Unknown Motherboard

[Dropkickmurphys]

hey, i have an old Windows 98 PC that currently isnt working as the hard drive is broken .

i am going to be buying a bundle of stuff including RAM, Hard drive etc...
my only issue is i dont know the name of the motherboard, this might help me when buying the things i need.

am i able to find the motherboard info by just looking at what is written on it?

 

[chrisalviola]

why not upgrade to windows xp or vista so that you wont have a problem with your board

 

[Dropkickmurphys]

i dont get what you mean. i only need this pc for spare stuff, and yes, it will run XP when im finished, but i need to know the motherboard name/type/number/whatever so i can find out the best ram i can use with it

 

[Cromewell]

Most motherboards have something written on them so you can identify it. If it is an OEM system (HP, Dell, etc) your best off looking on their website with the machines model number.

 

[chrisalviola]

oh i was thinking the motherboards drivers

 

[Dropkickmurphys]

Most motherboards have something written on them so you can identify it. If it is an OEM system (HP, Dell, etc) your best off looking on their website with the machines model number.

its an old Tiny Pc, and i have absolutely No Idea What the Model is lol

 

[chrisalviola]

any brand or english words written on the board?
try posting its picture so that we can see it.

 

[Dropkickmurphys]

i think its an intel board, but thats about it. i treid typing some of the numbers into google,but found nothing

 

[Dropkickmurphys]

google to the rescue

It's a Tiny 810L: 750Mhz PIII, 128MB RAM, mATX MSI motherboard with Intel 815 chipset

i have foudn that i can use 133mhz SDram in it lol

 

[chrisalviola]

you should have just said its a p3 750mhz. rams on old board are just sdram pc133 or pc100 no need to find any best ram to fit it. unlike new boards

 

[Dropkickmurphys]

oh and would i be able to upgrade the processor on this? would it have to be another p3?

 

[jp198780]

most likely..