Mother board ?????

[redvette]

Hi Gang

How does one go about finding what they have as far as the Mother board and CPU. I was given this Antec case, with a 380W power supply and the Mother board. Now comes the problem, I don't see any per-say name on the board, lots of #'s, etc. I know you cannot tell by looks, but the board looks fairly new by the configuration of it. So I would assume the CPU is the same age.

Can you give me an idea of what to look for and then if I identify it what would be the best way to go about getting the manual for it.

I appreciate any help

Thanks and take care..........Gunny

[flanzig1]

Most boards put the brand name and model # between the card slots. Intel type boards may start with a P and AMD may be a K or M.

[redvette]

Hi

All I could find is ABIT-AN7, where would the socket # be. Could not find any #'s between the card slots. So many ID #'s for the components, and connections.

Thanks......Gunny

[flanzig1]

Here's the product discription on the AN7: http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...es=1&model=158

[glc]

There's a link on that page for the manual.

[redvette]

Hi GLC

Ya I picked up a used case, MB, CPU, etc. New to this AMD stuff, always used the Intel stuff. Every thing going good so far getting every thing cleaned up and organized. Need to get some DIMM now. I was told they did not know what was wrong with it if any thing. It had been sitting unused for a while. So they forgot exactly why they stopped using it. Nice Antec case, and a 380w power supply. I did not want to start a project around Christmas time, but maybe that will work in my favor.

Well I thank every one so far on this. I printed out the manual for it, I see they have the drivers and firmware too.

Thanks and take care..........Gunny

[Panama Red]

Sounds like an Antec Sonata case, redvette. They came standard with a 380 watt psu. It's a special one designed to be quiet. If the case is a high gloss black with a front door over the drives and a chrome cover over the front usb/audio ports, that's an orginial Sonata. It will also have the Antec name on both sides of the case in "bullet holes". Now the bad news - I have two of those cases and both power supplies failed under warranty and were replaced by Antec. The factory tech told me they had a lot of problems with that psu. Both of mine lasted for a 1.5 - 2 years before crapping out. Neither took any hardware with them but the failures were an annoyance. The good news is Antec has a 3 year warranty and I ended up with higher capacity units for both pc's. Good luck with your project.

[redvette]

Hi Panama

Well you was close on the case, it is black and gray, and has a big plastic front on it and it has a handle on top, but no name on the sides. Sorry you did not win the big prize for guessing what case it is. ha ha ha It is a nice case though. Missing one of the plastic flipper type plastic fronts fo the CD/DVD bays. I might have that filled up any way, pretty clever the way they made those, looks like you can have your drive sit back, like hidden, until you open the tray. I Would like to know the Mod of it so I might do some research on that. Be my guess you cannot get any parts for them. Strange that they made a particuler mod. with a certain PS in it.

I really don't have any info on how old or what went wrong with the computer, might be the PS, but I did not get any bad smells from it. I picked up a couple of PS's just the other day a 400 and a 500w. Got them for a good price too. So maybe they will come in handy. Have not fired it up yet have to get the DIMM first.

Thanks and take care........Gunny

[glc]

If it has a handle on the top it might be a Lanboy.

Can you take a pic of it and post it?

[redvette]

Hi Gang

No it is not a Lanboy, I looked that up and it is a aluminum case, and looks a lot different then mine. This one here has two little blue lights on the the front at the bottom, when ever you crank it up they come on, and some times they flash. I have not figured that one out yet, why they flash. This is a plain metal case, with a lot of plastic on the top and front, big black plastic handle on top.

Hey that is a good idea, (why didn't I think of that), They don't pay me the big bucks like you guys, maybe that is why. ha ha ha I will charge up the old digital camera and take one. I have not posted any pictures on here yet any way. I am probably spinning my wheels here any way, trying to get parts for it, I probably will have to take the switch off and stop by the old friendly electronics store and see if they have it. I believe it is the switch you push it in and in a couple of seconds it comes back on, but if you get a little aggressive with the switch, push it real hard several times it will shut off.

Thanks.....and take care.......Gunny

[glc]

Antec is pretty good about replacement parts. When we figure out what it is, you should give them a try.

[redvette]

Hi GLC

Thanks I will do that. Still charging up the old camera battery. That surprises me about getting replacement parts, being there are so many different models of these, and as things go plastic parts are usually hard to find, if possible at all. The case is in good shape other wise. And even if I cannot get the parts for $25 what can I say.

I was just wondering if any of the people on here have had any trouble sealing with JUSTdeals here in Fremont, Ca. I ordered a Logitech keyboard and mouse, and the writing on the keys and elsewhere are 75% in Spanish. This is brand new sent me 2 of them same thing. Finally I said forget it, they said keep it and we will refund your money. If it is a strange thing it will happen to me.

