Motherboard Identification

[Rabs]

Hehe, I've just installed a Chaintech 7KJD in my server and have quite a bit of experience with Chaintech boards in general.

As for making out the numbers, its called looking at the pics 1 inch from your monitor screen

[Howard]

All the Chaintech 7AJAs I've found on Google seem to have Twin BIOS'

[Rabs]

They might be US release versions or something, remember there's many revisions etc of that particular board.

Gigabyte do a similar thing, afaik with or without it doesn't affect the running of the machine (just a hardware backup gimmick/toy).

[Howard]

Oh right. Well I'll probably flash the BIOS one day when my server isn't busy.

The only real problem I have with the board is that the primary IDE channel doesn't seem to work, so I have to have my two HDDs connected to the secondary channel

[eldren]

A bit late, but another way to identify hardware is through the FCC ID, if the device in question has one. If a google for the ID doesn't turn anything up, you can search for it on the FCC's site (http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/). That way, you can at least determine the manufacturer, if not the exact product.

[directhex]

yep, that's the big swirly Chaintech logo on the northbridge.

I used to have a 7AJA actually, and dual bios is OPTIONAL, not forced. mine certainly didn't have dual bios.

i quite like chaintech actually

[Rabs]

I'll second the vote for Chaintech, especially a few years back when they released a MB with an AMD761 NB and a Via 8231 SB when everyone else was using AMD761 NB + Via 686B SB's (which had quite a few probs).

Touch wood, I've used god knows how many different models and never had to send one back.

[Howard]

Cool.
My server mobo pwns then

Any ideas with regards the IDE channel problem? And where I can get a manual from a server that allows download speeds higher than 864 bytes per second?

[Rabs]

Sounds strange, all set to auto in bios and everything, have you tried swapping cables etc?

Possibly a hardware fault. See how you get on.

[directhex]

startlingly, primary IDE has failed on ours as well..............

[Howard]

Lmao! Same symptoms? Doesn't pick up any drives..?

Well if you find out a way to fix it, be sure to let me know!!