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Stray Dog Joined: 24 Jan 2001 Posts: 1

I have a Gateway 2000 Pentium II 450MHz (circa 10/1998)with 128 RAM that operates under WIN98.

How can I determine the make and specifications of my mother board...in detail?

Thanks.

M i k e

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2001 2:00 pm Post subject:

It should say right on the motherboard....but if you don't want to bust open the case, you will probably be able to use software to find out. I recommend SiSoft Sandra. You can use the "mainboard information" on it and it will probably tell you what mobo you have installed. Here's the link for the software:

http://www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk/

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Cat Chaser Joined: 24 Oct 2000 Posts: 951 Location: USA

Another thing you can try to do is goto Crucial.com and look for memory for your system. Sometimes they have information about your motherboard. My friend found out what kinda mobo is in his gateway a few days ago thru crucial. (click banner at top of page if you are going to try it)

Hope that helps!

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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2001 1:08 pm Post subject:

Thanks for replying...

I located and downloaded SiSoft Sandra and what it says under
< MAINBOARD AND PROCESSOR(S) > IS:

PROCESSOR(S):
- Intel Pentium II @ 448MHz.
PERFORMANCE RATING:
- PR538 (estimated).
L2 ON-BOARD CACHE:
- 513kB synchronis write-back
SYSTEM BUS(ES):
- ISA (16-bit), PCI(32/64-bit), USB, AGP(32-bit), SCSI.
SYSTEM BIOS:
- PhoenixBIOS 4.0, Release 6.0.
SYSTEM CHIPSET:
- Intel Corporation 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI bridge (AGP
implemented).

Translation, please. When asked, what kind of MOBO I have,
what exactly do I say? Thanks.

M i k e

Quote:

It should say right on the motherboard....but if you don't want to bust open the case, you will probably be able to use software to find out. I recommend SiSoft Sandra. You can use the "mainboard information" on it and it will probably tell you what mobo you have installed. Here's the link for the software:

http://www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk/

- Spot
Spot@LittleWhiteDog.com

"AssPunching is not allowed!"

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2001 3:03 pm Post subject:

Have you tried calling/e-mailing Gateway? How about turning off your computer and removing your motherboard to look for some I.d.? I can tell from the Sandra description that whatever your motherboard is, it is based on the 440BX chipset.

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2001 5:05 pm Post subject:

Try looking on the "quality test report" that should have come with your gateway computer. Mine was listed as a TABOR III which is made by intel specifically for gateway. Your machine is a year older than mine so your mobo may be different, but odds are it is still an intel board.

Try this gateway link http://www.gateway.com/support/techdocs/references/motherboard/index.shtml
It will help identify your mobo by bios revision
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Edited by - hypoxic on 01/27/2001 20:19:30

Big Dog Joined: 20 Oct 2000 Posts: 3689 Location: USA

if you get really desperate you can look for groups of #'s stamped on the mobo, and try looking up those # combinations in the FCC-ID database

http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/

most mobo mfr's even label the FCC-ID # for you.

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Butt Sniffer Joined: 09 Nov 2000 Posts: 1883

http://www.motherboards.org has a couple of different was to identify motherboards

Butt Sniffer Joined: 24 Oct 2000 Posts: 1545 Location: USA

This place probably has the largest database for finding a motherboard manufacturer using the bios numbers you see at bootup..
http://www.ping.be/bios/

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tryin to figure out this shi* is my game.

Big Dog Joined: 20 Oct 2000 Posts: 3689 Location: USA

Quote:

This place probably has the largest database for finding a motherboard manufacturer using the bios numbers you see at bootup..
http://www.ping.be/bios/

HECK YEAH !

Wim's site completely ROCKS!

Blame is for people who need a reason to be pissed off !
-Brain