While waiting for the proper regulators to arrive, I made an experiment (more of a redneck kludge, really) and placed a switching mode regulator module in place of the original one - connecting it's output to the board, and powering it from the 12V PSU rail. Nothing seems to have burned or exploded, …

Hi all, just a quick question: I have a PCI video card (the S3 Trio 64V+), and two sets of extra memory chips for it (1meg is soldered to the board). No matter which chips I install, the card's BIOS reports 1meg of RAM at startup, and Win98 also only sees the 1meg. There is a single jumper on the …

Wow, that's a quick reply! I have seen both photos, however wasn't perceptive good enough to read the LX8383A part number. I saw the other pic with the power MOSFET as well, that is however a different revision, seems to have the power section arranged in a completely different way. Apparently, the …

Hi everyone, first off let me say hello to all users, since I'm new here :) Been messing around with vintage hardware for about 15 years now. I recently got a Gigabyte GA586HX - found it in a junkyard. Seems to be quite in decent shape, save for a single part - one which I assume is a voltage …