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from: Roy J. Tellason
date: 2003-11-16 20:16:16
subject: what do I have here?

Snagged this board,  and I thought it was just gonna be another socket 7
board,  but it seems there are some surprises at hand here...

First off,  what I took to be the typical "intel inside" thingy
on one of the chips -- on a heatsink,  which should've tipped me off -- was
"Video Inside"!  The rest of what's on there is "TX PRO
II".  There also seems to be a 2x8 pin header on the board near the
power connectors (both AT and ATX ones are present) but there's nothing
else that seems to be connected with video,  no idea what the specs might
be,  and no apparent way to disable this,  if I wanted to.  (Not sure yet
if I want to or not.)

There's a PS/2 pin header up by the keyboard connector I'm prepared for
with the right adapter,  and a pair of other pin headers nearby along that
back edge of the board for what must be the two serial ports,  and the
parallel and floppy interface connectors are about where I'd expect them, 
between the ram and the first PCI connector.  But the two IDE connectors
aren't there -- they're all the way down at the bottom end of the board, 
below the CPU chip.

In between the first and second PCI connectors is another pin header,  2
rows by 9 pins long,  missing one pin.  I have *no* idea what this one is
for,  anybody know?

Then down near the bottom edge of the board,  I get another surprise --
there's a chip next to the BIOS part that says "Sound Pro" on it
-- I apparently have onboard sound too?  There's a 2-pin header near that
chip,  only marked as "JP10",  and another 2-pin header,  a 4-pin
header,  and a 4-pin connector with white plastic shell of the type
commonly found on sound cards,  which I'm assuming is for cdrom input. 
Also a 10-pin header.  No idea what all those are for,  either.  There's
another pin header labeled for the game port,  as well.

Then there's a 3-pin header on the other side of the sound and BIOS chips
labled "12V JP1 5V" with a jumper across the last two.  And one
following that,  5 positions with the middle one empty,  marked "1 2
J1 4 5".

Only ID I can find on this board is a sticker on the last ISA slot,  that says 
"MW84321402 Made In China",  which ain't telling me much.

I just realized that what they gave me for headers doesn't include anything
for the onboard stuff,  just the standard serial and parallel connectors, 
and that's it.  And I called them,  and can take it back tomorrow if
necessary...

Your comments on this odd board?

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