Reply 4700 of 27549, by orinoko
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wrote:Was originally gonna replace the FSB frequency and multiplier dipswitches with pinheaders on my Gigabyte GA-586HX board, to be able to connect external FSB/multiplier switches, but turned out there are revisions of the same board where you set those with jumpers. The jumper headers were there on my board revision (1.53) too, just not populated with pins. Great! Installed pin headers, and kept the dipswitch rack. If I ever want to go back to using the dipswitches, I just need to unplug the external switches. No replacement needed. The four dipswitches are set to OFF (open) when using the external switches, electrically it's the same thing as if they weren't there.
Beautifully done! I like the little things you did too like the nuts holding the switches in place are all lined up nicely. Certainly makes for a very flexible set up!