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Old October 21st 05, 11:36 PM
uddarts
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"" wrote:
I suspect it is the first one. MS8308E. I am unfortunatley
unable to
open the case until my friend opens it for me. A case of shaky
hands
I'm afraid., I have emailed the seller of the chip (which is
yet to
arrive) to ask about stepping and whther the chip is locked. I
believe
he did not have time to test it himself before selling it to
me.

Cheers
David

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:52:10 GMT, Wes Newell
wrote:

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:58:59 +0000, Dave The Brain wrote:

"Mainboard"
Matsonic MS8308E
Chipset SiS 730 rev 02
Sensor IT 0

BIOS
American Megatrends v. 062710

Label on the computer box says axon IT Solutions


Looking on the Matsonic web site I got this information:-

MS8308E Series

Bios type: AMI TOP

030808.zip Date : 2003-08-08
instruction : MS8308EP(266) PCB Ver3.1 (FSB 266MHz),

Support AMD XP

010912.exe Date : 2001-09-12
instruction : MS8308E PCB Ver 1.1 , 1.2

8308-d.zip Date : 2001-02-27
instruction : MS8308D PCB Ver 1.1 (W/O LAN)

BIOS Flash Utility AMI Flash : aminf340.zip

The first board (EP) would be the best. Do you know which one

you have?
Model number should be on the board and rev. should be on

sticker on one
of the ISA/PCI sockets. All use the same ram. PC133 would be

best, but it
shouldn't matter as long as the 2600+ cpu isn't locked.


well i guess we have a little time.

when the new cpu xp2600 arrives check the numbers on it. you may need
plenty of light and good glasses. there is a line of numbers on it
that should look like:

AQXDA 0314 mpmw -- the middle set of numbers is what we are
interested in to determine whether it is unlocked. amd started locking
the chips arounc 0340.

i looked your board up and it is using the old sdram 168 pin. you will
need to buy some ddr 2700 or ddr 3200 184 pin. the price should be
about the same 3200 might be even cheaper.

check around for any board with cpu fsb 333 or 400.

when your friend opens the case have him look at the side of the psu,
so we know if it has enough power. give us the brand, model number and
what the amps are for the 3.3, 5 & 12volt lines. also have him look at
how much extra room the case has. your board is a micro atx. the case
may be big enough for a micro atx or full atx which would give you
more options.

do you have cd with windows?



ud

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