help identifying motherboard manufacturer

jay13051jay13051
edited March 2005 in Hardware
i am trying to find out what motherboard came with my computer so i might be able to up grade the prossesor. its a ibm netvista 2284-55u with a 1.0ghz amd athlon thunderbird that i would like to upgrade to the fastest one that i can. i also ran a bios wizard and came up with this

BIOS Manufacturer : Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID : 01/17/2001-8363-686A-6A6LMAW9C-00
BIOS Date : 01/17/01
BIOS OEM Signon : S21MR02-C2
BIOS ROM Size : 256K
Chipset : VIA 82C305 rev 2
Super I/O Chip : VIA 686 found at 0h:7h:0h

if someone could tell me the manufacturer and the model that would be great
thank you to anyone for any help

Comments

  • Lord_NightLord_Night Piqua Ohio
    edited March 2005
    could be a chaintech board. but with only that kind of info it would be hard to tell.
    bios chips are used on all sorts of boards..

    are there any number stamped onto the MB itself. letters or anything that wil lead more info.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Your machine is an OEM PC made by IBM. As a result, your motherboard is an in-house IBM board that you won't find specs for anywhere outside of IBM. That being said, your machine features the IBM 2284 planar (IBM calls motherboards planars as a holdover from their original designs) (note that this is the same number as your IBM's type). From what I've found on Google, that planar only supports 100MHz FSB so upgrading to a faster processor really won't accomplish a whole lot,

    Your motherboard will probably support any Thunderbird processor with 100MHz FSB. You're looking at marginal speed increases over what you have though; may as well just buy a new computer.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Install and run CPUZ. It will identify the chipset and mobo model numbers.
    We can work from there.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    The fastest processor your computer will support is a tbird 1400 (14x100). I actually wouldn't suggest upgrading to a 1400 because they were probably the hottest athlons ever made, and your computer probably won't be able to handle the heat without a new heatsink, which will probably not fit in the case, and will cost money. As drasnor said, you should probably bank it towards a new machine. A brand new (WAY faster) computer won't cost a whole lot more than finding a 1400 + a good heatsink for your machine.
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