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You can get software fixes so that a large HD will run on an old board.
Quantum has software on their site that will allow your bios to "see" large
HD's i.e. bigger than 1.2 Gig.

civjaz.

Phil wrote in message <37933fa7@news.greatbasin.net>...
>The board will have an FCC ID number on it.  You can look use this site to
>find the manufacturer:  http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/   Take a look at the
>help pages.  I've used it successfully a number of times.
>
>Regards,
>
>Phil
>
><jimkimball@my-deja.com> wrote in message
>news:7mv5r5$qta$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
>> I have an old 486DX2 motherboard and I'm trying to salvage it. I believe
>> it is an Intel, the only markings I can see on it are:
>>
>> ISA 486SV2 Rev 2.4
>>
>>
>> I checked intel.com, but it was no help.
>>
>> The system originally died on me when the disk controller went. I would
>> like to buy a new disk controller, hard disk, CD-ROM, and sound card for
>> it so my kids can play on it.  I figure I will probably need a new BIOS
>> for it as well. I know the current BIOS cannot handle large disks. It is
>> for the new BIOS that I need to know the motherboard type (right?).
>>
>> The machine was custom built for me (it was an experiment) around 1992,
>> so there is no vendor I can talk to. The guy who built it is long gone.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any tips.
>>
>> Jim Kimball
>> jim@jkimball.com
>>
>>
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