Matt Mc_Carthy wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 MMC> 20 Nov 2003, 20:16, Roy J. Tellason (1:270/615), wrote to Jasen
 MMC> Betts: 

 MMC> Hi Roy.

 RJT>> *Anything* needs cmos right to boot...
 MMC> ......................

 RJT>> It's dead.  Tried another one,  measuring 3.12V (like new) and
 RJT>> that still didn't work

 MMC> Did you try shorting the "Clear CMOS" pins on the MB before 
 MMC> putting that new battery in?  There's a good possibility that 
 MMC> something got scrambled in CMOS that simply changing the battery
 MMC> can't fix.

 MMC> This is my last ditch afterthought...   :-)

I don't think there are such pins on this board,  or at least I don't see
them at the moment...

Although maybe that JP1 that's next to the IR connector and not too far
from the batterg has some bearing on this.  I think what I probably need to
do is find some details on this one (I have no docs at all at present) like
I found for that M571 board that replaced it.  That'd sure be nice,  to
have this one working too,  instead of 1 good one and 3 bad.

Got no markings on the board at all,  just Via (looking more like V/A) on
three of the chips,  Award bios,  and a sticker on the last ISA slot that
says "MD81107824 Made in China" on it.  Shrouded connectors for
the IDE and floppy ports,  rather than just bare pins as on the cheaper
boards.  All of the jumpers and ports are nicely silk-screen labeled
excepting that one I mention above (3 pins),  and one near the bios chip
(also 3 pins,  with a jumper in place on 2 of them).  Those two are labeled
only "JP1" and "JP2".

One other distinguishing feature is that the bit of metal that goes around
the old-style keyboard connector is not the usual chrome color,  but gold
colored instead,  as is th estuff they put over the copper.

I'm starting to collect some nice CPU info,  I guess it's time to start on
chipsets and MBs too.  As long as the machine where I have it stored stays
up!    At least the flexibility of linux means that while the
drives are still working whatever they're connected to will be usable
without any software needing to be re-installed as long as the drives
work...

Got any thoughts as to where I might look for more info on this MB?  It'd
be nice to find that it does work,  as I have some chips here that could
use a home.

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