Identifying Motherboard
Galen Swain
Hello
I am trying to identify a 486 Motherboard manufacturer. It's for a
friend & I have absolutely no documentation. I tried to determine it
using the BIOS String. Perhaps you could help me. Here is the best
information I can provide.
DISPLAY INFORMATION:
American
Megatrends AMIBIOS (C) 1993
ADI/UC4/V 2.0
(C) American Megatrends Inc.,
40-0E09-008060-00101111-121593-UMC498-H
MOTHERBOARD INFORMATION:
TK 8498F /GP 4N D24
MADE IN TAIWAN R.O.C.
2 72 Pin Simms
4 30 Pin Simms
Socket 3
4 ISA
3 ISA/PCI
Perhaps you could recommend a good WebPage/Newsgroup for reference
information. I sure would appreciate your help
Galen Swain
P.O. Box 4541
Citrus Heights, CA 95611-4541
Vox 916 723-0719
Fax 916 729-1282
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E-Mail: mailto://gsw...@quiknet.com
Adam Sundor
Galen Swain (ggu...@quiknet.com) wrote:
: Hello
: I am trying to identify a 486 Motherboard manufacturer. It's for a
: friend & I have absolutely no documentation. I tried to determine it
: using the BIOS String. Perhaps you could help me. Here is the best
: information I can provide.
: DISPLAY INFORMATION:
: American
: Megatrends AMIBIOS (C) 1993
: ADI/UC4/V 2.0
: (C) American Megatrends Inc., = AMI
: 40-0E09-008060-00101111-121593-UMC498-H UMC?
This number can identify the motherboard if AMI were willing to tell
you. Some years ago, I tried to discuss this with their tech department
and was given a rather rude lecture about buying a Taiwanese
motherboard. I tried to point out that they made that BIOS for that
particular board, not me. A friend made up the computer for me and was
using a Biostar Taiwanese board since that ran the AMD chip. In
retrospect, it would have been easier to use a slower Intel board and
chip, but I was annoyed at Intel for some of their arrogant practices.
This might be one recourse. AMI customizes their BIOS's for different
manufacturers and that number is most likely unique to one, perhaps UMC.
Any manufacturers whose initials are UMC? AMI might tell you which
manufacturer they made that BIOS for. Maybe their tech department will
be more kind than they were for me.
Adam Sundor
: MOTHERBOARD INFORMATION:
Wayne
On 30 May 1997 07:15:47 GMT, sund...@assets.wharton.upenn.edu (Adam
Sundor) wrote:
>Galen Swain (ggu...@quiknet.com) wrote:
>: Hello
>
>: I am trying to identify a 486 Motherboard manufacturer. It's for a
>: friend & I have absolutely no documentation. I tried to determine it
>: using the BIOS String. Perhaps you could help me. Here is the best
>: information I can provide.
>
>: DISPLAY INFORMATION:
>
>: American
>: Megatrends AMIBIOS (C) 1993
>: ADI/UC4/V 2.0
>
>: (C) American Megatrends Inc., = AMI
>: 40-0E09-008060-00101111-121593-UMC498-H UMC?
>
Hi Galen...........
MR.BIOS can most likely identify the board for you ........they do
make relpacement BIOS chips for many boards, & IMHO, a very
good BIOS. Contact Unicore in Mass.
Good Luck,
Wayne
Per Ängskog
> : I am trying to identify a 486 Motherboard manufacturer. It's for a
> : friend & I have absolutely no documentation. I tried to determine it
> : using the BIOS String. Perhaps you could help me. Here is the best
> : information I can provide.
>
> : DISPLAY INFORMATION:
>
> : American
> : Megatrends AMIBIOS (C) 1993
> : ADI/UC4/V 2.0
>
> : (C) American Megatrends Inc., = AMI
> : 40-0E09-008060-00101111-121593-UMC498-H UMC?
>
I tried this page (AMI's):
http://www.ami.com/motherboards/identifying_your_motherboard.html
but found nothing that matched. Perhaps if You take a look for Yourself
having the real thing in front of You?
UMC are afak a chip manufacturer, I have a UMC 8667 chip on my MoBo
('I/O TTL integration' the manual says).
Good luck,
Per
Steve
Galen Swain wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I am trying to identify a 486 Motherboard manufacturer. It's for a
> friend & I have absolutely no documentation. I tried to determine it
> using the BIOS String. Perhaps you could help me. Here is the best
> information I can provide.
>
> DISPLAY INFORMATION:
>
> American
> Megatrends AMIBIOS (C) 1993
> ADI/UC4/V 2.0
>
> (C) American Megatrends Inc.,
>
> MOTHERBOARD INFORMATION:
>
> TK 8498F /GP 4N D24
> MADE IN TAIWAN R.O.C.
