Allen Weiner wrote: >> This Compaq uses an ECS motherboard, 945GCT-HM > The newsgroup alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.elitegroup is the motherboard > newsgroup for ECS. I did a quick browse of it. It's low activity, and > has lots of spam, but it might be worth a try. I also did a quick search > of Google groups using the search terms: ECS motherboard. Two other > newsgroups (high activity ones) stood out: alt.comp.hardware and > alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt. > Belated thanks, Allen! I've gotten all sorts of useful information from newsgroups; I'll have to check those out. >> books, or online documents, that they've found particularly helpful >> > One of the main benefits for me of Google Books is identifying > particular books that are especially helpful. Thanks for telling me about Google Books, too! I didn't know about them. Last year MHCUG had a presentation on all the things you can do with Google, but I don't think they mentioned that one.
I did manage to find out one undocumented thing about my motherboard: internal connectors include "One Intel high-definition Audio/Modem Link (Not used by HP)" so I took that as a challenge, and managed to find out what the connector's for (it's 2x8 with pin 12 missing). Turns out it's meant to connect to a high-end audio card, except there are almost no cards that support it AFAIK. Oh well. Adam _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
