New Motherboards (Good Ones) with Parallel Port
Damaeus
parallel ports on them? I have a perfectly good laser printer that runs
on a parallel port (Parallel-to-USB adapter doesn't work for it), but it
seems that all the latest motherboards just completely leave off the
parallel port.
Damaeus
Steve
ma...@damaeus.yahoo.invalid says...
The short answer is yes. All lot more information from you is
required for a more definitive answer.
Or you can go to http://www.newegg.com and do your own legwork.
s
Damaeus
Steve <iva...@invalid.com> posted:
I wasn't asking for a detailed report. I've already done some shopping
around, but I was unable to find boards without sound and graphics
included. I just thought someone might know a manufacturer off the top of
their head so I could go to their website and look around.
Damaeus
Paul
Try this motherboard. It has a little of everything.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157115&Tpk=4coredual-sata2
Note that it doesn't support FSB1333 Intel processors, but it can take
some of the lower end or older Core processors.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/cpu.asp?Model=4CoreDual-SATA2%20R2.0
It will take one of these, when used with a hacked BIOS.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115059&Tpk=e7600
It has a parallel port and a serial port.
It has AGP and a (pretty poor) PCI Express x4 slot.
I've even run Win98SE on it, as a joke. I used an
AGP video card, to do that. I currently run WinXP on it.
The LAN connection is not gigabit speed, so it isn't a perfect
solution. I miss having a gigabit LAN port.
The VIA chipset on the board, can run a SATA II hard drive,
without using the "Force150" jumper.
As for whether the motherboard is "good", I would rate it
as "quirky" and an "experimenter's delight". It isn't your
typical faultless Intel chipset board. But I'm still using
it, so it can't be all bad. I use a couple sticks of
DDR2 in it, but the board won't run them correctly,
any faster than DDR2-533. If Asrock would only work on
the BIOS, they could make a much nicer product out of
it. A guy on a German forum, provides hacked BIOS with
some features fixed. I got working EIST by using one
of those BIOS. The Vcore circuit supports EIST D-VID,
but the Asrock BIOS didn't bother to support EIST at all.
The Asrock BIOS also incorrectly programs the clock generator.
HTH,
Paul
TVeblen
"Damaeus" <no-...@damaeus.yahoo.invalid> wrote in message
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You may find boards for older processors that have a parallel port but I
doubt you will find one for any current processor with one. The legacy
technology is a huge bottleneck to the system. The best solution for you
would be to use an add on pci parallel port card. They're cheap. See Newegg,
etc.
Bioboffin
"Damaeus" <no-...@damaeus.yahoo.invalid> wrote in message
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I just bought one of these for my son - it has no on board graphics (re your
other post); but it does have headers for those legacy things such as LPT
parallel. It seems to me like a very solid, well built Intel 775
motherboard. A bit behind the bleeding edge - it supports DDR2 rather than
DDR3 RAM.
or for those with wrapping issues: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yjv63ws
--
John
Larc
I did some checking around a while back when I was considering a board with a
parallel header instead of a physical port. LPT connectors to plug into headers
seemed to be scarcer than boards with an actual LPT connection. If I needed a
parallel port, I'd at least make sure to have a direct line to a sure LPT
connector if not one already in my hot grubby hands before buying a board with
the header only.
Larc
Steve
ma...@damaeus.yahoo.invalid says...
Well, now that you have divulged pertinant information, try:
http://www.gigabyte-usa.com/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?
ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=3169&ProductName=GA-P55-UD3L
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128406
&Tpk=GA-P55-UD3L
GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD3L LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
Since you're not going to find a motherboard without onboard sound,
just turn it off in the bios and install the soundcard of your
dreams.
s
Sjouke Burry
Steve
killth...@hal.net says...
See previous post to Damaeus. Motherboards can be found with lpt1
headers on the motherboard if they don't have the port built into the
back panel. So you have to buy a connecter.
http://www.gigabyte-usa.com/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?
ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=3140&ProductName=GA-MA785G-UD3H
s
Steve
J...@myhouse.invalid says...
Just built:
Gigabyte GA-EG45M-UD2H (rev. 1.0)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W
Quad-Core Processor oc to fsb 400/3.4GHz stable
SAPPHIRE 100282SR Radeon HD 5850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0
x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual
Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK
Windows 7 64bit
Plays Crysis 1920x1200 maxed out settings no sweat.]
and the parallel printer port works, :)
s
Jon Danniken
>
> I did some checking around a while back when I was considering a
> board with a parallel header instead of a physical port. LPT
> connectors to plug into headers seemed to be scarcer than boards with
> an actual LPT connection. If I needed a parallel port, I'd at least
> make sure to have a direct line to a sure LPT connector if not one
> already in my hot grubby hands before buying a board with the header
> only.
Brick and mortar stores are a good source for lpt risers and older parts.
Jon
Larc
I exhausted those sources when I was looking, and most online sites that listed
an LPT connector were out of stock. USB to LPT adapters were easy to find, but
almost nobody seemed to be having any luck with those according to reports.
Connectors were readily available years ago. I've even thrown some away because
I didn't anticipate ever having a need for them.
Larc
Jon Danniken
>
> I exhausted those sources when I was looking, and most online sites
> that listed an LPT connector were out of stock. USB to LPT adapters
> were easy to find, but almost nobody seemed to be having any luck
> with those according to reports. Connectors were readily available
> years ago. I've even thrown some away because I didn't anticipate
> ever having a need for them.
The Eugene branch of Norvac electronics has about a dozen of them in stock
right now for $1.10 each.
I guess I'm kind of spoiled to have a candy store in my own town. :)
Jon