First post, by W Gruffydd
Feel to use this thread to check the actual release date of general old hardware.
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The requirement for my latest builds is that the hardware was released and obtainable in a given calendar year.
In this case, the year is 1997, and I was hoping I'd snagged an Abit LX6 motherboard from this time.
Here is the board. Let me know if you need clearer pics of any particular part.
There is no silk-screened revision number, but it's clearly Revision 1.1. I was optimistic, because Anand reviewed Revision 1.1 back on November 30, 1997.
Then I saw these. A 1998-labeled ROM chip? What's more, an October 1998 manufacturing sticker? Were they still making LX chipsets in Q4 of 1998, when BX reigned supreme?
I don't see how this board could have been manufactured in 1997 anymore. I'm willing to trade "down" for another period-correct 1997 version, either a 1.1 with no '98 tags or a ≥ 1.0 revision.
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Bonus question: What is this plastic strip sitting across the LX northbridge?