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Hey all, So my friend recently got himself a retro pc and we're attempting to find a manual for it. From what we can tell it's some sort of IBM aptiva system but we are unsure what model. if anyone has any ideas it would be incredibly helpful.

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It's definitely a Slot 1 board, likely a 440EX chipset considering the lack of an AGP slot. Couldn't tell you the exact model number though without some shots of the board head on.

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4 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

It's a Pentium 2 board, considering it has a CPU slot, an Intel chipset, and ISA slots but no AGP slot.

 

If you can get a closer picture of the chipset (the big chip labeled "intel"), we can narrow it down.

 

Just now, ApolloX75 said:

It's definitely a Slot 1 board, likely a 440EX chipset considering the lack of an AGP slot. Couldn't tell you the exact model number though without some shots of the board head on.

We already Knew it was pentium 2 based, here is a closeup of the chipset.

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2 minutes ago, DolphinOps said:

 

We already Knew it was pentium 2 based, here is a closeup of the chipset.

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I was close, it's a 440BX based board, so likely an IBM Aptiva 2163 or similar based on a search of the chipset numbers.

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Just now, DunePilot said:

But can it run Mad Dog McCree?

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dunno we'd need to get it working first

 

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3 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

It's a 440LX chipset. You can at least use that for drivers.

 

Although in hindsight I should've said go find some logos or part numbers. For example, Gigabyte has a board labeled GA-686LX4 (it's not a Gigabyte board, since it's green and theirs are not).

You're right, 440LX not sure how I got a BX out of that. :P

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3 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

It's a 440LX chipset. You can at least use that for drivers.

 

Although in hindsight I should've said go find some logos or part numbers. For example, Gigabyte has a board labeled GA-686LX4 (it's not a Gigabyte board, since it's green and theirs are not).

this came from an ibm system so its probably a in house built board

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Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

Either way, you should be able to find something that resembles a part number.

maybe this sticker?

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Stickers are usually serial numbers, it'd be silk screened on the board itself.

 

EDIT: Apparently the FRU thing is an IBM code.

 

EDIT 2: Okay, the FRU number is an IBM "Field replacement Unit" code. Apparently this is used like Dell's Service Tags. Unfortunately I can't find something to look these codes up (at least not within the first few searches on Google).

 

So I'm hoping IBM weren't jerks and did silkscreen a part number.

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Slot 1 for p2 and later on p3. Xeon runs on slot 2 and amd ran on slot A.

I still remember my very first build which had a slot 1 p3 and this kid i know got the same parts for his first build. He went with a amd slot a. Both of our cpu ran at 800mhz. 

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17 minutes ago, DunePilot said:

But can it run Mad Dog McCree?

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The real question here is will Mad Dog McCree choose to run on it no can it run it

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