Thanks and take care..........Gunny

[glc]

Ive bought from them - you have to remember they are dealing in used, refurb, and overstock stuff. I haven't had any *problems* with them.

[redvette]

Hi GLC

I know this, but this was new, maybe a over stock item though. But my main thing was they sent me two of them the same thing even after I explained the problem with the Spanish writing at least 5 or 6 times to them and talked to at least 5 different people about the problem. That is what gripped me. At least one of them should have seen the one they were sending was the right one. I even suggested to them to open the box and make sure it was an English one. I would have been more upset but they were selling it at a very good price. Any way now I have to sell it, and I still have to get a new one again. Bad thing too was they wanted me to pay the return shipping, and it was their mistake, I said no to that, and they finally sent me a return sticker.

GLC I like the flying pigs, I guess that comes from you thinking, sure and pigs can fly, or that will happen when pigs can fly. Great I like that.

Take care...........Gunny

[glc]

How about a link to that keyboard on the Justdeals site?

[redvette]

Hi GLC

Here it is. The sad thing too is they hide behind there e-mails, They have no phone #'s that I could find, I mean none. I kept asking for one, they ignored my question. I kept giving them my phone #, hoping they would call me. And I e-mailed every name I could find associated with that place. It gave me the impression, the right hand did not know what the left hand was doing. I have approx 30 e-mails to date. I kept telling them I was not upset yet, and I accepted it as a honest mistake. That telling me to keep it and they will refund my money was like telling me you are kissed off, we do not want to deal with you any more, or your business now or ever. They have hundreds of thousands of feedbacks on Ebay, naturally a very high % of them were good. This in part was part of what really surprised me as to how the transaction came out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=260053267758

Take care........Gunny

[glc]

That's a Spanish part number - the last 4 digits on US Logitech parts is 0403.

[redvette]

Hi GLC

How is a normal person supposed to know that.? (not saying your are abnormal GLC) Do you suppose they even know it.? I looked their auction over pretty good as I normally do and I did not see one thing stating any thing about Spanish. And they ignored my inquiring about it when I e-mailed them, after I received the first one. I e-mailed them 3 or 4 times before the auction ended, asking questions, they never replied back to any of them. That did not start this whole thing off right. And to send me another one the same way, just topped the cake.

Well any way, I appreciate you finding that out for me. I will inform them about this. Just to make sure they are aware of it. No names will be used or any reference to PC mech forum naturally.

Now I am stuck with a free, (no refund has been issued yet) Spanish keyboard. Great keyboard and mouse, if you can read Spanish. They did work great though.

Thanks and take care......Gunny

[redvette]

Hi GLC

I was just looking at the original auction description and my invioce I received with this last one and the #'s on them both are 967604-3104 Not the 0403 you are talking about. And the sticker on the box has the same # 967604-3104. They had to have sent out a lot of these, but they made me look like I was the only one. The last invoice I received stated 967604-3104_NR Logitech LX500 Wris KB MSSPANISH. I told them they deliberatly sent me the wrong one. ha ha a

Thanks..........Gunny

[glc]

No, you ordered a Spanish keyboard. I *DO* have a beef with them not indicating that somewhere in the ad though. You may want to post over at resellerratings.com.

[redvette]

Hi GLC

Well that is my beef, how many people can tell by the Mod # that it is in Spanish. By the way you will have to explain to me how you figured this out, knowing it was in Spanish.

I am not stupid if they would have said the letters and the writing was in Spanish, I am sure I would not have bid on it. That just shows me they knew it and was hiding that, or they were ignorant of it too. Either way it is bad business I think. I will not be ever dealing with them again, no phone # to contact them, their return policy, and their over all poor communication skills, their shipping policy's, etc.

Any way we got side tracked there, no sense crying over spilt milk, lets get back to the subject at hand.

Thanks and take care..........Gunny

[redvette]

HI GLC

By the way I was able to peel away the bar code label enough to see that the original # was 0304. (Spanish) And the sticker they put over top of it was the 3104. (English I guess)

So who put the sticker on top, Justdeals, or Logitech.? I am guessing Justdeals. If I am right, this says they were trying to sell some thing other then what it really was. They call the Fraud don't they.

Thanks...........Gunny

[glc]

No, 3104 is a Spanish part number - the US part number is 0403. I have a sneaking suspicion that the NR means Not Returnable. It may also be refurbished.

How do I figure these things out? Google, experience, and some logical reasoning.