First post, by hkusp40
Hi Folks,
My apologies if this is posted int eh wrong section - I'm new here.
I have a nice 486 motherboard which was made in 1996. It is an SiS 471 and had an AMD DX4-100 (NV8T) and it worked flawlessly for years without issue. It is a very nice board with a nice early graphical BIOS with mouse support. Recently, I upgraded it to an AMD DX4-100 (SV8T) and it worked great without issue. A few days later, I was able to source an AMD DX5-133 which I installed. After doing so, it instantly became very unstable and would not fully post. I tried everything to make it work but eventually gave up. I then tried to revert back to either of the DX4's that had run flawlessly but the motherboard continued to behave the same - it will not fully post and sometimes/many times will not post at all. On rare occasion, it will post briefly then crash. I'm guessing that setting the motherboard multiplier jumper or voltage jumper for the DX5 settings somehow affected a component. I cannot find it, so I am now stuck.
Does anyone have a recommendation of where / who I could send this to to have a look and hopefully repair? I get the feeling that it is not a terrible repair, but I don’t have the tools or deep enough knowledge to repair it on my own. I hate to scrap it. Thanks for any advice that anyone can give. -Ger