting) and the multiplier setting doesn´t even exist in the menu.
At the moment my 1,8GHz P4 is detected as a 2,53GHz P4 and since I can´t change neither FSB frekvency nor the multiplier I can´t get it to work properly.
Do I need a BIOS upgrade or have I missed some jumper seting of some sort?
And I can´t see the bootup BIOS code due to a huge startup logo that says "Broadbandbox TM", it´s in grey scale and there's a big B next to the text. Is it common that you can choose wheater or not to show the logo at start up?
The dealer said that it was an Epox one.
It has a white note on it with a barcode and a number: 33003600844.
Here´s the url to a picture of the actuall motherboard.
http://home.student.uu.se/daka6071/motherboard.jpg
Almost forgot, it´s PCB ver 0,4.
I would be most greatful if you could help me with this!
Regards,
Daniel.
Just the other day I bought a dirt cheap motherboard from my local dealer. The dealer told me that they got it without the proper box and manual since they returned a broken motherboard to the manufacturer (RMA might be the word for it). So I bought it in a brown box without anything else in it.
It´s supposed to be called "IA-P4" but it´s just impossible to find any info about it. The mobo clearly states IA-P4 with white bold letters.
It has a 4xAGP, 3xPCI, 2xUSB, 2 slots for DDR, 2xLAN, built in audio (AC97) as well as built in crappy gfx (8Mb).
I belive the chipset is called i845GE or maybe just i845G.
The exact sice is 31cm x 22cm, I belive that´s 12,2" x 8,66".
The BIOS setup lookes just like the one on the EP-4GEAE(I) (Epox) modell. There´s just one problem, I can´t change the FSB speed "since it is light blue" (like when you can´t change the setting) and the multiplier setting doesn´t even exist in the menu.
At the moment my 1,8GHz P4 is detected as a 2,53GHz P4 and since I can´t change neither FSB frekvency nor the multiplier I can´t get it to work properly.
Do I need a BIOS upgrade or have I missed some jumper seting of some sort?
And I can´t see the bootup BIOS code due to a huge startup logo that says "Broadbandbox TM", it´s in grey scale and there's a big B next to the text. Is it common that you can choose wheater or not to show the logo at start up?
The dealer said that it was an Epox one.
It has a white note on it with a barcode and a number: 33003600844.
Here´s the url to a picture of the actuall motherboard.
http://home.student.uu.se/daka6071/motherboard.jpg
Almost forgot, it´s PCB ver 0,4.
I would be most greatful if you could help me with this!
Regards,
Daniel.