First post, by 478.sh
Greetings 😀
I'm looking for an MSI motherboard that matches the following description in terms of both age and appearance.
Our family purchased the following XP system on August 21, 2002.
... I still have the receipt, but unfortunately, it doesn't mention the motherboard at all. Here's what I could gather:
CPU: Intel Celeron 1700 MHz (Willamette) 478 (Has to be a socket 478 board)
Memory: 256 MB DDRAM Apacer (Okay so it has to be a DDR board)
VGA: GeForce II TI AGP (Has to have a AGP slot)
Hard drive: 40 GB IBM
CD burner: HP CD-Writer Plus LGCED-8080B IDE
ROM: LiteOn 16x DVD IDE
300W ATX power supply
I know it was an MSI board with a red PCB and colored RAM slots (turquoise, or turquoise & purple)...
And I think it had "Ultra" or "Neo" in the name, because that's what keeps ringing a bell (but I could be wrong).
I just can't find a matching board that fits my memory and descriptions... and, most importantly, one that was available until around mid-August 2002 or before.
I initially thought of the MSI PT880 Neo V2 or PX8 Neo-V, but those are too new... However, visually they're very close to what I remember...
And everything dated August 2002 or before that I can find has only black Ram Slots in photos...
The problem is, back then there were countless revisions (PCB 1.x, PCB 1.2, PCB 2.0, etc.) within a single model series, and MSI seemed to like using whatever RAM slots were available at the factory.
But my Ramslots back then were definitely at least turquoise, or turquoise and purple.
But after years of searching, including using the Wayback Machine and other tools like Retroweb, I'm at my wit's end and don't know what to do next.
Even just a single photo of a suitable model from a revision that was available until August 2002 would be enough for me to possibly just buy one with black slots and have it modified, if it's not currently available...
Perhaps someone here is able to help me...
Thanks in advance.
