rmfowler@texrex.uucp (Rex Fowler) (03/03/91)
On the rear right corner of my motherboard (underneath the metal shielding) there is a sticker with the words "test 5" on it. Has anyone else seen anything like this? Or did I get "lucky" and get some sort of "beta- motherboard"? Anyone know what it means? -- Rex Fowler <rmfowler%texrex@cirr.com> UUCP: egsner!texrex!rmfowler
thad@public.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan) (03/03/91)
In article <1991Mar3.034413.649@texrex.uucp> rmfowler%texrex@cirr.com writes: >On the rear right corner of my motherboard (underneath the metal shielding) >there is a sticker with the words "test 5" on it. Has anyone else seen >anything like this? Or did I get "lucky" and get some sort of "beta- >motherboard"? > >Anyone know what it means? As I've stated before (as a result of researching the "DRUN Patch" for WD2010 usage), there are TWO (2) "thingies" which characterize each 3B1 motherboard: 1) the board schematic level. This is a number, in the copper, near the left rear portion of the topside of the motherboard. The "good" numbers will have, as their last parts, any of: -00222-00 -00225-00 -00230-00 A "bad" (obsolete) board will be, for example, a -00216-00. I have seen stickers placed over the "copper" number which further revise the board (perhaps due to one of the inner layers being revises) along the lines of -00236-00, etc. 2) the board revision level ("Rev.Level") with respect to the board schematic level, as a sticker near the volume control bearing the legend, for example, "REV. D" or "REV. C" or "REV. J", etc. A "REV.C" on the -00222-00 board is NOT THE SAME as a "REV.C" on a -00225-00 board. Part of the frustrations during my researching the "DRUN Patch" was not realizing (at first) BOTH numbers are required to "identify" a given board. As far as your "TEST 5" sticker goes, looks like simply a QA sticker and is nothing to be concerned about. The only time you should be sweating icicles is if your motherboard bears the dreaded -00216-00 schematic level! :-) Thad P.S. I hope this posting gets out; some 20+ postings I did between the hours of 1AM and 7AM Friday, March 1, seems to have gotten lost here at BTR during (or because of) the time when each posting was greeted by the phrase: "Your posting is spooled for later processing." Sheesh, b-news. Anyone know of any bugs in that regards? On SunOS? So if anyone thinks I've been silent recently, I have NOT. And I didn't save copies of what I posted (on many subjects). :-( Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ]