First post, by Qbccd
Hello,
This is probably quite an unusual request, but I am trying to rebuild my childhood PC, and trying to figure out the exact motherboard we had based on faded memory. It was a horizontal case (which I've already found the exact same one), and I looked inside often as a child, so there are some things I remember very well and some things I am not totally sure about. So this is what I remember. I will be referencing some locations of things on the board, assuming it's laid with the slots toward the left.
- Early 486, the CPU was DX 33 MHz. No lever/ZIF, you had to pry the CPU out.
- AMI BIOS, on boot you got the "WAIT...." message during memory check.
- The background in the BIOS settings was all blue. The year shown was 1990 or 1991.
- Eight RAM slots, located in the bottom right - behind the expansion slots.
- SiS chipset. One SiS chip was located near the right edge above the RAM slots. And the CPU socket was located there too. One was above the other, but I'm not sure which.
- Definitely no PCI. I don't think it had VLB, but I'm not sure.
- 70% sure the PCB was yellow-ish, but I also remember some green. I remember the aforementioned SiS chip being surrounded by yellow. Could be wrong about this.
The graphics card installed was Cirrus Logic, SVGA with 1MB of VRAM, if that helps provide some context. The system had 256k L2 cache, 8MB of RAM, and a 200MB HDD. But it wasn't super expensive, so I'm thinking it was bought in 1991 or 1992. I have no memories from before 1994, so I just don't remember exactly when my dad bought it.
It's a long shot to identify it based on these clues, but if you can help me narrow it down I'll be very grateful. If you have questions, please ask and I'll try to remember.
Hopefully this will be a fun game for someone.
