Its an Slot A indeed. Maybe this board having the AMD 750 irongate chipset.

Kahenraz wrote:

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What is it? 😐

The closest I can get is an Asus P3V133 but the chipset says AMD. So is it a slot A.. ?

Looks like a red herring.

But if it's an AMD chipset and the CPU sits in a slot, chances are good it's indeed a Slot A board, lucky you 😀

It's probably an Slot A prototype/engineering sample, or at least the CPU is. It says "AMD Gomez" next to the battery.

Here's a better image:

OOoo... "AMD K7 Engineering Sample" on the CPU?

Interesting. 😀

It's not my photo. But I want one. 🤣

Found some other shots:

http://www.karbosguide.com/hardware/module3e08a.htm

Found this:

http://www.cpu-info.com/index2.php?mainid=athlon

In October 1998 on the Microprocessor Forum, Dirk Meyer gave a presentation about the K7 and its features. He baffled his audience with the top performance specifications of the soon to be released CPU. Unfortunately for his audience he did not show a working system.
Not long after the Microprocessor forum, AMD demonstrated a system based on a 500MHz K7 at the COMDEX in November 1998. Behind closed doors a few people got the opportunity to see AMD's 7th generation CPU in action. The system consisted of the Gomez motherboard with an early sample of the K7. On another tradeshow, the CEBIT in March 1999, AMD showed a 600MHz K7 on the Fester reference motherboard.

I'll have to come up with something harder next time. 🤣

Would be interesting to see if this ES motherboard is actually stable enough to install Windows, loads of fun! 🤣

The placement of the ATX connector is horrible.

stamasd wrote:

The placement of the ATX connector is horrible.

Seems to be a thing with Slot A boards - if your PSU has anything other than a really skinny clip on the ATX connector, some hacking is required to avoid fouling that big capacitor. Never had that problem on any other board.

brassicGamer wrote:

stamasd wrote:

The placement of the ATX connector is horrible.

Seems to be a thing with Slot A boards - if your PSU has anything other than a really skinny clip on the ATX connector, some hacking is required to avoid fouling that big capacitor. Never had that problem on any other board.

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Here is a SOYO 6BA+ IV

I have this board and you need a precision screwdriver to hit that clip or you mess with the caps