First post, by gshaw0
Hi all, I saved an old Socket 7 board last year and finally got around to testing it recently. Got a couple of queries was hoping you may be able to help with?
1) I can get a POST beep out of it but no video. Tried a PCI card and an ISA card from my 386, no luck with either. Eventually I noticed a missing capacitor near the CPU socket, does anyone have the same board who can tell me what should be there? It's CA37 on the attached pic, found a fuzzy pic online that shows a capacitor in that position but can't tell values.
2) Reading this in the technical manual I found online suggests the PCI slots need separate power? My PSU does have a single white Molex plug labelled P6, which seems to fit - have read on another thread on here the red 5v (?) wire shouldn't be there but wanted to double-check this as it seems weird to have the same connector but with slightly different wiring required?
"PCI 3.3 VOLT CAPABILITIES To maintain strict compliance with the PCI specification, the motherboard provides a connector which can be used to route 3.3 volt power to the PCI slots. The connector may be used with a separate 3.3 volt power supply or with a custom designed voltage converter. Note: The on-board 3.3 volt regulator provides power for the CPU, PCIset and L2 cache only, not the PCI slots."