486 motherboard

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Gabriel Knight

Hi all how hard or how easy is it to find a motherboard for a 486 cpu? I
found one here on hard rubbish week but the mobo has green corrosion here
and there and the AT keyboard wont work but everything else of it is fine.

I like the case too its got a turbo button to bump it up from 20 to 40 on
the display

Are there any for sale on the web?

Thanks
GK
 
Gabriel said:
Hi all how hard or how easy is it to find a motherboard for a 486
cpu? I found one here on hard rubbish week but the mobo has green
corrosion here and there and the AT keyboard wont work but everything
else of it is fine.
I like the case too its got a turbo button to bump it up from 20 to
40 on the display

Are there any for sale on the web?

Thanks
GK
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How about ebay?

http://computers.shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_npmv=3&_trksid=m38.l1313&_nkw=486+computer&_sacat=58058

http://preview.tinyurl.com/aoa952
 
Look up the MB on the internet and see if you can still find a manual. Older
boards often had to be hard-set for various jumper configurations such as
CPU speed, voltage, etc. (It's probably pointless if you don't know these
settings)

I have an old 486 CPU in my junk parts box. You're welcome to it - but
before you go blowing up both the MB and the CPU, take a few minutes to
figure out whether or not it's even going to work for you.

Later - PG
 
Gabriel said:
Hi all how hard or how easy is it to find a motherboard for a 486 cpu? I
found one here on hard rubbish week but the mobo has green corrosion here
and there and the AT keyboard wont work but everything else of it is fine.

I like the case too its got a turbo button to bump it up from 20 to 40 on
the display

Are there any for sale on the web?

Thanks
GK
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Freecycle's good for that sort of thing. Might not be where you are
though. 486s hahve negative value in many countries now.


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