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First post, by Errius

Posted on 2019-01-17, 07:39

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Management_Bus

I notice a lot of old ABIT motherboard have SMB headers. Has anyone made use of these for some purpose?

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Reply 1 of 2, by wiretap

Posted on 2019-01-17, 17:05

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I have seen a few projects over the years that people have done. Mostly, it is just used to get more sensor data into your system. I saw one project where a guy with a watercooled PC added fan speed sensors, water pump speed, water temperature, and a few other voltage sensors. Even if your motherboard doesn't have a SMBlink or Infolink header, you can add one easily. All you have to do is trace down the I2C lines on a RAM chip, then follow it down to the DIMM socket, locate the solder points on the backside of the motherboard, then solder in a connector to add your sensor devices.

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Reply 2 of 2, by gdjacobs

Posted on 2019-01-17, 23:58

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Rayer's SMB tool can reprogram the clock chip of some BX boards on the fly allowing hot switching of FSB speed.

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