Motherboard ID??

[Butchk]

Can anyone identify this mother board for me and maybe tell me anything about the jumper settings? It looks like a Intel board the reason I think that is because all the chips on it are marked Intel. It has 3 PCI slots and 4 ISA slots it has 4ea 72 pin memory slots. The only numbers on the board are MB-8500TVX-A. On the flip side it has SMO3OU 46171 94V-0 written on it.
I tried the Intel web site but could find anything out there. Thnks for any help you can give me.

Butchk

[gene1938]

Try "Wim's BIOS page -they have a couple of ways to help ID your Board http://www.ping.be/bios/
gene

[Axel]

I hate to break the news, but about 90% of the boards out there either use an intel or a VIA I/O chipset on them, so, the intel thing isn't going to do you much good.

What you want - to use the posted link above - is the info from the boot sequence - the BIOS string.

Find your <pause> key and then reboot your system. After the BIOS posts and the RAM check is finished, you'll see something like this at the bottom left of your screen -

11/11/96 - TX430VI - 2PB433TB2 - 00

hit the <pause> key so you have a moment to write that down exactly. - you can typically hit <enter> to continue through the boot.

Then go to that web page and you can begin to identify your board.

Another two things to look for on your board-

On the face of your board ( the side with the PCI slots ), there should be some bold white block letters larger than anything else near the center of the board - what are they?

Should you get desperate and nothing else helps, take the motherboard out and check the back of the board for lettering or an FCC sticker with an ID on it. There is a .gov page which will tell you who owns the FCC ID number.

Last chance is the serial number in the foil sticker on the BIOS chip, but that isn't a good resource. Sometimes you can track down which company bought that chip from AWARD or AMI and figure out who made the board.

Bring that info back to us and we'll help you track down the manufacturer of the board one way or the other .... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[Susan]

That 8500# rang a bell with me. It looks like it could be a Biostar MB.

I'm not sure of their homepage, but you can check out some specs here:
www.infomagic.com/~ahall/8500tvx.html#feature (http://www.infomagic.com/~ahall/8500tvx.html#feature)

[Butchk]

Susan:
Thankyou for your help it was the right website. I want to thank everyone else that responded to my cry for help. This is still the greatest website with the greatest members on the net today.

Thanks again

Butchk

[800XL]

Sorry I did not spot this earlier. That is a Biostar and you can find more info about it on www.biostar-usa.com (http://www.biostar-usa.com) . You may have to look under obsolete products or 'museum' to find it, but it is there.