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First post, by hajimson

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Hello,

My friend found this mobo in a dumpster. It is PCCHIPS M326 V3.1

It is in quite good condition but someone desoldered some resistors. R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, L1, L2 to be exact.

I've found some photos of this MoBo but i can't say without a doubt exact colors of these resistors.

Can some of you good people provide me some good photos (or values) of these resistors or some schematic, if any?

Reply 1 of 11, by Horun

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Did you look here: https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/5490
this image : https://www.ultimateretro.net/motherboard/ima … 33039936648.jpg
R4, R5 and R6 appear to be 4.7k. But in another picture it looks like R4 is 470ohm, R5 and R6 4.7k :
https://www.ultimateretro.net/motherboard/ima … 30412403971.jpg
and
https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/images/pcchips_m326_1.jpg
The others a bit harder to tell...

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Reply 2 of 11, by weedeewee

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L1, L2 black, just a zero ohm link on my board
R9 brown green brown gold 150
R8 red black orange gold 20k
R7 brown black orange gold 10k
R6 yellow purple red gold 4700
R5 yellow purple red gold 4700
R4 yellow purple brown gold 470
R3 red black green gold 2M
R2 red black yellow gold 200k
R1 yellow purple red gold 4700

Last edited by weedeewee on 2022-08-06, 15:30. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 3 of 11, by TrashPanda

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hajimson wrote on 2022-08-06, 13:54:
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Hello,

My friend found this mobo in a dumpster. It is PCCHIPS M326 V3.1

It is in quite good condition but someone desoldered some resistors. R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, L1, L2 to be exact.

I've found some photos of this MoBo but i can't say without a doubt exact colors of these resistors.

Can some of you good people provide me some good photos (or values) of these resistors or some schematic, if any?

Could it have been someone trying to get the cache working ?

Am I right in thinking that most PCChips boards had fake cache out of the factory ?

Reply 4 of 11, by weedeewee

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TrashPanda wrote on 2022-08-06, 15:30:

Am I right in thinking that most PCChips boards had fake cache out of the factory ?

You're wrong.

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Reply 6 of 11, by hajimson

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weedeewee wrote on 2022-08-06, 15:27:
L1, L2 black, just a zero ohm link on my board R9 brown green brown gold 150 R8 red black orange gold 20k R7 brown black orange […]
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L1, L2 black, just a zero ohm link on my board
R9 brown green brown gold 150
R8 red black orange gold 20k
R7 brown black orange gold 10k
R6 yellow purple red gold 4700
R5 yellow purple red gold 4700
R4 yellow purple brown gold 470
R3 red black green gold 2M
R2 red black yellow gold 200k
R1 yellow purple red gold 4700

Thank you very much for help.
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Reply 7 of 11, by Deksor

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This pcchips has the cache soldered which is often points to fake cache, but here the cache chips look legit. I've seen pictures of pcchips boards with real cache that's soldered before. It's rare though.

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Reply 8 of 11, by hajimson

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Horun wrote on 2022-08-06, 14:11:
Did you look here: https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/5490 this image : https://www.ultimateretro.net/motherboard/ima […]
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Did you look here: https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/5490
this image : https://www.ultimateretro.net/motherboard/ima … 33039936648.jpg
R4, R5 and R6 appear to be 4.7k. But in another picture it looks like R4 is 470ohm, R5 and R6 4.7k :
https://www.ultimateretro.net/motherboard/ima … 30412403971.jpg
and
https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/images/pcchips_m326_1.jpg
The others a bit harder to tell...

Damn. R41 and R44 are also missing. Can you provide their values?
Thanks!

Reply 9 of 11, by weedeewee

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hajimson wrote on 2022-08-06, 16:30:

Damn. R41 and R44 are also missing. Can you provide their values?
Thanks!

R41 green brown black gold 51
R44 brown black yellow gold 100k

there ya go.
Enjoy.

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Reply 10 of 11, by hajimson

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weedeewee wrote on 2022-08-06, 16:34:
R41 green brown black gold 51 R44 brown black yellow gold 100k […]
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hajimson wrote on 2022-08-06, 16:30:

Damn. R41 and R44 are also missing. Can you provide their values?
Thanks!

R41 green brown black gold 51
R44 brown black yellow gold 100k

there ya go.
Enjoy.

As I understand, L1 i L2 are just coils. Is there any way to check their parameters?

Reply 11 of 11, by weedeewee

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hajimson wrote on 2022-08-06, 16:41:
weedeewee wrote on 2022-08-06, 16:34:
R41 green brown black gold 51 R44 brown black yellow gold 100k […]
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hajimson wrote on 2022-08-06, 16:30:

Damn. R41 and R44 are also missing. Can you provide their values?
Thanks!

R41 green brown black gold 51
R44 brown black yellow gold 100k

there ya go.
Enjoy.

As I understand, L1 i L2 are just coils. Is there any way to check their parameters?

As I see it here, L1 & L2 are just 0 ohm resistors, identical to the one above JP11. I wouldn't be surprised if those, L1 & L2, are for the keyboard clock & data.

edit: I wish my board looked as good as yours. mine had a leaky battery and is still in need of some repair work. 😒
I'll likely have to take off the simm slots, first ISA slot, half the cache chips, keyboard connector, bios & other passives.
trace damage on both sides.

on a positive note, the PSU connector is still good. nice gold plated connector. 😀

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