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OK I only get two google hits when I put in the motherboard model for this system I have gotten secondhand. And neither one are any help really.
I'm trying to find out about the motherboard. What I can do with it and what I can't do with it upgrade wise.
Most info i've found is that it seems to be only a 4x agp setup.
Is there any other info on the mobo? Like a FDIC number or a Name?
I don't remember seeing anything else like that on the motherboard. I didn't even find the model # from the motherboard. The model # info is coming from BelArc Advisor.
I'll try to contact Via. In the meantime I'll snuffle around under the hood to see if I can find some a model #.
VT8367-8233 would be the chipset on the motherboard. Although Via does make motherboards, the model prefix will be something other than VT as that is reserved for their chipsets, LAN, video and audio chips. This system information tool is one of the best, System Information for Windows, SIW. Free download is linked on the menu bar on the main page here:
http://www.gtopala.com/
Install, run the utility. It should ID your board.
You might also start a thread here:
http://forums.viaarena.com/
Jim
If you have a digital camera, upload a pic or two.
ok thanks guys. working on it. :)
Here's what System info for Windows said about my board:
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Property Value
Model VT8367-8233
Chipset Vendor VIA Technologies Inc
Chipset Model VT8366/A,VT8367 Apollo KT266/A,KT333 CPU to PCI Bridge
South Bridge VT8233A PCI to ISA Bridge
SMBus VIA Technologies Inc VT8233A PCI to ISA Bridge @5000h
CPU AMD Athlon XP
Cpu Socket Socket A
Processor Upgrade ZIF Socket
System Slots 4 PCI, 1 AGP
Memory Summary
Location System board or motherboard
Maximum Capacity 1024 MBytes
Memory Slots 4
Error Correction None
Use System memory
Maximum Memory Module Size 32 MBytes
Warning! Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed
According to this page:your "VT8367-8233" is a EPoX "EP-8K5A3+". Which lead me to this EPoX page:(Note: S-l-o-w site).
Does that look like your motherboard?
Yeah thanks! I think that's it! I'll have to check to be sure of course.
How did you find that? I've looked for two weeks. I Didnt even have any luck on the Via website.
You're welcome. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by A31Chris
When a Google search for "VT8367-8233" didn't seem to lead anywhere, I tried "VT8367" instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by A31Chris
Bingo, the first hit was "identify mainboard by EPoX" which revealed "EPoX" and "EP-8K5A3+".
Back to Google to do a "site:epox.com EP-8K5A3+" search, which found all six EPoX.com web pages with "EP-8K5A3+" somewhere in them.
:)
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Thanks for your input guys. I need some more now though.
This system has been apparently restarting all by itself every now and again. It use to do this before. Then the cpu fan went out and the entire machine wouldn't even start. After replacing the cpu fan its up and running again.
However I will leave and come back and half the time the white desktop saying 'active desktop has been disabled' etc is on the monitor. Which indicates to me the machine restarted itself at some point. There are no apps running except Sygate Personal Firewall and perhaps the Opera web browser. Nothing that I am aware of that would cause the machine to restart by itself.
It was suggested to me when systems begin to overheat they will reboot themselves.
When I replaced the cpu fan I had accidently removed the heatsink. So upon replacing the heatsink I cleaned off the old thermal goop and followed the instructions in applying some new thermal goop and did the best I could to apply it evenly.
the new cpu fan and all fans inside the system seem to be running well. I downloaded a cpu monitor called 'sensor view' to keep an eye on cpu temp etc. It's running around 106 - 108 degrees farenheit.
There a fan called the sys fan that the bios and the monitor say isn't running. There are only 3 fans in my tower that I see and all 3 are running. The fan inside the PS. The cpu fan, and the fan attached to the tower that blows the heat out of the tower.
Anyone have any ideas?
Using A nic?
Check your bios, there maybe some settings in Power management Setup and/or H/W monitor that need changing.
Yeah i'm using a WG311 netgear wireless card.Quote:
Originally Posted by Train
Alright, i'll try poking around in my NIC.
It has only reset so far when I've been away from the system. I haven't caught it doing this myself. I only see the evidence after I leave somewhere and come back.
Around what temp should cpus run at? whats the max etc? for AMD XP 1800 for instance. :D
How about if I got into the bios/cmos and tried resetting everythig to factory default? I'll go nose around now.
I went into the bios, its an Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG.
I hit delete to enter the cmos screen. It has two default settings. 'load optimized defaults' and 'load fail-safe' defaults.
I've loaded fail safe defaults. I'll see how that goes.
It says the chassis fan is not running. I don't get it. The chassis is the tower isn't it? the tower fan is working.
Whoops. I made a mistake anyways. The board is an EP-8K3A+
See if there is a wire from the ps [power supply] to a sensor on the motherboard. If there is and the fan quit running, you should get that warning.
This your mob? http://www.linuxhardware.org/images/.../epox8k3ap.jpg
If that is it, then you can get the manual from http://www.epox.com.tw/eng/products_content.php?ps=77
As noted, that site is slow.
Maybe this hot link to the manual will work.
http://www.epox.com.tw/eng/download....R1JtUFQwOUM%3D
Yes that is my motherboard. I found the 'fan2' plugin. It's down by the red and blue plug in areas. It has nothing plugged into it which would explain why its reading at zero rpms. lol. I looked around, there's no other fan to plug in there and even if I did get another fan there doesn't seem to be a place to put it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Train
On a sidenote. After changing my bios setting back to default there is no evidence of the system rebooting while i've been asleep/away. :D
Yes i've found both sites already(that site and the US site) and have tried to download the manuals and anything else I could for my motherboard. Both sites FTP seems to be down, broken or removed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Train
If this is Epox's level of support, it's not a good thing.
Yes it is slow , r-click the link and selected save as. Should be able to get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by A31Chris
Well, seems what ever the BIOS error was iseems to be now fixed, which is a good thing. :D
Quote:
Originally Posted by Train
Well don't know if it was a bios error yet. First night turned out ok. We'll see how it goes.
As for either. Me and another guy have tried repeatedly over extended periods to download these. the taiwan one downloads at .1 kbs and the US one doesn't even connect.
The taiwan one disconnects. Have not been able at all to download these over repeated attempts over the last month. Writing it up as lost. Did a google search for the manual. will try again later to find another source.
ok got an update. The resetting/rebooting was happening in suspend mode. What it appears to be is my netgear wg311 drivers not agreeing with the suspend mode. When a condition n the network would change(I think connected/disconnected) the netgear drivers would do something that caused the system to reboot.
Upon further experimentation it seems to be a combo of my wg311 drivers and my sygate personal firewall acting weird together when in suspend mode. It does not seem to be my bios settings at all.
When I turn off the netgear during the night it doesn't reboot. Also doesn't seem to reboot if I just shut off the Sygate personal firewall.
More experiments to follow. Thank you all for your suggestions and help. :)
I'm running sensorview to check the heat of my cpu. Hottest its gotten so far is 122 degrees farenheit. What's the upper acceptable limits for a cpu like mine? Athlon XP 1800?