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dave1701

dave1701

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I got this old Pentium 4 motherboard with intel 810 chipset. There is this black wire coming off of the heatsink. Is this a ground cable? What do I do with it?

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Also, this mobo is powered buy some weird power input different from what I've seen on any other mobo. Any Idea what voltage I need?
 
The wire definitely looks like a ground, but I've never seen a ground on a heatsink like that. Is that four pin to molex adapter the only sort of power input, or do I see some sort of port in the top right?

Out of curiosity, do you know what this came out of?
 
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Weird. So what did this come out of? Knowing that is probably the only way to find what sort of power it takes, although if you pull the model number off of it that would help too.
 
I don't know where this came from. It has the a distinct odor of fertilizer. I stole it from my dad because it looked cool, but I don't know anything about it. It says Hewlett-Packard 1999 on it. Its kinda weird it says on it "KTB1142529 TRAILBLAZER" on it. It looks new, like it wasn't ever in a computer at all. I have one of those power supply thingies that will fit into that power port, and you can control the voltage on it, I just need to know what it needs.
 
I think the sticker to the right of that might be the model number. I think I see "PN" which might indicate "part number". Also numbers on the third sticker probably wouldn't hurt.

EDIT: Actually, third sticker might be it, I think I see something indicating revision number.

Further Edit: What does your dad do? Any chance it's tech for a hospital or research lab or something along those lines?
 
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P/N 53-80389-03 A google search came up wht very mild results for that one, but not anything I could use.

REVB01 is the 3rd.
 
yea, it's weird there is an outlet on the motherboard that says "HDD power". I booted it and it worked. It has a P3 on it, but I can't do anything with it until it has a CD drive plugged in. And it has that IDE port that skinnyer than most, so my connector for the CD drive won't fit. Plus there's no way to power the CD drive unless I use a splitter, and that could blow the whole thing up...
 
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