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Reply 160 of 163, by Ascended

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Tevian wrote on 2025-09-19, 20:23:
As I mentioned in the DM, some of the values are missing in the iBom file as well. For instance, for the voltage status LEDs, yo […]
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As I mentioned in the DM, some of the values are missing in the iBom file as well. For instance, for the voltage status LEDs, you'll have to choose the values for each voltage based on what 0603 LED you buy. I can give you all the values I choose, but if you buy a different common 0603 LED, you might need different values. It's not critical, though. I'll post them if you really need them for reference... I'm attaching the iBom file here as well. You might have missed that I sent it earlier in the DM.

I purchased another PC104+ board. I got a PC104-P3-90C. It's a Pentium 3 system and I'm eager to test it. It came with no cabling, and I see no manual online for it. I was luckily able to find one pic that shows the connector functions, but I'll have to reverse engineer the pinouts. That could take a while. 😬

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Hi Tevian,

Any luck tracing out and reverse-engineering the pinouts on that PC104-P3-90C yet? Those proprietary, high-density multi-pin internal connectors Toronto MicroElectronics used are notoriously brutal to decipher without a factory manual. I have the sister board from that exact same TME lineage (the 1.2 GHz, PC104-P3-12C variant), and tracking down the functional mapping logic for their custom pin headers has been quite the scavenger hunt. Did you manage to fully map the VGA video signals and keyboard lines out to a custom breakout cable, or are you still probing the traces with a multimeter to verify ground planes and voltage pathways? If you've made any progress or have sketches of the pin configuration layout, I'd love to see what you found! It would save a ton of trial-and-error on these obscure industrial modules.

Reply 161 of 163, by Tevian

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Sorry just seeing this. BTW are you also messaging me on eBay?

I did get the VGA working, but I shelved when I couldn't overcome the BIOS issues. The unit refuses to boot and I'm left with the odd POST screen and the slow RAM count. That was a while ago... I was using jumpers and I may have taken a pic but I need to check.

Reply 162 of 163, by Tevian

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I'm away from the bench... I had to cables, had to use meter and scope with trial and error. I did find a pic that pointed to which section was responsible for what. That's how I found the keyboard and mouse port.

Reply 163 of 163, by Ascended

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Tevian wrote on 2026-07-24, 04:09:

Sorry just seeing this. BTW are you also messaging me on eBay?

I did get the VGA working, but I shelved when I couldn't overcome the BIOS issues. The unit refuses to boot and I'm left with the odd POST screen and the slow RAM count. That was a while ago... I was using jumpers and I may have taken a pic but I need to check.

Hey Tevian,

Yeah, that was me on eBay. I'm currently away working offshore so no rush, if you have any information on the pinout (VGA, keyboard and mouse) it would be very appreciated. if not I'll have to go down the same route you did, trial and error. fun and games.