> 2 72 Pin Simms
> 4 30 Pin Simms
> Socket 3
> 4 ISA
> 3 ISA/PCI
This may be a "Geen PC" or "Deep Green" motherboard
Gregg
You need to visit Wim's Bios Page
http://www.ping.be/bios/
If anyone is posting a FAQ for this group, I think it would
be a good idea to put this URL in it.
Karl Gibbs
The most laborious method for identifying a m/b is to visit all the web
sites and look for it. Robert Chu's Motherboard Page has 57 links to m/b
manufactures:
http://server.snni.com/~robertc/vendors4.html
Try the taiwanese manufacturers (AMPTRON) first since they appear to be
the main user of the UMC chipsets.
Good Luck,
Karl
Glock
On Fri, 30 May 1997 07:16:35 GMT, how...@infinity.com (Howard Stern)
wrote:
>TEst
No SMUT peddlers allowed here bucko!
Vlee
I have an Amptron DX-6900/Pcchips M912 uses UMC8498 chipset.
You can verify by checking the super i/o chip if it is a UMC8663
Also check http://www.amptron.com/6900diag.html for layout.
Chet Jaynes
sund...@assets.wharton.upenn.edu (Adam Sundor) wrote:
>Galen Swain (ggu...@quiknet.com) wrote:
>: Hello
>: I am trying to identify a 486 Motherboard manufacturer. It's for a
>: friend & I have absolutely no documentation. I tried to determine it
>: using the BIOS String. Perhaps you could help me. Here is the best
>: information I can provide.
>: DISPLAY INFORMATION:
>: American
>: Megatrends AMIBIOS (C) 1993
>: ADI/UC4/V 2.0
>: (C) American Megatrends Inc., = AMI
>: 40-0E09-008060-00101111-121593-UMC498-H UMC?
>This number can identify the motherboard if AMI were willing to tell
>you. Some years ago, I tried to discuss this with their tech department
>and was given a rather rude lecture about buying a Taiwanese
>motherboard. I tried to point out that they made that BIOS for that
>particular board, not me. A friend made up the computer for me and was
>using a Biostar Taiwanese board since that ran the AMD chip. In
>retrospect, it would have been easier to use a slower Intel board and
>chip, but I was annoyed at Intel for some of their arrogant practices.
>This might be one recourse. AMI customizes their BIOS's for different
>manufacturers and that number is most likely unique to one, perhaps UMC.
>Any manufacturers whose initials are UMC? AMI might tell you which
>manufacturer they made that BIOS for. Maybe their tech department will
>be more kind than they were for me.
>Adam Sundor
AMI gives this info at their website.
www.ami.com/motherboards/identifying_your_motherboard.html
>: MOTHERBOARD INFORMATION:
Chet Jaynes
Vlee <vl...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Galen Swain wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> I am trying to identify a 486 Motherboard manufacturer. It's for a
>> friend & I have absolutely no documentation. I tried to determine it
>> using the BIOS String. Perhaps you could help me. Here is the best
>> information I can provide.
>>
>> DISPLAY INFORMATION:
>>
>> American
>> Megatrends AMIBIOS (C) 1993
>> ADI/UC4/V 2.0
>>
>> (C) American Megatrends Inc.,
>> 40-0E09-008060-00101111-121593-UMC498-H
>>
>> MOTHERBOARD INFORMATION:
>>
>> TK 8498F /GP 4N D24
>> MADE IN TAIWAN R.O.C.
>> 2 72 Pin Simms
>> 4 30 Pin Simms
>> Socket 3
>> 4 ISA
>> 3 ISA/PCI
>>
>> Perhaps you could recommend a good WebPage/Newsgroup for reference
>> information. I sure would appreciate your help
>>
>> Galen Swain
>> P.O. Box 4541
>> Citrus Heights, CA 95611-4541
>> Vox 916 723-0719
>> Fax 916 729-1282
>> Resume Web Page: http://www.quiknet.com/~gonzo CHECK IT OUT!
>> E-Mail: mailto://gsw...@quiknet.com
>I have an Amptron DX-6900/Pcchips M912 uses UMC8498 chipset.
>You can verify by checking the super i/o chip if it is a UMC8663
>Also check http://www.amptron.com/6900diag.html for layout.
This can be tedious, but it works:
At boot up, in the top left of the screen will be your board's model
number. This is before, or to the left of, the BIOS version. Take
that number (ie, PVT-486) and do a web search on it. Match it with
something like "motherboard" to narrow the search. This is how I've
ID'd my last two boards.
chet
elhv...@gmail.com
http://www.elhvb.com/mboards/adi/Index.html
Best regards,
Edwin
Op donderdag 29 mei 1997 09:00:00 UTC+2 schreef Galen Swain: